Hello Church family and friends,

We call the weeks after Easter the Easter Season. This is a season of hope and blessing. Tomorrow morning we will be blessed indeed to be witnessing the baptism of Marco Mak. If you want to watch it live, you may do so in person or join us on-line. Our service starts at 10am:

Following the baptism we will join with other Canadian Baptist churches to hear about the Global mission work of Canadian Baptist Ministries. CBM has prepared a special Sunday worship service for “Solidarity Sunday” For us at TCBC, this will be a good lead into May which is our Missions month. Throughout the month we will be hearing updates from our mission partners.

Like me, you are probably receiving notices from school, the workplace or hearing of friends who caught the latest COVID variant. I’m thankful that each one of my friends has recovered from this latest wave with no lingering effects. The disease is no joke though. Please make the choices you need to keep yourselves and your family safe.

We have made a choice as a church to move ahead with the next phase of our reopening plan and that is to have in-person children’s ministry starting in May. Our single aim is to provide the best environment for the discipleship of our youngest population. Working in coordination with the Mandarin congregation and the Children’s Ministry dept., we will begin with having our Bible teaching and Children’s music ministry at TCBC for the month of May. We hope to be able in June to move over to the Chinese Presbyterian Church which will allow us to add gym time to our children program. If you have any questions please direct them to me and/or attend our monthly members meeting to hear our proposal. (If you don’t have the Zoom link to attend our Monthly members meeting, please let me know and I can forward it to you.)

And of course, if you like working with children and/or would like to share in the Children’s music ministry, please step up to help as this is a very rewarding way to serve and influence the life of our young ones.

We are over 50% registered for our Children’s VBS camp that takes place Aug 8-12. If you have children K-G6 and or know of those with children who would like to attend a daycamp with fun activities and Bible teaching, here is the registration link:
VBS Registration

Lastly, we have received approval for hiring helpers for our Children’s Ministry under the Canada Summer Jobs program. If you are between 15-30 and/or know of anyone interested in working in this area over the summer, please look over the job description attached or follow this link:
Summer Job

Blessings,
Pastor Nolan

Hello Church Family and Friends,

From Sunday to Sunday of next week, Christians take extra time to focus on the Passion of the Cross and the Wondrous Glory of the Resurrection.

Last week Deacon Anthony took us into the Holy Week with a meditation on the worship and adoration of Mary of Bethany from Mark 14:3-9
This week’s lesson comes right out of the what follows after that Last Supper as we connect Jesus’ teaching on prayer with facing temptation and evil.

We continue to keep our worship services simple and make it a point of gathering to observe Sabbath for you who attend in-person and you who follow us on-line. I am certain that in-person attendance at any TCBC event poses minimal risk and that there is value in seeing one another. At the same time I understand the many reasons for choosing to keep to on-line services and my hope is that the time you set apart helps you to fulfil the plans and purposes that God has set for you in the week ahead.

Will have a simple in-person Good Friday service starting at 4pm at the TCBC main sanctuary on April 15. Please join us in the way you feel comfortable: in-person or on-line. This April we will host 2 baptisms: one on Easter Sunday and one of the following Sunday.

Finally, for those who want to take time to meditate on the journey of the Cross, check out Toronto’s unique “Crossings” initiative. https://www.crossingstoronto.com/

Martin Tam is interested in leading a group on a Sunday afternoon “pilgrimage” on Easter Sunday. We will keep you posted on the time for this.

Please continue to pray for our hurting world, for those you know who are sick and struggling and remember our ministries at TCBC, particularly our Children’s ministry that we as a church are working together on to be able to restart in-person.

Blessings,
Pastor Nolan

As we continue the Lenten season leading up to Easter, we  just wanted to remind everyone of our upcoming events.

Child Dedication – If you wish to have your child dedicated at our Easter service, please fill out the registration form available at the church office or contact Pastor Nolan. Please submit the completed forms on or before April 10, 2022. (I will put some in your mail box)

Monthly Members Meeting – Sunday, March 27th at 3:00 PM

Communion – Sunday, April 3rd

Good Friday Service – Friday, April 15th in the TCBC Sanctuary at 72 Beverley Street

English Service at 4:00 PM
Cantonese Service at 6:00 PM
Mandarin Service at 7:300 PM

We will be hosting VBS again this summer the week of August 8 to 12.

Hey Friends and Followers of TCBC EM,

Looking at my whiteboard I’m reminded that…my badminton racquet remains untouched all this year! Can you believe it? I can’t!

There were plenty of opportunities to play. Following the Step 1 protocols, our local badminton club (led by our neighbouring church CPC) reopened for play on Feb. 1 and they have been playing Tuesday and Thursday nights with no problems. Now that they have returned to full capacity, I have to plan to get out there and enjoy my membership.

This week I am even more excited to see Ontario moving ahead to the next step in it’s Reopening Plan. I’m happy to let everyone know that we now offer an option to attend our Sunday worship services in-person. For now the protocols will be exactly the same as in December: Proof of Vaccination, Masks while indoors, respect for social distancing are all required. There will be no need to pre-register. We will take attendance though and keep information for 30 days for contact tracing purposes only.

Our youth program, that we called Barnabas Fellowship, has also returned to meeting in-person. If you know of any teens who want to join a welcoming and fun group of students who ask questions about faith and what living is all about, you can e-mail the leaders of this group at barnabas@tcbc.on.ca

We are also starting up our Alpha Course for those who have questions about faith, life and why we think Jesus makes a difference. This course and our other groups can be found in our summary list found on this Google Doc: What’s happening.

Lastly, the sacred season of Lent starts today. There will be copies of a Lenten Devotional called Grace Unbounded available for those coming in-person to this Sunday service. If you are not coming, a friend can pick one up for you. This devotional is also available on Kindle for the very affordable price of $2.53.

Amazon Link

I’ve been looking at All Ages Accessible teaching for the 2022 Lenten season and I’ve stumbled onto this series. On our TCBC English Ministry Facebook page you can follow along. Here is the link to the first day (Ash Wednesday) reflection.

https://youtu.be/Do9UE-Sse6I

I am certain that, young or old, Jesus will speak to you as you draw near to Him.

Blessings,
Pastor Nolan Lee

Hello Friends and Followers of TCBC English Ministry,

We have the go ahead to plan for offering in-person ministry again starting in March. We will be offering the option to attend in-person starting Sunday March 6. It will be a Communion Sunday. I will be there and we will be livestreaming the service and continuing to be accessible on-line.

We have a Church Reopening Action Team meeting this Thursday evening where we will work out details concerning masks, social distancing, and any pre-screening procedures. I will get back to you with what the church leaders decide.

Our teaching series has been on Friendship and the quote I keep coming back to is
“Faithfulness in loving our friends–whether or not we see immediate results–does yield a harvest of fruit.”
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition from on-line only to a hybrid format for our Sunday worship.

Thank you also to everyone who chooses to follow us on-line. During this time where we temporarily suspended in-person attendance, we have tried to open up new groups so that people can learn together, connect for support and pray together. As always, we want to support your spiritual growth and see you living in the fullness that Jesus promises.

Blessings,
Pastor Nolan