Shoal Lake Baptist Church

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The boys are up. Time to load up: Milk, lunch, snacks, sunscreen, hats, diapers, swim trunks, excavator, John Deere D, s...
06/04/2026

The boys are up. Time to load up: Milk, lunch, snacks, sunscreen, hats, diapers, swim trunks, excavator, John Deere D, sleeping monitors, sound machines, sleep sack, and critically, two soothers for nap. Everybody in the car. Buckle up. Crank the tunes. Park, and every body out. Life jackets on: buckle up. Down to the dock. Paddle. Kayak. Carefully pile in. Push off.

Peace.

After accounting for a thousand details, we arrived in the moment I was longing for. My boys and I floating on the lake, watching the pelicans, listening to the waves lap against the kayak. There's something about a peaceful moment on the water that seems to restore the soul.

But moments after the peaceful float began, a lawn mower lake-side started up. No worries, easily ignored. But then, as you could guess, a single seater kayak was too small for an almost 2 and 4 year-old. The fighting begins. And just as we find a spot for every leg and Croc, Mother Nature offers its own addition to our "peaceful" float, rain.

While it made for a great adventure, a memorable morning, and a fun story to tell mom when she got home from work, our lake trip proved to be a little more hectic (and wet) and little less peaceful than I was hoping for.

Here's the truth - if we are relying on external sources or our surrounding circumstances to create peace and stillness in our lives, we will be left wanting.

But if there was a way to have peace grow and swell from the inside out, there's no circumstance in our life that would have to take it away.

Jesus offer to you today is peace. He says, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." The Holy Spirit can actively and graciously offer us a peace in our hearts even despite the unrest around us. Scripture invites us into a simple yet profound activity: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

​I pray that your summer is filled with moments of peace and stillness... but in the possibility that your life this summer moves at a hectic pace, having over committed and under prepared, ask God to minister to your heart and mind and give you peace.

For 3000 years, we have been praying the same prayer and God has been answering: The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul." May we lean on the Lord in every moment that we may delight in the peaceful pastures of His Kingdom.

06/02/2026

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ~ Romans 8:37-39

06/01/2026

Monday Moment with Monica
Genesis 17:6-14
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger [moving from place to place], all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession [of property]; and I will be their God.” Further, God said to Abraham, “As for you [your part of the agreement], you shall keep and faithfully obey [the terms of] My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. This is [the sign of] My covenant, which you shall keep and faithfully obey, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your fo****ins, and it shall be the sign (symbol, memorial) of the covenant between Me and you. Every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, [including] a servant whether born in the house or one who is purchased with [your] money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants. A servant who is born in your house or one who is purchased with your money must be circumcised; and [the sign of] My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his fo****in, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Jonathan Edwards, born in 1703, made a difference. He was highly intelligent, a pastor, writer, and a president of Princeton. His family consisted of a wife and eleven children. His descendants comprised: more than three hundred pastors, missionaries or theological professors, one hundred twenty were professors of various universities; one hundred then became attorneys; sixty were prominent authors; thirty were judges; fourteen served as president of universities and colleges; three served in the U.S. Congress, and one became vice-president of the United States.

Just like Jonathan Edwards, future generations are in our hands. Our choices today have an impact on the generations to come. One person can make a difference in the lives of others. By serving God and teaching our children to do likewise we can instill a vision. A vision of serving God which in turn will be passed onto the next generation.

05/31/2026

Good morning and welcome to our live stream! We're so glad you could join us from wherever you are. Let's praise and worship God, hear from His word, and pray together. Let us know you're watching by commenting. Would you like prayer? Head to slchurch.ca and tap the praying hands to send a request. Blessings on you and your family this Sunday!

It's our day to gather as God's Family and worship! When you come, grab a coffee, then we will praise God in song, hear ...
05/31/2026

It's our day to gather as God's Family and worship! When you come, grab a coffee, then we will praise God in song, hear from His Word, and have an opportunity to be prayed for and pray for others!

