Volunteer Training 2016

We hosted our annual volunteer training sessions here at Arrowhead this weekend. Every year the training evolves a little bit as we tailor it more specifically to our needs here at Arrowhead. Easy Believism continues to be a battle that we must engage in as we strive to see the Gospel being clearly taught and our goals be for solid teaching and effective communication. Next year will see some advances to our training program and everyone will find some fresh information that will both challenge and enable us to be more effective stewards of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

As always the training weekend is a lot of fun and sets  us off at a great pace for the summer. This year was no different.

Lisbon Falls Baptist Church

It was great to spend the weekend in Lisbon Falls, Maine at Lisbon Falls Baptist Church. I met with the volunteer team on Friday evening and then again on Saturday morning. It is always exciting to meet with our incoming teams and share their enthusiasm. I always feel like I'm at home in Lisbon Falls and it was great to be able to visit with so many friends on this trip. In addition to our volunteer orientation sessions, it was a privilege to open the Word with everyone on Sunday evening.

Chatting with the Matt and John in the parking lot, Pastor Alden will be bringing the group up to Arrowhead  for our second junior camp! I love these guys.

Small group discussion during our volunteer orientation sessions. 

It was so encouraging to enjoy some fellowship with these dear brothers. Their love for the Lord and enthusiasm for the Gospel is contagious.

Enjoyed some fellowship with Matt McGuire and Mrs. Michel after church service Sunday evening.

Bridgewater Open Bible

It was a tremendous blessing, this past Saturday, to be able to be in Bridgewater, NS at Bridgewater Open Bible Church to meet with a team that they have put together that will be serving at ANBC this coming summer during one of our Junior Camps. It was a full day and we took the opportunity to go over a large amount of material. It's always a full day with lots to think about - but we had some good discussion and challenged Worldviews just a little bit. It's great to see young people who are interested in things of the Lord and communicating that in discipleship to others!

It was exciting to discuss the Gospel with these teens, and to see that they have a firm grasp of it already! We look forward to having them join us this summer.

First Volunteer Training of the Year

On Mothers Day weekend we had the immense privilege of being in Lisbon Falls with our friends at Lisbon Falls Baptist Church. They had asked us to come and offer the volunteer training program for anyone coming to ANBC as well as those in the church interested in looking a little more closely at cross cultural communication. We had more than a dozen folks out and it was great to be able to look at the material with them.

We will be having a couple of different groups from Lisbon Falls join us this summer throughout the summer and are very much looking forward to ministering alongside them this summer.

It was nice to be in Maine for the holiday and spend some time together as a family for Mother's Day. Some friends made their home available to us and we were very comfortable while we were there.

ANBC Volunteer Training 2012

It was a full weekend! It was an excellent weekend. We began on Friday afternoon as the volunteers for the upcoming summer camps began to arrive. There is something wonderful about the camp filling with friends and family all reuniting and enjoying one another's company. There were more than 70 of us here for the weekend, it was encouraging to have so many turn out for the training.

We began Friday evening at about 8pm with seminars 1 and 2. This weekend we challenged Worldviews with God's Word and talked about the many important aspects of ministry. We held 8 more seminars throughout the day on Saturday, covering such topics as hermeneutics, cross cultural communication, co-dependency, camp schedules and programs, evangelism issues, cabin devotions, camp music and games. There was lots of time for fellowship and fun as well, with games and swimming. And we even had some fireworks to celebrate the Canada Day weekend. After fellowship and worship with our friends at Cumberland Bay Baptist church, we concluded on Sunday afternoon with camp rules and expectations.

It was a blessing and encouragement to have everyone together for the weekend. There was a good spirit of unity as we looked into God's Word and focused ourselves on the task at hand. We are so very thankful for the provision of the Lord and the willing hearts of those committed to coming and serving with us in ministry together throughout this summer.

 

We were once again blessed by Devon Park Baptist Church with their gifts of cereal and other necessities for our summer camps!

 

And the kind generosity of the folks at Jacksontown Baptist Church as they donated to our pantry for our summer camps.

 

Learning some of the music for the upcoming summer camps.

 

Trying out some summer camp challenges.

These young ladies visited the craft cabin and made some jewellery to sell to raise money for Arrowhead's new dock.

We were blessed by wonderful meals, faithfully prepared by the ladies in the kitchen.

It wasn't all classroom time this weekend - there was opportunity for a swim on Saturday afternoon.

Volunteer Training in Gorrie Ontario

This past weekend I had the tremendous blessing and privilege to be among the fellowship of believers at Gorrie, Ontario! My primary purpose for traveling to Gorrie was to offer the volunteer training program to the team coming from there. We have a group of eleven people (perhaps more) who are committing to give a week (some as many as 6 weeks) of their summer to the ministry at Arrowhead! It is a huge blessing to have the team come, and it was equally a blessing to have them a part of the volunteer training program.

It was a packed weekend to be sure, we met for a few hours Friday night, all day (and I mean all day) on Saturday and Sunday after church. We discussed some very important issues as they relate to the ministries and programs of Arrowhead Native Bible Center.

It was my first fathers day on Sunday, and I almost made it home just in time, but it was close enough - I flew into Fredericton at about 1:30am on Monday morning. Mike & Jamie treated me to a fathers day feast on the way to the airport, so I was well looked after, and once I was with my girls again it was like I'd never left.

 

We had some fun too - here are Sarah, Prisca, Jonny & Andy testing out a camp game for me... 

 

Jessica with the balancing skills...

 

... and of course Mike & Jamie with the big rattles...

We will be holding the volunteer training program again here at Arrowhead over the Canada Day weekend for all of those volunteers in the Maritimes. We are looking forward to a great weekend of fellowship and time in the word and discussing some very important issues with respect to cross cultural evangelism and discipleship. We have asked everyone who is planning to serve with us this year to avail themselves of the training and are prayerful that this will be of great benefit to all involved.