Join Pastor Blair for an informal lunch and meeting. This event is open to all parents of teens, whether your student attends the youth group or not.

• Date: Sunday, September 19
• Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
• Location: Children’s auditorium
• Cost: Donation

Join us for lunch after church today! Not able to come this time? Don’t worry – we try to do this every month! Watch for the next date to be advertised soon!

• PrimeTime: Lunch
• Location: Swiss Chalet, Wonderland Rd [at Beaverbrook]
• Event Date: Sunday, September 19, 1:00 PM
• Cost: $11/person (tax incl) for a 1/4 chicken dinner and beverage. (cash only) OR order off the menu anything and pay regular price.

Register at the reception desk this weekend, or call the church office @ 519.473.2804

Tonight is our opening night for the 2010/2011 season and we are excited to get started!

• Date: Wednesday, September 15
• Time: 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Visit the MIDZone page here for complete details and to register online!

Cleansing Stream provides practical application of Biblical truths and disciplines. The course is built around four main teachings; Walking in the Spirit, Committing Everything to God, Speaking Words of Life and Entering the Cleansing Stream. Each of these areas focus on specific aspects of living in daily victory and walking in an exciting relationship with the Lord.

Participants will meet weekly, alternating between a video-talk at the church and discussion times in a home group location. A regional retreat and follow-up teaching will allow participants to take further steps in the right direction towards spiritual maturity.

Course Details

• Date: Tuesday evenings from September 14 – November 16
• Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
• Location: Youth auditorium & home groups
• Cost*: $75 (1 workbook, 1 CD & course books), $100 (2 workbooks, 1 CD & course books)

Retreat Details

• Retreat: November 5 & 6 in Cambridge
• Retreat Cost: $85/person $150/couple (Due in November) Does not include accommodations.

Registration

• Contact Susan Sandig or call the church office at 519-473-2804 to register.

What are Stepping Stones? Find out here!

*Materials payments can be spread out over September & October. Couples are welcome to share a workbook.

Isn’t it true that we long to see the extraordinary, experience the extraordinary, do the extraordinary? Yet, so often we settle for mediocrity when greatness is within our grasp.

Why are we drawn to stories of heroic triumph over seemingly impossible circumstances? In our fascination with adventure movies, superheroes, and tales of incredible human feats, do we reveal an inherent desire for something larger and greater in life?

Maybe what we think is a need to escape or be entertained is actually a God-inspired longing … for the extraordinary.

Best-selling author John Bevere reveals how all of us were “meant for more, ” extraordinarily created and intended for a life that is anything but ordinary. Here is the road-map for your journey of transformation. You are marked for a life that far surpasses the usual definitions of success or fulfillment.

Isn’t it time to pursue your extraordinary life?

• NOTE: Miss the first part of the study? That’s okay. . . you are still welcome to join us!
• Links: Men’s Morning Devotion & Study
• Event Date: Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 AM beginning September 8
• Cost: materials $20 (hardcover book & workbook)
• Coffee/bagels are available from 7:00 – 7:30, study begins promptly at 7:30 AM.

REGISTRATION NOT NECESSARY

Everyone is invited to our Annual Labour Day BBQ & Corn Roast! If you are new to Gateway, this is a great opportunity to get connected.

• Date: Sunday, September 5
• Time: 5:00 PM – ?
• Location: Ben & Jean Hibma’s place (View map here.)
• Cost: $2/person or $10/family of 5 or more
• Note: Bring your lawn chair, extra drinks & snacks!

• Sunday, 9:30 AM: call to the Lord: A concert of prayer.

  This special event will begin at 9:30 AM and run continually through to 12:30 PM. We encourage you to come for the entire event, however, you are welcome to attend whatever portion of it you desire.

• Annual Labour Day BBQ
• Men’s Morning Devotion & Study
• Stepping Stones Course: Cleansing Stream
• MIDZone Kick-off!
• PrimeTime: Lunch at Swiss Chalet
• Student Mission: Parents of Teens Lunch & Meeting
• Perfectly Flawed Girls Conference
• Focus on Prayer: 2010 City Prayer Walk

  We are pleased to be partnering with the Christian Churches Network of London (CCNL) who have organized 35 churches/Christian organizations to pray over the streets and neighbourhoods of London this summer. The walk began in June and will end September 21st with the hope that every street in the city of will be covered in prayer!

  We have been assigned an area near us (Deer Ridge) and encourage you to register and take part in the walk. You can walk any day, at any time, as many times as you wish! You can certainly pray for your own street, however, we have committed to pray as a church for the Deer Ridge area and have registration and maps available for those streets.

  Register in the atrium this Sunday!

  For more information visit: CCNL Prayer Walk 2010
  
• View complete event list.

• Common Ground Sr. Highs
• Badminton

• Help is needed in WeeZone: There are openings in our schedule for both the 9:30 and 11:30 service in the Nursery, Toddler & Preschool rooms. Please email our Preschool Coordinator, Dana Broadhead here or drop by the WeeZone area and speak with her in person.
• MIDZone small group leaders needed: Speak with Pastor Cheryl (or email her here if you are interested in being part of her leadership team. (MIDZone is designed for children age 3 to grade 5.)

• Giving Options | Cash, cheque, debit, automatic withdrawal and our new giving option, available 24/7, online giving via CanadaHelps. View details here.

  The debit machine is available at the reception desk immediately following each service, and during office hours. If you would like to register for automatic withdrawal or obtain a set of giving envelopes, please visit the reception desk. (Automatic withdrawal forms are also available to download here.)
  

• Audio & Video Podcasts |View details here.
• Gateway Church 2009-2010 iMix | Details available on the Music Team web page.
• Compassion LDP Sponsored Student | Please prayerfully consider making a donation to this portion of our missions budget. (Mark your donation “Compassion Missions”)

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1. characteristic of a swashbuckler
2. full of adventure and excitement

Approximately 200 children came aboard for an exciting week of music, games, Bible stories and just plain fun!

We are so thankful for all of the support given by our many volunteers. It takes a huge crew (about 60 awesome people!) to make day camp run smoothly … from the team who helped build and paint sets a few weeks ago, to the crew of adult and youth leaders who were here early every morning, to our “snack ladies” and everyone who donated snacks, our technical team, our child care providers (without whom many of our leaders wouldn’t have been able to be here), to the tear-down team who cleaned up this afternoon.

None of our day camp activities would have been possible without each and every one of these volunteers! We believe that, together, we made a difference in the lives of the children … and each other. After all, God’s love is for everyone!

Thank you High Seas Crew!

• Take a look at photos & videos from our High Seas adventure here!

We’ve added a new resource to the home page for the summer, or should we say, construction season! We hope this is helpful for you as you navigate the city over the next few months.

View details about London’s current and future road construction here.

Do you enjoy the worship music we sing on Sundays and wish you could listen to the same songs at home? Now you can!

How? We created an interactive song list for you, called an iMix. An iMix is published in the iTunes Store online, and can be used to find and purchase some of the songs the Gateway Praise Band is learning this year. We hope you take advantage of this new feature!

Visit the Music Team web page to view Gateway Church 2009-2010 Mix.

Installation of iTunes is required to use the iMix feature.