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Community Christian Worship Celebration
Community Christian Worship Celebration
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
Around 150 attendees expressed joy and fellowship at the joint service for North Pointe Community Church (NPCC) and Vegreville Alliance Church (VAC) at the Special Summer Church at Pysanka Park (Vegreville Elks/Kinsmen Park) on August 17.
People were raising their hands to rejoice and praise when the North Pointe Worship Music Team sang lively songs.
Pastor Josh Whincup was the speaker who gave a poignant and meaningful sermon about how each person has a mission that only they can fulfill. God tells us to let go of our fear and trust Him to accomplish it.
Pastor Calvin Somerville from NPCC shared that he felt this was something good to do as a way of bringing people together who believe in the same thing: Jesus is the son of God and He died on a cross for our sins and rose again from the dead. “And we get to come together as two different churches and worship the same God who created the heavens and the Earth, and in the summer when the weather is nice, it’s just something kind of fun to be able to try and do together.”
Pastor Josh Whincup from VAC expressed that this was the second time their church got together. But last time it was during Holy Week and was joint in the fact that they had a Friday morning service for Good Friday at VAC and a Friday evening service at NPCC, but this is the first time that they have been together in a mutual location. “The reason why we wanted to host this is that one of our values as a church is we want to focus on our neighbourhood, and part of that is we want to be a community with like-minded churches and organizations. So, Pastor Calvin and I spoke about this and realized we wanted to do it together, trying to accomplish a mission for Jesus in Vegreville.”
Everyone then stayed for a bountiful picnic of hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, desserts, and beverages.
Attendees commented that they enjoyed the service. It was good and inspirational.
