These are the documents and details pertaining to the Pastoral Team Lead (formerly Executive Pastor) Proposal. Please review the initial proposal and Alvin’s doc on why he believes he is called to be the Mimico Baptist Church Pastoral Team Lead. FAQs How can we afford this? Currently, our budget already allots a salary for a… Read More »Executive Pastor Proposal
There is so much more to Peace than the absence of conflict. For me it might be the most elusive of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. For this service, let us consider Shalom, the Hebrew root word for biblical peace. sermon: Advent 2 – Peace (John 14:23 and Psalm 23) with Pastor David Donaldson
Advent has two different but related meanings: It means the anticipation of something big. And it is the arrival or introduction of something big. We live in the in-between age of Jesus’s first advent (our candles and trees and gifts and a baby born in a manger) and his second. We celebrate AND we anticipate. In… Read More »Advent-Hope (December 1, 2024)
On this Sunday before Advent begins, we are reminded advent is a time to prepare for Christ’s coming. But is it possible that we should also prepare for this time of preparation? We will look at a very familiar Christmas passage of Scripture, and perhaps see something new in it, to prepare our hearts for Advent. sermon:… Read More »Signs and Wonders (November 24, 2024)
Join us for Blizzard 2025, a CBOQ Youth retreat held at Muskoka Woods. You can register with the online form below and e-transfer your registration fee of $175 to envelopes@mimicobaptist.ca (in the memo section, write “[student’s name]-Blizzard” or by giving the monies to Alvin Lau. Registration deadline is December 1.
We just finished our look at the Lord’s Prayer. It is a ‘big’ prayer that covers all the bases and sets the foundation of our lives and ministry. Today we’ll zoom into one prayer … For the ‘one’ in our lives that we long for and look for. Paul, in Colossians, gives very specific prayer… Read More »One … Until (November 17, 2024)
On this morning of Remembrance with November 11 as is the day when our country acknowledges those who fought and gave their lives in the pursuit of peace, we celebrate Communion, a time when we remember the great sacrifice of Christ who gave His life for our salvation. sermon: Remember What Was; Grateful for What… Read More »Remember What Was; Grateful for What Is (November 10, 2024)
The kingdom of God is now and not yet. Jesus began by instructing us to pray for God’s kingdom and his will to be done on earth. He ended the prayer by declaring – as a fact – that the kingdom is already in place, the power and the glory are God’s now and forever.… Read More »Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, Forever and Ever (November 3, 2024)
What defines us? As a Christian? As a Baptist? As a church?As we celebrate together our CBOQ family through our own “CBOQ Sunday”, we reflect on these distinctions and consider (non-exhaustive list of) markers of a Christian life. We’ll also share why we do what we do during our services. sermon: Markers of a Christian… Read More »Markers of a Christian Life (October 27, 2024)
We will spend more time considering “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Forgiveness is often misunderstood and/or shallowly defined. This Sunday we’ll consider that forgiveness is the foundation of reconciliation and redemption and the process that ends in “new creation.” sermon: “Christ-centred Forgiveness” (Matthew 18:21-22) with Pastor David Donaldson