GBC Community Update: Reasons to have hope

​Happy snowy Thursday. I hope you’re making this a great week! Hope is not some whimsical thing but rather an attitude that sits on a solid rock of faith.  Read below for more thoughts on how to have hope when things seem hopeless.
 
 
Attention men
Here is a message from Pastor Dan:
GBC Men! A group of us will be reading through R Kent Hughes' book "Disciplines of a Godly Man" and meeting regularly to discuss what we're learning and encourage one another. If you're interested in joining us, please write pastor Dan for more info. (And please don't order the book from Amazon - we have cheaper ways to get it!).
 
 
Watoto Children’s Choir performs Sunday at Guelph Bible Conference Center
The Watoto Children’s Choir will be performing at the Guelph Bible Conference Centre this Sunday at 6:30 pm. This is not only a beautiful choir, but a ministry that seeks to bring hope and healing to vulnerable women and children in Uganda and South Sudan. The event will include a free will offering. Check them out if you're interested! https://www.watoto.com/
 
 
"Follow me"- a series on the Book of Luke. Join us Sunday
We continue our study on the book of Luke this Sunday and the theme of “follow me”.
Pastor Dan will continue the theme of what it means follow Jesus.
If you want to prepare, please read Luke 5: 1-11. 
If you can’t make it, you can connect through our website:  
www.guelphbiblechapel.ca  our YouTube channel as well as Facebook LIVE
 
 
Thought for the day:  Some Reasons to Have Hope in 2024
One of my favorite scenes from the Lord of The Rings movies (if you’ve been around GBC a while you’ll know this) is where a young boy who is being pressed into battle says to the hero Aragorn: “They say it is hopeless”.  He replies: “there is always hope!”
Is there hope for 2024?
There is always hope!                
It’s a critical question, particularly as we fully enter into this new year. We live in a broken world, a truth that 2023 reminded us of often. Just about everyone had their lives shook up in some way throughout this difficult year that saw not just growing inflation but political and economic strife plus now a war in Gaza and the war in Ukraine rages on.  I suspect we all struggled with hopelessness at various points of the year. I know I did.  Probably some of you are struggling with this right now because so many are enduring challenges we’ve never faced before.  
That’s why the question, “Is there hope?” is so important for 2024.
This year, no matter what you’re facing, remind yourself, and any who will listen, of the truth we read in 1 Peter 1- In his great mercy God has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
There is always hope!
 
In His grip,
Pastor Chris