HISTORY
Fellowship Community Church, (formerly known as Fellowship
Pentecostal Church) came into existence on November 1st,
2004, when Reverends Reg & Bev Bone, felt the call of God on
their lives to begin a new Independent Evangelical work on the
South Shore of Nova Scotia where they were residing. With the
support, encouragement and affiliation of President, Reverend
Stephen Wade, of the World Mission Evangelistic Association Inc.
of Paradise Nova Scotia, the church came into being.
The work began and remained in
the Pastors’ home in Mill Cove Park a former Canadian Forces
Base, on the outskirts of Hubbard’s NS. In November of 2004,
we began advertising the church in the two local area
newspapers. As a result of those ads, one Sunday in December,
we were blessed with two people (of
Hammonds Plains), who were interested in coming to church on a
regular basis. They have become an integral part of the family
at FCC. On Christmas Eve 2004, we held our first Candlelight
Church Service in our home, a combination of ten friends and
neighbourhood people were present. It was indeed a beautiful
celebration of “The Christmas Story”.
A time of fellowship and refreshments
followed.
In April of 2005, we met a young couple who moved into the park
four doors from us. We welcomed them to the park, and
invited them to come to church in our home. We were also able
to assist them in another personal way and they were grateful.
So, led by The Holy Spirit, Harry who is an accomplished
carpenter, designed, built and donated the FCC Pulpit, which we
still use today. This young couple started to come to church on
a regular basis and eventually, Pastor Reg was honoured and
blessed with the privilege of uniting them in marriage, on
Saturday May 28th, 2005, in the Black Point, NS Fire
Hall.
We received encouragement from the
Property Manager of Mill Cove Developments,
who gave us permission to move the church out of our home and
into “The Gatehouse”. May 1st we began to hold
services in there rent free. We were blessed! However, there
were no furnishings within the building, so we hurriedly went
out and purchased folding chairs, ordered Communion Ware and
Offering Plates and a folding table. On Sunday morning
November 13th, 2005, God blessed us with a lady named Martha
, from the park. Then on Sunday morning November 27th,
2005, Martha returned with her daughter April . Martha's husband Larry came to service once and the son never
did come to church. April attended regularly with her Mother
and her family attended church only once.
On Sunday November 27th, 2005, during
the morning worship hour, Andrew and his sons Andrew and
Brian were moving into the park, when they saw our sign, they
came in and joined our service. Andrews wife Pamela and
daughters Demera and Celinda came to service at a later
date.
On December 18th, 2005, a
Christmas Concert was held in the church featuring the Gospel
Quartet “Shekinah”, with 31 in attendance, and a time of
fellowship and refreshments followed. On December 24th,
2005, we held a Candlelight Service with only six people in
attendance.
On March 5th, 2006, a
combined service was held with the Church in the Pines
congregation. President Stephen Wade was the special speaker
in the morning worship hour, with 24 people in attendance. A
time of fellowship and lunch followed.
On
September 18th, 2006, Fellowship Community Church
hosted a first ever dinner for the local area Firefighter’s,
Paramedics and their spouses. The Lions Club of Hubbard’s
prepared and served a roast beef dinner. Local businesses
within the community contributed monies, to be used for the
purchase of a set of “Jaws for Life.” Five of the celebrants
were the recipients of donated gifts. The Fire Chief
presented certificates of achievements to the deserving
Firefighters. The local Councillor Floyd Shatford and his
wife Elaine, were in attendance. A member of our church Eric, took pictures of the evenings festivities and a special
group photograph of the Firefighters and Paramedics. The
local newspaper “The Masthead News” followed the evening with
a front page story and photograph.
