Timbits and the sea
June 23, 2024, Multicultural Sunday, was celebrated at Abbeydale Christian Fellowship by recognizing the diversity of believers in our church family in a number of ways. About 20 languages were represented either in Scripture reading or song. The children were introduced to this special day through our “blue box” containing a carton of Timbits.
Emma Cure is baptized on June 23, 2024, by pastors Davies Mpinga and Chris Hughes.
The point being: one doughnut maker created a variety of doughnuts; our Maker created a multitude of ethnicities, cultures, languages and people groups, each single person different from the rest.
The Timbits were an appropriate appetizer for the post-worship service picnic in the park and baptism at the river. Six individuals shared their testimonies and joined our fellowship during the morning worship service, three by membership transfer and three by baptism in the frigid waters of the Bow River. (Their individual testimonies can be heard on ACF’s June 23 streamed service via YouTube).
Brenda Smit and Raymond and Viola Fehr joined our church family through membership transfers. Solveig Peters, Emma Cure and Alex Fehr braved the Bow River’s icy mountain water to make a public declaration of their commitment to serve Christ and his church.
Each of the new members had already dipped their toes in the waters of volunteerism alongside Abbeydale’s family of believers in one ministry or another.
Abbeydale’s sanctuary is transformed for VBS held July 15–19, 2024, which was built on the theme Scuba: diving into friendship with God.
A few weeks later, all hands were on deck as Ship ACF’s crew of over 30 prepared to dive into VBS Scuba week. Head to the wind, they assisted the captains in transforming the entire church into a sea where living water was made available to all 66 attendees. They set sail on July 15 and stayed the course till journey’s end on July 19. Once underway, the week went swimmingly; effective advertising methods resulted in an attendance of more than three times Abbeydale’s average children’s church attendance. The prayer is that in the wake of the voyage, each child will be encouraged to dive deeper into friendship with God as their anchor as they navigate the stormy seas of life.