Storyline Winter 2018

Storyline
magazine
Winter 2018
Stranger ...
Danger? pg. 18
Kathy Tam's Story
pg. 8
Puzzle Pieces of
Thailand pg. 10-13
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a note from
Pastor James
Merry Christmas!
The words are familiar but
speak of the great joy that
Jesus brings. As we look
forward to Christmas Eve
we are going to join the
Angels’ Song of praise – a
song of glory and peace. This
year we have five creative
Christmas Eve services (12:00
noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, and 8:00 pm) to choose from. They will be
filled with the songs of Christmas. Even more importantly, they’re
designed for you to both invite and bring a guest with you. Did you
know that up to 80% of people say they would come to a service
like this if a friend actually offered to bring them? Who will you
bring?
New Year is filled with anticipation here at FAC. Our theme for
2019 is Digging deeper, reaching further. We're starting out with a
series called Resolve based on the letter to the Philippians. If you’ve
ever wondered how God could begin to change your life you won’t
want to miss this opportunity. I’d like to invite you to dig into God’s
Word with me.
It’s also the year we launch our brand new SW Campus. Early on
you’re going to hear more about this great opportunity to serve
our city with Jesus’ love. Would you please pray with me for this
new venture and seek God’s heart for how you can be involved?
Thank you for praying for me. It means the world to me that you
would do this. God’s grace is always enough and as you pray for me
I’m learning that more and more.
He truly is Emmanuel ... God with us!
- Pastor James
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content
06 When All Seemed Lost ... Hope
by Nadine Ibrahim
08 Stranger ... Danger
by Jeremy Dyck
10 Puzzle Pieces of Thailand
by Elizabeth Anderson
14 This is my story ... Kathy Tam
by Marlis Sabo
16 Artist in the Spotlight: Jared Hair
by Erik Freiburger
18 Nothing Between Me & God
by Jeremy Dyck
20 Value of Growing
by Heather Brown
22 Building Lives and Building Sets
by Marlis Sabo
26 What's Your Favourite ...
Christmas Survey
27 When Violence Pierces ...
by Erik Freiburger
28 The Rhapsody of Christmas
by Braden Pole
30 Our Hope ...
by Storyline team
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pg. 8
pg. 16
pg. 10-13
pg. 18
pg. 6
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When all
seemed lost
... hope
My name is Nadine Ibrahim; I’m a 24-year-old software development student and a part-time
employee in Canada.
Sounds normal, right? Well, the story behind that statement is not an average story.
On a beautiful sunny morning, October 2014 in Sana’a, Yemen, I drove my sister, her husband, and
her kids to the airport through the beautiful roads of my hometown and the only place I knew growing
up. It was a hard goodbye since they were permanently moving to Canada. That was the moment
things went downhill for me.
I was a university student, majoring in graphic design and multimedia while working full time. Life was peaceful for a few months,
until one night everything changed. At 1:00 am on March 25, 2015, I was still awake in our quiet home where I lived with my
mother, my grandmother, my aunt, and her two kids. I was working on my final presentation for the next day. I was so excited to
showcase my work; that course was a challenge and I’d overcome the obstacles and was so proud of my work. All of a sudden, I
heard a loud explosion that shook the entire house. I woke everyone up to see what was going on. It wasn’t until we all checked
the news and our phones that we realized we were at war. Bombs dropped on random neighborhoods and planes hovered in
our skies.
A couple of months passed and things were calmer. Jobs and schools went back to functioning again. People had to go back to
their lives and try to act normal. I drove my car to university and then work, trying so hard to keep calm despite my car shaking
from the bombings happening around the city. The situation became unbearable eventually as food was scarce and there was no
clean water and no power or electricity. To top it all, there were random kidnappings, robbery, and murders. Some houses were
broken into by savages with heavy weapons.
A month later I found an escape. After several trips to the airline in the midst of war, I was able to get tickets for me and my mom
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– at five times their regular price – so we could join my sister
in Canada. We found someone in Malaysia who could provide
lodging until we could get our Canadian visas. I was really
worried as we were running out of my mother’s medication
that was no longer available in Yemen.
We finally arrived in Malaysia July 15 and immediately
contacted the Canadian embassy to apply. Unfortunately, two
months later we were refused because we were coming from
a war zone and we had no resources. We couldn’t stay long in
Malaysia as our visitor visas were expiring soon. We learned
that Egypt’s visa process was easier and thought it would be
closer and easier to get around. The only problem was that
people between 18 and 50 years old require an entry visa –
so I couldn’t go with my mom. I had to say goodbye to her in
Amman, halfway to Egypt. I stayed there for a few weeks until
my visa was issued.
November 23, 2015 I was finally reunited with my mother in
Egypt and it was time to try and apply again for the Canada
visa. My sister did a lot of research and found out she was
able to apply for the super-visa for our mom. Six months
later, Mom got it! She didn’t want to go and leave me again
but we had to force her and convince her that I would join her
next – although deep inside I was really not sure this would
happen. It was the hardest thing in my life watching Mom
leaving and getting on that plane knowing I might not be
able to see her anytime soon. We had a plan to try getting
me into a Canadian college but odds were very slim. I got an
acceptance from one college after applying to almost 20 …
however, I was denied the student visa to Canada again.
Hopes were crushed, faith in humanity was lost, and I was left
in a dark hole, depressed and lonely, away from my family.
We didn’t know what to do next except to pray and hold
onto our faith and believe that miracles could happen. The
situation in Cairo was deteriorating at that time with random
bombings and protests. Yemeni refugees were not treated
well and the Yemeni embassy wasn't able to provide any
support. The government refused to renew my Egyptian
visa and they informed me that either I needed to go back
to Yemen or find somewhere else to go. It was a really awful
situation for the Yemenis there with random police checks if
they suspect you're not a local and some men harassing you,
especially when they find out you’re from Yemen. I tried to
stay low, living in the shadow, not talking to anyone, and
minimizing my outings so I was mainly alone.
