Announcements - September 18, 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. 
• Awana ministry has resumed on Sept 9, 7:30pm. Please remember this ministry and all those who serve in your prayers. 
• 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 has commenced. 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 next meditation retreat will be on October 9, 2016 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. 
• 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