05/30/2026

God is holding on to you!

05/29/2026

For. The. Good.

Sometimes it is hard to perceive if or how God is guiding our lives. Scripture is full of promises of God's leading and ...
05/28/2026

Sometimes it is hard to perceive if or how God is guiding our lives. Scripture is full of promises of God's leading and guiding work in our lives. He directs our ways, makes our paths straight, and leads us to green pastures and quiet waters. We look into the Bible to receive God's sound, unwavering leadership in our lives, and we trust in His sovereignty to be bringing about His plans and purposes in our lives.

Sometimes the Lord blesses us with a circumstance where we are caught up in the moment and recognize His behind-the-scenes goodness. We have a realization that God has indeed been guiding your life bringing you to this day.

As I was lacing up my old cleats from Grade 12 behind the net at Shoal Lake School, preparing to coach a group of grade 7 and 8 students, I had one of those moments. From a young boy, I enjoyed athletic and outdoor activities, and watched my dad coach a variety of sports. In Boissevain, dozens of kids would fill several soccer pitches and enjoy the team spirit, athletic challenge, and growing friendships and community. I would watch my dad encourage, teach, and challenge students as they became more confident and capable of taking on life's challenges.

Early on, I became eager to invest in kids and youth, aspiring to become a teacher prior to receiving my call to the ministry. Through my work as a pastor, I've been afforded incredible opportunities to work with youth in many diverse ways. I am so thankful for the undeserved privilege to be able to invest in the youth of our area in a simple way like coaching soccer.

So now, lacing up my cleats, I knew that the Lord had indeed been guiding my life, bringing blessing upon blessing and fulfilling desires and dreams that I didn't know were in my heart - even without my effort or determination. Instead, God in His goodness, arranged people, places, and situations behind the scenes to bring about His purposes in my life.

I wonder if you took a moment, quieted your heart, and looked around, maybe you would also see evidence of God's gracious hand that has been at work in your life to lead you into His purposes for your life. I anticipate that every one of us could find a thousand little reasons in this moment to say, "Thank you," to the One who loved us from before we came to be.

05/25/2026

Monday Moment with Monica
Ezekiel 14:12-21
The word of the Lord came [again] to me, saying, “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it and destroy its source of bread and send famine on it and cut off from it both man and animal, even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that land, by their own righteousness (right standing with God) they could only save (deliver) themselves,” says the Lord God. “If I were to cause predatory beasts to pass through the land and they ravaged
it and depopulated it of children, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through because of the predators, though these three men were in the land, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they could not save either their sons or their daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate (ruined, deserted). Or if I were to bring a sword on that land and say, ‘Let a sword go through the land and cut off man and animal from it,’ even though these three men were in the land, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they could not save either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be saved. Or if I should send a virulent disease into that land and pour out My wrath in blood on it to cut off man and animal from it, even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the land, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they could not save either their son or their daughter; they would save only themselves by their righteousness [that is, their right-standing with God—their moral and spiritual integrity].” For thus says the Lord God, “How much more when I send My four severe judgments against Jerusalem—sword, famine, predatory beasts, and virulent disease—to cut off man and animal from it!

The Lord gave up Himself as our Redeemer. He did this so that we would be blessed by the removal of sin’s captivity. We all have areas where we are weak and find ourselves overstepping God’s boundaries. When temptation comes, we need to pray and seek God’s help. We must recall the consequences of our sins and flee from them. Flee from sin into the arms of our Good Shepherd.

05/24/2026

Good morning and welcome to our live stream! We're so glad you could join us from wherever you are. Let's praise and worship God, hear from His word, and pray together. Let us know you're watching by commenting. Would you like prayer? Head to slchurch.ca and tap the praying hands to send a request. Blessings on you and your family this Sunday!

Address

326 Station Road
Shoal Lake, MB

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 1pm
Wednesday 9am - 1pm
Thursday 9am - 1pm
Friday 9am - 1pm
Sunday 11am - 12:30pm

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+12047592544

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