Men's Ministry-Men’s Health Through the Decades
Join us on Friday, Jan 30 at 7 pm in the clubhouse with Dr. Sam Lee to discuss taking care of our bodies and other health concerns.
Ambassadors for Christ: Teens Conference
Registration is now opened. Check out their website for more details.
Junior: March 16 and 17
Senior: March 18 and 19
Body Life Ministry is excited to announce the return of our International Dinner Series. In the past, we would host dinners about once every few months, where we visit a restaurant that serves food from a specific country. The idea was to highlight countries that are recently in the news and encourage us as a church community to be cognizant of world events.Our first one for 2026 will be on Friday, January 23. Please sign up by January 21 so that we can order food accordingly.
When: Friday, Jan 23 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: NYCBC 685, 1st Floor East Corridor
Country: Venezuela (we will be ordering takeout)
Cost: $10 - $15 for adults, $5 for children
Registration: click here
More details in the form. We look forward to seeing all of you. Any questions, reach out to anyone in Body Life.
Grafting Our Children’s Faith: Faith Transference from One Generation to Another
Date: Friday, January 9, 2025
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Place: Room 309, 685 building
Speaker: Rev. Felix Wong (spouse to NYCBC Women’s Minister Tracy Chan)
Let’s learn and share together how we can be better equipped to take part in our children’s spiritual formation
Offerings to NYCBC that you wish to be included in a 2025 tax receipt must be received by the office by noon on December 31. This includes offerings brought to the church office, or sent by mail, preauthorized Debit, or e-Transfer. The payment authorization date must be on or before December 31.
Glory & Peace
”Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” (Luke 2:14)
Join us on Sunday, December 21 at 7:30pm in the 685 Sanctuary for an evening of worship and praise celebrating the birth of our Saviour! All are welcomed to join.
Where: NYCBC - 685 Sheppard Ave E.
Room: Main floor sanctuary
When: Dec 21, 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Free parking on levels P1, P2 and P3
The 4th quarterly Business Meeting of Members (BMM) of 2025 will be held on December 14, 2025 (Sunday), at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom. Registration is required to attend, and members can also vote by proxy. Meeting registration link including proxy designation can be found in http://www.nycbc.ca.
Agenda and additional information will be available on church website
https://www.nycbc.ca/2025-bmm.
A town hall meeting will be held on November 30 (Sunday), from 2pm to 3:30pm via Zoom. The Treasury Team and deacons will share the proposed 2026 church budget and Bylaws and Letters Patent amendments. We will invite questions and comments from the participants.
Please register by clicking HERE.
Join us for a Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner at Swiss Chalet, 3253 Bayview Avenue (at Cummer) on Friday, Nov 29 at 7:40 pm for a time of food and fellowship. Please WhatsApp Doug if you plan to join.
Gateway classes are starting again on January 4 - check out the Teaching Ministry page for details on each of the classes. Reach out to any member of the Teaching Ministry if you have any questions.
Class 1: Relating from the Heart (taught by Doug Mah)
Class 2: Loving with Emotional Wisdom (taught by James Lam and Kay Shen)
Class 3: Exploring the Psalms of Ascent (taught by Puiwing Wong and Emily Chen)
Class 4: Man Upward (taught by Raymond Chiu and Pastor Richard)
Class 5: Family as Church, Church as Family (taught by Pastor Joel)
Sign up through this link. Classes fill up quickly and so register soon!
We invite you to join us for a special Newcomers and Body Life Lunch right after our Sunday service on November 16, 2025. It's a wonderful opportunity to meet, connect, and fellowship with one another, especially if you are new to our church community.
Event Details: Newcomer and Body Life Lunch
Date: Sunday, November 16, 2025
Time: 11:15am to 1:00pm
Where: 2nd floor Gym
Cost: Free for newcomers, $5 for ESC members
Register by clicking here
Whether you’re a long-time member or a first-time visitor, everyone is welcome to come and share in this time of food, fun, and fellowship. Your presence and participation will make this event even more special! Looking forward to seeing you there!
