Announcements - October 2, 2016

• Church prayer meetings are held every Sunday at 10:30am at the office. All are encouraged and welcome to attend. 
• Worship duties list is posted on the church website. Please contact Deacon Peter, Deacon Justin or the church secretary if you are not available for the duties. Please do not make changes on your own. For those who are new to Westside and if you have not filled out a guest record form, please get one from our ushers. Also contact Pastor Gladys or one of our SG leaders if you want to know more about us or join our small groups. 
• If you want to use the church facility, please call the church office to make the reservation. This also includes those who want to leave their cars in the church parking lot during weekdays. 
• Please move your car to the upper parking lot after the worship service because we will lock up the downstairs garage door 30 minutes after our gatherings. 
• Homework hour for grade 7-12 will start on Sept 11, 4:00-6:00pm. For details please check with deacon Justin. Invite your friends to come and try it out for free for the months of September and October. 
• If you want to know more about the community activities, please refer to the church blog at www.westsidebaptist.ca for more details. Also do invite appropriate friends and relatives to attend. Do continue to remember this ministry in your prayers. 
• The meditation retreat will be held today between 2pm – 4pm. The topic is Having the Heart of Christ - Meditation Retreat 5【Caring for the Forgotten】 
• The monthly bulletin has been posted on the bulletin board. Please check it out for important information. 
• There will be an information session about the redevelopment project of the downstairs facility on October 30, 2016 at 1pm. Members are welcome to submit their questions in advance to the pastoral staff. 
• There will be a thanksgiving dinner hosted by EM small groups tonight at 6:30pm at the church. Please invite friends especially those without families to share a thanksgiving meal together. For registration and details, please contact your SG leaders. 
• There will be a special business meeting for all members on November 20. Agenda is to be announced. 
• AWANA Matching Program needs your support! Every month at AWANA Store, we encourage the clubbers to donate the AWANA Shares they were awarded to a designated charity, in order to nurture in them a caring heart for the world and the people around us. For every Share they donate, we would like to invite donors to match with a $5 donation. If you would like to be a matching donor, please contact Pastor Alan. 
• Operation Christmas Child empty shoe boxes will ready for pick up today during worship service and please take note of the followings: 
1. take the unfolded boxes on the table at the back of the hall 
2. take a brochure (there are English & Simplified Chinese brochures for your choice) 
3. you can also use your own box - suggested is the transparent plastic shoebox so that the child receiving it can re-use it (it can buy from Walmart, London Drug, JYSK etc) 
4. new this year: 1) do not put candy of any kind in the shoebox; 2) there are 2 sets of 'boy/girl' labels in the English brochure, you may only need one brochure for multiple boxes 
5. please bring back the gift-filled shoebox on November 20
• 2017-2019 Deaconship Election 
• Existing deacons are Keddy Au Yeung, Samson Chan, Justin Chen, Peter Cheung, Godfrey Leung, Lily Liu and Tsz-Lam Mak. 
• Keddy Au Yeung (1st term) deaconship will be ended on December 31, 2016. Therefore, one of the deaconship candidates will be elected to replace the position in 2017. 
• Nomination Committee: 
• Deacon Rep: Peter Cheung, Lily Liu, Tsz-Lam Mak 
• Congregation Rep: Jonathan Chan, Jenny Tse, Lauren Wong 
• Criteria and procedure for deacon election has been posted on the bulletin board. The application forms are available through the church office. 
• Timetable: 
• July 31 Nomination commences 
• October 30 Nomination closes 
• November 6 Publication of final deaconship candidate list 
• November 20 Deaconship election