A Budgetary Milestone

Feeling very grateful for the faithfulness and generosity of our community members!

We have just announced that Madison Friesen will start in the role of the Community Life Coordinator (bio here) on August 1, and now we can celebrate that at the end of June, cumulative giving had actually exceededby $1403 what was pledged for this point in the year. If giving were to match pledges exactly for the rest of the year, we’d find ourselves with a surplus representing 1.1% of the $126,000 we’d counted on to finish 2023.

This feels like such an affirmation of the processes we have diligently pursued in the past several years. How “refreshing” for Anne, who returns today from her summer holiday with Craig and what a gift for us all as we start this new season of our life together at Southpoint.

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees… (Isaiah 44:23)

Let’s listen to the mountains singing : ) and get out to enjoy some play and togetherness over the next two Sundays! *Remember we’re not at Sunnyside on July 23 and 30.*

You can still join in this week on our Outdoor Church, starting at 1:00 pm at the “Golden Ears Group site” at Golden Ears Provincial Park (not the Alouette Lake Groupsite). Bring what you need for playing/resting/ sharing food and fun.

If that scripture didn’t do it, here’s an encouragement from John Muir:  Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.

(1) Forest Sunday
(2) Land Sunday
(3) Wilderness Sunday

Worship Calendar

Location & Zoom. We meet on Sundays at 15639 24 Avenue, Surrey. Zoom is offered if you cannot attend in person. If you have trouble with the zoom link, use: meeting ID: 831 1690 9977 with password: 753319

Sermons Are Podcasted
Catch up on Southpoint sermons by finding the podcast “Meditations from the Church at Southpoint” on Spotify, Apple and Google. They’re also available on our website: www.southpoint.ca.

Sun Oct 1  Joy Banks
Refreshing Our Imagination
Introducing our Core Images.
Isaiah 55

Sun Oct 8   Jake Tucker
Thanksgiving Sunday
The God of Small Things
Luke 13: 18-21

Sun Oct 15  Anne Baxter Smith
Well
John 4:1-42 (**v 13-14)

Sun Oct 22 ALL OUT
No service in the Sunnyside building

For our next All-OUT Sunday, we’ll be splitting up into three ‘teams’ to enjoy a mixture of work and play near the ocean. Folks on the green team will get to join an invasive species removal event hosted by Green Teams Lower Mainland at Ruth Johnson Park. Just a short walk down from the park, folks on the blue team will participate in a beach clean-up walk. Finally, anyone who’d prefer coffee and conversation at the cafe can join the brown team — you are encouraged to bring brownies with you! 🙂 

Sun Oct 29 Fifth Sunday Brunches
No service in the Sunnyside building

Sun Nov 5   Anne Baxter Smith
Table 
Matthew 14:13-21

Sun Nov 12  Anne Baxter Smith
Net
John 21: 1-14

Sun Nov 19 Anne Baxter Smith
Seed
Mark 4: 26-29, Ps 26:5,6

New to Southpoint?

At Southpoint, it all begins with God’s love. Just as a plant grows, it receives sunshine, so we grow as we receive God’s love. At Southpoint, we are growing in our capacity to love God, ourselves, one another, and creation.

We seek to be a community of grace that is intentional yet organic, spacious yet authentic, grace-filled yet accountable. * We are fully welcoming. *

We encourage relationships rather than run programs, yet we recognize the importance of intentionality and structure as we nurture life together.

As a community, we seek to put our love in action. We value helping out on Sunday mornings, sharing food, and showing up in hard times. We keep our church life simple so folk have time to build relationships with family, friends, and neighbours. We encourage folk to serve in tangible ways within the wider community. We rent space rather than own a building, allowing us to do more with less, supporting missions at home and abroad.

Curious to know more?

These six slides express what motivates our ministry (best viewed on a monitor). Here’s the bio of our Pastor, Rev. Anne Baxter Smith.

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