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		<title>A Son is Given</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beaumont Community Church Family,

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6 &#124; NIV84)

I hope that you have enjoyed the Advent Season this year as we have been focusing on anticipating God and remembering what He has done. Through the Christmas story, God seems to invite us to discover again or anew the way He has entered our story. Over 2000 years ago, the nation of Israel was anticipating something God’s Messiah to look quite different than a baby born in a barn. Even though God had sent prophets to raise their awareness of His plans for His broken and lost people – many were only looking for what they wanted from God. They were blind to what God was doing.

These days I think we are often caught up in the same blindness that the Jewish people suffered from so many years ago...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=304&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Gather as the church?</title>
		<link>http://beaumontchurch.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/why-gather-as-the-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 14:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I've written anything (sorry about that), but this morning I was reading an article that wasn't filled with new insightful ideas, yet gave a perspective that I think we all struggle with in our day.  Let's face it we live in a culture that is driven by statements like, "what's in it for us," "what we like," and "what we prefer"... We live and breathe the "acquisition of more and better."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=285&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Immanuel &#8211; An Invitation to God&#8217;s Presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.” (Mt 1:23 - NIV)

As I’ve read through the story of our Saviour’s birth many times over the last weeks, the message of Immanuel has been speaking into my life.  It’s the season when we celebrate the creator the universe entering the human race as baby.  It seems to be a peculiar way for God to reveal His presence to humanity...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=277&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Questions about Dinosaurs Creation and Evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last several years we have been inundated with movies, books and teaching about dinosaurs.  I want you to know that I don't have trouble believing that dinosaurs lived on our planet at some point in time.  But I also want to point out to you that I have a serious problem with those who proclaim the Theory of Evolution as truth, and have managed to annex the finding of dinosaur bones as evidence of their theory.  You see, Evolution, although it's taught and accepted as truth in our schools and in our society, is only a theory.  That is a FACT… I am very clear on this fact: the Bible is Truth (Jn. 17:17; Ps. 119:160).  So when the Bible says God created...  that's what I believe!  Which means that any teaching that tries to suggest otherwise is not true…<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=247&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sabbath in the Summertime</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm on holidays and trying to relax, which usually means not reading emails.  But, I received a link to a short article (via email) from our Regional Minister Lynn Dietz, which seemed to tug on my need to release some of my responsibilities during this time that Kathy and I are away. Sabbath is a biblical term that is not easily understood in our culture, and we sometimes mistake it for our own idea of leisure.  I encourage you to read the article and take some time to think through how you might practice Sabbath this summer.  

Let me know what you think?  Pastor Bruce.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=234&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernd Heyde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 15 at about 9:40am as I was watching the Olympic torch relay from my office window, I was momentarily gripped by a wave of intense emotion…which surprised me. I’ve always considered myself immune from scripted media events that hope to rouse patriotism or Canadian pride and so I had already dismissed the whole torch relay as just another one of these attempts. But there I was…<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=229&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HAITI: How Can We Respond to Disaster?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re like me you have been overwhelmed by the news of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti a few days ago.  Quite frankly I have nothing in my experience that practically relates to the pain and misery that so many of our fellow human beings are facing in this impoverished country.  I’m sure that disasters like this bring up many questions for people, including “Why would God allow something like this to happen?”  I’m not sure that question can be answered, but I do know that God calls us to respond to situations such as this ...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=212&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Faith in the Blur of the Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s getting close to Christmas and I’m sure that many of you are attending to last minute details in your hectic schedules to hopefully prepare for the celebration of the birth of our Saviour.  Would you admit that it’s hard to keep our focus on this truth as we are impacted with blur of activity comes upon us during this season?  Most everything you read and see is focused on selling you something that might soon become unneeded in a culture that teaches that we have a right to almost everything we want.  We need help to keep our faith alive. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=195&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Really Time for a Change?</title>
		<link>http://beaumontchurch.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/is-it-really-time-for-a-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After almost 20 years of pastoring you’d think I’d have gotten used to it by now.  I’ve seen it happen more times than I want to talk about.  People who have been faithfully part of a church feeling the need to move on.  I’m not saying that there aren’t legitimate reasons for this at times.  I just wonder if far too often people’s motives for moving are based on an apparent boredom and the constant need our culture places on us for something new and better.  We live in a throw away culture...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=170&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Blessing of Uselessness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Archer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all want to be useful and productive. But one of the things we learn from the many set-backs of life is that God, in His wisdom, has a use for uselessness. The Lord Himself seems to be fond of standing around and doing nothing. When we imitate Him in this, the Bible calls it “waiting on the Lord.” But just think of how God waits on us!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beaumontchurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4614525&amp;post=150&amp;subd=beaumontchurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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