College Heights Church 100th Anniversary

Grande Prairie Lighthouse SDA Company Forms

November 2008 was an auspicious time for Grande Prairie as the Lighthouse Branch Sabbath School opened their doors. Formed from evangelistically orientated individuals from the Grande Prairie SDA Church, the Branch Sabbath School has prospered.

June 2009 was another auspicious day as the Branch Sabbath School became a company. With 18 charter members and 35 – 40 people in attendance each Sabbath, great things are in store. Evangelistic outreach plans are already in motion. We ask for your prayers and support as we work in this part of the Lord’s vineyard.

Karla Whitmore

Pastor Darrell Beaudoin Evangelizes Grande Prairie

God has once again blessed the efforts of His people in working towards the salvation of souls through public evangelism. Pastor Darrell Beaudoin accepted his first invitation to conduct a prophecy seminar outside of his own district; and preached a powerful, clear, and Spirit-filled seminar that inspired many here in Grande Prairie. As the hall of the downtown Sandman Hotel began to fill up with more and more with visitors, we began to get more and more excited about this venture in evangelism. By the time the opening night presentation began, we had over 50 guests outside of the church members that also came to support this outreach.

When we transferred the seminar from the hall to the church after the 7^th presentation, we still had over 35 guests attending; and by the end of the seminar we had over 30 guests in attendance. We celebrated the baptism of four precious souls over two Sabbaths, and are anticipating more commitments to Christ in baptism from the five others that are continuing to study and worship with us since the seminar ended.

The Grande Prairie Church has been so thankful to Pastor Beaudoin for being willing to come and serve evangelistically here in our grand city. His seminar was professional from start to finish; from cutting edge equipment and props, to his excellent rapport with the guests attending. He brought a fresh approach to the “Bible Questions” time by opening the floor before the presentations on certain nights, and demonstrated an outstanding knowledge of prophecy and the Bible. We have already agreed we would love to have him come again for a future seminar, and would highly recommend his seminar to any churches in our conference looking to do a live evangelistic prophecy seminar.

Shawn Brummund, Pastor

Conference Office Staff Changes

Konstantine Neikours is now in the Conference office as school accountant and local church auditor. He is a recent graduate of Canadian University College and has been employed since May 1, 2009. We welcome him to our office staff. Through the next year you may have had, or will have, the opportunity to meet and work with him in his new appointment.

Yellowknife Baptism

The land of the midnight sun was praising God as the Yellowknife church celebrated our sixth baptism of the year. On June 27, 2009, Pastor Brad Dahr had the honour of baptizing Phil Winsor into the body of Christ. Phil had been thinking about spiritual things for awhile when he met Yellowknife church member, Albert Dobin. Albert and Phil became good friends, and they began studying the Bible together. Phil was convicted of the Sabbath truth and started attending church about two months ago. During a baptism in May, he responded to a baptism call. Phil's favourite song is "The River," the baptism theme song for the church, so we had no problem singing it with gusto for him. Already an active member in a small group, Phil is open to where God will want him to serve in Yellowknife.

Pastor Brad Dahr

Joyce Wasylyshen Retirement

Joyce Wasylyshen was honoured at two retirement parties--one in house at the Alberta Conference office, and the second at the Tanoa Restaurant in Red Deer on June 4, 2009 where conference office staff and families joined her and her husband, Jerry, as we enjoyed delicious food and fellowship in recognizing Joyce's immense contribution to the Alberta Conference by her faithfulness and hard work during the past 19+ years. She first served as secretary in the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, then Treasury, and then, finally, as administrative secretary for the Vice President for Administation. Her untiring efforts and devotion to the eAdventist on line clerk reporting program has been important and will be valued in years to come. We wish Joyce and Jerry a happy retirement as they can enjoy a more relaxed lifestyle and can spend time with their children and grandchildren.

Baby Shower for Joshua Nyaribo

On June 23, 2009, the Alberta Conference office staff and families hosted a baby shower new son, Joshua, born to Eunice and Richard Nyaribo. Eunice and Richard are so delighted with the new addition to their family and the conference office family enjoyed admiring little Joshua, along with a lot of laughter and fun as we celebrated his arrival that evening. Eunice has filled the role as school accountant and local church auditor in the conference office. We wish them God's abundant blessings as they nurture and love this baby.