Searchlight Christian Resources News and Christian Events in South Central Ontario
WELCOME to Searchlight’s Online Notice Board and Events Listings. For those who came looking for directions to the bookstore, here’s a map showing where we are at 884 Division Street in Cobourg. We’re at the very front of the building. Still can’t find us? Give us a call at 905 372 5519 during business hours — we open at 10AM — and we’ll talk you through! If you recognize this as a “blog” you’ll notice there’s actually only two”posts” — one for the events and one for the bookstore. We no longer update the date of the post as that just confuses Google!
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For this Coming Events page to work we need local churches to make their congregations to be aware of what we’re doing here. All we ask for is a quarterly (once every 13 weeks) one-line bulletin announcement or a link from the church website. If you’ve never seen that announcement in your church bulletin, ask them, “Why not?”
SEARCHLIGHT ON FACEBOOK — We now have our very own SEARCHLIGHT FACEBOOK PAGE. This page is keeping our regular customers aware of major new releases as they arrive on the sales floor, as well as special promotions. (More people visit us on FB each week than come to this page, but the info is completely different on each.) To “friend” our page, simply click “like”! When you’re logged into Facebook, search for “Searchlight Christian Books.”
HOMESCHOOLERS: Searchlight is able to order materials from the following key homeschool publishers,and nearly 100 others!
Not a homeschool parent, but got kids struggling with certain subjects? We can also get you titles from Sylvan Learning Systems and hundreds of other publishers of grade-specific, subject-specific workbooks and supplements. Contact the store by phone or email for more information.
RED LETTER CHRISTIANS — Now available at Searchlight, a 6-week DVD course from World Vision Canada featuring TONY CAMPOLO, hosted by COLIN McCARTNEY. Topics include Red Letter Christianity, Materialism, Compassion, Politics, Spirituality, and Joy; for a total of six 10-15 minute clips with discussion guide. Only $29.99.
CURRENT/ONGOING — UNITED CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS — UCB Radio’s latest repeater station is now up and running and broadcasting a test signal of commercial free Christian music IN COBOURG at 90.7 FM. The fidelity is very poor, but it makes for good background music.
ONGOING — SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION — Online registration for Camp Iawah’s summer residential camps, family experiences, wilderness trips and youth leadership programs continues at iawah.com
FEBRUARY 24 – 26 — MOTHER DAUGHTER RETREAT — Moms: Just imagine spending time with your daughters ages 10 to 16! Guest Speaker Linda Halse will help to develop closer relationships between Mothers & Daughters before & during the teen years, creating a heart to heart time for some of life’s most intimate issues. Fair Havens is a Christian Camp / Retreat and Conference Centre located north of Whitby. Cost:Mothers $ 155.00, Daughters 10-12 yrs $ 47.50 Daughters 13-16 yrs $ 95.00. Includes: 2 nights, 5 meals, evening snacks, towels, bedding & a wonderful program, Activities: Skating, cross country skiing, spa night, scrap-booking, gala dress up night, movie night, snow shoeing, wagon rides and much more! 1.800.430.5059 or visit the website.
FEBRUARY 25 — MISSIONFEST MOVIE DOUBLE FEATURE — Despite decades of hostility, Israelis and Palestinians are joining hands and forging a peace agreement long thought forbidden. On Saturday February 25th, 2012 MissionFest Toronto presents a double film screening of ‘Forbidden Peace’ and ‘More Than Dreams’. $5/Person; 7pm (doors open 6 PM) at The Peoples Church, 374 Sheppard Ave. E, Toronto. More info.
FEBRUARY 25 — LEELAND KLASSEN LAUGHOPOLIS COMEDY TOUR — Leeland and friends are at the Solina Community Centre (north of Courtice) in a Saturday night event sponsored by Calvary Baptist Church in Oshawa, which is were you’ll have to go to get $15 tickets.
MARCH 2 — DAVID MAINSE — The founder of Crossroads Christian Communications and the 100 Huntley Street program comes to Cobourg’s Church on the Hill as part of the Thank-You Canada tour. 7:00 PM. Other area dates include February 29 Calvary Church, 1421 Lansdowne St. W, Peterborough, Ontario; March 1 Calvary Temple, 679 Dundas Street, Belleville, Ontario; March 2 Church on the Hill, 594 Court House Rd., Cobourg, Ontario; March 5 Liberty Church, 1965 Martin Road North, Bowmanville, Ontario; March 6 King Street Pentecostal Church, 611 King St. W, Oshawa, Ontario; March 7 Whitby Christian Assembly, 100 Rossland Road West, Whitby, Ontario; March 8 Pickering Pentecostal Church, 1920 Bayly Street, Pickering, Ontario; March 9 Christian Life Centre, 1030 Ravenscroft Road, Ajax, Ontario.
