The Blog of Gordon Pifher http://gordonpifher.com President, Seventh-day Adventist Church (British Columbia Conference) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:32:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over 1,000 in Attendance for BC’s Largest Evangelistic Event  

Last week over 1,000 were in attendance at what will be known as the BC Conference’s largest evangelistic event for this year.  Well over 18 churches have combined their resources to bring this plan to reality. At this point, close to 500 attendees are not members of the sponsoring Adventist churches.  The Conference has employed [...]

]]> http://gordonpifher.com/?p=93 “Playing to Our Stengths” Successful organizations learn to “play to their strengths”. The band director was desperate to have a complete orchestra. He finally talked me into trying to play the slide trombone. Following a few practice sessions, the director was observant enough to learn that most of his slide trombones could not consistently read or play a planned note.  [...]

]]> http://gordonpifher.com/?p=58 Face to Face Most nights, just before I put to sleep the joys and cares of each day, I open my computer and enter a new adventure of communication. I’m on facebook. I type in my name and password and enter a world of friends, and every friend has a face. These are friends I have chosen. These [...]

]]> http://gordonpifher.com/?p=57 BC Camp Meeting 2008 The theme for Camp Meeting 2008 is Sanctuary. One of the most important understandings of God, as revealed in the Christian faith, is His desire to have a relationship with His creation - you and me. God created us with a plan for Him to live “among us, with us and in us.” Camp Meeting 2008 explores God’s [...]

]]> http://gordonpifher.com/?p=56 Streams of Hope Streams of Hope The BC Conference New Capital Campaign Growing Conferences will find ways to expand and grow God’s kingdom. Many of our members are praying for meaningful projects to assure our expanding BC Mission Field is being reaching with the Good News. At the August Constituency meeting it was voted to proceed with a capital [...]

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