My sister is not the type of person who takes “No” for an
answer. She never gives up and tries to make me feel there’s
always a way out as long as we have faith … even though I
was slowly giving up. She started to research, making phone
calls every day to organizations everywhere in the world –
government offices and churches and whoever she thought
might be able to help. One day someone picked up the phone
and offered a friendly voice – very warm and welcoming,
unlike many she’d spoken to. Briana at FAC took her time to
understand our situation, comforted her, and suggested we
shouldn't give up and should try calling back in a couple of
months. My sister felt hope – and she sounded different that
day when she called me … She felt this was our chance.
When she called back in exactly two months, someone else
picked up the phone this time. When she asked for Briana
she was told she'd moved to another department and had
only been covering for someone on maternity leave. My
sister hung up in tears (of course I didn’t know this until
later). A few days passed and my sister got a call … It was
Briana! She told my sister she was willing to intervene
personally and help us – even though she didn’t know us,
had never met us. That phone call was the light at the end of
the tunnel. Briana handled my case as if I was family to her.
We’d given up believing such people existed in this world. To
us, she was an angel, an answer to our prayer and our hope
for humanity. She took a stand for me and did everything
possible to bring me here to be with my family and live a
normal life. She restored faith in our hearts and made this
world seem not so bad to live in anymore.
When I got my papers through after almost two years of
waiting, I was overwhelmed with emotion! Arriving in Canada,
it was such an emotional thing for me to see Briana and her
husband Austin welcoming me with love and warmth – and
they’re still sticking by me today. I feel like I have them as
family for life! I’m truly grateful and so fortunate to have
found them … I feel like I owe them my life.
I’ve learned so much … Life is so much better than you think.
We each have a purpose in life which is helping others in
need. You can never believe how big of an impact you can
have … A phone call or a smile or even just taking the time to
listen could save someone. Your emotions and empathy are
what make you human. Don’t be perfect – just be you and
lend a hand whenever possible. And to the ones struggling,
hang on and never lose faith. You could find angels like I
did who could save your life and make it a better place.
Please pray for Nadine as she adjusts to Canada and that she
might know Christ's love for her and her family. This application
was the quickest processing time of any FAC refugee application.
We can't wait to see what God has in store for them here in
Canada!
How can I help?
• Stay informed and pray!
• Donate items for new arrivals
• Donate finacially to the Care Fund

Stranger ...
"Danger?"
Written By: Jeremy Dyck
Doesn’t it feel like everything God ever asks us to do is
counterintuitive to what we want to do? I’m struggling to come up
with something God asks us to do that is easy, simple, and requires
no effort.
You like eating? Great! Who doesn’t? But if you want prayers to be
effective and powerful, you need to temporarily stop doing that.
You love sleeping in your bed? I wish I was doing that right now, but
in Proverbs it says those who love sleep will grow poor.
You enjoy being comfortable? Oh, yeah, that feels awesome. But
get ready for whenever the Holy Spirit asks you to do something,
because it’s almost exclusively outside of your comfort levels.
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The Problem
With The
Stranger
And the same goes for the stranger. All our lives, we’ve been warned against
“stranger danger.” In fact, wasn’t it only a few years ago that we were told
never to give out personal information online or get into a stranger’s
vehicle? Now, we tell people we’ve never met, online, exactly where we are
so that we can get into a stranger’s car.
Reaching out to people we’ve never met is the exact opposite of everything
we feel is normal and natural. But we serve a supernatural God who
asks us to be non-normal people. That still doesn’t make it feel better or easier to do it. Maybe that’s why we tend to
ignore it.
In a community where everyone has a garage and a fence, it’s hard to meet your neighbours. In a church with thousands
of people, it’s hard to look out for the newcomers. In a city with 1.2 million people, it’s not simple to reach out to those
who live in different neighbourhoods, different quadrants, different conditions than us … At least, that’s what we tell
ourselves.
I had my eyes opened to how hard it is to welcome the stranger when my wife and
I signed up for a program at the University Of Calgary called “Home Away From
Home.” It’s meant to connect international students with local Calgarian families.
My wife and I got paired up with a guy that we’ll call (for the sake of this story) Ravi
from India. Ravi is studying for two years in a Masters program and had already
been in Canada for a year before we were introduced to him.
Meeting the
Stranger
Although Ravi has lived in Calgary for over 12 months, he inhabits a relatively small bubble. He lives with four
other Indian students. His classmates are from several different countries. He lives in the northeast of Calgary in a
community that is as high as 65% immigrant and 90% ethnic. He works for an Indian boss. He shops at Indian grocery
stores. Besides those people at work or at school that he's forced to interact with, he had never interacted with a
single Canadian person ... Not one.
He was so ecstatic to be paired up with us, to be a part of a genuine Canadian family. But it broke our hearts to hear
that he hadn't done anything Canadian or met anybody outside his circle. I can only imagine how common Ravi’s story
is in a city this size. In the university, the halls are lined with students who will never meet a Canadian person outside
of school, let alone a Christian. Every year, 12,000 immigrants move to the city, many of them living in communities
with people of similar ethnic groups, not learning English at all. The church they drive by every day means nothing to
them and the living God inside it is foreign and unknowable.
Our own church, through Mosaic Ministries, sponsors refugees from different countries to come to Canada. It’s a long
and difficult process to even to be accepted into the country. Once they’re here, it doesn’t get easier. The climate, the
customs, and the culture are all radically different from what they know. Simple things like buying familiar food or
taking the C-Train are overwhelming at first. Not to mention that it’s incredibly lonely and isolating to be refugees in
Canada.
God is calling us to reach out to those lonely, struggling people. He wants us to give up the comforts and
security of being with people we know and extend an open welcome to those we don’t know. I have no answers
as to why God didn’t simply program us to want to do this. But maybe it’s because the choice to love someone we
don’t know is more powerful than doing it because it was easy.
I also don’t have the answers as to how to be more effective at reaching out. I do know that it can be as simple as a
meal and as friendly as “Do you need some help?”
The ultimate plan is that God is no longer a stranger to the people in this city. Through Jesus, God
can be known and seen. And the tool He’s given us to make that happen is love. “By this, all men will
know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” Let’s welcome the stranger into our lives
and make God known to them.

