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Reading the Word Digging deep with your Bible

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Reading your bible is an essential part of every Christians faith. The Bible is our compass, it teaches us our history and tells us the Truth of God’s ways and how we should live our lives. As a church, WPA began a renewed emphasis on reading our bible this week and we’ve put together three simple ways that you as an individual can be involved in biblical engagement with your church.

Scribe | Memorization | Reflect

Scribe

This one is not for the faint of heart. You’ll be writing out the entire book of Acts. We’ve put together a journal that you can use, it’s 100% free and you can pick yours up during office hours at the church or on Sunday mornings during church in the Foyer.

Memorization

For those want to avoid the hand cramps but have no problem with some brain strain we’ve put together a Flip-book for you. We’re challenging you to learn each block of scripture, one per week. Just like the Scribe journals, the Memorization flip-books are available at no cost at the office during work hours or on Sunday mornings.

Reflect

Maybe neither of the first two options were for you. We are all wonderfully and uniquely made by God. If the first two options didn’t fit your learning style that we invite you to join the conversation on Facebook. Monday through Thursday we post a section of scripture from the Book of Acts and Reflect on it together as a community. Simply read the scripture and let us know what stood out to you and why. Comment on other peoples post and don’t be shy, we can all benefit from each other’s insights.

If you have Facebook, be sure to join our WPA Facebook page at www.facebook.com/watpen

Also, make sure that you receive our Facebook notifications. To adjust notifications for a Page:

  • Go to the Page
  • Click Following
  • Click next to Notifications
  • Adjust your notification settings, then click Done

When you turn on notifications, you’ll get updates each time that Page posts something shared with you.

40 Day Devotional A look through Proverbs

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The book of Proverbs is a treasure trove of wisdom and insight. By reading through it, memorizing the scriptures within and meditating on the subjects talked about in the chapters we can apply that wisdom and insight to our everyday lives. We have put together a 40 Day devotional that takes you through the book of Proverbs. Throughout the 40-days you will read devotionals put together by some of the leadership at WPA, write out sections of Proverbs, memorize scripture, reflect on topics and pray. It’s a 40-day journey which you can follow along with your church, friends, and family or just by yourself.

Click the link below for a free digital download.

 

Proverbs – 40 Day Devotional

Volunteer Appreciation We is proud to celebrate National Volunteer Week by taking our volunteers to see the Blue Jays.

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National Volunteer Week is a time when organizations across Canada celebrate the many volunteers and thank them for the generous work they to help those in the communities around them.

WPA is proud to celebrate it’s several hundred volunteers in 2017 who have sacrificed time and effort by taking them all to a Blue Jays game. It’s our small way of saying thank you and showing our appreciation for all that they do.

So a big THANK YOU to the many volunteers of WPA who have poured so much into this church, without volunteers WPA would not be able to operate as well as it does and make the impact that has been made in this community of Waterloo.

Spiritual Gift Test www.spiritualgiftstest.com

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On Sunday, January 22 during our morning service Pastor Chris talked about Gifts of the Holy Spirit. You can listen to the message free online here. In the message Pastor Chris encourages us to better understand the relationship we have the Holy Spirit and what role the Holy Spirit plays out in our lives. As a take home, Spiritual Gift tests were made available at the end of the service. If you would like a copy of that test you can pick up a printed copy on Sundays in the foyer at WPA or head over to www.spiritualgiftstest.com and download a copy for yourself.

Our gift to you – Rightnow Media A vast online library of christian learning.

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Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly has a gift for you. You can receive free access to a huge, streaming, online, access-on-any-device library of over 10,000 video Bible studies, leadership videos, kids shows and more.

web-ad-1To sum it up — it’s like the Netflix of Bible study videos. Contact us to see how you can get FREE access to thousands of video resources to help you with parenting, marriage, discipleship and more. It includes content for all ages and stages of life, and all of your family members are invited to set up their own accounts as well.

Send an email to Pastor Kim and get access.

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Best of all… IT’S FREE

It’s our way of saying thanks from all of us at Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly.

Lead Pastor Update 9/18 Chris Padiath has been chosen by WPA to be the new Lead Pastor.

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Introducing the new Lead Pastor at WPA

Chris Padiath

Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly is pleased to introduce our new Lead Pastor and family. Chris will be joining us along with his wife Kylie and their two daughters, Olivia (8) and Sadie (6).

Looking forward to Pastor Chris Padiath’s first Sunday with us on October 9 at 10:00am.

