"For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us."

Stephen Prendergast

Stephen, a trained counsellor will be at NCM two days a week

NCM will be blessed with the addition of addictions and family counselor Steve Prendergast, of Eganville, Ontario. Prendergast, 53, brings a remarkable testimony of our Lord Jesus’ grace and offers a perspective drawn from a harrowing journey filled with irony and miracles. This husband and father of four sees the hand of God in all that has transpired in his life.

“Connecting the dots,” is how Prendergast describes God’s modus operandi in reaching him after a long hiatus from Christ. In a life of twists and turns, he once walked with God, turned away from God, and then returned to God all within twenty years.

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him. Luke 8:38-39

John Austin

Works as a Maintenance Supervisor at Farm Boy.

Throughout my troubled life of dark thoughts and obsessions, terrified to trust anyone, including myself, I placated that torment with alcohol and drugs, never believing God would actually love me or forgive me. Then, after years of backsliding and doubting, fate handed me an appointment with the One who died for me on a cruel Roman cross, reminding me that the Master never left me, it was I who left him. Like the prodigal son, He reconciled me with open arms to give me a new beginning.

One of my favorite parables is in Luke 15:11-32 about the prodigal son, because although I was lost, I am now found...Praise the Lord Jesus...

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:7-10

Gus Miller

Gustavo Miller Software Engineer at OntarioTECK VBA Developers

Never thought I could have stopped using drugs. When I met Jesus, things started to change and I realized what I had done. I was filled with shame and guilt. I felt a hole in my heart, one that, I thought it would never heal. But, with God everything is possible. God brought me from the gutter to where I am, I can only live for him now, I cannot see my live going any other way.

Matthew 7:13-14 "13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."