InsightKingdom

January/February 2011 Volume 6

new HEIGHTS

2011

Are  you  ready?  Are  you  expec.ng  new  heights  in  God  in  2011.  As  we  begin  the  year  2011,  it  is  impera.ve:

     That  you  know  the  significance  of  the  Lord.      That  you  hear  His  voice.      That  you  understand  the  spiritual  tes:ng  that  the  Lord  has  planned  for  you.

There  is  a  bridal  cry  rising  up  from  believers  everywhere…a  deep  longing  and  insa.able  hunger  for  a  fresh  outpouring  of  His  Holy  Spirit  and  manifesta.on  of  His  Presence.  I  pray  that  Holy  Spirit  will  open  our  spiritual  eyes  so  that  we  will  be  able  to  see  beyond  the  limita.ons  of  our  minds,  tradi.ons  or  religious  form.  That  He  would  take  us  as  a  church  beyond  our  so  limited  experience  to  new  places  and  posi.ons  in  Him.  Don’t  limit  what  God  has  planned,  des.ned  to  do  in  your  life,  your  family,  your  business,  your  school  in  2011.  Don’t  allow  unbelief  to  stop  you  from  aKaining  new  heights  in  God.  In  2011,  we  must  strive,  contend,  fight  and  wrestle  in  fervent  earnest  prayer  un.l  those  new  heights  are  aKained.

Blessing,Pastor  Bob

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pastors’PAGE

Household Salvation

Divine ImportationFresh Revelation

Total RestorationFinancial Breakthrough

new PASTORS

As  a  younger  man,  I  struggled  with  the  death  of  a  close  family  member.    As  a  result,  I  made  several  bad  choices  that  kept  me  running  from  God.    Thankfully,  because  of  His  Grace,  He  used  different  influences  and  people  in  my  life  to  bring  me  back  into  rela.onship  with  Him.I  am  learning  the  meaning  of  my  life,  that  it  truly  is  not  my  own,  what  it  means  to  bear  the  cross  of  Christ,  and  to  make  disciples  that  will  follow  wholeheartedly  aQer  the  Lord.    God  has  placed  a  passion  in  my  life  to  see  hur.ng  and  troubled  youth  come  back  to  Him.    I  am  so  thankful  for  the  work  that  God  has  done  in  me,  and  through  me,  and  I  look  forward  to  being  a  servant  to  those  around  me.  

Pastor Adam HoskinsYouth Ministry

At  the  age  of  16,  I  realized  that  God  was  calling  me  into  the  ministry  of  worship  through  songs.    It  was  very  in.mida.ng  and  exci.ng  at  the  same  .me.  The  thought  that  this  GREAT  God  wants  to  use  me  s.ll  amazes  me  to  this  day.    God  is  teaching  me  everyday  what  it  means  to  be  a  servant,  and  that  before  we  can  be  a  minister,  we  need  to  be  servants,  who  give  without  expec.ng  anything  in  return.

I  thank  God  for  giving  me  the  opportunity  to  serve  Him  and  the  Body  of  Christ  at  Global  Kingdom  Ministries,a  church  that  loves  Him  very  much.  Let's  con.nue  to  seek  His  face  as  He  con.nues  to  pour  Himself  into  us.  

Pastor Marsha WagnerMusic Ministry

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School  of  Ministry  &  Membership  coming  February  12h  2011

Life groups:

Resume January 10th, 2011

www.lifegroups.ca

community NEWS

January. 5th – 7thJoin us each evening @ 7pm

Church Prayer Meeting Every Wednesday at 7pm

Ladies Prayer MeetingEvery Wednesday at 9:30am

Mountain Movers PrayerEvery Sunday at 7:30am

Days of fasting & prayer:

PRAY EVERY DAY

Saturday  January  29th  9amRosewood  Church  –  Milner  Ave.

Saturday  February  26th  9amGlobal  Kingdom  Ministries    -­‐  

Markham  Road

Women  on  The  Wall

Gathering Together to Pray

Live Streaming for the Sunday 11 AM services coming soon visit www.gkmlive.ca for more details

GKM Expressions of PraiseDo you think you can dance or flag?

Then we need you!

Come be a part of this ministry

Please contact Pastor Elly

416–438–1601 or email elly@globalkingdom.ca

Soul  Care  Session  Start  Dates:Women  -­‐  Jan  17thMen  -­‐  Jan  20th.

Don't forget to set a mission's target for your family for 2011 and work to meet it.

Tax receipts will be ready for pick up

February 27th, 2011.

Please  remember  to  pick  up  your  2011  tithing  

envelopes.    

If  you  would  like  to  order  tithing  envelopes,  please  contact  the  Natalie  at  the  

office  for  details.  

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Live It!