When Carter and Julie McPhail were asked to be a part of the short-term mission trip to Thailand on October 3-14, 2018
they were on the same page – it was an immediate “Yes” for both of them. Julie decided to be open to the experience
and to be free of expectations. This is her account of her discoveries that felt like pieces of a puzzle emerging day by
day and how the pieces were fitting together on her faith-affirming, rich experience of Phuket, Thailand.
FAC Team: Heather Wile, Sara Apostoaei, Carter & Julie
McPhail, Judy and Chelsea Bramer, Shannon Bartlett,
Stephanie Howard, Pat Zimmerman, Debbie Keller,
Russell Moore (team photo above by Russell Moore).
Partnering C&MA Organizations / Ministries:
For Freedom International / Envision / All Nations
Church Phuket / Asia Centre Foundation
Hosts: C&MA Thailand Team Leaders & FFI Directors Darren
& Naomi Herbold; Envision Interns & Teams Director, Paul
Beeghly; FFI Ministry Coordinators Kaura-lea Dueck and
Erin Luken; FFI Interns Josh and Emma.
rimarily focussed on learning about the ministry and
“Ppartnerships of For Freedom International (FFI), the basic format
of our trip looked like this: mornings consisted of team devotions and
class time learning about Thai culture, C&MA International Church
planting, Compassion and Justice, and reaching unreached people in
the context of south Thailand, all at the FFI Ministry Centre where we
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stayed. Then, for the rest of the day our FFI hosts would take us out
to go see and experience first-hand what we had learned about that
morning. Each night before bed, our team shared in a debrief and
prayer time back at the FFI Ministry Centre to help us process the day.”
Friday, October 5
• Tour of the For Freedom International (FFI) Ministry Centre.
What stood out was how every room of their new centre is
intentionally designed for different ministry purposes. From FFI
office and classroom space, to their Child Advocacy Centre, to the
not-yet-open hair salon and bakery for women seeking a way out
of the sex industry through vocational training, to Paul hosting
short-term teams like us and gap semester students through
Envision (justicesemester.com). I felt very honoured that our FAC
team was the first team to stay onsite!
• Classroom Time: Cultural and C&MA Global Missions context of
Phuket, Thai language, Itinerary
• First-Hand Experience: To help fight our jetlag, the rest of the
day was pretty low-key. Kaura-lea Dueck was able to visit from
her language studies in Bangkok, so she took us on a walk for
Thai-style iced tea from a nearby street vendor, and to the local
mall for supper in the food court – talk about authentic Pad Thai!

Puzzle Piece #1: As I took in the initial sights, smells, heat,
people, and surroundings of the day, it was impressed on my
heart to ask God, “What do You want to show me on this trip?”
Saturday, October 6
• Classroom Time: C&MA Global Missions Presentation at Kauralea’s
house. For the morning Kaura-lea taught us about different
models of missions, and invited us to walk her neighbourhood in
small groups to see things through the lens of “why” questions, and
not make assumptions about the neighbourhood or the people.
• Afternoon Experience: Panwa Lookout. We went to this local
lookout with Kaura-lea and Josh Rans where we could see most
of Phuket. I couldn’t quite grasp our geographical context yet;
where was the FFI Ministry Centre in relation to the Red Light
District? (It would take me most of the trip before I had the lay of
the land!)
• Evening Experience: Naka Weekend Night Market. Huge
crowds, the heat and humidity, plus a thousand smells from
hundreds of food vendors made the experience overwhelming!
We were encouraged to be brave and try new foods, to venture
off and explore the hundreds of shops, and try out our limited
Thai vocabulary to interact with vendors.
Church model, and how God is using its transient nature to
increase the growth of the global church as people come and go
on a regular basis.
Puzzle Piece #3: I was struck with how strong the
unity is that we share in Christ as one global church!
Monday, October 8
• Classroom Time: Spiritual Warfare and The Holy Spirit,
Buddhism, and Animism.
• First-Hand Experience: Visiting Wat Chalong (Buddhist
temples) and Big Buddha. We went to take in these two tourist
pinnacles of Buddhism in Phuket. Our team intentionally spent
the whole van ride to these spiritually heavy places in praise
and worship to Jesus, and it made a tangible difference to our
team’s experience. Despite the overwhelming visuals, sights, and
sounds of these places of worship, Jesus protected us from any
dark spiritual influences that could have affected us.
Puzzle Piece #2: I found myself seeing Thai people
with Christ’s love for them, even as I fought continued
jetlag, sensory overload, and culture shock.
Sunday, October 7
• First-Hand Experience: All Nations Church Phuket. Heather,
Sara, Russell, Carter, and I went early to church to prepare to
help with leading worship and their children’s ministry, with the
rest of our team joining us for the service. This international
C&MA church that FAC has begun partnering with is located in a
school gym and is mostly English-speaking expats. Heather, Sara,
and I had the priviledge of leading worship with some of their
team. Sharing communion together was a special experience.
After church, Pastor KR Paton shared about the International
Puzzle Piece #4: Everything I’d seen so far made
me realize how the spiritual climate of Phuket creates a
deep dependence in the FFI team on the Holy Spirit and
a heightened awareness of spiritual warfare. But, there is
power in the name of Jesus!
Tuesday, October 9
• Classroom Time: Planning Sea Gypsy Kids’ Outreach
• First-Hand Experience: Heather, Russell, Carter, and I met with
ANCP staff and elders at a coffee shop to learn more about how
we could support their service planning and church strategy,
while the rest of the FAC team went shopping for supplies for
our Sea Gypsies kids’ outreach that afternoon. I came away from
that meeting feeling excited for the church and their future, for
their desire to nail down their mission statement and values.

• Afternoon Experiences: Asian Centre Foundation (ACF)
and the FFI safe house. ACF is separate from but partners with
FFI, offering support to disadvantaged/at risk children in Phuket by
providing care and education. We toured the construction of their
new school (below); they’re just waiting on funding to complete
utility hookups before moving current students to this new site.
