May 21

Today is Ascension Day, the day on which our Lord Jesus returned to his Father with a promise of sending us a Comforter just like him. This is how Luke remembers that moment: “⁵⁰ Then Jesus led them out of the city as far as Bethany, where he raised his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ As he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up into heaven. ⁵² They worshiped him and went back into Jerusalem, filled with great joy, ⁵³ and spent all their time in the Temple giving thanks to God.” (Luke 24:50-53). May this day be filled with the knowledge of His presence and the promise that He will come again.

Online survey to check in on how you are doing

I have posted an assessment tool online. I would appreciate it if you took a few minutes to complete it.  The purpose is to find out how you are doing and also to help us improve how we can serve you better. To complete the survey please click here.

(Please note the assessment will only be available after 3pm on May 21^st and will be available until the end of June)

Worship – Livestream

To watch the livestream at 10am on Sunday just go to the website and click on the YouTube link in the top left-hand corner. Or click here.

You will find the weekly Podcast on the Home page under Podcasts. Click here for the link to this week’s Podcast.

Serving opportunities

Thank you for those responding to our request to help those members who do not have access to internet or computers. We are blessed to have such an amazing congregation of people who love freely and give so freely of their time and talents. If you would like to be involved in this ministry or any other ministry please contact Lynda Pinnington at session@cpcpmail.ca or the office (office@cpcmail.ca) or myself at aubrey@cpcmail.ca.

• There is a weekly women’s Bible study that runs on Zoom every Friday. If you want to connect to that please send Carolyn Witzke and email and she will send you the link. Her email is womensbiblestudy@cpcmail.ca

• Your weekly reminder that we have a whole team of volunteers that can help with any needs. The best way to connect is to send an email to the office (office@cpcmail.ca) or to leave a message on the answering machine (519-623-1080).

Ministries

There are links to all the ministries on the website or you can leave a message at the office if you need help with anything.

Please continue to pray for our ministry leaders. This a very diificult time to minister and we all need your daily prayers.

Gifts and tithes

Thank you again for your continued support. We had a few requests to give a little more information on how we are doing. Below is a comparison of the numbers for 2019 compared with the numbers for 2020.

	BUDGET	ACTUAL
March 2019	22,283	23,316
March 2020	30,430	26,200

	BUDGET	ACTUAL
April 2019	32,784	30,537
April 2020	32,930	23,953

So here is the rest of the Ascension story

Acts 1:4-11

⁴ On one occasion, while Jesus was eating with the disciples, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. ⁵ For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” ⁶ Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” ⁹ After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. ¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

God bless,

Aubrey