長老報告

“You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.” – Nehemiah 9:6

GENERAL Ministry UPDATE

• God has been so faithful again this year for our Fall Kick-Off. We had wonderful services, with a great reminder of our focus on “The 5G Life”. We are excited for what God will do in and through all of us this ministry season.
• Our Sunday attendance (including Kids) through September has been around 1300-1400 each week – praise God!
• We have seen God at work through our Sunday services and mid-week ministries and have been blessed to hear the testimonies of those who have come to faith in Christ and taken the step of baptism. So far in 2023, we have had close to 50 baptisms!
• Our mid-week ministries have had a great start to the year as well.
  • Our Men’s ministry had a wonderful kick-off and will be studying the book of James.
  • Our Women’s ministry is about maxed out with their morning and evening times and are continuing on with their study in the book of Exodus.
  • Young Adults groups are back in full swing. We have added some new groups, so there are many options for YA’s to be a part of a group in various homes around London and on a night of the week that works best for them.
  • The first night of youth was a night full of excitement and energy, great numbers, and we just concluded a wonderful fall retreat where God was working in many lives.
  • Our Kids ministry never stops, but attendance on Sundays this fall has been more kids than we can handle, at times, and so we again need more volunteers to help out.
• On Sundays for the next two years (aside from a few seasonal breaks), we will be going through the book of Genesis, and we are anticipating that God will work through this book. We are just finishing chapter one and have great feedback. This book of foundations is so necessary for the turbulent times we live in.
• Just a reminder to arrive for services early. Sometimes multiple seats together can be hard to find if you arrive close to when the service starts, so arrive early, and please try to use every seat. Not having empty seats between groups will really help us fit more people in!

A Request from the Elders

One of the expressions of our discipleship in Christ is using the spiritual gifts, opportunities, and finances He has entrusted to us, as His stewards. Our desire is that we all would be continually growing in our walk with Christ, being sanctified by His Spirit, growing in our likeness of Him. This is why we encourage all those who call Redemption their church home, to be a good steward of what God has entrusted to you, by serving and giving. We need more people plugging in to our Sunday services, to help us serve and care for the large numbers of people God continues to bring. Please consider signing up to help in our Kid’s ministry as there are significant needs there, as well as with our security, usher, and greeting teams. Thank you for considering.

設施更新

• There have been some delays with the final projects on our renovations, but let’s be honest – in a building this old, there will always be facility projects happening! We are so thankful for the many who continue to give of their time and skills to help with maintenance and projects in the building, and outside the building.
• As you have likely noticed, work on our vestibule has picked up again, so we are hoping to have this complete by the end of the year.
• Once the vestibule is complete, we will have the final inspection done. There will be a few other side projects remaining, but at that point, the main renovations will be completed.
• The new lobby has been wonderful, but we recognize it can be quite loud on Sundays. Remember – this is a wonderful problem! To have so many people fellowshipping together is something we don’t want to complain about. It can get hard to hear, however, so we are looking at putting some sound dampening features in the room to make it a little easier to hear each other.
• We are also still planning to do some renovations to the washrooms on the upper level, to provide a multi-use Men’s washroom and a new location for an accessible washroom. It will likely be late 2023 or early 2024 before we get to this project, but it’s on the radar. If you would like to help with this, please contact the office and let us know.
• And remember, if you are new to Redemption or are bringing someone new, please stop by the Info Area in our lobby, after services so some of our leaders can greet you and answer any questions you have. If you are not new to Redemption, please refrain from crowding that part of the lobby (north wall area to the west of the new vestibule doors) so it’s open for new guests.

Financial Update

• God continues to do what only He can do. We have been so encouraged as a church by how God has stirred in the hearts of our people to give. We have seen a very encouraging trend in our finances – praise God!
• Our year-to-date giving has been right at or slightly above our year-to-date budget. This is exceptional, as normally this time of year we are running behind and hoping to catch up in December (which we usually do). It looks like we will finish the year strong, Lord willing.
• If you have been around Redemption for a while, you know about our annual Christmas Offering. We are excited for how God will provide for us to be able to bless some other ministries again this Christmas season. Watch for more information as we near December.
• We will be providing an update on a few ways the Lord has allowed us to bless other ministries this past year in one of our services over the next few weeks, so watch for that update.

OTHER UPDATES

GCC Conference

• GCC (Great Commission Collective, gccollective.org) is the church association we are a part of, and we now have 26 GCC churches in Canada.
• Additionally, there are 47 GCC churches in the US, and another approximately 40 internationally located GCC churches in the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Nepal, East Africa, South Asia, and Scotland.
• GCC is holding their annual conference, “Unashamed” this year at Hope Bible Church in Oakville from October 24-26. This is going to be a wonderful conference, and we’d encourage you, if you can make it work to go, register while there’s still time!

