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Bayridge Alliance Church
Missions
Upcoming events
May 16 - 18: A couple who are serving in a creative access country will be with us.
May 25: Leah and Alexander will be speaking during the Sunday services about the children's camp in Belize that they will be working at.
June 15: Josh Lundy's last Sunday prior to departing for Boot Camp and then on to Egypt for his summer adventure in missions!
When God Sends People...They Make Excuses
Abraham was too old.
Moses stuttered.
Miriam was a gossip.
Jacob was a liar.
Gideon doubted.
Elijah was burned out.
First David's armour didn't fit, then he had an affair, and had someone killed.
Solomon was too rich.
Isaiah had unclean lips.
Jeremiah was too young.
Jonah didn't like the job.
Amos's only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning.
Naomi was a widow.
Peter was afraid of death.
Thomas was from Missouri (the "show-me" state).
Paul was a murderer.
Mark was rejected by Paul.
Timothy had ulcers.
Lazarus was dead.
Martha was a worry-wart.
...or so they claimed, before God's Spirit empowered them to rise to the occasion and become some of the greatest heroes of our faith.
(author unknown)
IBVIE (Institute Biblique VIE - The Life Bible Institute)
The goal of IBVIE is to develop French-language leaders in Quebec and prepare them for ministry. It aims to train 1000 lay and accredited Quebec workers by the year 2020. Bayridge provides financial support on a monthly basis and prays regularly for the students.
2520 Chemin Ste-Foy, Suite 201, Ste-Foy, QC, G1V 1T5418.650.2584
418.650.5401 (fax)
Camp IAWAH
Each summer a number of our youth go to camp to work with the kids and grow in their own spiritual life. Some have been going since they can remember, but for others, this year was their first.
Bonnie Mundy and Carol Tomalty decided to play hooky from their real lives for a day in July and go find out what the kids at Camp IAWAH were doing.
The result of this day-trip was a short video that gives a glimpse into the daily lives of our teens (and some adults) at camp. We wish we could visit all of our 'summer missionaries' like this, but for now, check in with the kids at IAWAH.
see the video! (a new window will open)
This video was shown on Sunday, August 13, 2006 at BAC.
Dan & Dita Poenaru
Dan and Dita, along with their two boys, Daniel and Christopher, moved from Kingston to Kijabe, Kenya in 2002.
Their ministry in Kenya:
Dan
- working as a pediatric surgeon at BethanyKids at Kijabe Hospital
- serving as medical education director for Kijabe Hospital's various medical education activities, including training medical students, interns and residents from Kenya, other African countries, and the western world;
- participating in surgical outreach to needy areas of Kenya and its neighbors;
- providing training in pediatric surgery to African national surgeons;
- establishing a surgical / academic presence at Nairobi and Aga Khan Universities;
- helping in the leadership of a young church in a remote Kenyan community.
Dita
- raising nursing standards at Kijabe Hospital through teaching and research;
- providing a stable home for the family;
- helping in the leadership of a young church in a remote Kenyan community;
- discipling nationals and hosting short-term missionaries.
Daniel and Christopher
- pursuing secondary school studies at Rift Valley Academy;
- demonstrating God's love through friendships with Kenyan and missionary children.
To contribute financially to their work, please contact:
Africa Inland Mission Int'l Canada1641 Victoria Park Avenue
Scarborough, ON M1R 1P8
416.751.6077
Our 'Cluster' Missionaries
Within the C&MA, each church is designated a group, or cluster, of missionaries to help support.
More information will be posted here about the missionaries that are in our cluster. In the meantime, there is an information board posted in the lobby at BAC where you can find out all about our cluster.
Leah and Alexander
Are you ready to be in on the ground level of something God is doing in Belize?
Are you ready to walk alongside of a young couple (half of which we have known for a LONG time here at Bayridge!)?
Leah and Alexander are excited about embarking on their new journey together and this opportunity that God has given them that seems to be what they were made for!
Read their letter and give financially and by praying regularly.