This Thursday (Feb. 2): Prayer Meeting
Prayer is such a wonderful gift from God.  Join us on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the KCCF Office (ARC A-620) as we praise God through prayer together.

This Friday (Feb. 3): Community Outreach
We will be actively demonstrating God’s love for our community this Friday as we pray for families in the Kingston area, write them cards, and help meet their physical needs by purchasing non-perishable food items.  We will meet at Ellis Auditorium at 7:00 p.m., with prayer meeting beforehand at 6:30 p.m. in Ellis 224.

CANCELLED – This Saturday (Feb. 4): Year Prayer Meetings
The announced Year Prayer Meeting that was supposed to be held this Saturday (Feb 4th) is cancelled due to conflicting events happening on the same day. Please be aware that one WILL be held in the weeks to come. You will be notified by the weekly emails. In the meantime hang tight and come out for the weekly prayer meetings!

Feedback?  Suggestions?
We would love your feedback!  If you have any comments or suggestions from retreat, Bible study, etc. please go to the KCCF website and fill out the online poll!

Lost and Found: Sleeping Bag
If you found a green sleeping bag from retreat please email us at kingston.ccf@gmail.com!

Wanted: Drivers for Worship
If you have a car, we’d love your help moving worship equipment!  Please email Janice Lee, our worship coordinator, at lee.janicec@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out.

Wanted: 2 Housemates
Jocelyn Yu is looking for 2 housemate, preferably female.  Her house is located near Barrie St. and William St.  Rent is ~$400 without utilities and internet.  If interested, please email joce643@hotmail.com or send a text message to (613) 449-8748.

Not only is this a picture of how Jesus spent His time, it is a great reminder of where our priorities should lie.  It is through our alone time with God that we are called into community, and it is also where ministry begins.  To put it simply, think of it like this: SOLITUDE -> COMMUNITY -> MINISTRY.  The former fuels the latter. With this in mind, your time spent with God in prayer and reading His Word is of utmost importance.  So how is your personal relationship with Christ today?  Are you valuing your time spent alone with God?

Thank you for your patience in the NomCom formation process. Please be reminded of the next couple of steps:

1) Read over the responses of the candidates to the following three questions, and compare them to the responses collected from Pastors Allan McQuarrie, Mark Kotchapaw, and Kong Lo:

• What is the Gospel, and how has it affected your life?
• What is Biblical discernment?
• How has God led you to accept this nomination?

The candidate and pastoral responses:

• Angel Lee (Committee)
• Joseph Kung (Executive Committee)
• Melissa Leung (Executive Committee)

• Henrietta Lu
• Jessica Louie
• Jim Yang
• Joseph Chu
• Joshua Lau
• Natalie Chan
• Nathan Leung
• Nathaniel Yuen
• Nicole Pun
• Samuel Mok

• Pastor Allan McQuarrie (Open Bible Fellowship)
• Pastor Kong Lo (Kingston Chinese Alliance Church)
• Pastor Mark Kotchapaw (Bethel Church)

2) Come vote on Wednesday, February 1st, in the KCCF Office (Queen’s Centre, Room A-620) at 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Please make an informed vote based on the responses of the candidates. If you feel that any of the candidates should not serve on NomCom, feel free to indicate your reasoning on the back of the ballot, and please leave your contact information so that we can reach you.

Thank you all for participating in the formation of next year’s leadership Committee. Please continue to pray for the candidates, for God’s prompting of future Committee members, and for this body to bring glory to God.

Blessings,

-seph

²¹ So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. ²² For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; ²³ but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. ²⁴ What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? ²⁵ Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! – Romans 7:21-25

Brothers and sisters, when you are feeling discouraged, always remember to lift up your eyes to praise God for sending His Son, Jesus Christ, who has already saved us from all of our sins!

Nominations Committee Update

• This Friday (Jan. 27) at KCCF: The individuals who have accepted their nomination for Nominations Committee (NomCom) will be announced.

• This Saturday (Jan. 28): NomCom nominees’ responses will be posted on the KCCF website (kccf.ca).  It is very important that you vote based on nominees’ responses to the three questions (“What is the gospel and how has it affected your life?”  “What is Biblical discernment?”  “How has God led you to accept this nomination?”).

• Next Wednesday (Feb. 1): Voting will take place from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the KCCF Office, ARC A-620.

• Next Friday (Feb. 3): Finalized members of NomCom will be announced.

If you would like more information on this process, please refer to our website.  If you have further questions, feel free to email kingston.ccf@gmail.com.

Lost and Found
If you lost a striped scarf on Fri. Jan. 13, please let us know!  Also, if you lost anything at retreat, or if you have something that doesn’t belong to you, email us back at kingston.ccf@gmail.com

Wanted: Drivers for Worship Equipment
If you have a car, we would love your help moving worship equipment!  Please email our Worship Coordinator, Janice Lee, at lee.janicec@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out.

Wanted: 2 Housemates
Jocelyn Yu is looking for 2 housemates, preferably female.  Her house is located near Barrie St. and William St.  Rent is ~$400 without utilities and internet.  If interested, please send an e-mail to joyce643@hotmail.com or a text message to (613) 449-8748.