MARCH 9 – 10 — CHRIS TOMLIN — The man whose worship compositions define the modern worship of so many congregations has never played in Canada until now. Ontario dates are Friday March 9th at Woodvale Pentecostal Church in Ottawa and Saturday March 10th at Church on the Queensway in Toronto. Both are 7:00 PM. Info at Unite Productions.
MARCH 13 — SECRET KEEPER GIRL CONFERENCE — The evening event for pre-teen girls (8-12) runs in Oshawa at Trinity Pentecostal Church from 6:30 to 9:00 PM. Tickets required. Also March 16th at Global Kingdom Ministries in Scarborough.
MARCH 18 — NINE O FIVE YOUTH EVENT — Possibly their biggest effort yet with a lineup including LEELAND, PARACHUTE BAND and AARON GILLEPSIE plus one other artist to be announced. Carruther’s Creek Community Church, Ajax. Reserve the date; more details to follow.
MARCH 25 — THE CREATION by HAYDN — Wow! We don’t get many classical concerts listed here; but Kingston Gospel Temple reminded us that with Easter approaching, the Kingston Symphony Orchestra is performing this 214-year old masterpiece at the Grand Theatre. The musical work is based on writings by Milton as well as the book of Genesis.
MARCH 30 – 31 — PROMISE KEEPERS EQUIP WORKSHOPS — Cobourg gets to play host to the Eastern Ontario PK workshops. [Note: Each one of these is independent of the other.]
MARCH 30 — Brothers Workshop; doors open Friday 6:30 PM, event runs 7:00 – 10:00 PM; speaker Bill Innes; discussing what the Bible has to say about friendships and relationships; Cost : Early Bird (ends March 8, 2012) $15 Pre-registration (March 9-28, 2012) $20 Walk-up $25.
MARCH 31 — Basic Training Workshop; speaker Bill Innes; This workshop explores what it means to be a Godly man and challenges participants to explore the key elements of a man’s life. Doors open Saturday 8:00 AM, event runs 8:30 to 3:30 Cost : Includes lunch Early Bird (ends March 8, 2012) $20 Pre-registration (March 9-28, 2012) $25 Walk-up $30.
Both events at Cobourg Alliance Church, 1333 Ontario Street. (Out of town visitors; Ontario St. is the ‘middle bridge’ in Cobourg; it crosses the 401 without actually being an exit; from either direction make your way south to Elgin Street and then turn toward the middle (!) and then turn north on Ontario.) Click the RED pre-registration buttons on each page.
APRIL 12 – 14 — MISSIONFEST 2011 — Are you one of the potential ‘goers’ looking for career Christian service? Are you one of the ‘givers’ seeking opportunities to wisely invest in God’s kingdom? Are you one of the ‘pray-ers’ wanting to know more about what God is doing around the world and around the block? Then you need to be at Missionfest in Toronto for all or part of this event. Visit the website for more details.
APRIL 15 — PHIL WICKHAM, PAUL BALOCHE, SEAN McDOWELL — Two top praise and worship artists and one great speaker together on the Worldserve Truth Matters tour across Canada. The Toronto date is at Global Kingdom Ministries — the same venue as Missionfest, and just one day after — on Markham Road south of Highway 401. Info at Unite Productions.
APRIL 21 — GUY PENROD — Southern Gospel Music fans won’t want to miss this one. 6:00 PM in Oshawa at The Embassy, a large church in the north end (Taunton Road West) opposite the Oshawa Airport. This concert is sponsored by Hillsdale Wesleyan Church in Oshawa, but unfortunately they did not renew their website URL. Searchlight eventually had tickets for their last concert, so we’re hoping to have news on this in the new year.
LOVE IN ACTION COOKBOOK AVAILABLE — Love In Action is a group of Christian women and sometimes men, who show God’s love by serving others through tangible acts of kindness, both at home and abroad. The newest edition of their fundraising cookbook is available at Searchlight (coming soon, we hope!), Canadian Tire Cobourg, and Houston’s Country Store in Camborne. Cost is only $10 with merchants donating 100% of the sale price to Love in Action.
Individual, Marriage and Family Counselling
Telephone: (905)-373-4050
Toll-free: 1-866-292-3223
NORTHUMBERLAND PROMISE is a new ministry initiative based in Cobourg which seeks to help out economically disadvantaged people. For more information contact thru Cobourg Alliance Church.
RADIO GUIDE — Back by Request!
