Church Blog (Page 59)

We’re Hiring

Over the last few months the deacons along with the Pastoral staff have discerned that the English Ministry could use a second staff member. This person will focus on worship and youth ministries as an aide to Pastor Ryan. If you would like more information please feel free to ask Pastor Ryan or the English…

Serving Opportunities

Do you want to be more involved here at BPGC? Want to find and use your gifts to bless our church family? There are no shortage of volunteer service opportunities open right now. Everything from working with AWANA, to helping our A/V or worship team, to King’s Table. If you want to be more involved,…

EM Board Meetings

Once every few weeks, Pastor Ryan meets with the EM deacons and any interest congregation members to discuss the EM community and how best to serve it. If you would be interested in being involved with vision casting and planning for the future of the EM here at BPGC and would like to come to…

Jesus and the Nasty Women

These last couple of months in the world has been charged, to say the least. It’s not uncommon to turn on the news, Twitter, or Facebook now and hear someone accused of being a racist, a bigot, an idiot, a liar, or worse. One of the segments of society that currently seem to find themselves…

From the Desk of Pastor Ryan

Good Morning BPGC and welcome to worship. Over the last several weeks I seem to have found myself in multiple conversations about the devil, notably about how tricky he is. It’s true the devil is a liar.  He’s had a millennium to practice and hone his craft, so he’s become incredibly good at tripping up…

Pregnancy

Thank you to all the Brothers and Sisters who’ve been praying for Justin and I in my pregnancy so far. I am now at 13 weeks! Baby is still safe and sound. Praise God. Not many of you know this, but I want to share with you God’s miraculous work in this pregnancy – because…

Short Term Missions Trip Reflection

In August 2016, Daniel went on a short term missions trip to the interior of BC. He went with a small team from BPGC’s Chinese Ministry. Back in June when I was asked by the mission board to go on this trip, I was hesitant and doubted my usefulness. The purpose of the short term…

From the Desk of Pastor Ryan

Good Morning BPGC, Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Wow the last few weeks around the office have been a little bit busy, with programs kicking off and fellowship developing I’ve had quite a bit to do. In the midst of that it was Pastor Enoch who…

From the Desk of Pastor Ryan

Good Morning BPGC and a special hello to those of you returning from Hong Kong that I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting yet. Come and say hi, I would love to get to know you better. To quote a somewhat infamous phrase Sept.11 is “a day that will live in infamy”. Fifteen years ago…