Our team was really impacted that a single, middle-aged South
African woman feels so strongly called to give hope to children
whose families are affected by the Red Light District. Then we
went to FFI’s safe house, hosted by another single woman serving
with the C&MA. God’s presence was tangible as we prayed over
this home and the bunk beds where trafficked women stay
in refuge while receiving a holistic approach to freedom from
oppression with For Freedom International (right).
sit down for a short presentation to tell them Jesus loves them,
and handed out blue bracelets that say “You are special” with the
FFI contact information imprinted on the insides.
Puzzle Piece #6: It wasn’t hard to see that making
kids smile truly has no language barrier! Our team really
enjoyed the hands-on ministry opportunity to connect and
engage with these children.
Puzzle Piece #5: Walking through the new ACF school
site and FFI safe house, I could just imagine these
spaces being filled with brokenness turning to hope and
healing in these safe, Christ-centred environments.
Wednesday, October 10
• Classroom Time: The sex industry, human trafficking, and
children at risk in the Thai context.
• Afternoon Experience: Sea Gypsies Kids’ Outreach. We went with
some of the FFI staff and our supplies for a few hours of games and
activities with the children of the Sea Gypsies, “the oldest and most
interesting inhabitants of Phuket … or Chao Le Thale in Thai (Chao
= people; Le = from; thale = sea).” (Source: https://phuket.sawadee.
com/chao_le.html). We brought supplies for face painting, soccer,
and snacks, but had no idea what to expect. We didn’t know how
many kids would show up, or how we would engage the kids
with our language barrier. The FFI staff had pre-arranged our
visit with their chief, so they knew to expect us. Before we knew
it, we counted 80+ kids crowded under the covered pavilion
where we set up, smiling, laughing, and having fun with us as the
men and women of the village lazed around under make-shift
cabanas and shacks nearby. At the end, the FFI staff had the kids
• Evening Experience: Red Light District. That night, we went
to Patong Beach – the Red Light District on the west side of the
island – to show us first-hand everything we had talked about
that morning in the classroom, and see first-hand where FFI does
most of their Intervention ministry. Nothing could have fully
prepared me for what we were about to experience. My fervent
prayer before walking the strip as a team was that God would
only allow Carter and me to see what God wanted us to see,
and to blind us to everything else. We had four of the FFI staff
accompany us who regularly build relationships and bridges with
business owners and the women there, so we felt protected and
well-guided. The surrounding area is designed to be a top tourist
attraction on the island, so it wasn’t uncommon to see children
with parents or couples on their honeymoon walking around to
“take in the sights.”
As soon as we crossed the street we were facing the strip
and completely bombarded by booming bar music and lights.
It’s Las Vegas on steroids – hundreds of bars and strip clubs
branch off on either side. The bars are all open to the street;
anyone walking by can see girls both inside and outside waiting
for clients. The most overwhelming part (which we had been
prepared for) was that every bar had people paid by commission
to wave menus in your face of all the sexual services offered if
you go inside. Carter and I intentionally kept our eyes away from
these signs, looking instead at the lights and the bar signs above
us. We noticed McDonalds, Starbucks, and even a virtual reality
store were sprinkled throughout the strip contributing to the lure
for deceived tourists wanting to be there. God truly answered my
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prayer ... Carter and I saw what we needed to see to understand
the reality of this place, but He also protected our eyes, hearts,
and minds from spiritual darkness.
At the end of the Red Light District, we crossed the street ...
and suddenly we were on the beach. Suddenly all the lights,
music, and depravity faded behind us, with nothing but the dark
night ocean, fresh air, open starry sky, and the sound of waves
crashing in front of us. What a contrast. On the beach, Darren led
us in a time of debrief and prayer.
Puzzle Piece #7: I will always associate the empty eyes
of the women I saw working the streets with Psalm 18 – how
God is mighty to save those who cry out to Him, and His
unwavering ability to crush the enemies of darkness. FFI’s
intention of having presence in this Red Light District is to
build trust as a non-threatening, non-profit organization for
women and children looking for true hope in something –
Someone – greater than the hurt and pain they know.
Puzzle Piece #9: I realized how much our fear of
offending others with our faith holds us back as
Canadian Christians – and how sad Jesus must feel
about that.
• Evening Experience: Worship on the Beach. That night FFI Intern
Josh Rans took us back to Patong Beach for worship and outreach.
This is something FFI has started to do regularly with teams who
visit: bring a guitar, and just sing to Jesus, staying open to having
spiritual conversations with the tourists on the beach and looking
for opportunities to pray with and for people. It had been a long
time since I had intentionally been a part of evangelism outreach
like that. I felt awkward but open to letting the Spirit lead me ...
I prayed for a Thai woman on a coffee break from one of the nearby
hotels; I sang out in worship with strangers watching me, unsure of
all the lyrics from memory.
Thursday, October 11
• Island Excursion to Banana Beach: Decompression Day.
This day was designed to help our team process and give our
minds, bodies, and spirits rest from all we had experienced the
day before. We enjoyed the day taking in the beauty of God’s
natural creation, such a contrast from all we had experienced the
day before: the purity of swimming in the turquoise clear ocean
with native tropical fish, white sand, the cool shade of resting
under a giant fig tree, the heat of the sun on our faces.
Puzzle Piece #8: What a gift to be reminded of the
beauty God intended Thailand to be.
Puzzle Piece #10: It’s good to stretch yourself like that
– to go into uncomfortable situations for Jesus. It was like
a spiritual workout for my under-developed “evangelism
muscles”!
Friday, October 12
• Classroom Time: Evangelism & other religions in Thailand.
• Afternoon Experience: Prayer Walk. The work of the
International Worker we met with is separate from FFI but part
of the larger C&MA strategy. He took us on a walk to one of the
local places of worship, where people from other regions gather
for prayer and worship in their faith context while they’re away
from their families to work in Phuket. We arrived during their
prayer gathering; the place of worship was full of men kneeling
inside. The International Worker encouraged us to pray for the
people we saw and suggested we engage in conversation with
them as they left to better understand their faith. Even though
I knew these people would be very open and welcome our
questions, I held back. It gave me pause to realize how much our
Canadian worldview fosters a fear of offending, which holds us
back from sharing our own faith.
