Saint John Ministerial

The next regular ministerial meeting will be held at St. James the less Church, 1760 Rothesay Road at 10:30 AM May 24th.

The purpose of the meeting will be to elect a new Executive and to hold a time of Visioning for the Year to come.

We have asked two people to help us with the Visioning process.   One will lead us in a process of prayer while the other helps us discern our goals and how we might get there.

Put this on your date book/device/calander now so that you can be sure to be there.    For the sake of the Kingdom and the City we share!

If there are further nominations please send them along to one of the current executive members as soon as possible.

Lunch will be provided.

Eric Phinney

Secretary

We are closing in on the end of another year of fellowship and ministry together.   It was a Joy to participate with so many at our Good Friday Service held at FGA this year.

In preparation for the next year we are asking you to nominate individuals that can give the best possible representation to the body of Christ in the Greater Saint John Region.   At our recent executive meeting we had a deep discussion of our role in the city and we all agreed that we want to really connect with everything that is happening in and through the body of Christ in the city.   Our hearts are to be a ministry that connects, encourages, prays and sends.

Would you please take some time to pray right now and within the next seven days send us a reply by email:   eric@renforth.net  or give one of the members of the executive a call with the names of people who you feel would do the very best job in the year to come.    Please respond prior to the 25th of April.     We really do desire your input.   If we don’t hear from you then we will be left on our own and we do not want to limit ourselves in that fashion.

Thanks so much for your participation and input this year.

Eric Phinney (secretary)

The Greater Saint John Ministerial Good Friday Worship will be held April 6 at 2 pm at Full Gospel Assembly.  An instrumental ensemble is being organized to play traditional hymn tunes for prelude, offertory, and congregational singing.  If you are an instrumentalist who would like to participate please contact Clayton Misner at misnerc@nbnet.nb.ca as soon as possible so that you can receive music to practice.

I recieved this from my associates in Alpha international. The video is worth watching for inspiration

Dear Eric
 
I do hope all is well with you. I am writing to you from my travels in the US to ask you a huge favour.
 
The Leadership Conference at the Royal Albert Hall in London on the 14th and 15th May is the biggest event of its kind that HTB has ever put on. I believe it is going to be an historic occasion for everyone involved and it would be wonderful if our National Alpha Offices and your key contacts in your country were well represented and at the heart of this occasion.
 
Further details of the conference and speakers can be seen on the website at:  http://leadershipconference.htb.org.uk/   and I would be so grateful if you were willing to watch the 2 minutes 30 seconds DVD that appears at the top right of the webpage and forward it to all of your senior church leaders and contacts in your country who you think might be interested in attending this fantastic event.
 
To take advantage of the early bird rate, please book in before midnight on Monday 19th March, 2012.  Please note there are special group rates for parties of four, 10 and 20 or more.
 
Lots of love
Tricia
 
Tricia Neill
Executive Director

This month we are meeting at Kingswood University to take in a simocast on preaching. Next Thursday!.

Please read the announcement below and send in your attendance as specified. Please give pastor Dave McElhinney a call if you would like to participate in a car pool.

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Kingswood University warmly invites you to attend a FREE Effective Preaching seminar on Thursday, March 15, from 2 to 5 p.m. The seminar will be held in Wesley Hall, the lower level of the Saunders Irving Chapel.
 
We would love for you to join the Homiletics & Expository Preaching students in attending this live video presentation designed for sharpening the skills of those who regularly or occasionally preach. Learn how to find better sermon illustrations, take a look at some preparation methods, and discover how to increase life-changing results through better preaching.
 
Hosted by comedian Jeff Henderson, the seminar includes preachers Andy Stanley, Charles Stanley, Louie Giglio, Vanable Moody, Jud Wilhite, and Perry Noble, along with comedian Jeff Foxworthy, and Chick-Fil-A owner Dan Cathy. An overview of the seminar can be found at preach better sermons. (Please note: There is no need to sign-up on the website; the University is already signed up.)
 
You are most welcome to invite other pastors to join you. In order to plan for space and a free mid-afternoon snack, an RSVP to Dr. Stephen Elliott at elliotts@kingswood.edu is requested.

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Good friday service
Make plans now and communicate to your congregations to join us on Good Friday at Full Gospel Assembly at 2:00. Lindsey Burt, Ed Coleman, Dan Lamos, Eric Phinney, Edward Powell, and Shawna Rogers will be sharing the message. This year we are taking a very different approach with the message. Dan will be hosting an interview style segment that will focus on the various perspectivs around the cross and the death of Jesus. We have workshoped this and are all personally very excited about it. We will be offering a time for personal prayer and commissioning. We ask you to make this a point of prayer in all churches this Sunday.

Help replenish our coffers.

Membership in the ministerial also includes a fee that is paid annually. We encourage you to send this along now, if you have not paid anything for the 2011-2012 year. We use these funds to pay proper honourariums to those who we invite to address us and inspire good ministry in the city. We are suggesting a fee of $50 per year for a Church or Ministry and $25 per year for an individual. Please check the list below to see if you have sent along a fee in the last year.

Dayspring Ministries​ Oct. ​03 ​$25.00​​
Phyllis Courie ​Nov. 5 ​$25.00​  
Grand Bay Baptist​ Nov 5 $25.00​
River Valley Wes.​ Nov. ​$50.00​
Full Gospel Assembly​ Nov.​30 ​$25.00​

Meeting in May Our last regular meeting of the year will take place May 17th. Location and Speaker TBA our elections for the executive will take place at this time.

In June we will have a closing event that will include spouses.

Shawna Rogers from River Valley is looking for Churches that may have used this 40 Day program. If you have please contact her.

Eric Phinney
Secretary. SJMA

A gracious Welcome was given by Bob Berry, who is the transitional pastor. He provided some background to Lancaster Baptist church.

Colin Macdonald Project re homeless youth. Saint john youth house.
See http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saint-John-Youth-House/125736244177603

http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2011.12.1307.html

http://southendministry.blogspot.com/2011/05/saint-john-youth-house.html

Prayer Edward Powell lead us in a prayer exercise.

Speaker Peter Reid addressed us.

Good Friday service. Eric gave a call to area churches to come out at 2:00 on good Friday to worship and share together.

Lunch followed

Our meeting in March will be announced later.

Just to avoid some possible confusion, we are meeting in the Christian Ed building, not the main church building at Lancaster Baptist tomorrow at 10:30. Executive members meet at 9:00

Reminder. We meet on Thursday at 10:30 am at Lancaster baptist to hear Peter Reid from the Baptist Convention office.

Eric Phinney
Secretary

Hi everyone,
We wanted to inform you all of the change in our community name from Rothesay Vineyard to KV Vineyard. Through 2011, our community was in an important stage in an ongoing stage of transition. We we’re led by the Lord to examine our story. We gathered information from people throughout our 25 years and what we saw were some damaging repeating patterns. This process led to acts of repentance at individual and congregational level, as well as asking forgiveness from groups and individuals  where this was necessary. Although there were many positive things from our life that we wanted to take forward with us, in many ways our community had been characterised by the very things we were repenting of. With this in mind, we felt led to change the name of our community. In a sense, our building wasn’t in Rothesay anyway, and as the majority of our community is based in the valley we opted for Kennebecasis Valley Vineyard, or KV Vineyard. The legalities were completed on this at the end of December. We ask for your prayers and blessing as we continue to seek the Lord as we move forward.

Many thanks
Jon Hallewell
Pastor, KV Vineyard.