By God’s Grace, on June 27, 2010, The Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary.  We cordially invite you and your family as guest(s) to come and celebrate this special occasion with us.

The theme for our church anniversary is “Our Journey in Faith” with the theme verse, Psalm 100:5, For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.

Please come and witness how our past and present members at Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church have walked their journeys in faith with Christ and the hope we hold in our future journeys.  Our Sunday Service will start from 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  We will continue the celebration with lunch provided afterward.

Please RSVP with an email to tcmcnews@gmail.com.  If you cannot be present, your prayers and thanksgiving is greatly appreciated as there is a lot of planning required.

Frank is at it again and has set up scaffolding to complete the painting of the front of the sanctuary. If you’re available to paint in the next 2 weeks, come on by the church! Frank will be there for most evenings between 8:30pm - 11:30pm. Contact him for more info.

Today we were blessed with having Willard Metzger come speak to our English congregation and share about his experience in Haiti when the earthquake struck.

You can download his message and hear his first-hand account: http://www.torontoareamennonites.ca/tcmc/english_sermon.htm

Willard is director of church relations for World Vision Canada and also has a longstanding relationship with TCMC as he led our missions team to China many years ago.

The Mennonite Central Committee is asking for donations to help make 20,000 relief kits to be sent to Haiti. You can find more info and the list of items here. The Thursday Night Cell group will be collecting items or donations to help buy the items. Please speak with Pastor Brian if you’d like to contribute.

The Mennonite Central Committee is responding to the devasting earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday. You can find out more about what is happening and how you can help here.

Please keep the people of Haiti in thought and prayer.

The Houmphans are a missionary family in Thailand that we’ve been following and supporting in the last 2 years. They will be visiting us in February and sharing during the Sunday Service on Feb. 21st. You can read more about their work in Thailand here:

http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/news/releases/2009/12/Release03.htm 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from TCMC!

The Lord has blessed us with so much this year and there is much to be thankful for. Blessings to you and your family as you enjoy this holiday season.

The kids captured the spirit in our Christmas service:

http://vimeo.com/8362979 

Our annual Fall Clean-Up will take place on Sunday, Nov. 22nd in the afternoon. Lunch will be provided so please sign up with Frank!

It’s also BYOR (Bring your own Rake!) as we have many leaves around the church that will need to be gathered and bagged.

Today the Kei Lok Yuen Senior’s Group celebrated their 5 year anniversary with a buffet lunch! Over 100 members attended. The Kei Lok Yuen meet weekly at TCMC on Tues. and Wed. for a variety of activities for seniors and they’ve also participated in various community events throughout the years. Thanks to all the organizers and volunteers who help keep this vibrant group going each week!

Welcome Pastor Brian, Michelle and Isaiah!
The Lord has blessed us with a new English Ministry pastor! Starting this September, Pastor Brian Quan will be leading the English-speaking congregation. This is a great time of celebration as all 3 of our congregations (Cantonese, Mandarin, and English) will each have full time pastors. We pray for God’s guidance through this time of transition and continued growth and unity.

Sorry for the lack of updates in the past while. We’ll try to be better.

Beka (can you spot her?) and 5 members from Toronto Grace Alliance Church will be joining a 48 member team to work at a native reserve in northern Quebec from July 17 - 26. Please keep the group in prayer as they prepare for their trip, for safety in travel, and for the relationships they’ll build with the community and each other.

To keep updated with their trip, you can read their blog here.

Urbana is an intervarsity conference for ages 17 - 30, which will take place from Dec. 27-31 in St. Louis, Missouri. It’s a great opportunity to meet and worship with Christians from all over North America, to hear from inspiring speakers and to learn from various workshops. Check out www.urbana09.org for more information.

Consider registering by Oct. 17th. Speak with Grant if you’re interested in going.

For the summer months, adult, junior high and highschool sunday school classes will be on break. Sunday service start times will remain the same.

English Ministry: 9:45am.
Mandarin Ministry: 10am.
Cantonese Ministry: 11:am.

Children’s Ministry programs will remain the same.