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CHURCH NEWS

11 - Sunday, November 27, 1988 - Lynn Valley Echo

New Hope church celebrates one year

IN CELEBRATION of New Hope Community Church’s
first anniversary, its members launched a flotilia of balloons
Sunday, Nov. 16, from the church meeting place at Rec-

Centre Lynn Valley.

Each of t:.>.100 balloons had a
Bible verse and message of hope
attached, says church pastor Rev.
Eugene Harter.

The only Mennonite church on
the North Shore, New Hope
Community Church began last
year following a massive phone
campaign in which 16,000 North
Shore homes were telephoned by
church volunteers.

“It’s a very non-traditional
technique,’’ said parishioner
Trevor Larson. Harter says that of
the 16,000 numbers called, 9,000
residents were at home. The 9,000
were asked if they were already
members of a church; if not, they
were invited to the first service of
the New Hope Community
Church.

Harter says about 60 people
came to that first service, and the
ancrage Sunday attendance is now

However, the numbers will soon
be on the increase if the church’s

Project Vision 2000 is successful.
“We envisage a congregation of
2,000. by the year 2C00,”’ said
Harter.

The first step towards achieving
this goal is the lay pastor move-
ment that is currently underway at
New Hope. Under Harter’s direc-
tion, seven members of the con-
gregation are training to become
lay pastors who will lead ‘‘TLC’’
groups in homes across the North
Shore.

Harter describes the groups as
“Bible study geared to building
strong relationships."’ He says
many people are filled with bit-
terness following a divorce, or still
carry around bitterness for their
parents or siblings that stems from
their childhood. Until that feeling
is dealt with, he says, they aren’t
able to go on to form meaningful

Church Calendar

Dec. 4: Lynn Valley CGITs (Canadian Girls in Training) present their
Christmas service, 7:30 p.m., at Lynn Valley United Church. 3201
Mountain Highway. Info: 985-6266.

Dec. 11: Hillside Baptist presents its Children’s Christmas Concert,
6:30 p.m. 870 Lynn Valley Rd. Info: 985-1122.

Dec. 18: New Life Christian Centre hosts a Christmas Celebration
with a play presented by the Sunday School students, Let the Natiuns
Adore Him, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Music and Readings,
Hillside Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. 870 Lynn Valley Rd. Info: 985-
1122.

Dec. 25: Christmas Family Service at Hillside Baptist Church, 11 a.in.
870 Lynn Valley Rd. Info: 985-1122.

. Listings for the church calendar of events should be submitted to
the Lynn Valley Echo, 1139 Lonsdale Ave., N. Vancouver, V7M 2H4,
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relationships with . others:
want to bring wholeness into peo-
ple’s lives. *

The TLC groups are designed
for people who usually don’t at-
tend church. Says Harter: ‘*There
are some people who don’t feel
comfortable going to church ...
but they love to sit down and
talk.”" "

TLC groups currently operate in
Lynn Valley and Deep Cove, with
one starting in West Varcouver in

visage a congregation of 2,000 by
the year 2000.”’

December. Harter says five
groups, with a maximum of 15
people each, will be running by
January.

Harter says the name of the
church, New Hope, reflects the
church’s conviction that ‘‘things
can be rebuilt and made new again
... We want to get across the idea
that there is a lot of hope for
(people).”” The church’s logo is a
rainbow, symbolizing God’s prom-
ise never to send another flood to

**We = earth.

EUGENE HARTER ... “We en- °

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