Church Planting

• Our partnership with the church plant in Romania remains strong. God has continued to grow this church, and we are excited to be sending a team of six to Romania this fall to help out and participate in the GCC Eastern Europe conference.
• We sent a team to the Belize church plant this past August and are hoping to send another team next summer. Watch for more information on how you can get involved!
• Later in October, we will be giving an update in our services on the Montreal church plant. We are excited for you to see how our Christmas offering last year had an impact!

Heritage College and Seminary Update

• Redemption is a partner church with Heritage, and it has been wonderful to see God at work in many ways through the school and in the executive, faculty, staff, and students.
• Heritage has begun construction on a new seminary building which will allow for continued growth and expansion of the seminary.
• We have been very involved in the school in numerous ways, especially this year. We believe this school is the preeminent Bible college and seminary in our country and we would strongly encourage you to consider taking courses there. Students looking for a Bible college or even just for a one-year program to help prepare you, as a Christian, for study in a secular university, please check out Heritage. For you who are older, they offer so many courses that you can take from home to help you grow in your Bible knowledge, theology, and various ways to serve Christ. https://discoverheritage.ca

耶誕節在救贖

• Mark your calendar! Our Christmas Eve services at Redemption will be on Sunday December 24 at normal service times.
• Watch for announcements about various Christmas events coming soon!

“But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.” – 2 Timothy 1:12

GENERAL Ministry UPDATE

• Spring is here, and we are very excited for Easter. Don’t forget to come early for our Good Friday services on April 7 at 9:00 and 11:00am, and Easter Sunday at our regular service times – 9:00 and 11:15am. We are expecting it to be full, so plan to arrive early!
• This ministry season has been a very encouraging time at Redemption. We have seen God’s provision and working in our mid-week ministries and Sundays. We are seeing lots of new people plugged into discipleship, serving, giving, and worshipping.
• God graciously continues to save many, and the regular baptisms we saw through the pandemic has continued into 2023. We are planning three more baptism services this May and June. With these three baptism dates included, we will have close to 40 people baptized already in 2023!
• Our Soul Care Ministry, which is still a relatively young ministry, continues to grow. We currently have seven certified counsellors, with four more in the process of certification. Since we started this ministry two years ago, we have had close to 100 people receive biblical counselling. We are thankful to God for the discipleship that has happened and lives changed through the Soul Care Ministry. Please pray for faithfulness in this crucial area.
• Our Free Indeed Men’s conference was held in February, and we saw about 260 come out to our London location and be fed from worship and the Word. Our Women’s Conference, Radiant, is coming up June 2-3. We will be simulcasting the main sessions from Oakville, with our own live worship and workshops. Registration opens April 1 at rbclondon.ca/radiant.

設施更新

• Thank you, God, for the lobby! It is such a wonderful sound on Sunday to hear our people gathered together in fellowship. This is just what we had in mind when we started down the path of renovations, and it has been wonderful to see the outcome.
• In recent weeks, we have opened up a new Information area in the lobby, specifically for new guests. If you are bringing someone new out on Easter, or anytime, please bring them by the Information area. We will continue to have an elder at the front of the Worship Centre following each service for any of our regulars who would like to talk about the sermon or ask a question.
• Work on our vestibule has been delayed, and may run into early summer, but it will get done!
• We are also still planning to do some renovations to the washrooms on the upper level, to provide a multi-use Men’s washroom and a new location for an accessible washroom. It will likely be late 2023 or early 2024 before we get to this project, but it’s on the radar.
• If you are eager to get outside this spring, and looking for something to do on a Saturday, we would love your help on our clean-up day, to do some lawn care, look after the gardens, etc. We are still firming up a date, but would love to hear from you inf you are interested. Or, if you’d be interested in joining our regular lawn care team, we’d love to hear from you too. Contact lawncare@rbclondon.ca.

Financial Update

• After seeing a wonderful, miraculous provision by God to close out our fiscal 2022 year, we are thanking Him for a healthy start to 2023. We are falling behind budgeted income, but that is normal for our first quarter. There is not as big of a gap as previous years, so we are thankful.
• In March, we did a one-week Benevolence offering. These funds will be used to help people who have hit a season of suffering and have practical needs we can help with. We are thankful to God for your generosity that brought in over $16,000 to use for benevolence. Thank you!
• Our annual audit is underway. The audit takes several months, but by late May or early June, it will wrap up and our members will receive our audited financial statements.
• Our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for June 11 at 6:00pm and will be open to both members and non-members.

