Terry Dyck

What do you think?

webmaster@missioncreekalliance.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:54:00 GMT

I stood in the harbour at Antalya, a port on the Mediterranean in southern Turkey. I thought about the history this place holds, the people that have landed there, what that place represents. No doubt, it is a beautiful place, and a natural deep water port used for millennia by shippers, travelers, traders, pirates, armies, dignitaries…

This is the place, I thought, where Paul and Barnabas landed on their first missionary journey to Asia Minor in the first century AD. They came to an unfamiliar place, to people that did not know them or the message they brought. They had set out by the early church, motivated to take the Good News to those who had not heard about Jesus. They faced, storm, and danger, opposition, and good reception – they faced the unknown – head on. Wow! They were living an adventure. What must it have been like

Olympic Blog

webmaster@missioncreekalliance.com — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:26:00 GMT

I took some time to watch the Olympic Torch Relay as it meandered by the church on a Tuesday morning not too long ago. Being a sports fan, I have enjoyed following the path of the torch across our nation, noting people who have been chosen to carry the torch. Not that I am bitter at all, but I was not chosen to carry it (rats!), I would have loved to carry it (along with thousands of other rejectees).

There are so many spiritual lessons I could pontificate on in reference to the torch, the flame, the relay, the connections,….One comes quickly to my mind; the idea of “handing off the torch”. The flame is carefully guarded along the way – the scripture tells us, “Above all else, guard our heart, it is the wellspring of life (Prov. 4:23)”. Carrying the flame has proven to be an honour that those who have participated in the relay,

December Blog

webmaster@missioncreekalliance.com — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:25:00 GMT

….time marches toward the day of Christmas… I find it not so much a march, as a nice walk, and occasionally a run, Okay, sometimes it’s a rabid random sprint, and alas it’s a crawl too.

I have had some memorable moments already this season. I have been introduced to a new Christmas song by a local artist while participating in the Glenmore Elementary production of Charlie Brown Christmas, that’s good. Sitting on my desk is a hand made card by a student actor – To Mr. T – Thank You soooooooooo much! Our church family is having a season of rich times together.

I continue to hear accounts of people Being the Church, here’s one from this last week:

Another Turkey Bowl… another win for the “marrieds”

We started this fun event that has become a tradition. It’s a touch football game on Thanksgiving Monday pitting married guys against single all in the name of a little fun and friendly competition. Over the last decade there have been close games, blow outs, controversy, great plays, a few minor injuries, and even some sideline watchers!

It’s an engaging time, more about being together, and the constant play of youthful enthusiasm and energy verses wily experience and fading glory. Even this year one veteran ma

Don’t JUST go to church, Be the Church

webmaster@missioncreekalliance.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:23:00 GMT

Don’t JUST go to church, Be the Church

It’s kind of a catchy slogan, but I hope as the fall unfolds we will individually and corporately get stirred to realize that this is what we should be about. Of course “going to church” is part of “being the church” – getting together centered around corporate worship, going deeper in faith journey, and ministering to and with each other. But there is so much more, more that God has for us. I am impressed with the mandate and response of the first century church, like I spoke about last Sunday.

After Pentecost, that first, brand new church was focused and intentional. They took a strong hold on; the apostles teaching (words, life and ministry of Jesus), fel

Terry's Blog for Summer

webmaster@missioncreekalliance.com — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:09:00 GMT

A mess of barbed wire…

Life seems complicated at times, and we all get tangled up in the complexities. Some of the complexities are self imposed and many of the complexities are completely out of our control. I think that people come to the Okanagan for vacation to escape the complexities, reduce the complexities, or get some perspective on said complexities. Perhaps that is why selling features that say things like “easy load”, or “simplify”, or “low maintenance” or even “all inclusive” are very attractive.

There is no denying that there is not an easy fix to many aspects of life. Often a difficult conversation we have with someone opens the door to several more difficult conversations before th

Death of Entertainment Icons

webmaster@missioncreekalliance.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:53:00 GMT

Some entertainment icons died this week, and it makes me think….

Ed McMahon, lauded as one of the most famous side kicks, Michael Jackson evolved into one of the biggest side shows of all time, and Farrah Fawcett, who we saw a different side of, in her battle with cancer.

There’s a bit of a multigenerational response to their deaths. Ed McMahon represented a group who pioneered much of modern TV programming and development. Michael Jackson, the self proclaimed king of pop, shaped pop music for a couple decades and cut the edge in music video. Working with youth and teens in the 80’s forced you to interact with his influence on pop culture and music. Farrah Fawcett, marked the 70’s as a sex symbol

I have a question...

webmaster@missioncreekalliance.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:22:00 GMT

I love asking questions. I think of questions while I am reading a book or listening to someone, or watching a movie…in fact family members have said to me (probably on more than one occasion), “…dad, just watch the movie, don’t analyze everything…” But I like to ask what the director is trying to portray, what are the surface messages, what are the deeper messages, what are they really saying, what is the product placement, who are they speaking to, ….you get the picture?

Did you ever consider how many questions Jesus asked? Or how many times Jesus answered a question with a question? And I thought we weren’t supposed to do that. Or how many questions Jesus left unanswered? Read through the Gospels sometime and note his questions and responses to questions, it will be a great study for you.

I sure hope BC residents are going to vote today. I am watching people drive up to the church to participate in our provincial election. I know there are a million excuses not to, but do it. There’s nobody to harass you – in fact when I rode my bike up to the polling station I was greeted in a friendly way & they even watched over my bike while I went to the appointed station. This is a far cry from many places around the globe that struggle during elections. I was thinking; this is Bike to Work Week, perhaps we should have had Bike to Vote, I don’t know whether that would help or hurt the process. I like to choose, and this is one way, actually two choices at this pole, to engage in the process. There are so few things that are under our control, even though we’d like to believe we can control people, and stuff, and events,…I think we even try to control God (in subtle ways) occasionally. We’ve been given the power to choose, there’s a spiritual les

Spring Projects

webmaster@missioncreekalliance.com — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Spring Projects – it seems to me that we have a good opportunity to add some upgrades to our facility and extend the life of a well used campus. By putting a sports floor on the concrete gym floor we add safety, usability, aesthetics, and bring new life to an area of the church that is used by many different groups. Anyone who has stayed over at MCA for an allnighter, or is involved with children or youth ministry knows the value of having a shower in the facility, for emergency or hygienic purposes – I know one shower doesn’t service a large group, but it does better equip us on site. Many groups and people use our Mission Creek Room regularly. It is probably the most used room in the facility both for MCA ministry activities and groups from the community. We’ll have to figure out what the best option for floor covering in that room will be, but certainly we have to consider things like