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Today, with the help of 100 volunteers, we served 500 people a fantastic Easter Dinner at the former Sacred Heart Church! Here's the announcements I made before the meal:

Announcements:

Welcome to the Annual Easter Dinner of the Souls Harbour RESCUE Mission! We’re glad you’ve come to be our guest. In the past, we’ve been at various locations, but we have recently purchased this building, so you can be assured dinners will be held here for years to come!

This is a functioning church called the Good News Chapel. If you are looking for a church home for yourself or your family, please come tomorrow and celebrate Easter Sunday with us! The service starts at 11:00 a.m.

Note to Mission Musing readers: there is a pot luck Easter lunch after the service so please join us!

I want to just tell you a few practicalities before we ask the blessing on the food.

1. Please do not go onto the stage or piano areas as we need to keep them clean for church tomorrow.
2. Washrooms are located downstairs, so you have to go back to the FRONT of the church to access them. George will guide you once you’re there.
3. Smoking is ONLY permitted in the large parking lot behind the building.
4. We want you to enjoy your visit, so please don’t rush out. Take time to meet and greet those at your table, listen to the the MusicMan, and eat your dessert.
5. We have gifts and a Gideon Bible for everyone, so please pay attention to the ushers once you leave. You will be exiting through a different door to pick up your special Easter gift.

Speaking of gifts. I want to talk to you for a few minutes, about an even Greater Gift.

John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.”

Whosoever! That’s you and me! Eternal life. We would all do well to think about where we might go if we were to die today. There are only two choices: Heaven and Hell.

The Bible says, “For the wages of sin is death, (that means Hell) but the gift of God is eternal life (that means Heaven) in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom 6:23)

And there’s that gift again.

Easter is a special time of year, because it celebrates Christ’s death AND resurrection! Remember the words of the angel, who said, “He is not here! He is risen, just like He said.”

You know what? Jesus Christ is Risen from the dead! And that means He is alive today! If you want to receive Him into your heart and life, I want you to come forward and pray with Chaplain Bill.

You won’t miss a meal. We have enough food for 600 people! But Chaplain Bill would love the opportunity to talk to you further, and to help you make sure you are going to Heaven to be with Jesus.

Alter Call & Thanks:

While some of you might be making your way up to the front row, and just before Chaplain Bill thanks God for the food, we want to also thank some of our partners who have helped to provide, cook, and serve the meal:

Melrose Place North
Board Members, Staff & Volunteers of Souls Harbour RESCUE Mission
Ken Rodenbush, our MusicMan for the dinner downstairs
Delores Pinter & her daughter who are playing the baby grand piano while you waited in the sanctuary here
Weyburn Free Methodist Church Clean Up Crew
Gideons
Chef Leo Pantol of Conexus Arts Centre
Executive Chef Adam Sperling of La Bodega
Chef Ryan Katchuk
Chris Perentes from Stapleford Pharmacy
Canadian Progress Club of Regina Wascana
Regina Multicultural Council
Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan
CJ Katz


We have a special guest, His Worship Mayor Pat Fiacco, this afternoon, and we have asked him to bring greetings from the city of Regina. Now, let’s show him our appreciation because we all love Regina, right!

Men, please remove your hats while Chaplain Bill says Grace.

[Bill prays]

Alright, in an orderly fashion, I want you to go behind the pianist, and head down the stairs to the Hall. We have ushers to guide you along the way, so please watch them. We are going single file from the first rows to the back.