Come hear what God is doing through the Macleans! Date: Thursday June 19.

A potluck will take place from 6-7 PM - If your last name begins with a letter between A-K, please bring sandwiches. If your last name starts with L-Z, please bring salad or veggies and dip. The seniors ministry will provide dessert. NOTE: This will replace our regular Sunday potluck for June. Please sign up in the foyer to help with the potluck.

A presentation by the Macleans will take place from 7-8 PM. Childcare is provided for children between nursery and grade 5.

Garage Sale

Yesterday's garage sale at Richview was a phenomenal success. I have to admit being very nervous when I realized the sale would be moved indoors due to weather, but in the end things worked out better. We made about three times what we did last year. So far the total is around $9,800 and climbing. This money is going to be used for water projects in Guatemala through Living Water International, as well as to send some of our youth to help out there or in some other country on a short-term trip.

There are lots of individual stories to tell about the sale, but the highlight for me was seeing the number of people who gave tons of energy and time to making this happen. God answered our prayers; what an amazing day. More pictures here. Thanks to our Junior and Senior High kids and leaders for making this happen.

This Saturday, May 31, the Junior High group is holding a huge Garage Sale from 8 a.m. to 2p.m. The proceeds will go to provide clean water through Living Water International Canada, as well as to send some of our people to assist on a trip with Living Water.

Besides lots of great items for sale, we have lots of silent auction prizes:

• An overnight stay at the Westin Harbour Castle in Downtown Toronto
• Dinner for Two at Tucker's Marketplace
• Shoppers Drug Mart gift Basket
• 3 Month membership at 365 Gym
• $50 Gift certificate from Cara Foods - Kelseys, Montanas, Milestones or Swiss Chalet or Harvey's restaurants.
• and much more

We are grateful to everyone who has donated items for this sale, as well as to the Junior Highs for all their work.

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Yesterday we looked at the theme of sex by God's design, according to Proverbs 5. I mentioned a couple of books that are excellent for anyone who wants to read more on this topic. They are:

• Real Sex: The True Nature of Chastity by Lauren F. Winner
• Pure Desire: How One Man's Triumph Can Help Others Break Free From Sexual Temptation by Ted Roberts

Both books are well worth reading.

This Sunday, Richview welcomes Dr. John Crocker. Dr. Crocker will be speaking from 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 on "Love Makes You Real." This is a family service; children will remain within the service.

After the morning service, we will be holding our potluck at West Deane Park on Martingrove north of Rathburn. We'll need volunteers to drive people to and from the picnic.

Please bring a picnic lunch for double the number of people you will be bringing. If your last name begins with a letter between A-K, please bring veggies and dip. If your last name starts with L-Z, please bring sandwiches. The seniors ministry will provide dessert.

Join us Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

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Richview is searching for a post-secondary summer student beginning for up to 16 weeks beginning in May. Duties will include:

1. Researching our community by summarizing relevant information from the new census, doing community research
2. Building relationships with community leaders and organizations
3. Arranging two community projects for the church to serve the community
4. Helping with Etobicoke Strategy, homework club, and other local community initiatives
5. Proposing potential ministries for the church to pursue
6. Communicating importance of community ministry to the congregation

Students who are eligible to participate must:

• be in post-secondary education and under 30 years of age;
• have been registered as a full-time student in the previous academic year, and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year;
• be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or have official refugee protection status under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; and
• be legally entitled to work in Canada, according to relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations.

Interested applicants can send an email to Pastor Darryl Dash. Hiring is conditional upon grant approval.

If God is going to use our churches to make a difference in Toronto, we must love the city as He does.

Motivated by our vision for the City of Toronto, we are calling all Fellowship Churches to join together in a night of worship, challenge, and prayer as we seek the peace and prosperity of our city.

Love Toronto

Toronto Fellowship Churches
United for the Good of Our City

Wednesday, May 21st at 7:00 p.m.
Willowdale Baptist Church
15 Olive Avenue, Toronto
(1 street south of Yonge and Finch)

Join the Fellowship Baptist Churches of Toronto in this night of worship, challenge, and prayer as we seek the peace and prosperity of our city.

Speakers:
John Kaiser, President of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches,
and the Choir and Orchestra, Morningstar Christian Fellowship, Toronto

“But seek the welfare of the city...and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” (Jeremiah 29:7)

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Note: We expect to send out one email a week, occasionally more when special items come up. The list will be moderated, and you can control the amount of emails you receive. Your email address will be kept private.

Do you want to experience the power of the Gospel?

Join us for a four-week crash course on understanding and applying the Gospel to our lives. This course is for everyone, whether someone brand new to Christianity, or someone who has been a Christian for 80 years.

Time: 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Bring Your Own Lunch!

April 6: The Essence of Sin
April 13: Three Ways to Live
April 27: Understanding the Gospel
May 4: Applying the Gospel to Everyday Life

Sign up at the Information Centre, or call the church office (416-247-8701) to attend.

We never "get beyond the gospel" in our Christian life to something more "advanced"...The gospel is not just the minimum required doctrine necessary to enter the kingdom, but the way we make all progress in the kingdom. (Tim Keller)

The truth of the Gospel is the principle article of all Christian doctrine...Most necessary is it that we know this article well, teach it to others, and beat it into [our] heads continually." (Martin Luther)