The Meeting House Burlington
1250 Brant Street L7P 1X8 Burlington, ON, Canada

Tune in for Burlington Local Teaching Tomorrow. Sunday. January 31st. * with John Latta. We hope to see you! * Join the Livestream at 10am at themeetinghouse.com or on YouTube * If you stream to your smart TV, have your laptop ready to transition to Zoom... * at approx 10:30am go to TMH BUR LINK (https://tinyurl.com/BURteaching) Link in INSTAGRAM BIO

The bottom line We are not a social justice movement, or a compassion movement, or a peace movement; we are a JESUS movement. And because we follow Jesus, we care about social justice, compassion, and peace. Since we are also citizens of an earthly democracy, we will endeavour to be good and loving citizens, which may mean we will make our voices heard in the political and societal arena.... But our priority will always be the purity and promotion of the beautiful alternative of the kingdom of Christ.

An important update about in-person gatherings in 2021 We won’t have larger in-person Sunday services before September 1, 2021unless things change significantlybut take the next several months to develop a plan. Read more from our Senior Pastor Darrell Winger at http://ow.ly/9yCZ50DmgeT

This week’s #SpiritualMinds practice Read Colossians 3:15-17 every day this week. Pay attention to the triple teaching on gratitude. Then make a list of at least five things you are grateful for over the past 24 hours: people, pets, places, possessions, events, tastes, smells, sights, sounds, etc. ... Now carry this sense of gratitude into your day ahead. This is the normative Christian psychological default setting.

Western civilization has been largely founded by people who identified as Christian but who have not acted like it. We owe it to the world around us to participate in corporate repentance of the colonialism, racism, and abuses of power that have been and continue to be perpetuated in the name of Jesus.

Love is an active commitment to the wellbeing of another person. So how can we love our enemies without becoming a doormat? Catch Bruxy's answer below, and be sure to check out more great BBQs with our full playlist: bit.ly/BBQ_playlist

The conflict creates distance between us so we can’t see each other as mutually valuable and loved by God. Catch the full teaching from Jimmy at youtu.be/kt1up_mvS7Y

Here is the Insta-Program for November 22nd, 2020. Today we continue our new series called ‘Politics of Peace’ with Darrell Winger. Join the Livestream at 10am at themeetinghouse.com or on YouTube COMPASSION for CHRISTMAS at Bethany Residence. This Christmas we are CONTINUING to support our friends at Bethany Residence. It is a privilege to work together, and keep the tradition of supporting one of our favourite local compassion initiatives. Our GOAL is to deliver ONE set of... Pyjamas and ONE $10 Tim Hortons card to each resident for Christmas Day. That means we are needing to find support for all 122 of our friends. Due to COVID restrictions we are forced to collect the funds ONLINE (and will be shopping online on your behalf). * To accomplish this we are asking our church family at The Meeting House Burlington to consider an ONLINE financial gift to help at https://tinyurl.com/burchristmas. * Thank you in advance for your generosity in supporting our local compassion partners. For more information contact Jennifer Stevens - [email protected] Kidmax has created a place on the website for all Pre-school, Grade 1-5 and Parent info. Go to themeetinghouse.com/kidmax - each week new videos, lessons and activities will be available to support your family. Youth Group - here are the various calendar dates for November. This week YOUTH Group are meeting ONLINE. Please remember that with COVID guidelines in place, we all need to follow a registration process for any of our special events. If you need any questions or youth information you can connect with [email protected]. All of our Home Churches have now started. Each group meets on varying days/times. It’s not too late to join! Go to the meetinghouse.com/homechurch to get the details for each Home Church. ADVENT SEASON begins on November 29th. The BIC (Be in Christ Canada) has produced a wonderful Advent ‘God With Us’ resource for this year! They have really worked hard to make this an Advent experience for everyone. In this time of pandemic, the celebration of Advent and Christmas this year can provide a tremendous sense of hope for people’s weary souls. Links in BIO

