When Westdale Park Free Methodist Church began to think about accepting responsibility for their community, they looked to restoring relationship with their Indigenous neighbours from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Westdale Park FMC is located in Great Napanee, Ontario and Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is located a few kilometres west of the church. […]
So far this year there have been a couple of internet phenomena that I have noticed. One was the “how much did you age” thing on Facebook, which didn’t really inspire me to write. So I won’t be subjecting you to pictures or reflections of what time has done to
In 2011, shortly after starting at Westport Free Methodist Church, in Westport, ON, pastor Paul Millar discovered that the church had a desire to reach out to their community but they didn’t know exactly how to go about it. The church also didn’t have a vision statement. Paul and the
In 2016, Darryl Dozlaw, musician, teacher, pastor and church planter, began reading the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,Volume One: Summary: Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future. The report includes the history of residential schools in Canada, the legacy of that school system, and the
I know we aren’t through Christmas yet, but I wanted to help us get a jump on our New Year’s resolutions, and this is my last post until 2019. Here are some things I think the church should resolve to do in the coming year. And when I say the
“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving
In Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes hold a special place in hearts all around. Weyburn Free Methodist Church (WFMC) started handing out shoe boxes nearly twenty years ago. After noticing an advertisement in the Billy Graham Evangelical Association paper, some members of the church took the initiative to start
Advent is almost upon us. And it seems like every year I end up writing the same type of article. So I have been racking my brain trying to figure out something different to write. Then I got inspired by a couple of my friends on Facebook and wound up
John Vlainic recently shared the following on the FMCiC pastors’ email list. These are resources worth looking at if you are starting a small group in the new year. Friends: A pastor friend mentioned that he was working on finding really good books which might be used by small groups
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When we refer to transitions within the FMCIC, we are talking about a church in need of a lead pastor – but if I were to ask what a transitional pastor does, what would you say? Transitions are bound to happen in the life of a church, and when they
