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p68 weekender may 9 1987 eligjon page whos needs should church serve unionville pastor asks the church did not meet our need was the reason a young couple gave for leaving to shop around hearing this some might immediately jump to the conclusion that the church was at fault and had failed in its ministry incidentally thats the only exercise some people get jumping to conclusions but in all fairness can we so conclude perhaps the church did fail but before such a judge ment can be made we need to ask this qualifying question was the need not met a need the church should have met in other words should a local church try to meet everybodys expressed needs seemingly a lot of people have this idea re garding the responsibility of a church this supermarket concept reasons that unless a church stocks everybodys spe cial brand of activity or in terest then the church is defi cient and its time to shop around perhaps this is their demo cratic prerogative but is this supermarket concept valid i suggest not for the following reasons experience sadly teaches that needs sometimes turn out to be nothing more than whims fads and or love of novelty if a church tries to cater to this it will find itself competing with hollywood and the entertain ment world this will prove futile in the extreme since the more church focus st justin martyr is your wedding anniversary in may you are invited to come to an anniversary mass being offered foryou saturday may 9 at 5 pm st justin matyr is located in st matthews separate school 75 waterbridge lane unionville bethesda lutheran the summer worship service schedule has family worship be ginning and sunday school begin ning at 10 am bethesda lutheran is located at 20 union st unionville mccormack memorial church pastor rev w gawa 945 am sunday school balanced living 1100 am mother 700 pm marriage special mothers day music nursery supervision and junior church prdiped vivian rd 1 1 it 1 1 x 111 us world will always knock spots off us when it comes to enter tainment one mans meat is another mans poison this is true even with christians one day it will be different but whilst we are in the body of humiliation and know the conflict of the two na tures it is unrealistic to think we can please everyone in deed to try is to please nobody while the church is closely identified and related to the kingdom of god there is a dis tinction between the two the church should not be expected to shoulder the responsibilities assigned to the individual the family and the state the supreme and primary objective of the church is the glory of god scripture states this repeatedly eg eph 321 certainly churches have the re sponsibility to minister to the needs of people but that minis try is to be governed by scrip ture after all whose church is it who is the head of the church see eph 12223 415 and 523 scripture then not people should dictate the prog ram and ministries of the bethel assembly c pentecostal r- hwy 48 north of hwv 47 hlvgwood i rev howard minaker call g1055 r lords day 4j a m christian education 1 1 wi am worship service m pm evening service saturdav 7m pm coffeehouse a ll roa ixs lea i to b etl i el jesus is the only wav toheavkv bij jfajjfaj pastoz safitiit bloomington christian gospel church sun may 10th 1987 rev bryan coker 945 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening service wed 800 pm bible study memorial christian church sun may 10th 1987 pastor calvin stone mainstoufler 10 am sunday school wed 730 pm prayer meeting 11 am morning worship he1se hill brethren in christ church gormley ontario rev marlin k ressler pastor phone 8875489 sunday may 10th 1987 christian education hour 1000 am worship service 1100 am evening service 700 pm wednesday may 13lh hour of power 745 pm you are welcome at iieisbhill m church as it reaches out to meet the needs of people here it seems to me we get to the very crux of the crisis we are facing today in evangelical cir cles a subtle form of humanism has infiltrated our ranks in so many ways our perspective is mancentered and experience- based we have been brainwashed into thinking that gods function is to serve man and subsequent ly we have reduced true christ ianity into a scheme of things in which god becomes the alad din lamp who does the bidding of everyone who will accept his son and sign a card as the late aw tozer wrote peace of mind happiness prosperity so cial acceptance publicity suc cess in sports business the en tertainment field and perch ance to occasionally sit at the same banquet table with a celebrity all this on earth and heaven at last certainly no in surance company can offer half as much scripture says that by their faith you will know them mat 720 fruit takes time to de velop but its the only true test the fruit of this quasi- christianity that we are cur rently seeing harvested on national tv speaks for itself what then is the purpose of a church that is god centered and scripturally based a survey of the scripture would seem to confirm the following features as basic biblical preaching scriptural church government the ordinances of baptism and the lords supper spiritual life evidenced by a worship b holiness of life c brotherly love d evangelism and good works rev d franklin irwin speech on growth rev d franklin irwin a veter an missionary to far east nations since 1951 will speak at the annual missions conference of unionville alliance church founded in 1887 the christian and missionary alliance is an evangelical denomination with over 10000 churches and an inclu sive membership of almost two million people in 51 countries the philippines has 1164 organized churches and over 86000 baptized believers the public is cordially invited to hear rev irwin speak at union ville alliance church sunday morning at 11 00 am and sunday evening at 630 pm at unionville public school 300 main st un ionville come to church wideman mennonite church hwy 48north of major mackenzie phone 6401227 pastor james r shantz sun may 10th 1987 945 am sunday school 1100 am worship hour 700 pm monthly hymn sing featuring roekway mennonite col legiate choir baker hill baptist church on hwy 48 2 mi north of hwy 47 pastor dana struve 950 sunday school 1100 am morning worship wednesday 800 pm prayer bible study ser vices all are welcome stouffville baptist church a fellowship church 76 main st west sun may 10th 1987 950 am sunday school all ages nursery available 1100 am morning worship 650 pm warm fellowship service wednesday 800 pm prayer meeting at church for information call 6402911 a warm welcome at every service stouffville united church 34 church stn 6401163 sun may 10th 1987 11 am worship service church school program for all ages including infant care rev janet cawley parkview village 70 ninth line south stoultville regular services discontinued until fall keep watching for special events may 10th 330 pm roekway mennonite collegiate choir the anglican parish of christ church 251 sunset blvd rev paul d scuse 6401461 sun may 10 1987 800 am 1000 am holy communion st marks catholic church 345 glad park ave stouffville 6104665 sunday mass schedule saturday 5 pm sunday 830 am and 1030 am stjames presbyterian church 101 main ste 6403151 minister rev herb gale sunday may 10th 1987 945 am sunday school and adult bible study 11 am morning worship nursery supervision and junior church provided stouffville missionary church 159 main street east 6103911 paslorrcv james clubinc assoc pastors douglas gray charles mashintcr sunday may 10th 1987 930 1100 am sunday school hours and morning worship ser vices 630 pm evening service wednesday 700 pm girls boys club programs 715 pm adult prayer bible study 730 pm youth and adult bible study youre always welcome at the i missionary church springvale baptist church gormleystouffville rd at kennedy rd pastor rev robt flemming asst pastor mark rodgcrs 8875651 945 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 600 pm evening service awana presentation wed 700 pm adult prayer bible study fri 700 pm youth alive nursery program available touffutllc pentecostal church 460 main st stouffville ont 6405696 945 am 945 am christian education 11 am morning worship 600 pm evchingrally-