December 17, 2023

Weekly Announcements

Below are our weekly announcements. Our hope is that announcements are not just for your information, but also for your participation.

Evangelism Workshop – Dec 17, 11:15 AM

Have you ever thought of the questions: “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” “What’s my purpose in life?”

Well you’re in luck! In December, we will be hosting a 3-part interactive workshop addressing where we will help you think Biblically and engage your friends / family on these topics.

The schedule for the classes are:

  • Dec 3: What does the Bible say?
  • Dec 10: What do we think and believe?
  • Dec 17: How can we engage others?

Christmas Service – Dec 23, 9:45 AM

Christmas is a season where we celebrate God sending His Son to bring new life and hope, and to make all things new. We invite you to join our Christmas service as we celebrate our hope in God through singing carols, hearing stories, and studying the Bible together.

Farewell Lunch for Rev Bernard – Dec 31, 12:30 PM

Senior Pastor Rev. Bernard Sin will be retiring at the end of the year. His last day as Senior Pastor at NTCBC will be on Sunday December 31st. To celebrate his retirement, we invite brothers and sisters to join us for lunch on at 12:30 PM. There is no need to register.

Sunday Parking at North York Baptist Church

If you have children less than 2 years old or a family member with a physical disability, you are eligible for a Sunday morning parking permit at North York Baptist Church. To renew or apply for this permit, please head to the office. If the parking permit is not displayed, your vehicle will be tagged and towed.

Online Giving/Tithing

Offering is a privilege and responsibility for members. Our encouragement is for each member to prayerfully seek God’s guidance for how they ought to be giving in this season. All offering goes towards funding ministries locally and globally.

We encourage the congregation to apply for a personal offering number to allow efficient and accurate recording of offering information. To meet the 2023 tax receipt schedule, the application deadline for an offering number is Dec 22 (Friday).

We encourage the congregation to offer online through e-transfer or online banking. If you choose to give offering via cheque, we ask that you write the church’s full name “North Toronto Chinese Baptist Church”. The banks no longer accept the short form NTCBC as a valid payee.

The offering deadlines for 2023 tax receipt are:

  • Dec 24th (Sunday) for in-person offerings by cash and cheques
  • Dec 28th (Thursday) 11:59pm for e-transfer and online bill payment.

For more details on online giving, including how to add NTCBC as an ‘online bill payee’,  click here.

Children’s Ministry Page

Click here to access our Children’s Ministry page