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[505.30 --> 506.74] so grateful to be here |
[509.46 --> 514.18] thanks my name is tim sheridan i'm here with my wife andrea and my daughter clara |
[515.14 --> 520.66] and yeah we're just delighted to be part of hope um i've been a pastor in the christian reform church |
[520.66 --> 526.58] for over 20 years most recently pastoring a congregation in maple ridge and just under two |
[526.58 --> 531.30] years ago god called me to be the director of church planting for the christian reform church |
[531.30 --> 536.90] and for resonate global mission and it's just been a joy to see what god's doing in his church around |
[536.90 --> 543.62] the world starting new churches thousands and thousands of people coming to know jesus and as |
[543.62 --> 549.78] we've started attending here we started to see god doing great things here as well and so it's just a |
[549.78 --> 554.18] delight to join and be part of this community and join the mission that god's called us to do together |
[555.62 --> 561.94] like he said i'm clara and i'm just a little about me i'm just finishing my teaching degree at trinity |
[561.94 --> 566.10] western and going to be an elementary teacher after that and i live with these two |
[566.10 --> 577.54] hi we are the freezens i'm danielle and this is my husband abe and this is thomas and liam |
[578.26 --> 585.46] um abe and i both grew up in the church we most recently are coming from new west christian reform |
[585.46 --> 591.94] church where i grew up and it's been a big decision to change churches um but we live in the neighborhood |
[591.94 --> 599.94] so we really feel like this is it does feel a lot like home there's a lot of like ed said a lot of |
[599.94 --> 606.66] familiar faces and there's a lot of stuff happening here so we're excited to raise our kids here and |
[607.54 --> 610.26] for them to yeah for us to all be involved |
[614.50 --> 618.82] good morning my name is marilyn heinen this is my husband behind me martin |
[618.82 --> 626.34] we've been married for almost 43 years we've raised seven children who are all adults now obviously |
[627.14 --> 633.86] and we're blessed with six grandchildren with one more coming in april our stories are very similar |
[634.74 --> 640.18] both of us were brought up in christian home we both went to christian schools and we were involved |
[640.18 --> 647.06] in many church activities as we grew up and throughout our marriage through our lives our personal |
[647.06 --> 653.30] relationships with jesus have continued to grow as we have experienced god's hand working in and guiding |
[653.30 --> 660.90] our lives and we've always seen his faithfulness throughout in other words for us there was no aha moment |
[661.70 --> 670.34] but continued growth and dependence and trust in god we've been members of new scrc all of our lives |
[670.34 --> 677.30] over the past several years we have felt that god has been calling us to make a change we began attending |
[677.30 --> 687.06] here in december of 2022 and immediately we felt very welcome we both said to each other this feels like |
[687.06 --> 692.58] home we are very happy and blessed to be part of this church community and we're excited to see what |
[692.58 --> 706.34] what what it holds in store for us as we continue to grow here hello everyone he's a little bit shy my name is germaine |
[707.22 --> 715.06] this is my firstborn son kenny prime and i also have a little baby his name is levi and |
[715.06 --> 724.34] um we've been going to this church for over a year and the first time we came here we're very happy we |
[724.34 --> 733.06] felt welcome we felt like we belong we felt accepted so we are now very happy that we are officially a |
[733.06 --> 734.58] member of this church thank you |
[737.30 --> 743.14] i think i'm gonna hide behind charmaine too uh i kind of thought davo sometimes that's the old switcheroo and |
[743.14 --> 746.58] he goes i'll start at the other end and i was going please do that so i don't have to be the last |
[746.58 --> 753.86] guy to talk uh my name is mark ansis my wife carrie uh we started here about a year and a half ago and |
[753.86 --> 761.70] uh we every time we went out to the truck i said to her i like this church better every sunday and uh |
[762.58 --> 768.34] we just thought we would like to make this our home um we both were involved before covet in a really |
[768.34 --> 773.06] huge church and it just felt i don't know it just felt like we needed something different and we |
[773.06 --> 776.42] feel like we found that here you can hold on |
[779.62 --> 785.38] well joining a church is no small decision it's a huge decision and hopefully in our membership class |
[785.38 --> 789.38] i underscored that point that among the many things that we talked about the biblical story |
[789.38 --> 794.58] how to be faithful as christians in our culture how to follow jesus as part of a community and bear |
[794.58 --> 799.94] witness to jesus in our city those are huge things but a thread that wove its way through our conversation |
