Category: Church Stories

Our “Traditional Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner” went incredibly well… We didn’t make it a “ticketed” event, so we had no way to gauge the number of people coming in advance. We decided 150 was the maximum we could accommodate in the building over the course of… Read More »

Two rural CABC churches have come together in a partnership with Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) and with the Bolivia Baptist Union in the STEP Program (Serving, Training, Energizing Partnerships). New Heights and New Tusket Baptist Churches in the Yarmouth Association in Nova Scotia have agreed… Read More »

Economic changes in recent years has given rise to record numbers of people accessing food banks in communities around Atlantic Canada. Many of these people are turning to local churches for help as well. Edith Avenue Baptist Church in Saint John, NB, is offering cooking… Read More »

Mid September 2012 marked the start of construction of a new facility for Havelock United Baptist Church at 2046 Route 885 Havelock NB. The site has been prepped and the foundation is being poured. “God has blessed us beyond all measure”, says Darryll Jonah. “Our… Read More »

In August, First Elgin United Baptist Church had a baptism. Pictured: Joel Church (left), Pastor David Hawkesworth (center), Elijah Martin (right).

“I’ve been coming to Convention Assembly [Oasis] for sixty years, and this is the best one yet.” This was just one of the comments heard at Oasis 2012. Oasis has recently wrapped up for another year and it was amazing! Hundreds of people gathered at… Read More »

On Father’s Day, June 17th, six young people were baptized at West Lane Baptist Church in Moncton, NB. In the photo, from left to right are: Ted Cusack, Deacon; Golden Ring; Rachal Dow; Ben Dow; Pam Mills; Caleb Ryder; Andrew Ryder; Scott Ryder, Pastor. –… Read More »

The 2012 lobster season on the Eastern Shore of NS concluded on June 20th. The following Sunday we gathered in Port Hilford Baptist Church, decorated with fishing nets, buoys, a ship’s wheel, lobster traps, and models of boats, for a celebration of the harvest of… Read More »

On June 13, 2012 South End Baptist Church was pleased to be a recipient of a grant from the Dartmouth Community Health Board for there after-school program for children called ‘KidZ Afternoon Out’. There were over 60 applications for grant funding this year and the… Read More »

The second annual pastors fellowship BBQ/potluck was held in Lunenburg Queens Association. In the new structure of things we realize that it is up to us to intentionally make the effort to create fellowship opportunities for our fellow pastors. So we pulled ourselves together to… Read More »