GBC Community Update: Struggling with the 'new normal'?

​Good morning everyone. I hope you’re making this a great week. As we move into Phase 3 of reopening tomorrow I’m excited by the opportunities to do some things I haven’t done for a while. I’m sure many of you are as well!  One thing to consider, we’re also open and now will have no capacity limits. We continue to safely operate. While we love that many of you are connecting through out livestream it would be even better to have you back in-person and get reconnected. Hope to see you out soon!
 
 
Celebration of Wedding
Mark your calendars since we’re having a “Marriage Celebration” for David and Caroline on Saturday August 28 at 7:30 pm at GBC. It’ll be a chance to celebrate their recent wedding and encourage them on their journey ahead.
If you’d like to contribute to a group gift towards their furniture, please see Patrick or Andrea Thornton.  You can also drop off money at the main office or send an etransfer to Andrea, please email her for details.
 
 
Join us on Sunday in-person or on our livestream as we start to look at what it means to be at the Junction
This Sunday at 11am we’ll start a new series with three guest speakers from Vision Ministries in a row.  This Sunday, Doug Loveday, who serves as a pastor to pastor with Vision and is currently the interim pastor at Wallenstein Bible Chapel will be speaking.
Remember, you can join us as we gather in-person or you can connect through our website www.guelphbiblechapel.ca  our YouTube channel as well as Facebook LIVE
 
 
Summer thoughts to keep you on the journey: Struggling with the ‘new normal’?  Focus on what’s not changing.
While we move into Phase 3 tomorrow and that’s exciting, I don’t know about you, but I find a lot of things are changing these days that may never go back to the way they were. For a long time I just thought: ‘wait it out and things will go back to the way they were’.
That was over a year ago and is not likely going to happen.
I know, hard to hear for some (me included!).  While we’ve seen a lot of things change, I suspect we don’t even know all the changes this pandemic will have on us in the years to come. These are all things we never dreamed of when we started 2020 as a ‘year of 20/20 vision’.  Some tell us we need to get used to a ‘new normal’.  So, what is it? I don’t know. So then how do I move into this new reality?  Be flexible with change and remember what hasn’t changed.
The Bible says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). In the midst of all that’s changing, you can count on that truth. You can also know that God’s love for you has never changed. God’s forgiveness and plan of salvation hasn’t changed. And even in a pandemic, God’s call on your life hasn’t changed. So, don’t let all the changes make you lose sight of everything that is still the same.
So, with that in mind, let’s enter into this day with a smile on our face as we look to Almighty God who’s in control. He’s got this.
 
In His grip,
Pastor Chris