Recently, I was perusing the booklet which contained the Strategic Plan 2023 – 2028 of the Ontario Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. As members of the Willowdale Church, we are a part of a greater body of believers who comprise 36,516 members, from 133 churches, twenty-five companies, and eighteen groups...
I taught the early teen Sabbath School class last week on the topic of our identity in Christ. The lesson was based on the illustration of the difference between a thermometer and a thermostat. I believe that it was a significant lesson not just for the early teens but...
Happy Sabbath, Church Family!
A few days ago, many people celebrated Valentine's Day. Some gave Valentine cards, chocolates, teddy bears, roses, hugs, kisses, etc. Jesus shared the essence of the Agape love in John 15:13, when He said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his...
Thank you to every member who attended the annual Business Meeting last Sabbath evening. Before I continue with a recap of the meeting, I must correct the meeting name. The meeting should have been renamed “The Annual Church Family Mission and Ministry Meeting.” For the seventy-plus members in attendance,...
Beginning this Sabbath, January 27, and continuing for 10 weeks, the pastoral staff at the Willowdale Seventh-day Adventist Church will introduce a sermon series entitled “Incredible Moments with Jesus.” The series is based upon the miracles of Christ and his outstretched hand to the outcast, unwanted, and undesirables, as...