Our Church Today

Today, January 25, was the 22nd anniversary of our church - Hillside Baptist.  We did not come dressed up for the occasion and nor did a lot of the other people of the congregation as today was also "spring cleaning" for the church.  There was a special message about worship from a visiting pastor, then we had a "pot bless" which is the church's version of a potluck.  Usually we bring a veggie plate (except cauliflower as that doesn't seem to go over very well here) or sandwiches (tuna sandwiches and egg sandwiches are favourites) but this time we were asked to contribute money.  There was a picture taken of the founding members of the congregation from 22 years ago with a birthday cake (first picture below) and then a picture of the current pastors.  After pot bless we got to work cleaning.  It certainly didn't feel like spring cleaning because it doesn't feel like spring.  After all, it is January and whoever heard of spring in January, and also it just feels like either a hot summer or a hot and rainy summer all year long.  These days it feels like a hot summer.  Our family was in charge of taking the plastic off the legs of some new chairs in the main room though Hannah was doing some cleaning at that time in the youth room upstairs.  Then we zip tied chair legs together so chairs are in groups of three.  Then we worked for a bit on taking the sticky tack off the floor after tape was taken off the floor that had previously indicated where chairs were to line up on the linoleum.  The girls did a bit of mopping.  We ended with eating a curry puff (similar to a samosa) and some water.  That was a full day from 10:30 to about 4 p.m.  It was a good day.

From left to right:  Micki (assistant to the executive pastor), Pastor Lily (children's and visitation pastor), Pastor John (head pastor), and Pastor Andrew - also called Pastor Bun (executive pastor)