Youth Family Ministry Parent Cafe presents: The Sandwich Generation
Caring for and Estate Planning with Aging Parents
Speaker: Ken Kwan
Date/Time: Friday, November 14, 2025, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Place: 685 Room 301
Friday, October 31 | 6:00–8:00 PM | Church (1st & 2nd Floor, 685 Building)
Get ready for an evening full of fun, laughter, and thanksgiving!
Join us for games, crafts, stories, treats, fun, and many more exciting activities! Let’s celebrate the joy of the season and discover together the true meaning behind Halloween (enquiries: children@nycbc.ca).
Bring your family, friends, and neighbours — everyone is welcome!
Stay tuned for registration details on our Children Ministry webpage: https://www.nycbc.ca/children-ministry
Volunteer Recruitment
If you’re interested in joining the Fall Fun Festival Volunteer Team, please fill out the form ASAP: https://forms.gle/nPXh49x4afssJb9H7
We are excited to welcome several mission agencies to our church on Sunday, October 26, 2025. Representatives from OMF, Yonge Street Mission, NeighbourLink, Interserve, Urban Promise, and Ambassador for Christ will be joining us.
If you are considering serving with a mission agency, whether locally or overseas, this is a great opportunity to connect and learn more. Even if you are not pursuing mission work yourself, you can still discover ways to support these agencies through prayer, financial giving, and encouragement.
Come and see what God is doing locally and globally through His people!
Location: 2nd Fl Gym
Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Theme: Do Not Grow Weary
Speaker: Amy Leyenhorst
Where: Muskoka Bible Camp
When: October 17-19, 2025
$185 per person (includes all meals and accommodations) | $80 for day trippers
Registration is now closed. Thanks to everyone who signed up! If you have any questions or still looking to go, please reach out to one of the ladies in Body Life Ministry.
Place: 685 Building room 309/310
Lead by: James Lam, Reg’d Psychotherapist, Reg’d Marriage and Family Therapist
Body Life Ministry invites you to join us for a pizza party and to participate in the next BMM together on Sept 28. Even if you are not going to the BMM, come have lunch with us! Or if you have lunch plans already, come join us for the BMM. We'll be hanging out around the sanctuary this time around.
Lunch is $10 a person ($5 for children). For additional details and to order food, fill out the form. Last day to put in an order is Friday, Sept 26. Any questions, reach out to blm.esc@nycbc.ca.
We're excited to announce that we will have our NYCBC55 Anniversary Outing on:
Sept. 27, 2025 (Saturday)
Petticoat Creek Conservation Park, Pickering
It'll be a special day of Fellowship, Food, and Fun! Let's come and celebrate 55 years of God's faithfulness together as a Church Family.
Please Save The Date! More details and registration info to come soon.
Join us Friday, Sep 26 at 7:30 in the clubhouse as Ken Kwan leads a panel discussion about the loving challenge of caring for our elderly loved ones.
Join us for an evening of Worship, Prayer and Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough. 2 Samuel 5:20 - “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.”
Date: Tuesday Sept 23, 2025
Time: 7:30 - 9:00pm
Where: 685 Sheppard Ave. East Sanctuary
For more info, reach out to Pastor James, Bhagat Pun or Jennifer Shiu.
The next baptism in the ESC worship service is scheduled for Sunday, November 9, 2025. A series of four online classes in preparation for baptism will be held on Tuesday evenings, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on September 9 & 16, and October 7 & 14. Please contact Pastor Richard to sign-up, receive class materials, and the online link to the classes.
The 3rd quarterly Business Meeting of Members (BMM) of 2025 will be held on September 28, 2025 (Sunday), at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom. Registration is required to attend, and members can also vote by proxy. Meeting registration link including proxy designation can be found in http://www.nycbc.ca. Agenda and additional information will be available on the church website https://www.nycbc.ca/2025-bmm.
Where: Thomson Memorial Park – Picnic Area Site 4.
[1005 Brimley Rd, just north of Lawrence Ave. E]
Lunch: POTLUCK style lunch!
Bring a main/side/dessert/drink dish to share. Don’t forget serving utensils and label allergens. Bring your own eating container & cutlery.
Bring your own lawn chair/blanket to sit on and remember to dress according to weather!!
We have the picnic site for the whole day, so enjoy a day at the park with each other after our service!