OTHER UPDATES

Knollwood Baptist Church Update

• We asked Knollwood for an update on how things are going, and their Lead Pastor, Nate Klahsen, responded, “God has been and is good and kind.”
• Knollwood is a church in our city that is in a revitalization, and we have partnered with them and provided some support. Although Knollwood is not a GCC church, nor do they have any intention of becoming one, they are a gospel church who we are joyfully aligned with.
• God is at work at Knollwood. They have recently had a baptism service and look forward to another one coming up with four more people who are professing Jesus Christ as Lord.
• Redemption was able to provide support to Knollwood to be able to (among other things) hire a new Associate Pastor, Chris Wood, who started in early February. Chris and his family have been a huge blessing at Knollwood as Chris oversees their Adult Discipleship and Evangelism.
• Chris, has been able to put an increased focus on evangelism as they have started a street evangelism ministry. A few of their Young Adults, including those new to the faith, are expressing a desire to participate and have gone out with Chris.
• Since the beginning of this new year, Knollwood has been blessed to bring in seven new members, and more are coming. Their Sunday attendance averages around 140. They are blown away by what God is doing and are humbled to be used by Him.
• As a church, they continue to pray for us and are thankful for Norm, the Elders, and members of Redemption.

Heritage College and Seminary Update

• Redemption is a partner church with Heritage, and it has been wonderful to see them also having a strong school year. God is at work in many ways through the school and in the executive, faculty, staff, and students.
• We rejoice that Heritage has received approval to start (Lord willing) construction on a new seminary building sometime in 2023 to allow for continued growth and expansion of the seminary.

GCC UPDATE

• GCC (Great Commission Collective, gccollective.org) is the church association we are a part of, and we now have 26 GCC churches in Canada.
• Additionally, there are 47 GCC churches in the US, and another approximately 40 internationally located GCC churches in the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Nepal, East Africa, South Asia, and Scotland.
• GCC is actively planting churches around the world and numerous churches are transitioning in to join our network, including three just in the past month – one in California, one in Michigan, and one in Florida. GCC Canada is in conversation with numerous Canadian churches praying about joining our network.
• GCC is also beginning to train pastors and help churches who are in a revitalization process, which is exciting to us at Redemption London as we have seen this as a key area in the city of London where we could come alongside and prayerfully as well as practically help churches in undergoing a revitalization themselves.
• Our GCC network is healthy and growing and we are especially thankful for the wonderful relationships and partnership we have with other GCC Canada churches.
• This coming October the GCC National/International conference will be held at Hope Oakville, October 23-26. We are expecting a packed building, so watch in the next months for when we let you know tickets are going on sale as we would encourage you to consider attending. There will be some amazing main sessions of worship and the Word, as well as many workshops and a chance to see what God is doing in our association world-wide.

新成員

The following people were excitedly welcomed into membership in the first quarter of 2023:

• Galia Brown
• Tim Brown
• John Champ
• Pamela Champ
• Sara Griffioen
• Andrew Hill
• Clarey Hodge
• Steve Hodge
• Paul Karpovich
• Shira Krieger
• Tim Landry
• Doug Mercer
• Ruth Mercer
• Diana Prokhor
• Robbie Sparrow
• Rebecca Vanderform
• Scott Vanderform

GENERAL Ministry UPDATE

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” – Lamentations 3:22-23

• Happy New Year Redemption! Join us in thanking God for His faithfulness as we look back on 2022 and ahead to what He has in store for 2023.
• We began preaching through 1 and 2 Timothy in the fall and are on schedule to finish these books by the end of May or early June.
• We also have our Men’s Free Indeed conference coming up February 3-4. This is a highlight every year and we have seen God do miraculous work in the hearts of men at this conference. We will be simulcasting the main sessions from Oakville, with our own live worship and workshops. Register now at rbclondon.ca/freeindeed
• Easter will be here before we know it, and our team has already started making plans. We will have two services on Good Friday (April 7), and our two regular services on Easter Sunday (April 9).

設施更新

• We knew the work on our new vestibule would extend into the spring, but some things are still getting done. The following will be done sometime between now and late spring:
  • Steel frame installed
  • Poured cement floor and in floor grates to trap snow and water
  • Windows and new doors (two sets of double doors)
  • 屋頂
  • 屋頂橡膠膜
  • 加熱系統
  • 圍繞頂部的壁板
• In the meantime, we are very thankful for Big Top Tents (bigtoptents.ca) for lending us our temporary vestibule as this helps keep the weather out of our lobby and makes a nicer entrance.
• In the new year, we will also be moving our Welcome area – renamed to “Info Spot” – to our new lobby downstairs. We hope this will allow us to better connect with first-time guests.