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FEBRUARY

25-27 2011

CAMP MINI-YO-WE

COST $120

CONTACT PASTOR ROBYN 416.438.1601 X 236

YOUTH

WINTER RETREAT

ExcitementExpectancy

Experience

Junior High Kickoff

FRIDAY JAN 14th

a night you won’t wanna miss

contact pastor robyn

416.438.1601

7:30 pm

EMPOWERING YOUTH

God has been faithful in the past months as there have been many changes in Youth Ministry. We have seen the move of the Lord in mighty ways in the lives of the youth and the leaders, and we are so excited to see what the new year holds.

This year we hope to focus on discipleship. As leadership, we believe that the youth do not need another voice telling them what to do, how

to act or what choices to make. Rather we see ourselves walking alongside them in their walk with Christ.

Keeping with the vision of GKM to encourage faith at home, our emphasis this season will be to empower the young people to live out their faith vibrantly, starting in the home. We are so excited to see growth in the lives of the young people as we journey with them through the challenges and triumphs of life.

Pastor Adam

Student Life

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Bring a symbol of the past

& picture of the future!

Show & Tell

Thurs. Jan. 13 @7:30pm

Have  you  ever  seen  a  line  of  ants  going  from  one  place  to  another.    A  steady  stream  of  ants  gathering  food  and  taking  it  back  to  their  fort.    Non-­‐stop,  all  day  long,  going  back  and  forth,  back  and  forth.    Their  sole  existence  is  to  go  back  and  forth,  not  stopping,  not  looking  back,  just  gathering  food  and  taking  it  home.    As  a  child,  I  remember  sometimes  placing  a  rock  or  something  right  in  the  middle  of  their  path.    But  that  didn’t  stop  them!    They  just  found  another  path  right  around  the  barrier.    Sometimes  I  feel  that  is  what  our  live’s  are  like.    We  go  back  and  forth,  back  and  forth,  from  work  to  home,  from  home  to  work.    And  of  course,  there  are  always  things  that  “just  come  up”,  barriers  that  hinder  our  day  from  getting  home  on  time,  like  stopping  for  groceries,  picking  up  a  friend  from  school,  etc.    It  seems  like  life  can  become  so  busy  and  so  consumed  with  “stuff”  that  we  are  just  reacting  to  life  instead  of  living  life.    In  fact,  it  has  been  proven  that  only  one  quarter  of  people  live  intentional  lives.  “They  keep  piling  more  work  on  me.”    “I’m  up  to  my  eyeballs.”    “I  am  so  swamped.”    “I’m  buried  in  work.”    “I  don’t  have  time  to  turn  around.”    “I’m  so  busy.”    “I  feel  like  a  chicken  with  its  head  cut  off.”    “It’s  a  busy  season.”    These  phrases  are  too  common  for  us  all,  and  instead  of  living  our  lives,  we  are  just  reacting  to  life.    But  here  we  are  in  January  and  yet  again,  we  are  all  making  a  list  of  things  that  we  want  to  improve  on  or  things  that  we  want  to  do  better  this  year,  New  Years  Resolutions!    Is  that  what  we  really  want  to  do?    Add  more  stuff  to  our  day,  add  more  things  for  us  to  do?    I  think  in  our  society,  we  are  so  driven  to  be  moving  forward,  to  be  progressing,  to  be  gathering  more  food,  that  we  miss  what  God  has  done  for  us  this  past  year.    In  Joshua  4:5-­‐7  "Go  over  before  the  ark  of  the  LORD  your  God  into  the  middle  of  the  Jordan.  Each  of  you  is  to  take  up  a  stone  on  his  shoulder,  according  to  the  number  of  the  tribes  of  the  Israelites,  to  serve  as  a  sign  among  you…  These  stones  are  to  be  a  memorial  to  the  people  of  Israel  forever."And  in  Joshua  4:20-­‐24  “And  Joshua  set  up  at  Gilgal  the  twelve  stones  they  had  taken  out  of  the  Jordan.    He  said  to  the  Israelites,  ‘In  the  future  when  your  descendants  ask  their  fathers,  'What  do  these  stones  mean?'  tell  them,  'Israel  crossed  the  Jordan  on  dry  ground.'    For  the  LORD  your  God  dried  up  the  Jordan  before  you  until  you  had  crossed  over.  The  LORD  your  God  did  to  the  Jordan  just  what  he  had  done  to  the  Red  Sea  when  he  dried  it  up  before  us  until  we  had  crossed  over.    He  did  this  so  that  all  the  peoples  of  the  earth  might  know  that  the  hand  of  the  LORD  is  powerful  and  so  that  you  might  always  fear  the  LORD  your  God.’"

