News from Jeff Martens
Portable Location Facility Updates
If you attend one of our portable locations in Welland or North End, you are probably aware that we are unable to use our regular facilities at Centennial and Governor Simcoe Secondary Schools for the months of July and August due to maintenance and repairs that will be taking place.

However, you may not yet have heard our alternative summer plans for these locations. So, here you go:

NORTH END

After some initial research in the North End we were unable to find an obvious well-suited alternative facility option for our regular Sunday programs. Therefore, we went through a process …
Glenridge Moving to One Service
In conjunction with the launch of our new Vineland site, our Glenridge location will be moving to a single Sunday morning service at 10:00AM starting on Sunday, April 15th. This change will sync all four of our locations on the same Sunday morning schedule.

We are excited about the opportunity for our Glenridge community to come together as one location-specific church family to worship and serve on a Sunday morning!

See you all at 10:00AM on the 15th!
Camp Crossroads: Spring Update
Here is an update from our ministry partner Camp Crossroads:

Camp Crossroads – Spring update:

Staff Announcements

Camp Crossroads is excited to announce that Brian & Annelisa Toews have joined our team as Property Manager and Food Services Coordinator. They officially started on March 15 and are doing a great job already. 

We have also selected our staff for this summer:

SUMMER TEAM

Hannah Agler, Lindsay French, Kenny Hildebrand, Stefanie Klaesi, Jon Neufeld, Krista Ten Brinke

LIT Director - Jeff Martens (not me... ;)

Day Camp Director - David Sturtevant

BRIDGE (6 weeks of service)

Janelle Body JD Paez, Samm Reimer, …
Help me write an article for the next magazine
If you've been around Southridge for the past few months, I'm sure you've heard about our renovation project in Vineland in preparation for our upcoming location launch. In fact, you may have seen the articles in the last issue of Southridge Magazine talking about our partnership with VMB to launch this location together.

Well, we're already in the planning stages of our next magazine, and as our Vineland facility project is nearing completion I want to put together an article about how God has been at work throughout this project.

Here's where you come in...

Spring Ahead this Sunday
If you aren't already aware, this Sunday, March 11 marks the beginning of daylight savings time meaning our clocks will spring ahead by one hour at 2:00am on Sunday morning.

We just wanted to provide a helpful reminder to our entire church community to ensure that everyone not only makes it to the service on time, but also so that our volunteers are sure to set their alarms accordingly and spring out of bed ready to serve!

And in exchange for losing an hour of sleep on the weekend, why not use the extra hour of sun light on Sunday …
Vineland Launch Date
Hey church family!

Just want to give you an update regarding the launch of our Vineland location. We are excited to say that we have set our official launch date as Sunday, April 22nd! 

As you've likely heard, the renovation project in Vineland is going amazing and is expected to be complete by Easter weekend, and so this launch date will allow us to get moved in and settled after Easter and then we will host a "soft launch" service on April 15th in preparation for the first official service the following week.

If you are …
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Southridge Now... Not for now
Hey church family,

Just want to give you a quick update about the current status of Southridge Now. If you were at the service this morning you may have noticed that there was no Southridge Now announcement video. Well, that's because Southridge Now is going to be on an indefinite hiatus for the next little while.

We are always trying to improve the effectiveness of our communications methods, and lately we've been doing some thinking and evaluating of how we communicate events during our Sunday morning services. Looking at the video resources that are required to produce Southridge …
Save Zehr's Receipts for Camp Crossroads
When you shop at Zehr's, we invite you to hold on to your cash register receipts in order to help support one of our partners in ministy, Camp Crossroads. Camp Crossroads uses these receipts in a way where they are actually able to raise money to annually replace waterfront equipment (i.e. lifejackets, paddles, etc.).

If you are able to support Camp Crossroads in this way, please feel free to drop off your Zehr's receipts to the Welcome Centre or Reception desk at any one of our locations.

Contact Marlene Goertzen for more information. Thanks.
Ready to get involved at the Vineland location?!?!
Calling all former Vineland MB folks, Southridge Lincoln residents, and anyone who is planning to attend our new Vineland location in the spring! It's time for us to begin forming Sunday morning ministry teams that will serve alongside one another to support the launch of this location.

To that end, on Monday night we will be hosting a Vineland Volunteer Event where we can come together to hear about opportunties to get involved, meet ministry leaders, and sign up to be a part of a team.

I'm really looking forward to this event and it will be …
Southridge Now: February 19, 2012
Here's what's happening at Southridge Now for Sunday, February 19th, 2012.
Official Magazine Launch this Sunday!
I can't tell you how excited I am to announce the official launch of Southridge magazine issue 2 this Sunday, February 19th. On Sunday morning, the new magazines will be available at the Welcome Centres in each of our locations and you will want to be sure to get yours!

This issue is full of amazing stories of what God has been up to in the life of our church over the last few months and also provides a look at where God is taking us in some key areas of ministry in the season ahead. As well, we hope …
Southridge Now: February 12, 2012
Here's what's happening at Southridge Now for Sunday, February 12, 2012!
Smiling Faces, Skill Saws, Paint Fumes, and Brownies!
These are the sights, sounds, and smells that I experienced tonight as I walked through the renovation at our Vineland location. It's absolutely unbelievable to see how much work has been accomplished during the last 4 weeks thanks to many volunteers and trades people from our church community contributing their time.



But there is still a lot to do and...     WE NEED YOU!

With our target launch date of Easter weekend less than 2 months away, we've got a tonne of work still to do and there are many ways for you to get involved and be …
Budget Meeting Tonight at 7:00PM
Tonight we will host our third and final budget development input meeting for the 2012 Operating Budget in preparation for our Annual General Meeting happening this Sunday night. So far in the process we have had two previous input meetings reviewing last year's budget and year end results, and discussing this year's plans and projections.

Tonight we will present a draft of the 2012 Operating Budget for affirmation. If you're interested in being a part of the financial conversation we invite you to come to the Glenridge location tonight at 7:00PM.

Hope to see you there!

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