“But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.” – 1 Corinthians 2: 9-13

*NOTE* In order to participate in this process, you must be a member of KCCF. KCCF membership entails that you must be a Christian and must be an active member in KCCF (e.g. attend DG and weekly Friday nights consistently)

1) What is NOMCOM?

Nomcom is a group of individuals, chosen by the fellowship ,whose role it is to select members that will form KCCF’s committee for the following year, which in this case would be 2012-2013. This is done by means of fellowship nomination, prayer and biblical discernment. Ideally, NomCom is comprised of seven people; four are taken from the fellowship at large, and three are taken from the existing committee. Please note that at least one of the three committee members on nomcom must be from the current executive committee – which is made up of the Chair, both the English and Chinese vice chairs, and the bible study co-ordinators. In the case there are fewer than 7 members on NomCom, see the KCCF Constitution, Article VII.  The purpose of Nomcom is to discern these second round nominations and make the final call as to who will be on committee next year.*Those who are on nomination committee cannot be on the committee of 2012-2013.*

2) How is NOMCOM formed?

There are 4 main steps

1. The members of fellowship will nominate individuals (and this can include yourself) via email to kccf.nomcom@gmail.com
2. Individuals nominated will be notified and given the option to either accept the nomination or decline it.
3. Those who choose to accept their nomination will be required to answer three questions that will act as a guide to help the fellowship assess each nominee before voting. The answers of these questions will be accessible online via our website.
4. The names of all individuals who accepted their nomination will be placed on a ballot and a vote will take place. Nomcom will be formed based on the results of that vote.

3) The Questions

As mentioned before, those who choose to accept their nomination will be asked to answer three questions. The purpose of these questions is to allow each individual to reflect and assess whether or not they should actually accept the nomination in the first place, and given that they do, provide those in the fellowship who do not know the individually personally with more information about them in regards to this process. The questions are as follows:

1. What is the Gospel and how has it affected your life?
2. What is Biblical discernment?
3. How has God led you to accept this nomination?

4) Dates

Monday January 23rd – Nominations for Nomcom are due. Nominees will be notified

Wednesday January 25th – Nominees must accept or decline their nomination.

Friday January 27th – Upon acceptance, nominees must submit their answers to the 3 questions.

Wednesday February 1st – Voting for Nomcom takes place.

5) Now What?

So after reading all of this, there are a few things that you are responsible for doing

1. PRAY – this process needs your prayer. Pray that God places individuals on your heart that you feel are suited for this.
2. ASK QUESTIONS – if you do not understand this process and is TOTALLY confused or just want to know more, PLEASE do not hesitate to email us at kingston.ccf@gmail.com
3. NOMINATE – If you know of individuals who you feel is gifted in the area of discernment and is called by God to be part of Nomcom, please nominate them by February 2nd at 11:59pm. Send all nominations to kccf.nomcom@gmail.com

Thanks KCCF. Let us continue to strive to seek God first in this process.

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Has your heart been filled with praises to God today or have you filled it with feelings of frustrations and anger?  How is your prayer life on a daily basis?  Have you been giving thanks even in the toughest of circumstances?  I pray that we would not fall into the trap of short-sightedness, but instead, take on an eternal focus and always rejoice, pray, and give thanks.

We will have our first prayer meeting of 2012 on Thursday (Jan. 19) at the KCCF office, ARC A-620, at 7:00 p.m. We hope that you would join us in continually praying for the work God is doing in our fellowship and the Kingston community. See you there!

This Friday (Jan. 20): Retreat

If you are coming to retreat: please meet at the MacCorry Cafeteria at 4:00 p.m. (and eat dinner beforehand/bring it with you). Look out for an email from Hongyi with more details soon!

If you are not coming to retreat: we will be meeting in MacCorry E229 at 7:00 p.m. for some teaching and discussion. Feel free to bring friends!

This Monday (Jan. 23): Nominations for Nomination Committee Due

As explained on Friday, we are looking for nominations for Nomination Committee (a.k.a. NomCom). Please prayerfully consider individuals from KCCF who are Christians, regularly attend KCCF, and who you believe have the gift of discernment. Then, email kccf.nomcom@gmail.com with the names of the individuals you would like to nominate for NomCom (you may also add a brief explanation of why you are nominating them). The due date for nominations is Monday, Jan. 23

Wanted: Drivers for Worship Equipment

If you have a car, we would love your help in moving worship equipment! Please email our Worship Coordinator, Janice Lee, at lee.janicec@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out!

Wanted: 2 Housemates

Looking for 2 housemates, preferably female. House is located near Barrie St. and William St. Rent is ~$400 without utilities and internet. If interested, please send an e-mail to joyce643@hotmail.com or a text message to (613) 449-8748.

“Submit yourselves, then, to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  Come near to God and he will come near to you.  … Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”

What is a specific, practical, and reasonable goal that you can set for yourself?  It may be committing to doing your devotions on a daily basis, intentionally praying for your friends and family, or learning to avoid temptation.  Whatever God has placed on your heart to change or strive for, infuse it with prayer and ask a friend to keep you accountable.  We are here as a fellowship of Christ-followers to support one another in our pursuit of holiness.  It’s a new year.  Let’s start it off right (and end strong too!).