88.3 — FAMILY LIFE NETWORK (Buffalo, NY)
89.3 — LIFE 100 (repeater station in Peterborough, ON)
90.5 — FAITH BASED NEWS/TALK in Peterborough; click here to listen online
90.7 — UCB – Test signal now operational in Cobourg
99.5 — WDCX-FM (Buffalo, NY)
100.3 — LIFE 100 (Barrie main signal)
102.3 — United Christian Broadcasters (Belleville, ON) –
104.9 — KLOVE (National; originates in Sacramento, CA)
1250 (AM) — JOY 1250 (Toronto)
DREW MARSHALL SHOW — Live Saturdays 1:00 – 5:00 EST, live stream and archives available at this link.
PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION — With GARRISON KEILLOR — Live Saturdays 6:00 – 8:00 PM EST at this link.
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FALL/WINTER MIDWEEK PROGRAMS — If you have younger kids, Wednesday is “the” night. Check out AWANA at Fellowship Baptist and KidZone at Church on the Hill. For Junior High age kids, consider RIOT at Cobourg Alliance or CHAOS at Church on The Hill. For High School teens, The Crave at Church on the Hill. There’s also a Thursday night youth group at Calvary Pentecostal in Port Hope, and also a Wednesday night drop-in program at First Baptist in Port Hope sponsored by Youth For Christ.
S E A R C H L I G H T – NOW IN OUR 16th YEAR IN COBOURG — Over 85% of our book intake is (a) publisher overstock and (b) remainder books. Each title is hand-picked. Despite this, with the other 15% we’re still able to stock almost all of the Top 100 Christian Fiction and Top 100 Christian Non-Fiction titles, plus one of the best selections of modern Christian classics you’ll find anywhere. (See our bestseller chart below.) Our two “house specialties” are apologetics, and our section on church planting / postmodern ministry / next generation / missional and Emerging church resources. Click here for some current specials.
CHRISTIAN HORIZONS FUNDRAISING BOOK — Drop by Searchlight anytime to pick up your copy of THIS IS OUR STORY — a commemorative collection of short stories celebrating the lives of individuals who have transitioned from life in government-run institutions to living in homes in the heart of our communities. Only $10 per copy and 3 copies for $25
THANK YOU to all the churches who have supported this calendar by printing the quarterly announcement in your church bulletin. That’s all we ask. If your church doesn’t, ask them, “Why not?” The continuing availability of this service depends entirely on the support of local churches to make people aware that it — and the bookstore — exists.
COMMUNITY NOTICE re. UCB RADIO – On February 21st the CRTC approved an application by UCB Radio to return to Cobourg at a new frequency, 90.7FM with an effective power of 250 watts. The test signal is now ON THE AIR.
The new station will offer a Christian Adult Contemporary music format. In each broadcast week, the station will broadcast 81 hours and 30 minutes of local programming and will offer 4 hours and 30 minutes of spoken word programming consisting of news (70% local), sports, weather and other community-related programming. UCB committed to devote, by condition of license, no less than 95% of its weekly musical selections to selections from subcategory 35 (Non-classic religious) and no less than 15% of its weekly musical selections from category 3 (Special Interest Music) to Canadian musical selections.
Now available at Searchlight:Local author Eric Wright‘s latest book, The Captives of Mirana sees journalist Josh Radley (The Lightning Files) off to Pakistan — scene of a childhood trauma—at a time when its fragile democracy faces enormous challenges from militant Islam. Instead of covering terrorism, Josh is commissioned to write about the glories of Pakistan’s ancient past. He arrives at the excavation of a 4500 year old Indus civilization city in the desert between India and Pakistan. Josh, his daughter Janice and wife Stephanie expect heat and dust but are unprepared for sabotage, theft, kidnapping, and murder.The book immerses the reader in Pakistani culture at a time when we all desperately need to understand that country.
LOCAL AUTHOR: ALLAN CONNOR is a retired missionary now living in Port Hope. His latest book is a work of fiction, set in Ghana, West Africa. Check out An Unlikely Saint, available in paperback from Pleasant Word Publishing at Searchlight Books’ Cobourg location. Allan holds the distinction of being the local author for whom we’ve sold the greatest number of copies his individual titles.
MANY of you have been enjoyed the teaching ministry of JOE AMARAL on 100 Huntley Street. Joe’s book Understanding Jesus is available at both Searchlight stores as well as the entire selection of his DVD teachings on the Old Testament significance of New Testament narratives, and Israel. We have been supporting Joe’s ministry for several years by having these products always in stock at SEARCHLIGHT
NOTE:SOME CONCERT DATES LISTED ON ARTIST ITINERARY WEBPAGES ARE PART OF CONFERENCES WHICH ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. CHECK THOROUGHLY BEFORE YOU TRAVEL.
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