The joint Burlington Baptist Church (BBC)/ MacNeill Baptist Church (MBC) Ad Hoc Committee has been meeting weekly to work on all the details of the application and the whole process of sponsorship. Finances: To date, MacNeill's financial pledges amount to $23000.  In...

Ad Hoc Refugee Committee Report to Congregation November 22, 2015 Members: Al Palin, (Chair); Heather Hobbs, (Secretary); Louise Adnams, Mary Clark-Jackson, Sandy Palin, Gary Purdy and Barb Ridley. (Glenys Magill has provided considerable assistance.) This ad hoc...

The Middle East Refugee Crisis:  What will MacNeill’s Response Be? A Report from the congregational meeting of October 4, 2015 Thank you to the goodly number who came out to this meeting. Others were unable to attend, but expressed interest in ‘doing something’ as our...

Here is a document that Mary Jackson was able to get from Alex Johnstone's campaign office with an overview of refugee sponsorship.  Refugee Sponsorship For a lot of information about sponsoring Syrian refugees, please visit the Lifeline Syria website. In particular,...

After discussion at Council upon a recommendation from the Outreach and Service Board, a meeting will take place on Sunday October 4 (World-Wide Communion Sunday) after worship.  The goal of the meeting is to promote discussion among members of the congregation as to...