Canceled Sundays, General Conference and Kingdom Work in a Ghost-town! Many of you had to cancel Sunday morning service. I see that several of you live-streamed your service. Praise God for that type of technology. The question that I find myself asking is one that a dear friend asked me, […]
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Pandemic Preparedness, General Conference & A Musical Idea Is it our responsibility as a Church to be prepared for a pandemic? Your local church is committed to “accept responsibility for their community.” This is a community threat which is both a medical issue and a mental health issue. There is
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Another General Conference Resolution & Strategic Planning in Balmy SK! Is your church readying for “General Conference 2020: Be Free!”? Are you praying for our time together? Are you reading, and prayerfully discussing the resolutions? Are you registered for the Prayer Summit? Are you registered for GC? Today our Board
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We are in a series in preparation for General Conference (have you registered yet?). I hope that as a church family you are participating in the call to pray for General Conference, and discussing resolutions that are being presented. Most of these are not new to you. They have been
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40 Days of Prayer & Fasting for the Renewal of the FMCIC Perhaps you have read the statistics and heard the predictions, that the church in Canada is in decline. The FMCIC is part of that decline and we believe we can do our part to reverse this statistic as
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Did you know that we have a small committee reviewing how to best prepare our ministers (and their families) for retirement and how to continue to missionally and pastorally engage with them after retirement? Retired missionary Debbie Hogeboom is leading the team. This committee has not come about because I
CliffsNotes – February 18, 2020 Read More
Pulpit supply May long weekend – an idea: just in case you had forgotten, we will all be together this May long weekend for General Conference: Be Free! Pastors, instead of looking for a guest speaker why don’t you plan to live stream the Sunday service? For those in BC,
CliffsNotes – February 12, 2020 Read More
Un ami m’a tendu la main l’autre jour avec une offre très gentille. C’était un peu comme: «Je ne sais pas si vous en avez besoin, mais sachez que si vous avez besoin d’une oreille attentive ou de quelqu’un pour prier pour vous, je serais prêt à le faire.» C’était
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Be Free! And an Ordination The Reverend Todd Stelmach wore a suit (but more on that later). We are in a series of interviews with the Chair of the Board of Administration. Dr. Harold Gonyou is laying out recommendations that we will be discussing at General Conference May 14-17. Remember,
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General Conference 2020: Be Free! This is week 2 of my interviews with Harold Gonyou, Chair of the Board of Administration. Remember the goal is that you will have received motions and recommendations months before General Conference so that you can discuss in your local churches. If there are any
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