The pieces of the puzzle are still falling into place, and Julie has been
changed by her discoveries in Phuket. “I see the lyrics of worship
songs with a different lens now; there’s a deep sense of the awesome
power behind the words we sing. I have a fuller picture of
God’s sovereignty – God is working in Thailand and God is
working in Canada. He’s King over all principalities. Would
Carter and I go back? Given another short-term opportunity, and if
we feel God’s nudge? Yes.” These are some of the many gifts that
God gave to Julie while in Thailand. The puzzle pieces create a picture
of the authority, sovereignty, and love of Christ that is available to us
and to our brothers and sisters around the world. •
Explore how you can PRAY for, GIVE towards, and GO on short-term
missions through FAC: faccalgary.com/give-back/global-impact
Or, learn more about For Freedom International:
forfreedominternational.com

My Story: Kathy Tam
Written by Marlis Sabo - Kathy Tam
KATHY TAM'S STORY Written by Marlis Sabo
Kathy was born into a large multi-generational family
and raised in Hong Kong. Her mom was a free spirit
with more liberal views and did not really practice any
religion but Kathy recalls that when things were desperate,
she would take the kids to the temple to pray. Her parents
wanted a good education for her and sent her to a private
Christian school. There she was introduced to the Bible
and scripture from Kindergarten onwards. Kathy did well
at school but found all the rules which she felt were
associated with church did not fit for her and she
drifted away. She had a strong sense of morality and
justice, and would always stand up and fight unjust
situations.
Kathy married and came to Canada with her husband. They
started a family but there were difficulties as her husband
struggled to find work. They eventually returned to Hong
Kong to start a business there. It became successful;
they were financially comfortable. But, interpersonal
tensions eventually led Kathy and her children to relocate
to Vancouver. She was searching for answers and began
falling into a depression. Things worsened; she began
having suicidal thoughts.
Kathy hired a life coach who
challenged her: do you have
religion? Kathy told him, “I
believe there is a God, but
I don’t like Christians and I
don’t like going to church.” He
replied, “This is not about you
and the Christians on the earth,
but it’s about your relationship
with God.” That was an important turning point as Kathy
realized she was focused only on temporal material things
and hadn’t even thought about the eternal. The life coach
suggested she pursue God instead. She started churchhopping,
but no place was right. “I still had me in me.”
Kathy was doing better in 2009 when her husband asked
her to return to Hong Kong to help with the floundering
business. Kathy got on a plane. She didn’t seek God’s advice
before starting out; she felt she could handle it. Things
worked for a little while but then started falling apart. In a
state of severe anxiety, she went home and locked herself
in for seven days, unable to eat or sleep. She finally called
a crisis line. Her need for God came into sharp focus
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and she began to seek Him. Outside the church, she put
on a strong face not wanting to expose her vulnerability.
Inside the church, she felt loved and secure. She realized
she hadn’t surrendered herself to God. However, in the
summer of 2010 she did, and her hunger to know more
of God increased. She became more and more involved in
the church and with serving God.
time. As life situations changed, God continued to provide
for her. Now, she is building her own agency to provide
financial advice for others. She prays for a lot of them.
If they need financial help, she provides it. If they need
God’s help, she points them to Him. Things can still be
challenging with her family, but Kathy now relies on God
to fight the battles.
The business was failing and the money was
gone. Kathy had guaranteed the company
and was facing serious consequences.
God provided her a way out. Her church
family supported her emotionally
and spiritually and she was baptized
in 2011. However, she struggled
financially and could not afford Hong
Kong anymore. While studying Genesis,
she realized that although she was born in
Hong Kong, her Promised Land, her Canaan,
was actually Canada. Her children were already
there and had grown up away from the problems Kathy
encountered. She needed to return.
Kathy had no money for airfare. Amazingly, a non-believing
uncle told her God sent him to provide finances. She
arrived in Calgary and moved in with her parents. Kathy
had the opportunity to restore a right relationship with her
mother before she passed away. Things began to improve
for her immediately. Through her brothers, she found a
job quickly and grew and matured spiritually during that
Kathy has learned through her experiences.
For her, faith is a blessing and her advice
is to ask for more so the Holy Spirit will
grow our faith. Whereas before she
prided herself on being a problemsolver,
now she says “God, please
take care of it.” She also prays to be
used by God in any situation. When
she needs answers or direction, God
provides them through scripture and
situations.
Philippians 4:6-7 particularly speaks to her:
“ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made
known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all
comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in
Christ Jesus. “ NASB
She has peace and confidence that God will provide.
“ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of
God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus. “ NASB
Philippians 4:6-7:
Kathy Tam became a member of FAC in 2017 and now volunteers on the Tech Team.

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Nothing
BETWEEN Me & God
WRITTEN BY JEREMY DYCK
From the first moment I sit down
in their soon-to-open cafe, Susanna Man
and Alan Yau start telling me about how God
works in the lives of everyday people, just ordinary
“Joes” like them. They remind me God isn’t always performing massive,
extraordinary miracles but that He works in small moments as well, just as
powerfully and effectively. It’s their story and how God is working through the
small moments in big ways that I feel privileged to share with you.
Susanna and Alan have three kids, two girls and one busy one-year-old boy. Susanna has her
hands full caring for the home and the kids while Alan plays guitar on the worship team. They
are soon to become first-time entrepreneurs with their new sushi cafe. They, on the outside,
look like they have everything together in their lives. But that's only because God has been
powerfully moving in their individual lives and together as a family to bring them to this place.
It all started with a surprise pregnancy in January 2017, catching them off guard in their
plans for their lives. Both Susanna and Alan speak about how they were angry with God
and shocked that He would interrupt their plans with this unexpected discovery. Susanna
knew God was using this surprise baby to deal with past hurts and unforgiven sin.
She had been ready to take the next step in her career plans while Alan was on the fast track
to a manager promotion at his current role. Alan wouldn’t have the time or energy to manage
a third child with the increasing pressures of his work.