God is internally relational because God is love. But if that’s the case, why is he three-in-one? Why not two or four or fifty? Catch Bruxy's answer below, and be sure to check out more great BBQs at bit.ly/BBQ_playlist

Here is the Insta-Program for November 15th, 2020. Today we continue our new series called ‘Politics of Peace’ with Jimmy Rushton. Join the Livestream at 10am at themeetinghouse.com or on YouTube RESCUED & RESTORED / Drive-Thru Collection Day is TODAY! We are collecting from 1-3pm at 1240 Advance Road. This is a Drive-Thru Non-Contact Collection. Proceeds of this COLLECTION of gently used furniture and household items will be donated to our Local Compassion Partner, Eagles N...est of Waterdown. For any last minute information contact Jenn Stevens - [email protected] Items Rescued & Restored can accept: - dishes/china/glassware - collectables/antiques - home decor - artwork - mirrors - records, CDS, & DVDs - lamps & lights - rugs - small pieces of furniture - i.e, side tables, chairs - board games & puzzles Kidmax has created a place on the website for all Pre-school, Grade 1-5 and Parent info. Go to themeetinghouse.com/kidmax - each week new videos, lessons and activities will be available to support your family. Youth Group - here are the various calendar dates for November. This week YOUTH Group are meeting ONLINE. Please remember that with COVID guidelines in place, we all need to follow a registration process for any of our special events. If you need any questions or youth information you can connect with [email protected]. All of our Home Churches have now started. Each group meets on varying days/times. It’s not too late to join! Go to the meetinghouse.com/homechurch to get the details for each Home Church. TOGETHER FOR GOOD - FREE MARRIAGE CONFERENCE. One day could change your marriage! Join thousands of couples across Canada for a one day conference dedicated to one goal: Building marriages that stay together for good. Recently filmed and updated, this online conference from Family Life Canada on November 21st is free! Check it out at www.familylifecanada.com for information and registration information. This week we had a special opportunity to help a new friend named Richard. He lives in the Niagara region and had his bike recently stolen. Richard needed help. Our friends at TMH Niagara Home Church shared his story,

"Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer A reminder from last Sunday's teaching. See you tomorrow at 10AM EST as we continue our #PoliticsofPeace series with Darrell! Who can you invite? // themeetinghouse.com/live

TMH Burlington Compassion for Christmas at Bethany Residence This Christmas we are CONTINUING to support our friends at Bethany Residence (http://www.bethanyresidence.ca). It is a privilege to work together, and keep the tradition of supporting one of our favourite local compassion initiatives. To accomplish this we are asking our church family at The Meeting House Burlington to consider an ONLINE financial gift to help. Our GOAL is to deliver ONE set of Pyjamas and ONE $10 ...Tim Hortons card to each resident for Christmas Day. That means we are needing to find support for all 122 of our friends. Due to COVID restrictions we are forced to collect the funds ONLINE (and will be shopping online on your behalf). Thank you in advance for your generosity in supporting our local compassion partners. For more information contact Jennifer Stevens - [email protected] Pre-Selected Financial Amounts: LINK IN BIO - $10.00 ($10 Tim Hortons Gift Card for ONE person) - $40.00 (a set of pyjamas for ONE person) - $50.00 (ONE person a set of pyjamas/ $10 Tim Hortons card) - $100.00 (TWO people a set of pyjamas/ $10 Tim Hortons card) - $200.00 (FOUR people a set of pyjamas/ $10 Tim Hortons card) - Other: contact info provided Tax receipts will be issued in February 2021 for all 2020 donations.

Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that. (Ephesians 5:1-2, MSG) See you tomorrow as we continue our #PoliticsofPeace series with Jimmy! // 10AM EST @ themeetinghouse.com

If people are spitting the gospel out of their mouths, as followers of Jesus we can't first jump to what they need to do in their lives; we need to look at ourselves and what we need to address. From Melissa's latest #blog post on what it means to be the salt of the earth: http://ow.ly/BeLv50CgQfU