{"id":5992,"date":"2023-12-10T00:35:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T05:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/?p=5992"},"modified":"2023-12-10T00:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T05:35:34","slug":"december-10-2023-weekly-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/announcements\/december-10-2023-weekly-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"December 10, 2023 Weekly Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-5992\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-5992-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_heading tg-widget section-title-wrapper panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t<h3 class=\"section-title\">December 10, 2023<\/h3>\n\t<div class=\"section-description\">Weekly Announcements<\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"panel-5992-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below are our weekly announcements. Our hope is that announcements are not just for your information, but also for your participation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5992-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_image tg-widget tg-image-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-1-0-0\" >\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/chat.png\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5992-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-1-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Evangelism Workshop \u2013 Dec 10, 11:15 AM<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px;margin-top: 7px\">Have you ever thought of the questions: &#8220;Who am I?&#8221; &#8220;Why am I here?&#8221; &#8220;What&#8217;s my purpose in life?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px;margin-top: 7px\">Well you&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px;margin-top: 7px\">The schedule for the classes are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dec 3: What does the Bible say?<\/li>\n<li>Dec 10: What do we think and believe?<\/li>\n<li>Dec 17: How can we engage others?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5992-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_image tg-widget tg-image-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-2-0-0\" >\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/earth-globe.png\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5992-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-2-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Info Session for Uganda Mission Trip \u2013 Dec 10, 12:45 PM<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>We are excited to announce that we will be sending a team to Uganda from May 7-18, 2024. We invite you to attend our 1-hour information session where you will receive more details about the trip.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 400;color: #0fa5c6\">Our information session will be held in Room B110.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5992-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_image tg-widget tg-image-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-3-0-0\" >\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/jesus.png\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5992-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-3-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Christmas Service \u2013 Dec 23, 9:45 AM<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px;margin-top: 7px\">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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5992-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_image tg-widget tg-image-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-4-0-0\" >\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/crowd.png\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5992-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-4-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Farewell Lunch for Rev Bernard \u2013 Dec 31, 12:30 PM<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px;margin-top: 7px\">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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5992-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_image tg-widget tg-image-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-5-0-0\" >\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/parking-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5992-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-5-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-5-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sunday Parking at North York Baptist Church<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p class=\"s4\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s4\">\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5992-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_image tg-widget tg-image-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-6-0-0\" >\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/money.png\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5992-6-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-6-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-6-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Online Giving\/Tithing<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px;margin-top: 7px\">Offering is a privilege and responsibility for members. Our encouragement is for each member to prayerfully seek God&#8217;s guidance for how they ought to be giving in this season. All offering goes towards funding ministries locally and globally.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We encourage the congregation to apply for a personal offering number to allow efficient and accurate recording of offering information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s full name &#8220;North Toronto Chinese Baptist Church&#8221;. The banks no longer accept the short form NTCBC as a valid payee.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 400;color: #0fa5c6\">For more details on online giving, including how to add NTCBC as an &#8216;online bill payee&#8217;,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/offering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>click here.<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5992-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_image tg-widget tg-image-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-7-0-0\" >\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/children.png\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5992-7-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-7-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-7-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Children\u2019s Ministry Page<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ntcbc.org\/en\/children-ministry\/\">Click here<\/a> to access our Children\u2019s Ministry page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5992-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5992-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5992-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5992-8-0-0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p class=\"footer\">Icons made by Freepik and Prettycons from www.flaticon.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are our weekly announcements. 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