Attendance is one of the hot topics in Church conversation. What do the attendance trends mean? How do we attract more people to our church? If our numbers aren’t high, does that mean we are in trouble? The answer is not necessarily. In his article ‘4 Reasons The Potential Of […]
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In my neighbourhood, it was a lousy weather weekend. Several of our churches had to cancel services and special events. We also had to make the very difficult (but right) decision to cancel the Regional Gathering scheduled at Wesley Chapel. It’s Spring?!? Today, I’m attaching an article from The Globe
Due to the freezing rain scheduled for tomorrow and going into Sunday, we have decided to cancel the Regional Gathering that was scheduled to take place at Wesley Chapel Saturday, April 14th. We are very sorry for the inconvenience!
“Discipleship is both initiated and cultivated in the home. Parents have more influence than they can ever imagine when it comes to the spiritual development of their children. When children see faith displayed in the lives of their parents, they naturally will want to display those same qualities”~Erin Woodfin, full
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Regional Gathering number 4 was on snow covered St. Joseph Island! Many thanks to each of you who made the trek, even though weather was somewhat of an issue (well it would’ve been for the likes of this snow-sensitive southern Ontarian), and you had considerable drives. What a good time
The congregation where you serve, worship or lead may have a small footprint – as in a tiny building, no building, or too few people for your large building, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a big impact. Click here to read Karl Vater’s article: 5 Ways Your Church’s
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I have been reading about “meals” in Scripture, most recently in David Fitch’s Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines that Shape the Church for Mission. A couple of our churches are using this book in a sermon series and Bible study and it is a very substantial read. Jesus ate with people
Easter Day 2 – Monday April 2, 2018 Reading: John 20:1-18 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was
Reading: John 18:28-40 28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate came