Israel  is  just  coming  out  of  a  desert  season  and  is  about  to  enter  into  a  new  season.    But  before  they  enter  the  new  season  the  Lord  instructs  them  to  set  up  signs  of  what  he  has  done  so  that  all  the  following  generations  may  know  the  goodness  of  the  Lord.    Through  each  season,  the  Lord  teaches  us  many  valuable  lessons  to  propel  us  into  our  future  destiny  and  promise.    Before  we  move  into  the  next  season,  we  must  recognize  what  He  has  done.    Not  only  recognize  it,  but  share  it,  build  symbols  that  will  announce  His  goodness  to  all  the  future  generations.    Once  God  brings  you  through  a  season,  He  doesn’t  expect  you  to  stay  there  or  go  back.    Each  season  is  a  part  of  a  process  that  propels  you  into  your  purpose.    Israel  just  came  out  of  the  desert  season  where  they  had  many  revelations  of  who  God  was  and  who  they  were  as  a  nation.    God  did  not  want  them  to  forget  those  revelations  in  the  next  season  of  promise.    He  wanted  them  to  take  those  revelations  into  the  promised  land.    God  gave  them  a  clear  picture  of  who  He  was  and  clear  picture  of  who  He  wanted  them  to  be.    In  this  next  season,  He  gave  them  the  resources  to  be  that  nation  and  declare  to  the  world  that  there  is  one  true  God.Israel’s  next  season  was  one  of  victory  and  promise.    They  conquered  the  promised  land  and  enjoyed  the  blessings  of  the  Lord.    Just  outside  the  gates  of  prosperity  was  twelve  pillars  standing  over  the  nation  to  pose  as  a  reminder  that  it  was  God  who  has  brought  them  out  of  Egypt,  was  faithful  through  the  desert  and  gave  them  the  Land  they  now  occupied.    In  our  busyness,  many  times  we  don’t  even  re_lect  on  His  goodness.    We  just  rush  into  the  next  season  and  miss  God’s  purpose  for  our  lives.    We  are  stuck  going  back  and  forth,  back  and  forth,  gathering  food.    But  I  believe  that  there  is  value  in  taking  a  moment,  building  a  symbol  so  that  all  may  know  that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  is  powerful.    Maybe  2010  was  a  desert  season  for  you.    Let  us  not  grumble  about  it  but  re_lect  and  ask  what  God  was  revealing  to  us  through  the  desert.    Let  us  take  time  and  know  that  our  God  is  faithful,  that  our  God  has  a  plan,  that  our  God  has  a  purpose  for  each  one  of  us.    Before  rushing  into  the  next  season,  let  us  take  time  and  not  miss  the  revelation  of  what  God  is  doing  in  our  own  lives.  

A SIGN FROM 2010 PASTOR BEN JOHNSTON

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Expressive Worship Night

Thurs. Feb. 10 at 7:30pmResponding to God’s Love!

drivenlounge

OPEN MIC NITE!

THURS. FEB. 24

@ 7:30PM

The guys are going to

show

their appreciation to t

heir

Sister’s in Christ... Ladies you

don’t wanna miss this night!

Sex, Relationships & GOD

Thursday Feb. 17, at 7:30pmEarly Church ExperienceThurs. Jan. 20 at 7:30pmEdifying one another through the gifts of the Spirit!

Discussing how our

spiritual gifts affect

the world

Music

Jan.ThursGroup

Small

& 7:30

27@pm

MOVIE NIGHTTHURS. FEB. 3 @ 7:30pm

(FINGER OF GOD)

Driven Young Adults are going to Ottawa for some fun at Winterlude. And while we are enjoying the brisk

winter air, we will be tuned into God’s Spirit and what He wants to do in the live’s around us. You only need funds

for food and to help with gas.

The accommodations are covered! Please contact Pastor Ben before

January 23.

FEB 4–6

Driven Young Adults are going to Ottawa for some fun at Winterlude. And while we are enjoying the brisk winter air, we will be tuned into God’s Spirit and what He wants to do in

the live’s around us. You only need funds for food and to help with gas.

The accommodations are covered! Please contact Pastor Ben before January 23.

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family LIFE

Saturday, February 12, 20117:00pm

Global Kingdom Ministries

'Before You Say I Do'Marriage  Prepara:on  CourseFor  6  weeks,  classes  begin  Thursday,  February  3rd,  2011,  For  all  couples  who  are  geGng  married  this  year  or  thinking  of  marriage  in  the  near  future...cost  is  $20  per  couple.  Includes  all  materials

For  more  info  email  Pastor  Josh:  josh@globalkingdom.ca

&

Join  me  onSunday  February  6th  8:30  &  11:00  am

Phil  CallawayAward-­‐winning  

author  and  speaker

withMoM’s ToT’s

Every 2nd Wednesday 9:30am – 11 am in the GKM Nursery

Mothers with Children, newborn to age 6.