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And it was around this time that they moved from their Chinese-speaking church to FAC. Alan, an incredibly
gifted guitar player who played often for the worship team in his previous church, was dealing with his own pride.
He struggled with being on stage and serving his own selfish desires and not God. Although the opportunity to
audition for the FAC band was presented to him, he didn’t feel it was right, and asked God to take away his pride
before going down that road again.
How many know that when you pray a prayer like that, God answers and sometimes in humbling ways we don’t
expect? Alan lost his job in the manager role, a crushing blow to his pride and ego. Alan talks about his shame and
humility at losing their income, their future plans, and his prestigious title in his job. And it was two days later that
he was asked to audition for the FAC stage worship role. God’s timing was both perfect and unexpectedly on point
for Alan. This was technically an answer to his prayer, but not at all what he expected.
Now, with no income, no plans for the future, and a new baby, Susanna and Alan struggled to come up with the
next steps in their life. But all throughout this hard time, they kept coming to FAC where every sermon, every song,
every Scripture was seemingly directed at their hearts.
“God’s grace was so obvious to us. We saw it pouring down on us. I saw Him looking after us,” Alan points
out to me.
Our Story: Susanna
God pointed Susanna towards the idea of starting a new business and Alan wholeheartedly felt the same way.
In spite of not having an income and never owning a business before, they both saw God’s miraculous leading
towards this next step.
And throughout the whole process, God’s provision was incredibly evident. Receiving a steep discount on the
location they were looking at, finding a lender for their down payment without ever asking for it, and getting free
rent and utilities thrown in to the deal, Alan and Susanna said that God was working even through the agent they
were using. They recall thinking that he was almost like a pastor to them. Every meeting they had, hearing about
all these unexpected blessings, they would have tears running down their cheeks as God came through again and
again. It was through hardship and brokenness and true forgiveness that God had taught them about His mercy
and grace that is unending and always available. And now, just a couple weeks away from opening, they're excited
to see how quickly God moved and how His hand was evident the whole way through.
“I always ask God why He wanted us to start this business,” recalls Susanna. “I see now that it was for us
to learn to trust Him, to face our own weakness, and know that we are meant to cast our cares on Him
because He cares for us. He doesn’t just give us all good things. He allows us to face the difficulties, but He
is still loving us no matter what.”
I ask them why they want to share their story with the church, being very open about their struggles and a painful
reality about God dealing with brokenness and hurt. Surely, this can’t be easy to be so transparent before God
and to the church as a whole.
Alan’s reply says it all. “There’s an incredible feeling of having nothing between you and God. It’s a truly
great feeling to draw near to Him and know, without any doubt, that God is real and He is loving us.”
Our Cafe logo is to honour our CEO — God
Alan on stage serving God the first time at FAC
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The Value of
Growing
WRITTEN BY PASTOR HEATHER BROWN
GROW MINISTRIES
Christian author and pastor John Ortberg
wrote an article a few years back explaining
a number of truths and misunderstandings
surrounding spiritual growth. There were a couple
that caught my attention but the last one resonated
loudly with me … and I suspect it may for you too.
His article was jokingly entitled ‘The Seven Things I
Hate About Spiritual Formation’ and in the seventh
and final statement he said,
“Mostly I hate how hard and slow it is for
me.”
Ha! Seriously! Why is something I know I need to
do, something I know is going to be good for me so
hard to do? Can anybody else relate to that? Our
spiritual growth is hard work. It asks us to
make time in our busy schedules. It asks us to make
it a priority. It asks us to add another thing to our
already over-committed, over-extended lives. There
are mornings where we all want to sleep just a little
bit more. There are evenings where we collapse into
bed wondering where the day went. And there are
all of the moments in between full of things to do,
people to see, deadlines to keep, mouths to feed,
errands to run, and let’s be honest, TV to watch.
Our lists go on and on and ... Most things worth
pursuing, most good things, are slow to
come about and require work. A lot of work.
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No good parent would leave the daily health and
wellbeing of their child to chance. No farmer would
leave the care and attention of his yearly crop to
only the days he felt like tending to it. No, things that
require time and attention to reach their full maturity
are tended to carefully, possibly even plotting out the
necessary actions to ensure their growth.
Pastor James in one of his sermons
recently said, “We’re not born with a
natural likeness to Jesus. We need to
work at it.” In that statement Pastor James
has basically summed up our GROW Life
Commitment which is ‘getting to know who Jesus
is so we can become like Him.’ I don’t know about
you but there are more days than I want to admit
where I'm not like Jesus and I'm reminded in those
moments how much I need Him, how much I still and
will always need to become more and more like Him.
And I can’t become more like Jesus and less like me
except for making my relationship with Him a priority.
I can’t discover who He is, how I am to be unless I'm
spending time with Him, reading my Bible, talking with
Him, listening for His voice in my life telling me what to
do, and telling me He loves me.
If we've said ‘yes’ to Jesus that isn’t the end. It’s the
beginning of obeying Jesus’ call to “come and follow
Me” – which means our spiritual growth is not an
optional pursuit, and it’s certainly not going to happen
on its own. We grow in our faith, in our relationship
with Jesus, when we deliberately make choices to
deepen our faith and participate in those things that
will actually grow us and help us to become more like
Jesus. If we've said ‘yes’ to Jesus we have the amazing
opportunity to do life with Him. We get to see God work
in, and move in, and change our lives. How cool is
that?
I love these verses out of Colossians 2:
And now, just as you
accepted Christ Jesus as
your Lord, you must continue
to follow Him. Let your roots grow
down into Him, and let your lives
be built on Him. Then your faith will
grow strong in the truth you were
taught, and you will overflow
with thankfulness.
(verses 6-7)
There is so much life and goodness that comes
when we get real and honest about our need for
Jesus and our need to become more like Him.
He longs to meet us where we are but to move
us beyond that ... To move us to a place of deep
love, of complete trust, and of abundant life as
we follow Him.
Listen for His voice of love calling you to
come and be with Him.
