~ February is Stewardship Month at Elk Lake Baptist. Please reflect on the insert and your own stewardship attitudes and practices. Stewardship Month is sponsored by the Finance Committee. Thanks to Graham Hickling for his work on the inserts.

~ An Adult Sunday School class will begin next Sunday, February 15th. at 10:00 a.m. This class will focus on learning ways to get rid of those defective thought patterns that mess up your experience of God and life.

~ Our “Thirst for Justice” Missional Group has a display in the foyer on water issues, locally and globally. You are invited to stop by and gain some perspectives on this increasingly critical issue. Thanks to Wendy Wagemaker for putting this together.

~ Lu Funk has the 2008 Income Tax receipts available today.

~ Kids Helping Kids – Monday, February 16th , 7:00 p.m. at UVIC Centre. Tickets are available at ticket@uvic.ca or (250)721-8480. Adults: $12 Children: (0-12) $7. All proceeds go to greater Victoria public schools for children in need. For more information call Donna Forster, Gateway Baptist Church, at 250-658-5121.

~ This Wednesday, February 11, at 10:00 a.m., the Baptist Women will meet at the church for their Annual “Great Canadian Bible Study”. The study will be on Tabitha, meaning “gazelle” or “a beautiful woman of God”.

~ Baptist Women Present: A Valentine Supper next Saturday, February 14th at 6:00 p.m. Adults: $10; children 6 – 12: $5 and children under 5 are free. You will enjoy a fine Italian dinner and an evening to remember.

~ On February 15th, Gordon King, Director of the Sharing Way, will be with us.

~ Getting On With Life (Director – Peter Day) presents “Rebuilders – Divorce Recovery Program” – from February 2 to April 9, 2009. See Literature Table for brochures.

~ Cridge Seniors Centre – assisted living space available. Call Steve Baird at (250) 220-2301 for more information.