Departure Bay Baptist Church

Departure Bay Baptist Church Departure Bay Church is a growing community, following Jesus Christ, working together to be a place where people know they matter to God and to us.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž:Weโ€™re excited to host the โ€œ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐โ€ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ in partnership with FamilyLife C...
04/01/2026

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž:

Weโ€™re excited to host the โ€œ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐โ€ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ in partnership with FamilyLife Canada - a one-day experience designed to strengthen your relationship with ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ you can start using right away.

Whether youโ€™re newly married or many years in, this day is an opportunity to grow closer, communicate better, and invest intentionally in your marriage.

๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: April 18, 2026
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 9:00amโ€“3:45pm
๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Departure Bay Church (3510 Departure Bay Rd)
๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: $40 per couple

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://dbbc.churchcenter.com/people/forms/1179317

We would love for you to join us - ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ.

๐‡๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ž๐!Everyone is invited to come celebrate with us this Easter! Whether you're a family, a friend, a neigh...
03/25/2026

๐‡๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ž๐!

Everyone is invited to come celebrate with us this Easter! Whether you're a family, a friend, a neighbour, or stepping through our doors for the very first time โ€” ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ.

๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ | April 3 at 6:30 PM
๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ | April 5 at 9 AM & 11 AM
3510 Departure Bay Rd, Nanaimo

Bring the whole family and ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ together. We can't wait to see you!

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ!Parents, have you ever found yourself askingโ€ฆ โ€œWhy wonโ€™t my teen listen to me?...
02/25/2026

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ!

Parents, have you ever found yourself askingโ€ฆ โ€œWhy wonโ€™t my teen listen to me?โ€

Youโ€™re not alone โ€” and there is hope!

Join us this Friday from 7โ€“8pm for a practical and encouraging Parent Huddle focused on ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ง.

๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: This Friday, Feb 27th
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 7:00โ€“8:00pm (during Youth Group)
๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Departure Bay Church (3510 Departure Bay Rd)
๐“๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ: Why wonโ€™t my teen listen to me? Three simple things you can do starting today.

Drop your teens off at youth and join us for an hour designed to equip and encourage you in parenting.

Thereโ€™s no cost, but ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ so we know how many to expect: https://dbbc.churchcenter.com/people/forms/1125722

All parents are invited!

๐Ÿ”ฅ Weโ€™re Hiring โ€“ Youth Ministry Director ๐Ÿ”ฅDeparture Bay Baptist Church in Nanaimo, BC is looking for a passionate Youth ...
02/19/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ Weโ€™re Hiring โ€“ Youth Ministry Director ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Departure Bay Baptist Church in Nanaimo, BC is looking for a passionate Youth Ministry Director.

Weโ€™re seeking someone who loves Jesus deeply and is excited to:
โ€ข Disciple students in Grades 6โ€“12
โ€ข Reach unchurched youth in our community
โ€ข Equip young leaders
โ€ข Partner with parents in raising the next generation
โ€ข Proclaim Jesus Christ boldly and faithfully

If you have a heart for youth, good leadership skills, and a desire to see young people grow into mature followers of Jesus, we would love to connect with you.

๐Ÿ“ Departure Bay Baptist Church โ€“ Nanaimo, BC

Send your resume and cover letter to the church office or message us directly for more information.

Letโ€™s invest in the next generation together. ๐Ÿ™Œ

02/15/2026

Power outage? No problem. We got the power of the Holy Spirit. ๐Ÿ™‚

We are still going to gather together for Worship. Join us for 9AM, 11AM, potluck lunch, and AGM. See you there!!

Fellowship GatherLunch, hymns, Godโ€™s Word, and fellowship.All are invited!Tomorrow | January 2212โ€“2 PM3510 Departure Bay...
01/21/2026

Fellowship Gather
Lunch, hymns, Godโ€™s Word, and fellowship.
All are invited!

Tomorrow | January 22
12โ€“2 PM
3510 Departure Bay Road

Let us know if youโ€™re coming!

01/08/2026

BIG NEWS AT BAY YOUTH
Weโ€™re launching YOUTH ALPHA THIS FRIDAY! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Got questions about life, faith, purpose, or God?
Youโ€™re not aloneโ€”and this is the place to ask them.

๐ŸŽ‰ Youth Alpha kicks off THIS FRIDAY at 6:30PM
๐Ÿ“ Bay Youth @ Departure Bay Church
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Grades 6โ€“12 โ€” EVERYONE is welcome
๐Ÿ•Fun โ€ข Friends โ€ข Real Talk โ€ข Big Questions

This is a space to be real, explore faith, and discover truth together.
Bring a friend. Bring your questions. Just donโ€™t miss it.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Friday. 6:30PM. Be there.

12/28/2025

Join us this morning!! Testimonies, sharing Sunday and communion. Reflecting of Godโ€™s faithfulness in 2025.

๐ŸŽ„ Join us for ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž at ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก! ๐ŸŽ„You are invited to our family-friendly Christmas Eve Services on ๐ƒ...
12/18/2025

๐ŸŽ„ Join us for ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž at ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก! ๐ŸŽ„

You are invited to our family-friendly Christmas Eve Services on ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ’๐ฉ๐ฆ & ๐Ÿ”๐ฉ๐ฆ.

Come celebrate the hope of ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ: ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ through carols, worship, and a Christmas message that points us to Jesus.

Invite your friends and neighboursโ€”๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž!
Weโ€™d love to celebrate the birth of our Saviour with you.

3510 Departure Bay Rd, Nanaimo

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ž!Our next Parent Huddle is happening ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ•๐ฉ๐ฆ (during Youth G...
11/18/2025

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ž!

Our next Parent Huddle is happening ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ•๐ฉ๐ฆ (during Youth Group), and this one is all about understanding the stages of parentingโ€”why they matter, and how knowing them can be a game changer for both you and your teen.

Parents, you carry the central role in discipling and shaping your teensโ€”and you donโ€™t have to navigate these years on your own.

Time: ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ
Location: ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก (same time as Youth Groupโ€”drop your teens off and join us!)

Thereโ€™s no cost, but ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ so we know how many to expect:
https://dbbc.churchcenter.com/people/forms/1069507

- ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ• ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ž -Parents, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž-๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒโ€”and you donโ€™...
10/03/2025

- ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ• ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ž -

Parents, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž-๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒโ€”and you donโ€™t have to walk this journey alone!

Weโ€™re launching our new ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ž: a one-hour evening ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ .

๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: Tuesday, October 7
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 6:45โ€“7:45pm
๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Departure Bay Church (during Awanaโ€”drop your kids off downstairs and join us upstairs!)
๐“๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ: How can I pass on an authentic and vibrant faith to my child?

The evening will be facilitated by our friends Jay & Gretta Kennedy from Family Life Canada.

Thereโ€™s ๐ง๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ, but ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ so we know how many to expect: https://dbbc.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3168956

We don't want you to just survive as parents - ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž!

๐˜๐Ž๐”'๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐•๐ˆ๐“๐„๐ƒ! Join us on Saturday, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ from ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ for our ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ! There will be food, games, dun...
09/06/2025

๐˜๐Ž๐”'๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐•๐ˆ๐“๐„๐ƒ!

Join us on Saturday, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ from ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ for our ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ! There will be food, games, dunk tank, bouncy castles, baked goods, and prizes. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ!

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„, ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ โ€” invite a neighbour and come experience the life & love of Jesus together.

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Nanaimo, BC
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