Click here
to find class
& courses
designed to
help you grow!

Written by Marlis Sabo
It’s Monday morning and FAC’s “UNITE” weekend series
has wrapped. It’s going to be a busy day for the set
design team as they dismantle the previous set and
fully assemble and install the new set pieces in time for
Saturday night. I’m checking in with the team in their
natural environment as they do their work. First, I meet
with Paul, who is FAC’s Technical Director. Set design is
one of a number of things in his portfolio. It’s his task to
take the vision from the creative team and make it reality
with the help of some amazing volunteers.
Figuring out how to take concept to finished product is not
a simple task. Paul has to balance the physical elements of
the stage with the need to see the screens and song words
from any seat in the auditorium. He also has to weigh the
cost of the idea in money and person hours against the
number of weeks that the series will run. For example, a
series running 7-8 weeks will likely receive more resources
than a one-off presentation. Some series are better with
less elaborate sets. Some elements and materials can be
reused, but storage space is limited.
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The team works with a variety of materials. For our last series,
UNITE, the set pieces were all wood-based and had to be cut
into those hexagons and painted. For our advent series, the
set will be more textile-based; Paul is happy to have received a
donation of upholstery fabric from a local industrial furniture
company. There are hundreds of feet of it and it should make
some great banner hangings. Other sets have used projector/
screen technology or light boxes. Even the simple wood or
textile pieces are often lit with LED lights to provide some
really interesting visual effects. Planning the implementation
of the design concepts begins approximately one series
ahead. So Paul is starting to put together details of how the
set for the January series will come together.
There has been a set design element at FAC for at least 15
years. Paul has been involved at various times throughout that
period and he notes the evolution of design over that time.
The physical space has also changed: the choir risers are no
longer permanently stationed on the stage, and there’s now
a large central screen. Over time, the integration with other
graphic design elements of each sermon series has become
more deliberate. For example, the handouts, announcement
titles, and set all prominently featured hexagons during the
UNITE series. The team aims to create a unified graphic design
that supports the series message and theme and helps create
a welcoming environment for worship.
"It's gratifying to see the servant heart of God in
the volunteers who serve behind the scenes. They
are never seeking praise and together they have
formed a great community." - Paul
Backstage, I met two of the three men who physically build
and place the set pieces. CJ, Lloyd, and Dennis (who is away
this week) are volunteers. CJ and Lloyd have been with the
team for about a year. Both are retired, and neither worked
in construction trades pre-retirement. Lloyd is new to FAC
and volunteers in other areas as well. CJ was working in
other areas of the Technical Arts team before joining the
set design team. These are guys who are used to
serving with their hands. As I work with Lloyd to cut
26-foot pieces of fabric (incidentally, 26 feet is the distance
from stage rafters to floor), we talk about the team. It’s a
great working environment, and Lloyd describes his role as
whatever is needed, especially lifting and carrying. While
we’re cutting lengths of fabric, CJ is running the power tools
dismantling the framed hexagons and attaching the cut
lengths of fabric to long wooden sticks for hanging from the
stage rafters. There’s a lot of back-and-forth, problem-solving,
and some improvisation because each set presents different
construction challenges. Finally, one component is ready and
it’s into the Skyjack lift to hang the banners and see how it
looks. Paul is satisfied, which leaves only five more to go …

The Best Christmas Pageant
... Ever!
"... And it was!!!!!
Thanks Director Cheryl, all cast and crew
for an awesome presentation on Friday
eve! My friends all loved it, laughed,
were 100% engaged, even a dear sweet
3-year-old girl clapped and clapped at
the end which came too soon! Thank you
for all your dedication and hard work in
presenting this story for all of us to enjoy.
We had a wonderful time."
Sincerely,
Cheryl Dunkley
"I wanted to pass along our thanks for this excellent Christmas Pageant. It was funny but the message of Christmas was not
made fun of; it was very clear. Thanks to all of you for a great performance. We brought two friends with us that thoroughly
enjoyed it. The one who is not a Christian thanked me over & over for inviting her. Hats off to the Best Christmas Pageant, ever."
Pat & Bob
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"I wanted to let you know ...
We invited all our staff and their families, and
we were a group of 21. Two employees are Hindu
and they brought their kids. Another employee
brought her boyfriend and they aren't Christians.
They all just loved it and after the play we all had
coffee and some desert and a great time together.
Some of us came real early so we were able to all
sit together. I was just going to let you know how
much we enjoyed it.
Click here to find more info about
the arts at FAC: faccalgary.com
Thank you so much!"

What's your favourite ...
Christmas Song?
Joy to the World
- James Paton, Heather Wile, Kyle Trigg,
Raymond Cheung.
Baby, Please Come Home
- Noelle Bannister (U2's version only)
Good Christian Men Rejoice
- Pat Worsley
Mary, Did you know?
- Craig Bundy, Gillian Paton, Les Bon-Bernard
o Holy Night
- Jen Jantzen
Have yourself a merry Christmas
- Meg Braley ("I love singing it")
Chestnuts Roasting on an open Fire
- Grant Sylvester, Michelle Peters
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- Julie McPhail
Jingle Bells
- Janet Loewen ("I love hearing kids sing this song.
Seeing their faces light up makes me so happy!")
I'm Dreaming of a white
Christmas
- Jenn Limacher, Jaret Girouz
Silent Night
- Kevin Jalving, Cathie Hall, John & Cheryl Siebring
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- Colleen Hoare
Breath of heaven
- Briana Southerland
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VIOLENCE
PIERCES PLACES
of hopeWritten By Erik Freiburger
My eyes were fixed upon the news screen as police officers
and tactical agents converged upon the Tree Of Life
Synagogue. I didn’t really weep. I felt numb as I witnessed yet
another story of a gunman entering a sanctuary, a place of
hope, and committing senseless violence. It would be not even
a week later when another gunman would enter a California
nightclub to take the lives of twelve more innocent people.
What are we to do when violence pierces our society and
places of hope? How are we to respond to the shootings at the
First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas or the Tree Of
Life Synagogue or a California nightclub?