Financial Update

• We, like many other churches, had our challenges in 2022, but we are very grateful to God for the many things He continues to do.
• We have seen so many new people coming to our church and join our existing people in faithfully supporting the ministry, which is exciting.
• By God’s provision, through your faithful and generous donations, we were able to finish the year with meeting our budgeted donations. While we still have some expenses coming in for 2022, it’s looking like we will be able to cover all our operating expenses from our General fund donations – praise God!
• Inflation soared in 2022, and there has been pressure on jobs, uncertainty in the markets, housing going crazy, and a financial recession happening. Through all of this, God continues to provide, for which we thank Him and are encouraged by your generosity.
• Aware that we are in a difficult season financially in our country and province and seeing its press on our finances, we decided it would be prudent to seek to reduce our 2023 budget. So, we are bringing in our new 2023 budget with a reduction of 3.5% from our 2022 budget.
• At a member’s meeting in January, we will present our 2023 budget. Our annual audit will be commencing soon, and we will have audited 2022 financial statements available for our Annual General Meeting (members only) in June.
• Not only were Redemption givers very generous to our general fund this Christmas season, but we also saw a wonderful response to our special Christmas offering. Every year we collect a Christmas offering to give to other ministries, outside our church, as we think this reflects the heart of Christ, to be generous to other gospel ministries. We are thrilled to announce that just over $35,000 was donated this year to our Christmas offering and our elders discerned God’s leading that all of this (as we announced before Christmas) would go to the GCC Doxa Eglise Biblique (Doxa Bible Church, eglisedoxa.ca) church plant in Brossard Quebec, which is a suburb of Montreal. We will be sending them this money in the next few weeks, praying it will both bless and encourage their work in the gospel in the wonderful city of Brossard.
• Your 2022 donation receipts will be available in the coming weeks. Watch your email for a notification when it is ready to download.

新成員

We are in the process of reviewing and revamping membership at Redemption. We want to increase the emphasis given to this, as we think membership is both Biblical and beneficial to our congregation and ministry. We will be implementing a number of new efforts related to membership in 2023 and are excited to welcome the following individuals into membership in the last quarter of 2022:

• Tara Attrill
• Vonne Harlette Valeroso
• Helena Morgan
• Cathy Carrier
• Kirsty Ng
• Don Klassen
• Sharon Enwright
• Dan Charbonneau
• Susan Nelson
• Mike Nelson
• Lauren Wiebe
• Camilo Uriza

總務部更新

• 秋天來了，伴隨著清脆的微風，空氣中有很多關於救贖周圍發生的一切的興奮。經過過去三年，我們大家都可以同意，看到我們的事工熙熙攘攘，活動日縈，真是太好了。
• 我們有一個美好的秋季開球，許多新人出來參與。
  • 主日崇拜出席率呈上升趨勢，開始接近大流行前的數位（這兩項服務，包括兒童事工）
  • 我們的男子事工有一個精彩的開端，大約有110名男子註冊。
  • 我們的婦女事工總共有200多名婦女登記（包括早上、晚上和網上）。
  • 年輕人團體正在全面展開，每周有六個團體在倫敦各地的不同家庭開會。
  • 青年的第一個晚上是一個充滿興奮和活力（以及很多糖果）的夜晚，有141名青年參加。
  • 我們的兒童事工從未停止過，但今年秋天周日的出席人數約為每周150至170名兒童（需要更多的志願者來説明J）。
• 這是我們第一個完整的事工年，斯科特·范德form加入我們的講道團隊。今年，斯科特將與諾姆和伊恩一起講道，傳講提摩太前書和提摩太後書。我們對神通過傳講他的話語將要做什麼感到興奮。

設施更新

• 從周日我們新大堂的一系列活動來看，你們都在享受這個新空間！大堂大部分都是完整的。我們的暖通空調仍有待安裝，但這只會影響明年夏天的空調。我們仍在完成技術方面的一些事情，但空間已經完成，你們中的許多人已經在享受它，不僅在周日，而且在我們周中的事工中。
• 今年秋天，我們將把賓客接待/歡迎區也搬到大堂。
• 前廳的工作將在未來幾個月內繼續進行，可能會在耶誕節前完成，但可能會進入新的一年。
• 建築物周圍的其他專案也在我們的雷達上 - 包括我們上層更好的男士洗手間。

財務更新

• 整個夏天，我們預算的捐款和實際捐款之間的差距越來越大，一度達到了兩位數（百分比）的赤字。一些短缺是正常的，我們通常能夠在12月趕上，但是，這是一個比正常情況更大的短缺，我們知道每個人的財務狀況都很緊張，所以我們為此祈禱。
• 然而，我們感到鼓舞的是，過去一個月，捐贈有所增加。
• 幾年前，我們已經能夠從出售塔爾博特上校的土地的收益中完全資助我們的裝修，因此，由於上帝提供了這些資金和許多志願者，他們做了大量工作，我們不必使用我們的一般預算進行翻新。
• 到目前為止，我們的裝修總成本約為61萬美元。這包括：
  • 24.83萬美元用於石棉清除（政府在裝修前強制要求）
  • 便攜式41.5萬美元（市場部使用這個）
  • 51.9萬美元用於103和104室的摺疊隔板（以彌補由於新大廳開放建築物背面而丟失的教室）
  • 剩餘費用為26.8萬美元（建築、機械和電氣圖紙、電氣工程、地板、許可證、傢俱、技術等）
• 你們中的許多人正在利用我們的新選項通過電子轉帳提供。請記住，請在轉移的評論部分包含您的姓名（和位址，如果我們還沒有）。有幾個人的銀行帳戶上的名字沒有表明他們是誰（例如，首字母縮寫），因此我們無法出於稅收收據目的將捐款歸因於您，因為我們不知道捐款來自誰。
• 通過網上銀行，信用卡，現金或支票捐贈仍然是一種選擇。
• 我們正在為你們所有人祈禱，正如我們所知，在大流行和通貨膨脹之間，許多人在經濟上受到傷害。如果你願意的話，我們也會要求我們也為我們祈禱，上帝會提供，我們將能夠在年底前減少或消除我們的赤字。謝謝。

