Archive for January, 2011
UBC, are you ready for…..
JESUS WEEK 2010: Who Do You Say I Am? The Association of Christian Clubs (The “ACC”) at UBC is getting together to put out THE most Jesus-centered week EVER! January 31st – February 4th there will be events going on every day and tables in the SUB with more information. Why? Because we want to [...]
Who’s up for Chowbucks?
Last Friday CCO Vancouver held a Coffee House, where young adults and students got to showcase their various talents through music, skits, dance, and comedy. It was a great evening of fellowship and there was a lot of great talent! Or so I heard…..I was relegated to the back of the kitchen, where I was [...]
A Future Full of Hope
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare, not for woe! plans to give you a future full of hope.” – Jeremiah 29:11 There was a weird mix of nervousness and excitement in the pit of my stomach as I walked off the plane [...]
Moving at the speed of…Facebook?
Vanessa and I recently shared some news through Facebook. Simultaneously we changed our status to a cleverly worded clue, OV(bun)EN, alluding to the fact that there was a “bun in the oven”. No, we were not baking at the time and YES! we indeed are expecting a baby, due in July. When we posted the [...]
My brother always caught the fish
Some of my favorite childhood memories have been the weekends fishing with my brother and Dad. We would often get all of our gear ready the night before, get up before sunrise, and be on the water before most people would pour their first cup of coffee. While I enjoyed being on the water and [...]
Rise Up: it’s kind of rhetorical
By Jeremy Keong, UBC Student Taken from Jeremy’s blog: http://theroad2emmaus.blogspot.com I just had the best New Years ever by attending CCO’s Rise Up Conference, this year held in Montreal. The days from Tuesday Dec. 28th to Saturday Jan. 1st proved to be such a beautiful example of how we, the young people in the Church, are [...]
Summit Reflection by Deacon Bryan Duggan
The following reflection was given by Deacon Bryan Duggan, at CCO’s monthly Summit event on January 8, 2011. Why did Jesus receive baptism? This question has puzzled many Christians, even from earliest days. We know Jesus to be without sin, and certainly without stain of original sin, so why did he need to be baptized? [...]
God Brought the Roys to Rise Up
The title might have been “The Roys at a Hotel in Montreal” had it not been for God’s Providence and Wisdom. He whispered in the ear of my mother-in-law, Marguerite Watkins, to offer to come and help us out on our wintry Montreal experience at Rise Up 2010. And what a blessing Marguerite was enduring [...]
A Father’s Love for his Child
I recently got back from Montreal, where CCO’s national Rise Up Conference was held. Through the generosity of a benefactor all the CCO spouses and kids were able to come, which meant my wife Vanessa and 13 month daughter Eva were able to join me in the hometown of our own Canadian born Saint Andre [...]
How God Saved Me From Myself! A story of conversion by Melissa Westgeest
I really like food. There is just something so satisfying about eating, the taste, the texture, even the social aspect all attracts me. Now as a single woman not living with my parents the temptation can be strong to buy into the fast food world. It would be so easy for me to stop at [...]
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