[799.94 --> 804.82] i think was the thread of commitment in an age where people do not like necessarily to make |
[804.82 --> 809.94] commitments today you're making a commitment to how you're going to be discipled to how your kids are |
[809.94 --> 814.74] going to be formed to the person and the people we are going to become together as the body of christ |
[814.74 --> 820.90] and you're making a commitment to do that in this family of faith four things that we said in every |
[820.90 --> 825.86] membership class i'm just going to recite them i bet you you remember them perfectly but at least four |
[825.86 --> 830.26] things that we're saying this morning when we join the church number one you're saying i'm committed |
[830.26 --> 835.78] to submitting to the teaching and the preaching and the leadership of this church we're committed to |
[835.78 --> 841.86] being discipled in the way of jesus in this church we're committed to using our gifts to serving this |
[841.86 --> 847.70] church and community with our time our treasure and our talent and finally we're committed to participating |
[847.70 --> 853.38] in the mission to bear witness to jesus in our city that's what membership is about so you're making a |
[853.38 --> 860.26] big commitment and we are delighted that we get to do this together i'm going to ask four questions |
[860.26 --> 864.98] of everyone here and mark starting with you uh we'll just move our way through those who are joining |
[864.98 --> 869.30] the church i'll ask for and at the end you can say i will god helping me or if your family you can say we |
[869.30 --> 875.86] will god helping me first question is this do you love jesus christ do you want to make following |
[875.86 --> 881.86] him the goal of the rest of your life do you trust him as the one who saves you from sin and with repentance |
[881.86 --> 889.54] and joy embrace him as the lord of your life second do you believe that the bible is god's word it's the |
[889.54 --> 898.50] true story of the whole world revealing christ and his purposes for all of us third do you promise to do |
[898.50 --> 904.26] all that you can in the strength of the holy spirit to strengthen your love and commitment to the church |
[904.26 --> 910.34] by faithfully sharing in the life of this community honoring and serving those around you |
[912.18 --> 919.22] finally will you commit to growing in your faith devoting yourselves to the practices and disciplines |
[919.22 --> 925.62] that foster our life in christ seeking to use all the gifts god has given you to serve his kingdom |
[925.62 --> 934.50] in this community and in this city mark what is your answer yeah i do i will god helping me thank you |
[937.70 --> 946.42] i do god helping me i do god helping me i do god helping me i do god helping me |
[946.42 --> 957.14] god helping me i do god helping me we do god helping us |
[957.14 --> 965.22] god helping me |
[965.22 --> 969.22] god helping me |
[969.22 --> 973.38] god helping me |
[973.38 --> 974.58] god helping me |
[978.02 --> 982.58] well church if what i've said about uh being a member of this family of faith |
[982.58 --> 986.90] faith means anything it means that we have commitments to make to one another they've |
[986.90 --> 990.90] made a commitment to this church to this church family and i invite you to stand to make a commitment |
[990.90 --> 993.14] to these people who are joining into this church family |
[995.78 --> 1001.86] hope community church will you welcome these people into our church family will you pray for |
[1001.86 --> 1007.94] them serve them care for them as god gives you opportunity people of hope what is your answer |
[1007.94 --> 1011.70] we do god helping us amen you may be seated |
[1014.82 --> 1019.06] at this time i'm going to invite valerie fray our discipleship coordinator to lead us in a prayer |
[1019.06 --> 1025.14] over those who are joining our church this morning and it's it's not a necessary long prayer but i do |
[1025.14 --> 1031.14] invite you as a family of faith to just extend your arm and join val in this praying over those who are joining us |
[1033.06 --> 1035.78] please join me in praying for our newest members |
[1035.78 --> 1048.42] we thank you for their presence here |
[1049.38 --> 1051.86] and willingness to join in our work |
[1052.74 --> 1053.62] in your work |
[1054.74 --> 1057.62] grant that we may we may be caring |
[1058.42 --> 1062.74] supportive prayerful and intentional friends |
[1062.74 --> 1063.94] and we may be caring for our friends |
[1063.94 --> 1064.10] and we may be caring for our friends |
[1064.10 --> 1065.94] working together for their good |
[1067.86 --> 1071.54] grant that they may find us to be a community of peace |
[1072.26 --> 1074.02] a community of love |
[1074.66 --> 1076.98] a community of thoughtfulness |
[1076.98 --> 1079.38] a community of generosity |
[1080.90 --> 1084.90] grant that they may find among us deep friendships |
[1086.18 --> 1087.62] soul renewal |
[1087.62 --> 1090.42] spiritual nourishment |
[1091.06 --> 1092.82] and inspiration to grow |
[1094.50 --> 1096.66] let us all be a healthy community |
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