耶誕節在救贖

我們的員工一直在為今年的耶誕節制定計劃，所以我們想給你一些資訊。

平安夜服務：

12 月 24 日星期六下午 4：00 和下午 6：00。

我們期待著聚集在一起，享受傳統的平安夜服務。

耶誕節服務：

12月25日星期日

預先錄製的點播服務將在我們的網站上觀看。不會有任何面對面的服務。請與您的家人一起享受這一天，慶祝我們救主的誕生，並享受我們為您提供的服務，讓您在家中一起觀看。

新成員

在過去的一年裡，我們的長老們一直在祈禱和討論我們的會員方式，並決定我們應該提高會員資格的知名度和承諾。 我們認為這是符合聖經的，對我們的會眾有説明。 在接下來的幾個月裡，我們將就會籍進行更多的溝通，並改進成為會員和歡迎新成員加入教會的過程。

本季度，以下個人被批准成為會員：

• 余保羅
• 凡妮莎·阿塞維多
• 蒂亞戈·達席爾瓦·費雷拉

總務部更新

• “凡事都有一個季節，天下每一件事都有一個時間”......我們非常感激，似乎COVID-19大流行的季節可能正在慢慢結束。能夠消除所有限制並聚集在一起進行崇拜真是太好了。我們祈禱這種情況會繼續下去，儘管“第6波”中病例數的增加以及許多人要求掩蓋的呼聲增加是我們正在關注的。
• 當我們回到「新常態」時，請記住，如果您想戴口罩參加服務，我們歡迎您在需要時這樣做，但這不是必需的。還要記住，如果你以任何方式生病，待在家裡，不要來服務或周中事工，直到你好轉。

周中事工更新

男子事工

• 男性事工受到Covid限制的沉重打擊，但我們開始看到更多的男性走出來。
• 我們剛剛在帖撒羅尼迦後書開始了我們的研究，有十個小組，其中九個是面對面的，一個是在線的。
• 我們總共有80多人參與其中，並祈求主帶來更多！
• 我們定於5月14日星期六提供男士早餐。

婦女事工

• 150名婦女在春季聖經學習課程中註冊 - 在早上，晚上和網上提供。
• 4月6日星期六，160名女性參加了我們的春季早午餐 - 來自傳統學院和加拿大聖經諮詢聯盟的Betty VanRees是演講者。
• Radiant（我們的年度女性會議）將於5月27日至28日舉行。邀請函已發往28個教會，我們的聯播地點已經售出140多張門票。
• 請為我們的婦女事工主任琳達禱告，因為她被要求在新成立的婦女事工委員會（GCC）（我們的教會協會）中服務。

小組和門徒事工

• 小組啟動並運行：3個門徒訓練小組，4個成長小組，5個語言小組（從2022年5月開始有3個潛在的新成長小組）。
• 即將到來：“如何與他人一起禱告”培訓小組，5月15^日星期日下午1：00開始。
• 請為更多的團體（包括尋找和培訓）祈禱新的領袖。我們希望教會家庭中的每個人都能在常規的團體事工中與其他人建立聯繫。

西班牙裔部。

• 目前有四個西班牙裔小組，以及一個祈禱小組，神學課程和一個進行聖經輔導培訓的小組。
• 我們和64個女人一起吃了一頓很棒的女士早餐。
• 請為5月14日即將舉行的下一次西班牙崇拜禱告。
• 也為許多新的西班牙裔家庭來救贖禱告。

靈魂關懷事工

• 我們的靈魂護理事工正在發展，需求也在不斷增長。
• 我們目前正在運行一個一致的等待名單，大約有10-15人等待輔導員可用。
• 請為輔導員、輔導員和仍在接受培訓的人禱告。
• 我們祈求上帝在這個領域興起更多有天賦的人。