Join us in prayer for our missionaries and international workers on Saturday, September 13 from 9:30am to 10:45am in the 3rd floor Clubhouse. This will be an in-person get-together and a light breakfast will be served starting at 9am. We invite everyone to join!
If you would like to pursue membership at NYCBC or are interested in finding out more, an online membership class (English) will be held on Thursday, August 28 2025, at 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. Please speak to or contact Pastor Richard (rchoy@nycbc.ca) to get materials and a link to the online class. If you are interested in membership but cannot make it to this class, please speak to Pastor Richard for another arrangement.
New school, new people, a completely new season. Feeling a little overwhelmed? Don’t be!
Frosh ConneXion (FX) is here to help you navigate all the ‘new’ by connecting students entering post-secondary education with Christian communities on their campus. It’s an annual event hosted by AFC, in partnership with Asian/Chinese Christian Fellowships on various campuses in southern Ontario.
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Time: 5 - 9 pm
Location: NYCBC 685 building
For more details and registration, please visit: https://www.afccanada.org/fx
Do you sometimes have a hard time deciding where to go for lunch after church? Well, why not enjoy lunch together with your ESC brothers and sisters at the Tam's on August 10!
For Body Life Lunch, you have the option of bringing your own lunch, buying your own lunch, or signing up for a Chinese BBQ Skewer lunch for only $10 ($5 for kids 12 and under, free for kids 6 and under)! Whatever you decide to do, just simply bring yourself to the Tam's and enjoy food and fellowship together!
Sign-up here: https://forms.gle/5uhTmQhMHH3ED7Mu8
As we need to prepare food, please do sign-up. If you do not sign-up ahead of time, unfortunately, there will be no food for you. Sign-up ends on Thursday, August 7, 2025
Don't know where the Tam's live or if you have any questions, please ask your friendly Body Life Ministry crew.
Join us for our annual Youth & Family Camping Trip at Kelso Conservation Area! Hike in the Niagara Escapement or swim, canoe, or do the ropes obstacle course (for an extra fee) and enjoy a weekend of fun & fellowship.
WHEN: Sat, Aug 2 to Mon, Aug 4
Where: Kelso Conservation Area
Cost: Covers site permit and food (2 dinners, 2 lunches, 2 breakfast)
12 years old & up - $80 pp
4-11 years old - $50 pp
3 years old & under - free
Registration is now OPEN. Sign-up here.
Our next APT organized by Children Ministry is postponed to 26 July 2025! If you have already registered and need to make any change, please contact us: children@nycbc.ca.
Date: 26 July 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Venue: Room 311 at 685
Instructor: Ms Estella Fung, Children Ministry Assistant
Eligibility: adult volunteers aged 18 or above
Language: English
Registration: https://forms.gle/6S3khUg14DXFc45v7 (Deadline: 19 July 2025)
More info: www.nycbc.ca/children-ministry
If you are a volunteer aged 18 or above at our church’s children ministry serving children from 0-12 years old and have not yet received any APT in the past 12 months, this is for you!!
How can we nurture NYCBC teams to experience greater meaning, deeper friendships, more teamwork and success, so that coworkers feel more connected and committed to the church, and even never want to leave our team?
Join us to connect with fellowship co-workers and grow your commitment to servant leadership. This event is hosted by the Servant Development Ministry. Sign up here!
To celebrate the unofficial start of summer, we invite ESC to join us for a BBQ hosted by Body Life Ministry on Sunday, June 29 after Sunday School. For a nominal price of $3 per burger and $2 per hot dog, enjoy the outdoors and fellowship with your fellow ESC brothers and sisters.
We encourage everyone to chip in a side, snack or drink or just come as you are - there will be food! See you all at 1 pm at the Tam's residence! Don't know where that is, just ask a member of the Body Life team.
June 1, 2025, marks the 55th anniversary of NYCBC. We will have a celebration BBQ lunch (burgers, hot dogs and salads) on the day. We sincerely invite everyone to participate!
Cost: Adults (13 years and up) - $10
Children (ages 4 – 12) - $5
Children age 3 and under - Free
Please use this form to sign-up for lunch. Last day to sign-up is May 25th, 2025.
