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Local <strong>News</strong><br />
Larry Heather running<br />
for Mayor Of Calgary<br />
Calgary, AB – Larry Heather, (59) a native<br />
Albertan and Calgarian since 1956 has announced<br />
his entrance into the election race<br />
for the Mayor of Calgary against Naheed<br />
Nenshi.<br />
Heather is an audio editor, radio host<br />
and program producer who has a long<br />
record of involvement with political contests<br />
dating back to 1984. This is his first<br />
run for the position of Mayor in Calgary.<br />
Heather feels confident that a threefold<br />
cord of principles, drawn from market<br />
Free Enterprise, Social Conservatism,<br />
and Christian Values provides for a strong<br />
choice on the ballot for Mayor. Heather<br />
believes his candidacy represents the<br />
aspirations of a significant sector of the<br />
voting public who feel underserved and<br />
neglected.<br />
His platform will be released in stages<br />
as the campaign proceeds. Heather may<br />
be contacted at jerusalem1@shaw.ca or a<br />
message may be left at 403-253-0676.<br />
Alberta Bible College<br />
searches for president<br />
Calgary, AB – Jonathan Chapman, Chair<br />
of the Presidential Search Committee,<br />
released a Search Profile for the next President<br />
of Alberta Bible College.<br />
Reporting to the Board of Trustees,<br />
the President is directly responsible for<br />
the day to day operation of Alberta Bible<br />
College and for representing the College.<br />
The President is responsible for putting<br />
the strategic plan into operation with a<br />
laser-like focus on the College’s mission of<br />
equipping people for effective service and<br />
witness for Christ, understood especially<br />
as preparing leaders for churches.<br />
Alberta Bible College is a degree-granting,<br />
undergraduate institution of higher<br />
learning with seven full-time faculty and<br />
staff, and several adjunct instructors. In<br />
2013, the College celebrated the graduation<br />
of nine four-year degree recipients<br />
as well as several two-year diploma and<br />
one-year certificate recipients. The College<br />
offers conventional, campus-based<br />
degree programs, and more flexible degree<br />
completion (PACE) programs for mature<br />
adults on campus or by live, online, distance<br />
education.<br />
Founded in 1932, Alberta Bible College<br />
is one of Alberta’s oldest degree-granting<br />
institutions of higher learning and one of<br />
Canada’s oldest Bible colleges.<br />
Information evening<br />
You’re invited to attend the Aviation Interfaith<br />
Ministry (YYC Chapel services)<br />
Thursday, November 7 at 6 pm. Aerospace<br />
Museum, 4629 McCall Way, NE.<br />
Come & join us for a fun evening where<br />
we will share how God is working at YYC<br />
and our chaplains will also be sharing stories<br />
of their work at the airport.<br />
The evening is free but registration is<br />
required. Please call 403-717-2204<br />
Prayer breakfast annual event<br />
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throughout the United States and they<br />
were interested in bringing it to Calgary.<br />
The original group was comprised of<br />
the following men: George Dunlop,<br />
Manager of Sun Oil; Kelly Gibson, Head<br />
of Operations for BA Gulf Oil; Ernest<br />
Manning, Premier of Alberta; Sam<br />
Parkinson, Owner of Calgary Motor<br />
Products; Bill Little, Chief Accountant<br />
of Calgary Motor Products and Allen<br />
Todd, Regional Manager of London<br />
Life Insurance. They were later joined<br />
in 1972 by Art Dickson, MLA and<br />
Speaker of the Alberta Legislature, and<br />
Bill McDonald, B.Sc,M.Sc,P. Geology, of<br />
Summit Oil in 1972 and the membership<br />
grew from then on.<br />
What is popularly called The Fellowship,<br />
the Prayer Breakfast movement was<br />
founded by Abraham Vereide in Seattle<br />
in the 1930’s. A group of successful<br />
business leaders met in early morning<br />
sessions to discuss the crime and corruption<br />
overwhelming their city – they<br />
