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A Statement From the West Highland Pastors and Elders

on residential schools

A Statement of the West Highland Elders on Residential Schools...

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From Pastor John's Desk

From Pastor John's Desk

Concert of Prayer...

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From Pastor John's Desk

From Pastor John's Desk

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From Pastor John's Desk

From Pastor John's Desk

Dear Brothers and Sisters, On two occasions in the recent past (September 28, 2018, and September 27, 2019), West Highland Baptist Church partnered with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) in holding large outreach events at the First Ontario Concert Hall as part of our mission to Make the Word of God Fully Known in our city. On both of these occasions, Ravi Za...

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From Pastor John's Desk

From Pastor John's Desk

Dear Brothers and Sisters, For the past week, we have seen an encouraging trend in Ontario as the daily number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline. For this, we should praise God and continue in prayer until the pressure on our hospitals and health care system is abated. In this final week of the 21 days we have dedicated to prayer for 2021 I trust you will be refreshe...

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From Pastor John's Desk

From Pastor John's Desk

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I write this to you today after a delightful evening of prayer with our Elders Team. Under the leadership of Phil Seagrove, the new chair of our Elders for 2021, the Elders spent Thursday night together on ZOOM praying through all of the requests in the 21 for 2021 Prayer Guide. I was greatly encouraged to be part of this and to hear our Elders ...

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Letter About Re-Opening

From Pastor John's Desk

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Premier Ford's encouraging announcement on Monday that places of worship can reopen at 30% capacity is certainly an answer to prayer that we are all rejoicing about. Over the past three weeks I have been involved in several zoom conference chat calls with other religious leaders and Members of Provincial Parliament. This gave us hope that the go...

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From Pastor John's Desk - May 21, 2020

From Pastor John's Desk

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am happy to share with you that the distribution of John Piper's book, Coronavirus and Christ, is now nearly completed. Andrea and I were able to deliver almost 60 books and it was pure joy for us to converse and pray with those we visited. I am deeply grateful for all who gave their time and laboured to make sure each family in the church rec...

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From Pastor John's Desk - April 16, 2020

From Pastor John's Desk

Dear Brothers and Sisters at West Highland, In this fifth week of our lockdown we have learned from Premier Ford that these emergency measures will continue at least until just after Mother's Day in May. This was hard for all of us to hear but we understand that this is for the good of all Ontarians. In a Zoom chat I had earlier today with several pastors, a seasoned vete...

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From Pastor John's Desk - April 9, 2020

From Pastor John's Desk

Dear Brothers and Sisters of West Highland, We are now into the fourth week of our lockdown and this is my third Prayer Communiqu to you. It has been encouraging to hear news from many who are seeking the Lord in these challenging days. It is also encouraging to know that we are all trying to stay connected with each other even though we are physically apart. This Prayer ...

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