Dedication

Well, this past weekend, my church - North Pointe Community Church of Edmonton, Alberta - had its dedication ceremonies. First, on Saturday night, there was a banquet and a concert. As far as the banquet goes, can you spell "s c r u m p t i o u s"? (By the way, right now I am hoping that is indeed the right spelling!) There was moist and tender turkey with gravy, a sweet ham with mustard, pierogies, a fabulous bean salad, and all the fixings, as well as delicious squares (the peanut butter ones were the BEST). It was a great time of fellowship with lots of familiar people as well as lots of new people.

The subsequent concert was phenomenal with Keating (band with Cindy Keating, Vance Moss, Vince Noseworthy and John Squires) as the opening act. They are a rock band with Christian hearts. Every member of that band has impacted me in some way or another, and I love to see them. Check them out at www.keatingmusic.com. The theme of this past weekend was their song "Picture". Great song.

Then Tyler Hamilton performed. Tyler was on Canadian Idol a while back. Oh, how I love gospel music. Tyler has an awesome range and packs a whole lot of soul into his music. The heartbreaker for me was when he sang a song to his daughter and other children as well. There was this one little pixie-ish girl that was mesmerized by him and it really brought me to tears -- she was adorable.

Sunday, we had a dedication service in the afternoon, and the new building was officially dedicated. There were local politicians, provincial politicians, and guest speakers from our District Office as well as from Gateway Alliance Church. I am very pleased to be a part of a church that includes other churches in our prayers and also in very tangible ways as well. We partnered with Gateway Alliance Church for our Children's Vacation Bible School this past summer -- very successfully. It is truly good to have non-competitive relationships with other local churches and be able to synergize our efforts in the Kingdom of God.

It was a great weekend.