sought God’s direction in bringing about<br />
change.<br />
In 1942 Vereide took his idea to<br />
Washington and a small group of House<br />
members followed by a Senate group<br />
began praying together. Vereide believed<br />
that the small prayer groups could be<br />
used to help establish personal contacts<br />
with leaders throughout the world which<br />
indeed they did.<br />
Weekly prayer groups still meet on<br />
Capitol Hill, including groups of Congressional<br />
aides, several groups at the<br />
Pentagon and others scattered throughout<br />
Washington. They shun publicity, but<br />
meet together to hear the voice of God.<br />
One year hiatus for Break Forth<br />
Break Forth Canada is<br />
taking a break in 2014,<br />
after 16 consecutive years<br />
of holding conferences in<br />
the Edmonton area. But<br />
the dates have already been<br />
set for the conference from<br />
January 30-February 1 in<br />
2015.<br />
In a letter sent out to<br />
55,000 supporters, board<br />
president, Neil MacDonald,<br />
wrote, “The Board<br />
of Directors feels that<br />
God is calling us to take a<br />
one-year pause for Break<br />
Forth Canada 2014. We will<br />
spend this year to listen to<br />
Sponsored by concerned government,<br />
business, labour and professional leaders,<br />
Prayer Breakfasts are held in more than<br />
fifty countries, each in its own way contributing<br />
to a wider spiritual awakening.<br />
The National Prayer Breakfast in<br />
Ottawa is the single longest continuous<br />
event held annually on Parliament Hill –<br />
it began in 1964 and was canceled only<br />
once (in 1968) due to a federal election.<br />
At the heart of the National Prayer<br />
Breakfast is a small group of Parliamentarians<br />
from different political parties<br />
who meet for breakfast each Wednesday<br />
morning while Parliament is in session.<br />
Individuals discover ways of being together<br />
which cross many religious, social<br />
and political boundaries in order to bless<br />
the lives of many.<br />
Today, Prayer Breakfasts are held in<br />
every Provincial Capital and most other<br />
major cities across Canada.<br />
As in the United States and across<br />
Canada, the prayer breakfasts are held in<br />
the belief that only God’s guidance and<br />
inspiration can provide optimum leadership<br />
for the people, our cities, provinces,<br />
nation and world.<br />
As well as the annual Mayor’s Prayer<br />
Breakfast, a Calgary Leadership Prayer<br />
Breakfast fellowship meets weekly – this<br />
unites business, political, neighbourhood<br />
and faith communities in prayer for the<br />
<strong>City</strong> of Calgary and leadership of Alberta<br />
and Canada.<br />
For more information please visit either<br />
www.canadaprayerbreakfast.ca or www.<br />
calgaryprayerbreakfast.com or you can email<br />
at info@calgaryprayerbreakfast.com You can<br />
see their ad on Page 13.<br />
God’s voice and to set the<br />
foundation for the next<br />
stage of growth.”<br />
Break Forth Canada<br />
has become the largest<br />
Christian equipping and renewal<br />
conference in North<br />
America with over 15,000<br />
people attending this past<br />
January. Expanding into<br />
Scandinavia, Break Forth<br />
Finland drew more than<br />
5,000 participants in 2013.<br />
And this coming March,<br />
the third Break Forth Israel<br />
conference and Holy Land<br />
tour will be taking place.<br />
Meanwhile, founders<br />
and directors, Arlen and<br />
Elsa Salte, are trying<br />
to raise the remaining<br />
$161,000 owing on the new<br />
ministry centre purchased<br />
in 2007. Online donations<br />
can be made at: www.<br />
breakforthministires.com.<br />
More information<br />
will soon be available on<br />
Break Forth Canada 2015<br />
which will feature world<br />
renowned speakers and artists,<br />
over a hundred smaller<br />
classes and workshops,<br />
plus music concerts and<br />
comedy festivals.<br />
2 — OCTOBER 2013, CITY LIGHT NEWS www.calgarychristian.com
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