兒童事工

• Our first service attendance is usually between 90 to 100 children (the maximum we can have is about 120 with current volunteers), while second service has been around 50 (the maximum is 54 with current volunteers).
• 在第二次服務期間，我們在一間教室里合計了幾個年齡段，但我們最近開設了兩間新教室，這將增加容量。
• 讚美上帝 – 我們有大約12名新志願者，一些現有的志願者增加了他們每月服務的次數。
• 請為更多的志願者禱告，因為我們還需要大約30名志願者來涵蓋這個事工的所有空缺職位。

青年事工

• 我們正在完成歌羅西書，然後進入我們的最後一個系列，“神話破壞者”，我們將解決一個問題，並每周用聖經回答它。
• 我們剛剛舉辦了一場成功的鎖定（通宵社交活動），有近100名學生。
• 每周的出勤率約為105名學生。
• 這個事工季節，我們還有三個特別的活動：小組之夜，禱告之夜和畢業。
• 為我們現有的領袖禱告，也為更多墮落的領袖禱告。

青年成人事工

• 我們的年輕人事工將在五月長週末之前完成這一年。
• 我們從許多成員和領導者那裡聽到很多關於每週不同晚上小組會議新形式的積極反饋。
• 我們計劃舉辦一到兩個夏季活動（觀看更多細節）。
• 為耶穌帶領這個事工禱告，也為更多的夫婦帶領小團體禱告。

設施更新

• 在過去的六個月里，我們的建築發生了很多事情。石棉清除工作於去年秋天開始，從那時起，事情取得了進展，我們非常感謝我們在裝修方面所處的位置。
• 對於那些新來的人來說，當你走進後門時，最終目標是在較低的樓層有一個漂亮的，大的，開放的大廳，這將在周日用於聚會空間，但也可用於特殊活動。這次翻新工程將包括在正門外建造一個新的前廳。
• 3月12日星期六，我們有一個大約30-40人的團隊來幫忙拆除，以開放新的大廳空間。感謝每一位站出來幫忙的人——你知道自己是誰！
• 我們已經很享受新大堂的開放，儘管它看起來仍然有點粗糙。
• 我們剛剛完成了我們的圖紙（建築，電氣，機械等），並申請了城市許可證，我們希望只需要幾周的時間就可以回來。
• 我們的下一步是完成電氣和HVAC工作，然後天花板將被漆成黑色，就像在104室一樣。還將有一些其他小專案，例如柱子周圍的幹牆，牆壁處理等。
• 然後，我們將放入新地板，並在用螢幕，傢俱等完成空間之前進行最後的潤色。
• 該專案的最後一個主要階段將是建造前廳，我們希望在秋季完成，但這取決於我們何時能找到一個有空房的承包商。
• 這是一項艱巨的任務，如果沒有許多志願者在這個專案上花費無數個小時的説明，這是不可能實現的。感謝所有慷慨奉獻時間、精力和技能的人。
• 請務必查看 rbclondon.ca/renovations，以了解建築物中發生的最新情況。此頁面會定期更新。

財務更新

• 我們的年初至今（年初至今）捐款比年初至今的預算落後約10萬美元（年度預算為177.6萬美元）。雖然第一季度有點落後是正常的，但這比其他年份略高。
• 我們在這方面信靠主，並感謝我們所處的健康財務狀況，但會鼓勵你保持慷慨和定期的奉獻。請幫助我們彌補一些不足。
• 我們非常感謝許多新人來到我們的教會（數百人），其中有多少人已經開始捐贈。為這種鼓勵讚美神。
• If you are new and would like to get set up for giving through online banking, please email give@rbclondon.ca. You can still give by cash, cheque, or credit card, but giving through online banking is the most efficient and secure, especially if you already do online banking.
• 感謝您對我們的烏克蘭危機支持特別基金如此慷慨。到目前為止，我們已經籌集了超過20，000美元！這些資金將通過海灣合作委員會（我們所屬的教會協會）流向東歐教會，以幫助烏克蘭人以及照顧逃離的難民。
• 我們的2021年審計工作已全面展開，我們已將年度股東大會（AGM）安排在6月12日（星期日）。如果您是 Redemption 的會員，您將在未來幾周內收到一封電子郵件，其中包含更多資訊。

教會植堂更新

埃德蒙頓 （艾伯塔省）

• 自2022年1月起，我們已將財政支援從紅鹿教會工廠（現已自給自足）轉移到由凱爾·亨特領導的埃德蒙頓教會工廠。
• 凱爾和他的家人一直和他的母親住在一起，而他們的家正在裝修。他們希望能夠在五月份搬家。
• 他們非常感謝現在有一個由31名成年人組成的核心團體，在他們租來的教會聚會，這個教會對他們非常友善和包容 - 讚美神！
• 在他們的核心小組中，有三對夫婦正在創辦自由小組。
• 發佈日期是9月18日，他們希望到那時有五十對夫婦。