With Christmas fast approaching, these were some of the
questions I found myself pondering.
Christmas ... It’s the season of colourful lights and beautifully
decorated trees. There are the shared sweet smells of
hospitality with home-baked goods amidst our family and
friends. We sing joy-filled carols which tell the story of the
nativity in church pageants while eagerly looking forward to
waking up early that special morning to discover what’s under
the tree.
But what about the pain I see this Christmas? What about
the part of the Christmas story when the brutality of Herod’s
anger and lust for power brought death to the quiet streets of
Bethlehem?
After seeing the prophesied star rise high in the sky overhead,
wise men from the east came to Jerusalem searching for the
newborn baby King. Telling Herod of these foretellings, they
gave in to the conniving king’s demand for a promise to return
after finding this Infant of divine royalty. But after seeing
Herod’s poorly-veiled jealousy, the wise men returned home
going another way. Filled with rage, Herod would send soldiers
to Bethlehem with orders to kill every boy child two years and
younger; their mothers and fathers wailed with grief and loss.
(Mt. 2:16-18)
Why does God include this horrific event in the Christmas
gospel story? What could we possibly hear from such
numbingly cold violence and tragedy? Perhaps in our own
state of social numbness, with fear and grief amidst the
violence invading our places of hope, we can glean some truth
and find renewed hope.
It might seem tempting to find false security in fortifying
our sanctuaries and places of hope by creating barriers to
membership and belonging. Or as some have suggested,
arm our leadership with weapons to develop a counter-force
of potential violence meant to deter any attack thus giving
the illusion of safety. These thoughts are in contrast to the
Christmas truth that Jesus brought hope to all people despite
the violence.
“Fear not,” the angels cried before the shepherds on the
hillsides. “For behold, I bring you good news of great joy
that will be for all the people.” (Lk. 2:10)
Our society seems to teach us to fear the worst in any
given time or situation. But God wants us to be without
fear and bear the fruit of love, joy, and peace at Christmas
… and at all times. (Gal. 5:22) The fruit of the Spirit brings a
transformational freedom and presence both inside ourselves
and to those around us. We become the heavenly multitude
shouting, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace
among those with whom He is pleased!” (Lk. 2:14)
It takes a great deal of work, but, together with the Spirit’s
help, we can root out the places where fear creeps into our
lives; we can overcome it as a community of faith working to
transform our society.
Jesus would grow up, quietly observing and learning about His
family’s traditions, culture, trade, and beliefs. He did not bring
the armies of God to overthrow the earthly realms by force.
Rather, following the example of God’s love for the whole
world, Jesus began to embody the word of justice and truth
over time; fulfilling it in unexpected ways with increasing grace
and mercy. (Jn. 3:16-17)
As I reflect upon how the Christmas story brings the light of
truth and hope in a world pierced by violence, I am reminded
of these words by Preston Pouteaux; “Fear does not progress
or conserve. It destroys.” And destruction is the work of the
enemy.
The joy and promise of the Christmas story, both in its first
shadows of Herod’s rage and in the piercing violence of
today’s losses, give us tremendous hope that we are called to
courageously go to our neighbour and to persons of difference;
together we can overcome fear with celebratory joy and bear
witness to the works of justice and freedom being brought to all.
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If you listen closely,
you can hear it ...
The echo of an ancient sound
resounding in your ears.
A single chorus before us
is pouring from
the pages of history.
A Rhapsody ... Can you hear it?
Because when you do ...
This song begins to stir
a distant yet familiar memory inside of you.
And as this melody unfolds,
your recollection reclaims a hold
on that once forgotten refrain:
The Rhapsody of Christmas.
You see:
The ages reverberate with this song …
again and again
in every nation
time and place
from the dawn of creation.
A solitary voice
That rises and testifies:
“Hope is on the way!”
And so ...
The Rhapsody has begun:
As voices join it
one by one …
prophets and mothers
and cousins
and others who waited
and wondered
and angels
and under them …
regular people ... like you and me.
Each of our individual songs,
in their unique and improvised forms,
rising together like one single voice ...
Proclaiming our coming salvation
in the form of a Baby Boy.
But this song is not yet complete.
Yes, the first verse of this chorus
foretold His birth ...
The second verse foretells
His triumphant return.
Our Christmas carols are not the
reminiscent residue
of this ancient Rhapsody ...
They are the Rhapsody.
Hark the herald angels sing:
"Hope is still on the way!"
So let us partake in the proclamation:
The coming of Christ our King ...
Wrapped in the Rhapsody of Christmas.

OUR HOPE ...
… is that the stories you’ve read in this issue of Storyline help you
find hope regardless of your situation. Our life stories can encourage
others in times of desperation and the unknown. But the truth is
that each of us has been made with a purpose and a plan.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
(Jeremiah 29:11)
Our hope is that you discover God, the true Author of your story. His
Son Jesus represents the greatest gift of hope and love the world will
ever know. God paid the ultimate sacrifice by sending his Son, Jesus
Christ, to die in our place on a cross; to pay the penalty for all the
ways we’ve fallen short of His justice and perfection. He rose again
to prove His victory over death, pain, and suffering. Through Jesus'
death and resurrection from the grave He has restored our ability to
be reconciled and have a relationship with God ... All we have to do is
believe in Him and ask Jesus Christ to be our Lord and Saviour. This is
as easy as praying a prayer to invite Jesus into your life – and you can
do this right where you are. If you feel ready to invite Jesus into your
life, we'd encourage you to pray this prayer today:
Thank You, Jesus, for dying on the cross for me and thank You for Your
unconditional love. I confess my sins; I choose to re-direct my life to
follow You; and I thank You for forgiving me. Please come into my life
and teach me to live for You. Thank You for a new beginning. I accept You
as my Lord and Saviour; I'm now a Christian – a follower of Jesus Christ –
and You live in me. Help me to live my life for You from now on. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, or have questions about what it means to
follow Jesus Christ, we'd love to talk with you! Contact Pastor Cory
Harasym charasym@faccalgary.com/403-258-4364.
Contact Cory
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