Lisa Howden

The Flying V

De temps à autre, je ferai référence au film sportif de 1992 The Mighty Ducks en parlant d’églises. Non pas parceque c’est mon film préféré (ou bien un bon film) mais parcequ’il y a une leçon ou deux dedans pour ceux d’entre nous faisant partis d’une église locale. Laissez-noi rafraîchir

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CliffsNotes – November 6, 2018

FMCiC 3 Year Ministry Plan The first CliffsNotes of 2018 stated that we couldn’t keep doing things the same way and expect different outcomes like conversions, growth in membership, stronger finances, growing mission / outreach “beyond”, and the development of new pastors. Before the end of the year I will

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CliffsNotes – October 30, 2018

The Reverend Doctor James Pedlar was formally installed as the “Donald N. and Kathleen G. Bastian Chair of Wesley Studies” at Tyndale University College and Seminary, last week. Besides his teaching duties at Tyndale as Associate Professor of Theology, Dr. Pedlar is also an associate pastor at Wesley Chapel FM

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CliffsNotes – October 16, 2018

Everyone needs to spend time with the Study Commission on Doctrine (“SCOD”) – I love my time with them. These very thoughtful (smart) Free Methodists from across Canada met this past Friday and Saturday. You have commissioned these individuals to help us as a movement to deal with current doctrinal,

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Marché communautaire avec un but

Y at-il quelque chose de mieux que des beignets faits maison, du café chaud et des produits frais de la ferme? À la première église méthodiste libre de Moose Jaw, en Saskatchewan, ce rêve est une réalité! Ces deux dernières années, FFMC a invité sa congrégation et son quartier à

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CliffsNotes – October 9, 2018

New Horizons FM in Sarnia, Eastern Ministers’ Conference, Pineridge FM (in Calgary), Western Ministers Conference, and then Crestview FM in Winnipeg this past Sunday. I have been with many leaders over the past couple of weeks and most are asking the same essential questions about accepting responsibility for our communities.

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CliffsNotes – October 2, 2018

Hello Friends, Bishop Cliff, Marc and Jared are in Saskatoon, SK for the next few days for the Western Ministers Conference that will be held at Queen’s House Retreat and Renewal Centre. Please keep the pastors in your prayers as they travel, slow down from really busy schedules to meet

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