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#BCStewardshipStories Stephanie Schafer (Camp Hope Lodge Manager & Food Service Director) opens her heart and shares with all viewers how the Lord has provided…Source: https://vimeo.com/683710653

#BCStewardshipStories Digital Evangelism: Hope Channel “Hope is On the Air” The main presenter, Elder Mark Johnson, SDACC President, has a special message to share with all our members in the BC Conference. He opens his heart and expresses his passion for reaching more people for Jesus in a very creative way, which includes an opportunity for all of us to be involved in a very special mission. The goal is to make the Hope Channel available to our members in BC & Yukon. For that to happen, we need to write letters to our local cable companies that we already subscribe to or expressing our desire to subscribe and make the request that we would like them to make the Hope Channel available in the package that we have or want to subscribe to. Then, we can share Hope Channel’s blessings by inviting our family and friends over to watch it with us – select a special program. The third step will be to motivate them to sign up for it themselves and receive the Hope Channel blessings in their own homes. This could easily be our missionary project for this year. Simple and sweet! Hope Channel has been a blessing around the world. It is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino language, and many others. A special note of thanks to Pastor Brad Thorp, a visionary servant of Lord who could foresee the blessings that a TV program could be for God’s people as well as a magnificent tool for evangelism. Also, a heart felt thank you to Stan Jensen, former BC Conference and SDACC Communication Director, who prayed boldly and for the Lord to open the doors and use him to speak and find grace in the eyes of the CRTC folks in Ottawa – God did it! We cannot forget Charles Aguilar, former Terrace Church pastor and now ADRA Canada Supporter Relations Director, was one of the first ones to “jump on board” and take advantage of this window of opportunity to share the good news of the free salvation in Christ through Hope Channel. The video shares more about the story behind the scenes, too. By God’s grace, thousands of people have given their hearts to Jesus though the means of the messages of Hope Channel. My (our) prayer is that this video will wake us up for a mission possible just before our eyes and get us all involved in a positive approach to evangelism. Wesley Torres, BC Conference President Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_S6XT5xiTY

#BCStewardshipStories Pastor Doug Pond came out of retirement for the third time and at a crucial one to assist the Conference to revitalize the Nelson Church that was at the verge of being closed, which would have been very sad. Yes, we are in the business of opening churches and new frontlines for the spreading of the Gospel message in Christ, not closing them! After much prayer and dependence on God, Pastor Doug and Sis. Marilyn Pond humbly and committedly accepted the challenge to do “their part” in working hard, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, to help the Nelson Church to remain open and be a witness of God’s love to all in that community. The Conference provided a small appropriation to that church as seed money to support the initiative to address the immediate and needed renovations to fix the critical physical structure of the church. That alone aimed to make the building sound, conducive, and attractive for the worship of our Heavenly Father. Then, the Ponds dedicated themselves wholeheartedly to reach out to church members, personal friends of theirs, and people from the community to accomplish the first part of the project – to deal with the church building itself. Once that was successfully completed they immersed themselves in a strong pastoral visitation program and creative evangelistic outreach and activities, even during the pandemic, to expand God’s Kingdom by allowing themselves to be directly used by the Holy Spirit of love and peace to win souls for our Saviour. This story will keep all of us “glued to the screen” as it unfolds with some important details and the presentation of answered prayers and miracles that took place in our congregation in Nelson, led by God’s Spirit. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Ql0lqX5mk

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#BCStewardshipStories Pastor Lucian Poama, Abbotsford Church Senior Pastor, shares a heart-touching testimony regarding the way the Lord protected him and saved…Source: https://vimeo.com/654834473

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#BCStewardshipStories Pastor Alrick Watson, Westminster SDA Church Senior Pastor, shares a beautiful personal testimony regarding his calling to ministry. Initially,…Source: https://vimeo.com/652290638