Lead Pastor Update 9/11 Search Committee Announcement September 11, 2016

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Hello, my name is Judy Hearn and I have been serving as chair of WPA’s Search Committee. I am pleased to introduce to you the Lead Pastor candidate joining us on Sunday, September 18: Pastor Chris Padiath and his wife Kylie.

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Over the past ten years, Chris Padiath has served as a Music & Young Adults pastor, a Worship and Creative Arts pastor, and most recently as Assistant Pastor at a church similar in size to WPA.

Chris has a Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies degree from Tyndale University, a Master of Theological Studies, Pentecostal Studies degree from Tyndale Seminary and is currently mid-way through his Doctor of Educational Ministry, Christian Worship degree through Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He is ordained with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. He has been married to Kylie for 10 years and they have two daughters, Olivia (8) and Sadie (6). Kylie has been an Ontario Certified Teacher with another school board in Ontario for the past 13 years. They are big Blue Jays fans, love to travel and love people.

Chris has a vision for the church that aligns remarkably with our vision, to be theologically, spiritually and missionally vital. In his own words, here is how he explains his heart for the future of the church, and hopefully, our church:

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“I envision a corporate gathering of the body of believers dedicated to Spirit-empowered preaching and Spirit-led worship. I envision a body of believers who place a priority on discipleship that increases biblical literacy and heightens a sense of accountability through small group fellowship. I envision a body of believers captivated by a passion to serve and bless their community and connected to their world through missions. I envision a multi-ethnic and multi-generational body of believers where people from all over the world, no matter their age, gather in a spirit of unity to worship the Lord. I envision a body of believers invested in protecting the family unit by equipping parents, strengthening marriages and celebrating spiritual milestones.”

Staff and volunteers will have a chance to connect with Chris and his family next Saturday afternoon (September 17). The Padiath family will also be in the foyer next Sunday morning (September 18) between 8:30 and 9:30 for another meet and greet opportunity.

Chris will be preaching the morning service next Sunday, September 18. The Board of WPA invites you to a special congregational business meeting following the service where members will be asked to vote regarding inviting Pastor Chris Padiath to become WPA’s new Lead Pastor.

We encourage those of you who are voting members of WPA to arrive early to pick up your name tag which will identify you as a voting member during this special business meeting.

Please be in prayer this week for the Padiath family as they prepare to visit with us next weekend.

Thank you!

Lead Pastor Update 8/28 Search Committee Announcement August 28, 2016

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Hello, I am Loron Pellowe, Chair of the Board and serving on the Search Committee. On August 7, the Search Committee advised you that a candidate had progressed to the stage where we would be recommending him to the congregation to be our new Lead Pastor. We have invited him to preach on Sunday, September 18. A special congregational business meeting will immediately follow the service to allow the voting members of WPA to vote on the candidate as our new Lead Pastor.

Although we’re excited to tell you more about the candidate, out of regard for his current position at another church, we will be waiting until Sunday, September 11 to announce who he is and share some preliminary information about him. There will be an opportunity to meet the candidate and his family informally on the weekend of September 18. We appreciate your continued prayer support for the Committee, the candidate and his family, as we continue to move forward.

Lead Pastor Update 8/7 Search Committee Announcement August 7, 2016

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Good morning!

I’m Darren Charters, a member of the Board and also serving on the Pastoral Search Committee. In our last update on July 10, we mentioned that we were moving forward with a candidate for the Lead Pastor position. Since that time, members of the Search Committee and their spouses met for informal discussion with the candidate and his spouse, and we have also solicited input from current and past employers. As result, we have unanimously agreed to move to the next stage of the process – asking him to preach at WPA, followed by a special congregational business meeting where members of WPA will have the opportunity to vote to approve him as our new Lead Pastor. We look forward to providing more details to you in the next couple of weeks. Please continue to pray for this significant stage of the process for both WPA and the candidate.

Lead Pastor Update 7/10 Search Committee Announcement July 10, 2016

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Good morning,

My name is Judy Hearn and I am a member of WPA’s Board and currently serving on the Search Committee as well.

The Search Committee has been quite busy over the past number of weeks researching and interviewing two potential candidates for the role of WPA’s next Lead Pastor.  After doing second interviews with both candidates the last week of June, the Committee has unanimously agreed to continue to the next stage of the process with one of them – an interview with the candidate and his spouse.

This is exciting news as it is the first time in this process that we have gotten this far with any of the candidates.  Please continue to bathe the Search Committee in prayer as we have this meeting in the coming weeks.

God has been truly faithful in directing us thus far, and we have certainly felt His presence!  Thank you so much for your ongoing prayer support.

If you wish to contact the Search Committee, feel free to email  us at search@wpa.church.

Thank you,

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