Church building ground breaking ceremony: March 29 (Friday)

Dear All,

We will have ICAC joint Good Friday service & baptism on March 29 (Friday) from 10am to 12noon at East Gate Alliance Church (EGAC). After the service (around noon) we will have ground breaking ceremony for our new building, to express our thanksgiving to His faithful guidance. And after the ground breaking ceremony we will return to the lobby for joint potluck lunch -- please bring "finger food" (food do not need fork & spoon, such as spring roll, sandwich or pizza) & share them with EGAC & Filipino congregations.

I was a member of OMAC building committee more than 10 years ago. We were ready to purchase a building for our church new site then, but it did not go through because of certain reasons. Imagine what OMAC would have become today if we had purchased that building back then!

In 2007 I was called back to OMAC to serve with the leaders, and one of the main goals then was to build our church at EGAC site. The progress has been slow in the past 6 years, but now the revised budget of our building project was approved, the fundraising target was reached, our building loan was approved by Christian Stewardship Services, and the only obstacle now is the building permit --let's pray that it will be approved by the City within 2 months!

Many of us went to our new site to cut down the trees last Saturday (March 9). When I saw the trees fell down one by one, I became very emotional and my heart was filled with thanksgiving to our Lord! If God permits, we will move to our new site at EGAC by the end of this year (2013): this is not only an important milestone of OMAC since her inception in 1995, but also a strategic foundation for our future ministries in campus, family & next generation, outreach in Ottawa East, cross-cultural endeavors, as well as church planting in Gatineau!

I would like to appreciate each of you for participating in the journey of building project together. I also praise the Lord for everything He has done for us & for OMAC. "To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praised and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" (Revelation 5: 13)

In Him
Pastor Paul
March 16, 2013