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Sunday, March 31, 2019

Come Join Us, As It Is Our Turn To Host A Prayer Walk In The Heart Of The City At BLCF Church!

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JOIN US FOR A PRAYER WALK

IN THE HEART OF

TORONTO!

TO PRAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY!

On the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM

Join with those from other local churches...

...to worship, and to pray for one another 

and for the surrounding neighborhood.

On TUESDAY, APRIL 2nd, 2019 at 7:30 PM

We will be gathering in the heart of Toronto at

BLOOR LANSDOWNE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

1307 Bloor Street West, 416-535-9578

(Just West of Lansdowne Avenue)



Get an update on the ongoing outreach initiatives

that are giving BLCF Church

an important street presence and ministry!

EVERY PRAYER COUNTS! 

So let's join together in faith, looking to God 

for His blessing upon our community!



Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship

- BLCF Church - Est. 1938

An Evangelical Christian Church with a vision

Located in the heart of Toronto

- Home of the BLCF Cafe

1307 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M6H 1P1

Contact Us: 416-535-9578 twitter: @blcfca

blcfchurch@yahoo.ca - blcfcafe@yahoo.ca -

www.blcfchurch.ca


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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The Way of Love - A BLCF Café Message shared on Wednesday March 13, 2019, by Steve Mickelson



BLCF Café Message shared on Wednesday, March 13, 2019: The Way of Love
© by Steve Mickelson




In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul gives a good description of how our existence would be like devoid of love, as well as giving us some characteristics of love.


1 Corinthians 13 (ESV): The Way of Love



13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 
If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[b] it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.                                                                                                                                 

Footnotes: a. 1Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts deliver up my body [to death] that I may boast b. 1 Corinthians 13:5 Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing

Paul begins by describing what would God’s gifts be like without love. Since John told us that God is love, and if we accept the converse that love is an expression of God, and then the same passage gives us an understanding as we read ‘love’, we substitute ‘God’.  The result would be a description of life without God:




We see that without God, the speaking in tongues would be just noise. And what good would be having the gift of prophecy without God? What good would it be to possess the faith to move mountains without God? If we gave all that we had to the poor, were martyred for preaching the Gospel and did not have God to others, it would be of no value whatsoever. If God is Love, how is it that we, as believers in the Resurrected Christ, are transformed? It is by the power of the Holy Spirit which is given to us as a reward for our faith, Romans 5:2-5 (ESV):

Through him we have also obtained access by faith[a] into this grace in which we stand, and we[b] rejoice[c] in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.                                                  

Footnotes: a. Romans 5:2 Some manuscripts omit by faith b. Romans 5:2 Or let us; also verse 3 c. Romans 5:2 Or boast; also verses 3, 11

As believers in the resurrect Christ, we receive the Holy Spirit of God, gifted by God in reward for our faith, 2 Timothy 1:6-7 (ESV):

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.  

By receiving God’s gifts of power, love, and self-control, we are transformed, through faith and by the power of HIS Holy Spirit into HIS instruments; expressions of God by the love we share with others. It is God’s desire that we shine as instruments of His love and His wisdom. 

 

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Volunteers needed to help feed the homeless at the BLCF Cafe


Volunteers, (individuals or groups), are needed to help at the BLCF Cafe Community Dinner, a weekly dinner that feeds over 100 homeless and marginalized people, every Wednesday Evening. Relying on fundraisers and private donations, BLCF Cafe receives neither government grants nor corporate sponsorship. BLCF Cafe does rely on the dedication of volunteers to serve over 7,500 dinners, annually.  Volunteers serve each guest a wholesome dinner, with dignity and respect.

If you are able, why not contribute a few hours of your time for a great cause? You will be glad you did when you see the smiles on the faces of the people we serve. For more information: Contact Sophie Mickelson at blcfcafe@yahoo.ca 416-535-9578.

See us on facebook under BLCF Cafe: BLCF Cafe Facebook Link or our BLOG: BLCF Cafe BLOG. BLCF Cafe Community Dinner was established in January 2008 by and is operated under, the auspices of,  Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship - BLCF Church: http://www.blcfchurch.ca/  BLCF Church Web Page

Please Note: While BLCF Cafe is willing to complete school, college and university community service volunteer forms, in order to ensure both the safety and protection of young volunteers, BLCF will neither supervise nor fill out forms or letters for volunteers required by the courts or social services.