E-Link Newsletter
You are reading a special June 2010 E-LINK. The E-LINK is a monthly newsletter from Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec (CBWOQ) to all who are interested in CBWOQ's vision and work, and to all who serve and lead on CBWOQ's behalf.
Thank you for sharing the information in this special E-LINK with everyone in your church.
Brenda's Blessings
Yes friends, God has answered our prayers and the Baptist Women's Missionary Society's cottage at 1320 Stephen's Bay Road, Bracebridge, has been sold. The closing date is September 30, 2010.
We are very thankful for an expert in the waterfront real estate market, Thelma Jarvis, from Royal Lepage, and for Cheryl Hughes, chair of our finance committee, past president and now real estate savvy woman. They both led us well in this process.
In total we received four offers of purchase. God honoured our requests for:
- perfect timing,
- an opportunity as a board of directors to be a witness to His provision and guidance for us,
- grace and wisdom for Cheryl as our ambassador.
You are reading the June 2010 E-LINK, a monthly newsletter from Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec (CBWOQ) to all who are interested in CBWOQ's vision and work, and to all who serve and lead on CBWOQ's behalf.
Thank you for sharing the information in this E-LINK with everyone in your church.
Brenda's Blessings
Life is a gift and every day we have an opportunity to use it wisely.
A recent e-mail reminded me that each morning we receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is NOT credited to us. What we haven't lived up that day is forever lost. Yesterday is forever gone. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time.
Seconds well-spent
The funeral service on May 11 for B. Doreen Walker reminded me that how we live each day is vital. For years, Doreen served and supported Baptist Women as a driving force on our cottage committee and as a Link & Visitor Association Rep. She encouraged missions worldwide and closer to home - her family.
The E-LINK is a monthly newsletter from Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec (CBWOQ) to all who are interested in CBWOQ's vision and work, and to all who serve and lead on CBWOQ's behalf.
Thank you for sharing the information in this E-LINK with everyone in your church.
News Flash!
Doreen Walker, wife of Mr. Bill Walker, passed away on May 6, 2010. Our thoughts and prayers are extended to her family and friends as we rejoice in her homecoming.
Doreen served faithfully as a volunteer at Camp Oneida, the Niagara-Hamilton Association and the Baptist Federation of Canada.
She was a very committed mission minded woman and for 20 years, along with her husband Bill, ran two mission houses in Hamilton where she warmly welcomed missionaries coming home on furlough. She also chaired the Baptist Women cottage committee for many years.
Not many know that Doreen celebrated 65 years of being in Baptist Womens groups . . . she joined her first mission circle when she was 12.
You are reading the May 2010 E-LINK, a monthly newsletter from Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec (CBWOQ) to all who are interested in CBWOQ's vision and work, and to all who serve and lead on CBWOQ's behalf.
Thank you for sharing the information in this E-LINK with everyone in your church.
Brenda's Blessings
This has been a busy and exciting "Baptist Women's Season."
I have been really blessed meeting with you at:
- brainstorming sessions in Brantford and Midland
- the Middlesex-Lambton-Huron BW Day Apart
- Lakefield Baptist's "Women in Crisis" event
- CBOQ's New Pastors' Orientation
- Baptist Women's Sunday at King St. Baptist in Cambridge
- Owen Sound Association's Celebration event
- a gathering of our NABWU executive and young women's network in Toronto
And of course, technology helps me connect with you when we aren't able to meet in person. We've shared phone calls, e-mails and board members and I used Skype for the first time . . . to have a board meeting!
You are reading a special E-LINK.
The E-LINK is a monthly newsletter from Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec (CBWOQ) to all who are interested in CBWOQ's vision and work, and to all who serve and lead on CBWOQ's behalf.
Thank you for sharing the information in this E-LINK with everyone in your church by posting it on your church bulletin board and/or put in your weekly bulletin.
You are reading the April 2010 E-LINK, a monthly newsletter from Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec (CBWOQ) to all who are interested in CBWOQ's vision and work, and to all who serve and lead on CBWOQ's behalf.
Thank you for sharing the information in this E-LINK with everyone in your church.
Brenda's Blessings
Easter Weekend . . . may each of us be blessed by the wonder of it all. As we all ponder His death and resurrection for us I know there are many in our sisterhood who are experiencing personal loss.
Death
On Monday,March 29, two people connected to us died: Stan Hibbins, husband of Win, who is The Link & Visitor Association Rep for the Georgian Bay Association, and John Hyland, Meghan McIntosh's father. Meghan directs our Legacy for Ministry program. Please remember these women, and others who have a keen sense of loss this Easter season.
Life
In March I was privileged to brainstorm and share with numerous groups including Toronto Area women, our cottage users and women who came to the Toronto Kipling Ave. Baptist Women's breakfast.
You are reading the March 2010 E-LINK, a monthly newsletter from Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec (CBWOQ) to all who are interested in CBWOQ's vision and work, and to all who serve and lead on CBWOQ's behalf.
Thank you for sharing the information in this E-LINK with everyone in your church.
Brenda's Blessings
Pray - Apply - Contact
Pray for Catherine, Kae and Janine, our members in the Canadian Baptist Women's India team. Their short term mission runs from February 25 to March 13.
Pray then apply to join our May short term mission to Atlantic Canada, be part of July's Hawaii Baptist World Alliance Women's Department Leadership Conference or be a member on our August ESL short term mission to the Czech Republic.
Pray, apply and contact us about how the women in your church and community can receive training and encouragement through:
You are reading the February 2010 E-LINK, a monthly newsletter from Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec (CBWOQ) to all who are interested in CBWOQ's vision and work, and to all who serve and lead on CBWOQ's behalf.
Thank you for sharing the information in this E-LINK with everyone in your church.
Brenda's Blessings
What does it mean to be blessed? Is blessing a reward for doing good, being His, making wise choices, being born into a wealthy country, being disease free?
I, like many of you, have received God’s extraordinary blessing . . . not because of anything I have said, done or professed, but simply because God is good.