羅馬尼亞 西比烏 Sibiu, Romania

• 上帝在羅馬尼亞工作！西比烏教堂的植物繼續穩步增長，即使在這次大流行中。
• 他們的教會目前收容了20多名烏克蘭難民，主要是婦女和兒童，提供食物，衣服和各種實際需求。他們也開始為這些人和其他人將他們的服務翻譯成烏克蘭語，總共近60-70人，因為上帝為福音事工打開了一扇巨大的大門，因為大多數逃離烏克蘭戰爭的人都沒有得救。
• 錫比烏教會剛剛慶祝他們作為教會成立三周年。有很多事情需要感恩，但許多需求，因為事工機會在很多方面都很充足。

伯利茲。

• 我們計劃今年夏天（7月底/8月初）向伯利茲派遣一個短期特派團小組。這將是一個10-12人的團隊。
• 這次旅行的目的是説明VBS，教堂升級，家訪，我們將嘗試騰出時間進行短途旅行。
• We are working on a budget for the trip, but if you are interested in being a part of this short-term team or would like more information, please contact info@rbclondon.ca

大流行更新：

• 我國政府於1月3日宣佈，該省將進入重新開放的"修訂步驟2"，以説明應對由於Omicron變體引起的病例激增。
• 根據這些新的限制，宗教服務被允許以50%的容量繼續進行。由於我們已經堅持了最大物理距離，對我們來說，大約是30%的容量，這不會改變我們的周末服務。
• 此外，除了小團體之外，我們的周中事工將繼續，因為他們可以這樣做，並且仍然遵守給予教會的指導方針。
• 由於小團體在私人住宅中聚會時，最好被歸類為社交聚會，因此這些團體需要轉移到虛擬或允許大型團體進行宗教服務的教堂聚會。
• We’d like to remind all our people, that if you are ill, in any manner, please stay home. Even if you know it is not COVID, please stay home if you are not well.

面具提醒：

• 為什麼是現在？也許你在想 - 為什麼我們現在要推出口罩？我們已經意識到，我們在服務中戴口罩的重要性方面丟掉了球，我們看到越來越多的人沒有戴口罩。因此，我們正在糾正這種情況，以保障所有相關人員的福祉和健康。  
• 越來越多的出席者在服務期間根本不戴口罩或摘下口罩（或將其拉下）。這需要扭轉。
• 我們認識到並希望尊重有些人有合法的醫療原因，他們不能戴口罩。對於一些我們認識的人來說，他們能夠穿進進出出建築物，但不能坐著一個半小時。其他人根本不能穿它。有些人選擇戴上透明面罩，因為醫學上無法在臉上戴口罩。 
• 對於那些在醫學上不能戴口罩的人（根本或只是為了服務本身），我們希望您知道您在這裡總是受歡迎的，我們理解。我們和我們的政府允許這樣做。我們詢問你們所有人，如果您看到有人沒有戴口罩或摘下口罩進行服務，請假設他們有合法的醫療原因。
• 對於那些沒有真正的醫療問題，但只是覺得他們不舒服，或者不認為他們説明或保護，或者認為他們可能不健康，或者認為這是政府過度擴張的人 - 無論你不戴或摘下口罩的原因是什麼，我們都要求你，就像我們的政府一樣，戴上口罩。
• 我們對此是認真的，如果我們認為這種情況沒有得到糾正，我們將在必要時採取後續行動。 
• 除了呼籲我們服從我們的政府命令和我們的長老要求之外，想想其他人。 在我們的會眾中，由於COVID而患重病和/或因這種病毒而失去親人的人可能比您想像的要多。還有一些人一直擔心，這是可以理解的，所以，我們要求你記住，羅馬書14提醒我們，出於對彼此的愛，我們應該戴上面具。也要記住保羅在腓立比書2：3中的忠告："你們要謙卑地數別人比你們自己更重要。因此，為了許多認為這是非常有益和需要的人，更不用說法律要求了，請戴上口罩。 
• Let us be clear – masks are required in all Redemption Ministries. This is mandated by our government, so according to Romans 13:1 and 1 Peter 3:13-14, we must submit to this requirement. Our Elder team is requiring you to wear your mask, so according to Hebrews 13:17, we must submit to this request. Thank you. 
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總務部更新

• 我們有一個偉大的秋季開球，推出了"5G生活"。我們想提醒和鼓勵你們所有人練習你們的上帝時間，聚集時間，集體時間，給予時間，去時間 - 5G生活！
• 經過一個賽季的重建，我們很高興我們的混合小組將在一月份啟動少量小組。如果您有興趣加入這些團體之一，請聯繫我們的辦公室。
• 我們還在一月份再次開始我們的男性和女性研究，以及我們的年輕成人小組。一定要為門徒訓練和相互鼓勵而建立聯繫。
• 今年秋天，我們的長老們鼓勵我們任何居住在倫敦東北部的人考慮改信諾爾伍德浸信會。諾爾伍德不是一個海灣合作委員會教會，但他們是一個忠實的聖經（福音/大使命）教會，我們已經與他們建立了友誼，並且隨著上帝在那裡做振興工作，他們正在成長。我們鼓勵你們禱告並尋求上帝的帶領，也許祂會讓你們中的許多人轉移到諾爾伍德，插入敬拜、服侍、幫助、祈禱和給予，以推進那個城市的王國。
• 請記住，隨著下雪月的臨近，請關注我們的網站和社交媒體，瞭解任何惡劣天氣的取消。