Begins January 12th, 2011,

MoMs with ToTs is designed to nurture the relationship between mothers and their

preschoolers through activity, discussion, and fellowship with other moms & tots.

Refreshments will be served. For more info contact josh@globalkingdom.ca

specialEVENTS

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Sat, Jan. 22nd7pm-9pm at

All-Star Bowl$27 per Couple

Please Sign up at guest services or email josh@globalkingdom.ca

Bowling Night!Married Life

Family Trips: Please see the

Kingdom Kid's Desk for more information

Kid's Praise Choir Ages 3-12.

Begins Saturday January 15th from 10 am to Noon.

Kid’s Praise

March Break

KINGD OM KIDSPROGRAMS

Sundays8:30AM Service

Sunday school for grades 1-5Early Childhood Ministry for

Newborn to SK

11:00AM Service Super Church for grades 1-5Early Childhood Ministry for

Newborn to SK

To be apart of any of these

programs, children should

register at the Kingdom Kid’s Registration Desk

Upcoming Events

Books on Prayer Recommended Children

1. "What happens when Children Pray: Learning to talk and listen to God by Evelyn Christenson

2. What Happens When I Talk to God? The Power of Prayer for Boys and Girls by Stormie Omartian

3. Teaching your child how to pray by Rick Osborne

4. Teaching children to pray: Ages 4 and 5 by Mary J Davis

5. Pray and Play Bible for young Children by Group publishing and Jody Brolsma.

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We are always looking for volunteers

for the Children’s Ministry, please see

Pastor Patrice or the Kingdom Kids

Desk for an application package.

Family Sundays:January 2nd, 2011 February 6th, 2011

Please note that programs for newborns to Senior Kindergarten will be

availabale during family Sundays

Join Our Special Needs Ministry Team!

We’re looking for people who:

Love and accept children just as they are.

Are motivated, excited, and enthusiastic about being and learning from these special children

Display high energy, creativity, and patience, and who believe special needs children can love God and serve their world.

Long to share God’s own heart and learn how to bring hope and healing to families who feel “left out” at church.

We’ll provide the training you need to be effective and comfortable in this ministry. You provide the love!

Parenting Tips

Jesus said, “out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks" (Matthew 12:34). Parents can use this principle to gain some understanding and insight into a child’s heart. Listening becomes key.

It’s surprising how many times we ask kids why they don’t talk to their parents and hear the answer, “Because they don’t listen to me.” Yes, it’s true some children confuse listening with agreeing. On the other hand, we find some parents really don’t listen to their children, whether they agree or not. They’re irritated by the lack of logic, the different viewpoints, or the naïve opinions of their children.

Listening can feel like torture as a child goes on and on about things that don’t make sense to the parent. It’s in these moments,

however, that parents can learn a lot about a child’s heart. Children may be wrong, but they’re usually following some kind of internal logic. Listening allows you to figure out what's going on and offer more truth where helpful.

As you listen to your kids talk, try to discern what may be distracting them from understanding the truth. Don’t feel like you have to point it out on the spot. Take time to listen and make mental notes of errors in their thinking. Look for creative ways to help them understand truth more

fully.

An accepting, safe, listening ear, often opens the heart in ways that nothing else can. As you listen to your child,

you’ll learn about dreams, goals, and commitments. Good or bad, time spent listening to your children gives you a greater sense of what’s going on inside, offering you ideas and direction about the heart change that’s needed.

What benefits have you seen in your family from listening to your child?

The Value of Listening

This parenting tip was taken from the book, Parenting is Heart Work, by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN.

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Try out this fun recipe...

Popcorn Truffles

• 1 microwave bag of popcorn, popped

• 1 cup roasted cashews • 1 3/4 cups light corn syrup • 2 Tbs. butter • 1 Tbs. white vinegar • 1 tsp. salt • 1/2 cup M&M's Minis

1. Place popcorn and cashews in a large bowl. In a saucepan, combine corn syrup, butter, vinegar, and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat; boil 6 minutes. Pour mixture over popcorn and mix with a large spoon to coat. Let mixture rest until cool enough to handle.

2. Lightly coat hands with vegetable cooking spray. Place a few M&M's in the palm of your hand, and combine with some popcorn mixture. Gently shape into a 11/20 ball. Repeat with remaining popcorn mixture and M&M's. Makes about 4 dozen

Prayer WORD LIST

Please tear off the bottom of this page and place into the prayer box at the Children’s Ministry Desk

Add M&M's just before shaping the ballsto keep the chocolate from melting.

Prayer Request

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Phone: 416-438-1601 E-mail: office@globalkingdom.ca Website: http://www.globalkingdom.ca

Sunday Services: 8:30 am, 11 am & 6 pm

1250 Markham Road Scarborough, ON M1H 2Y9

happy NEW YEAR

2011