In his article Church Growth: Use the Principles, Don’t But the Hype, Karl Vater says “When it comes to church growth and health, we need to lower the volume and listen with both discernment and faith“. Click here to read the full article: Church Growth: Use The Principles, Don’t Buy […]
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135 years. That’s how old our Tillsonburg church turned this year and Karlene and I were invited to participate in their anniversary service this past weekend. When Open Arms (Tillsonburg FM) wondered what it would mean to accept responsibility for their community, they realized that God would have them befriend
In his article ‘7 Ways we Put a Note Welcome Sign on Our Church‘ Ron Edmondson says this “Of course, none of us would intentionally place a “Closed for Business” sign on our church doors. But, it was a great way to jar my thoughts about some practices churches
Dans mon quartier, nous avons des écureuils qui courent pillant les jardins. À Dryden Ontario, ils ont des chevreuils! Une personne au Rassemblement Régional ce week-end m’a dit qu’il en avait compté 30 autour de la ville! Karlene et moi avons apprécié la confrérie trés chaleureuse de ce réseau /
J’ai récemment lu un article sur les conversations et cela m’a fait réfléchir. L’auteur a écrit (en partie)… “N’avez-vous jamais eu une de ces conversations que, même si vous ne le réalisez pas immédiatement, vous reconnaissez plus tard qu’elle a un de ces moments de type ‘a ha’ changement de
In my neighbourhood we have squirrels that run around raiding gardens. In Dryden Ontario, they have deer! Someone at the Regional Gathering this weekend in Dryden said that they counted 30 around the town! Karlene and I enjoyed the very warm fellowship of this tight knit network/Regional Gathering. We talked,
I recently read an article about conversations and it left me thinking. The author wrote (in part)… “Have you ever had one of those conversations that, even though you may not have realized it at the time, you later recognized as a life changing ‘a ha’ moment? You know, that
Lorsqu’un Membre du Conseil a demandé de quelle manière une église locale pourrait bénéficier d’un stage, et j’ai répondu qu’il y aurait peu d’avantages tangibles. Notre travail était de préparer un jeune pasteur à prendre ministère dans une autre Église Méthodiste Libre où d’autres croyants et communantés en recherche bénéficieraient
This past Friday and Saturday the national Board of Administration met (we meet twice a year). We continued in our study of Pursuing God’s Will Together by Ruth Haley Barton. There were items on the agenda that we all looked forward to and at least one that none of us