設施更新

• 從結束開始！我們的設施翻新工程於今年秋天開始，在不便期間，我們都在學習記住最終目標 - 一個大型開放式大廳，用於在我們的後門聚會！
• 我們翻新計劃的一部分是將我們的市場轉移到便攜式。如您所見，我們擁有攜帶型設備，並且正在準備將其用於容納市場。一旦工作完成並且我們手頭有許可證，我們的市場將進入便攜式。 
• 我們裝修的另一個組成部分是為我們下層的兩間大教室增加摺疊牆。主願意，這些將在二月安裝。這將使我們有能力將這些教室保留為兩個大教室，或者在必要時將它們分成四個教室，因為我們將失去三個教室給我們的新大廳。
• 我們健身房的隔音設施齊全，因此如果需要，兒童事工可以在服務期間使用這個空間。 
• 我們的石棉減排工作已接近完成，第3階段已經完成，第4階段 - 我們最後也是最小的階段，本周開始。第4階段涉及我們的託兒所。我們希望第4階段將在幾周內完成。 
• 本月，我們的工程師將開始重新審視我們的遊說計劃，以確保它們是最新的。 
• 圖紙最終確定后，我們將向該市申請許可證。 
• 我們預計許可證可能需要四到六個月或更長時間。因此，雖然我們希望看到這些裝修在9月的開球時間完成，但可能是年底或更晚。 
• 我們感謝您在這個裝修季節的耐心等待，並期待成品。
• To stay updated on what’s going on with our facility and the renovations, head to rbclondon.ca/renovations. This page is updated regularly.
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財務更新

• 雖然我們仍在研究最終的捐贈數位，但看起來我們將在2021年結束時大約12，000美元 - 13，000美元，高於我們的預算1，781，552美元。讚美神！
• 我們的2022年預算已獲得批准，定為1，776，063美元，比2021年略有下降。
• 我們的2021年預審計正在進行中。我們將在未來幾個月內為年度股東大會設定日期。
• 我們很高興收到超過44，200美元的聖誕禮物！感謝你對其他事工的慷慨！我們很高興能夠祝福其他以福音為主的事工。 
• 請繼續你的"給予時間"——當我們開始2022年時，把上帝放在你生活的所有領域的第一位。每個新年的頭幾個月都很難給月。
• 如果您願意，歡迎台可提供我們2020年經審計的財務報表副本。

教會植堂更新

紅鹿, 艾伯塔省 Red Deer, Alberta

• 紅鹿教會工廠每周都有新的家庭來，目前的出席人數剛剛超過100人！  
• 他們也被上帝的供應所淹沒，發現自己，作為一個教會不到一年，在經濟上獨立於外部支持，讚美上帝！ 
• 因此，隨著2021年的結束，我們對它們的財務承諾將結束。我們請求你們繼續為他們禱告，祈求信實，為需要的員工和長老，為他們祈禱，為他們祈禱，為他們祈禱，為福音果子祈禱。 
• 從2022年起，我們將把我們的財政支持轉移到艾伯塔省埃德蒙頓的新教會工廠。如果您想瞭解有關該工廠的更多資訊，請聯繫我們的辦公室。

羅馬尼亞 西比烏 Sibiu, Romania

• 上帝在羅馬尼亞工作！西比烏教堂的植物繼續穩步增長，即使在這次大流行中。
• 我們一直在為他們的種植牧師Betuel和他的妻子Sanda祈禱，並尋求經濟上的幫助，因為他們正在努力建造自己的家（他們目前與Betuel的父母住在一起）。
• 請與我們一起為這個需要禱告，也為這個健康、成長但仍然年輕的教會禱告。當他們開始為自己的長者團隊禱告和工作時，你可以特別禱告。

伯利茲。

• 這一流行病對伯利茲打擊很大，包括這座教堂工廠所在的地區。
• 自8月中旬以來，他們已被鎖定，無法提供服務。 
• 請為教會和他們的牧師佩德羅·雷耶斯禱告，因為這對這個教會植物來說是一個艱難的時期。
• 儘管如此，他們繼續看到神在作工，他們祈求主允許他們很快再次開始聚會，作為一個教會。 
• 如果主允許，我們希望派遣一個短期宣教團隊到伯利茲，在2022年8月增長我們與這個教會植物的關係，所以請與我們一起禱告，這會發生。