Scott Elzinga and Heartland Fellowship
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The Celebration of Life Service for Scott Elzinga will be held on Friday May 29, at 1:30pm at 1st Avenue Church in Chilliwack.
Grave Side Service is at 10:30am at Vedder View Gardens
Viewing is at Woodlawn Funeral Home on Thursday, May 28 from 7:30-9:00pm
Visit Scott's Rest In Peace Facebook memorial page here
Everyone is invited to the Elzinga's 47845 Lindell Rd., after the service for a time of fellowship. If you are attending, we are asking that you please bring a potluck dish, as well as your own plate,cutlery, and lawnchairs. Refreshments will be provided.
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I was recently with the Inner City Council of Churches giving a presentation on homelessness. It was a good time and at the end of the talk, there was a Q & A time where someone said, "While we all want to do something, we don’t have the resources or the expertise to do all of it. We need to get behind and support those that do have the expertise." It was a nice thought and I appreciate the encouragement and support of the churches in the inner city of Saskatoon. They deal with the same clients that we do and have similar experiences.more here
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Well Matt is home and the house is filled with new music, old friends and late night sessions. Labels: covenant eyes, VanderKwaak
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Involving stories are built around conflict. With out conflict, there is nothing to be resolved, nothing to learn from, and nothing to give the story relevance. As humans in a world of prosperity, health, and resources, we need conflict. We live for it. Conflict is the force that gives meaning to our own stories. Day by day, life is lived in anticipation for the issues, problems, and disagreements that are sure to rise. Smoke alarms are installed, security systems are instigated, second keys are cut, godparents are assigned, car insurance is bought, diets are started, and savings accounts created. All of this is our indemnity, our protection against the conflict we are sure life will bring ...From here
We must transition from seeing church as a once-a-week worship event to an ongoing spiritual family on mission together. Then people will see church as something worth giving your life for. Honestly, people need one another more then they need another inspiring message. You would be surprised what people will do for Jesus, or for a brother or sister, that they will not do for a vision statement and a capital giving campaign.(from here)
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Some good news about Jadon Potter today.November 22, 2008Continue to pray for his full recovery.
After being injured in Friday's game vs the Tri City Americans, Bruins Captain Jadon Potter was taken to Chilliwack hospital where he was given a series of tests including a CT scan. He was moved to Vancouver General Hospital at 1am. Some damage to the vertebrae in his neck was discovered. As a result, he has been fitted with a neck brace which he will be wearing for approximately 6-8 weeks. No damage to his spinal cord was discovered and no surgery was required.
He is expected to make a full recovery.
Jadon has been released from the hospital and will be returning to Chilliwack this evening.
The Chilliwack Bruins on behalf of Jadon Potter and his family would like to thank everyone for their concern and their support.
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In the second period of last night's Chilliwack Bruins/Tri-City Americans game at Prospera Centre, Bruins' centre Jadon Potter slammed head first into the boards behind his own goal, racing back to defend what turned out to be a short-handed goal.
There's nothing official from the team at this point but assistant coach Dan Price did say "the current information from the medical staff is positive and the prognosis is good. He's expected to make a full recovery."
No one on the team would comment further at this point, but early suggestions are that Potter could have a fractured vertebra that would keep him out for the rest of the season, but again, nothing is confirmed. The Bruins expect to have more information tonight or tomorrow morning.
Potter was taken by ambulance to Chilliwack General and after X-rays there, moved to VGH by ambulance around 1 a.m.
Teammate Matt Meropoulis, who was on the ice at the time of the incident, said the team was really shaken last night, but their spirits were lifted after talking to Potter post-game and again today.
"In the room it was just dead silence," Meropoulis said of the time the teams were sent back to their rooms while Potter was attended to. "It was beyond the game.
"I spoke with him today and he's actually in great sprits. He's a tough guy to get down."
Potter's mom flew into Vancouver this morning. Potter is Chilliwack's leading scorer, with seven goals and 22 points in 26 games. Chilliwack lost 2-0 to Tri-City.
At the time of Potter's injury, the ambulance crew was already responding to a woman in the stands who was having a seizure. The crew split up and both the fan and Potter were transported to Chilliwack General together.
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Last week I was supposed to interview Father Zakaria Boutros on my television show. It would have been the second time I had spoken to this gentle, thoughtful man, one of the leading figures of the Egyptian Coptic Christian community and now obliged to live in exile in the United States after twice being arrested in his homeland. But on this occasion the interview was suddenly cancelled. A $60-million bounty had just been put on his head by Muslim extremists in Iran and Saudi Arabia, al-Qaeda were thought to be intent on fulfilling the fatwa and it was considered too dangerous to allow him to travel to Canada. The fact that the United States government bounty on Osama bin Laden is a mere $25-million rather puts the case of this disarmingly gentle and jovial priest into proportion.
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In three years of existence, the Chilliwack Bruins have rolled three different guys through the radio play-by-play role.
In year one, veteran Denny Larochelle handled the gig, followed by Dave Sheldon in year two.
This year, it’s Randy Merkley, and here’s hoping he hangs onto the job for a while, because it’s a position crying out for stability.
“Yeah, I’ll agree with that one,” said radio colour man Jacob Bestebroier, who called his first game with Merkley Saturday night. “I think that’s why Randy’s a good hire. It’s a big move for him and I don’t see him going back the other way any time soon.” More here.
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Lloyd (my brother in Des Moines) successfully defended his dissertation late last week!"We’re just back from Minneapolis where we spent the last 36 hours. We were there for Lloyd to defend his dissertation to his dissertation committee. “Defend! Defend! Yea!” “The closest thing to sport in years”, says Lloyd. “Defend” is exactly what he did yesterday afternoon, from 1:00-2:30PM. And he did well! He passed with flying colors, and is now officially DONE with the dissertation process ... " More here.
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