Reach

Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 4:6

Paul found himself between a rock and a hard place. He wanted to be in heaven but needed to be on earth. In a temporal sort of way, I share the same frustration every year on Super Bowl Sunday. "But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and watch the Super Bowl...yet to remain in the pulpit is more necessary for your sake" (Philippians 1:23-24, Swindoll paraphrase).

A Toronto artist based in Florida says he's anxiously waiting to ensure the safety of his friends in the state and assess the potentially catastrophic damage to his property as Hurricane Milton barrels towards his community just outside Sarasota.

He's just one of many Canadians who own homes in the state. Like him, many have fled because of this hurricane or its predecessor Helene, which unleashed devastation across several southern states just a few weeks ago. 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released a report on the latest recommendations and feedback relating to modernizing the seed regulations in Canada.

The process began in 2021 and covers several areas from import to export, seed conditioning, storage, testing and labeling to seed sales.

The National Manager for the Seed Section of the CFIA, Wendy Jahn says a number of the regulations, policies and programs interact with each other and rather than making changes one at a time it makes more sense to take a holistic approach to modernizing the system.

Congratulations to Lyndon Wall our latest Date Night on Daniel winner.

Lyndon won a $100 gift card to Mr. Mike's Steakhouse Casual and a Cineplex gift card courtesy of Daniel Cram of Sutton Realty.

The Odyssey House Adopt-a-Family program has officially kicked off for the Christmas season. Last year, our community had a significant impact on the lives of 70 families and 146 children providing $39,272.61 in gifts, groceries, and essentials.  

One guardian expressed, “I am so grateful for Adopt-a-Family because if it wasn’t for this program, they wouldn’t have had anything under the tree.” 

GOLDEN AGE CENTRE!

They enjoyed hot coffee and treats from McDonald's! 

Enter your business and you and your co-workers could win coffee and a variety of muffins, lil donuts, cookies, egg McMuffins and breakfast burritos from McDonald's!

We'll draw a winner every week and will personally deliver McDonald's coffee and treats to the winning business.

Enter Here

Petra's music will be front and centre in a new faith-based film set to hit theatres next year.

The legendary Christian rock band has teamed up with Intrigue Films to bring their first-ever feature film, Beyond Belief, to life.

The film, set in the 1980s, stars singer Carson Lueders and features some of Petra's greatest hits.

After decades of lifting others out of devastating circumstances, these good Samaritans have found themselves in a crisis of their own.

Deuteronomy 13:4

It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.

---

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Psalm 103

We salute visionaries of yesteryear. We shake our heads in amazement as we imagine the herculean courage it took to stand so confidently when the majority frowned so sternly. Looking back, we laud those who refused to take no for an answer. We quote them with gusto. We even name our children after them. Yesterday's progress earns today's monuments of stone.