Help Us Plan Our 80th Birthday!

This year marks an incredible milestone — 80 years of God’s faithfulness in our church community. 🙌

We’re planning a special service this November for Anniversary Sunday, and we’d love your input! You are invited to a planning session on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00PM, held online via Google Meet.

This will be a relaxed, informal evening where we will:

• 📖 Share favourite memories and stories about the church, as we honour our past and celebrate our present
• 🧠 Brainstorm meaningful ways to include the whole congregation in celebrating FHBC’s 80th birthday

This meeting won’t require any ongoing commitment — it’s simply a chance to bring your heart, ideas, and memories to the table. Whether you’ve been at FHBC for 8 months or 80 years, your voice matters!

If you’d like to attend the meeting, share ideas for Anniversary Sunday, or send in your favourite FHBC memories, please contact David:

✉️: david@churchatthecentre.com

We hope to see you there!

Blessings,

David Park

A Time to Pray for Our Nation – Friday May 23 starting at 7:00 p.m.

Join us at the Birchmount Community Centre as we host Mel and Susan Finlay for a special evening.  As Executive Directors of Nation at Prayer, Mel and Susan will tell us inspiring stories from their work on Parliament Hill and lead us in heartfelt, guided prayer for those entrusted with leading our nation. (More about Nation At Prayer).

Mel and Susan were interviewed just before the recent Federal election.  Click on the picture below to watch their interview on 100 Huntley Street.

In a time when uncertainty feels like the new normal, one thing remains constant—prayer makes a difference. No matter where you stand politically, we can agree that wisdom, courage, and grace are desperately needed in leadership. Let’s come together, not just to reflect, but to intercede.

We’d love to see you there.

Please RSVP to Patricia by May 20th to let us know you’re coming.

Email Patricia if you have any questions: Patricia@churchatthecentre.com

Blessings,

Patricia Griffin
Missions and Evangelism Chair

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Registration Opens March 2, 2025

DOXA Day Camp is dedicated to the care of children and families in Scarborough. Our team of Summer staff work hard to provide a well-rounded program, including sports, arts, experiences and bible lessons, for children entering grades 1-8 in September 2025.

Camp weeks run from July 7 – August 15, 2025 from 9:00am – 3:00pm.
One week of camp is $120.00 per child.

​DOXA Day Camp Locations:

• Bridletowne Park Church (Warden & Finch)
• St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Scarborough (McCowan & Lawrence)
• St. Clair Evangelical Missionary Church (Victoria Park Ave & St. Clair Ave. East)

Introducing our NEW Specialty Sports Camp:

• August 5-8, 2025 at Bridletowne Park Church (Warden & Finch)
• One week of Sports Camp is $170.00 per child.

Registration LINK (click here)

UPDATE – Sunday March 16th – Worship Service Location

Updated (March 10) – The City and union have reached a tentative agreement.  There are no strike plans for the immediate future.

We Will Be Worshiping at The Birchmount Community Centre on March 16th.

Join us as we welcome a special guest for the service: Teen Challenge.

The Church Service for Sunday, February 16 is CANCELED due to the snow.

Pastor Dave has prepared a video of the sermon he was planning to deliver on February 16th.

To watch the video – CLICK HERE

To listen to the audio only edition – CLICK HERE

Please stay home and stay safe,  We will see you next Sunday!

Our Church Song Book

Songs are stories; songs are meaningful.  Do you have a song that’s important and meaningful to you?

We are building a Church Song Book.  Tell our Music Leader (David Park) about your favourite song or a song that is particularly meaningful to you and we will use it in our worship music.  Tell David your story behind that song and why it is important to you and he will share that with the church when we play the song – with your permission, of course.

We’ll try to use one of these special songs each week.  So, contact David after the church service and choose your song.

Our Winter/Spring Bible study is starting this week!  Starting Thursday, January 9th and running once a month through May.  The 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.  Yes, there will be snacks!

We are taking a slightly different approach this time.  Instead of studying specific books of the Bible, we will be viewing a video series as a springboard for our discussions.  The series we will be looking at is “Jesus the Game Changer”.  Each week we’ll watch approximately 30 minutes of the series; followed by our regular lively discussion.

Hope to see you there!

For more information, contact Scott Fraser at: scott@churchatthecentre.com

Our 2024 AGM will be held on January 26, 2025 following the church service.

Save this Date – and please plan to attend.  We will be discussing important church business and well as voting on the 2025 budget.

Members: your vote counts and is necessary!

If you are on Church Council or the head of a Committee, please get your report to Lila by January 10th so that it can be included in the Annual Report.