Big Voice, Little Voice, No Voice, One Voice Part 1 If you are a Christian then you are a part of universal Body of Christ which includes all other believers across time and space. You are not a bench warmer on the God-team, or an extra in the God-movie, or […]
CliffsNotes – July 28, 2020 Read More
Another Task force & A Summer Question “A new task force? Don’t we have enough to do already?” The Free Methodist Church in Canada already has task forces exploring our relationship to the LGBT+ community, engaging women in leadership, a mandate to create one to consider our ministry to families
CliffsNotes – July 21, 2020 Read More
A New Task Force and Re-Gathering The FMCIC has formed an anti-racism, or pro-equality, or ‘we’re all made in the image of God so how do we live fully into that’ task force. Actually, the Board of Administration did not give the task force a name, they left that to
CliffsNotes – June 30, 2020 Read More
Welcome to “FMCIC Sabbath- week”! Sabbath is daily: God “sabbath-ed”, or stopped daily (read Genesis 1 and pay attention to the sabbaths): He reviewed and considered His day (He remembered): “it is good” implies that He wondered to Himself “is this good?” Around our family meal we played a “high-low”
CliffsNotes – June 23, 2020 Read More
Good Morning, Bishop Cliff is away today. Thank you to everyone who was able to join the National Check in that took place on Saturday. It was a good time to be able to meet together on a national level. If you were not able to join the meeting, there
CliffsNotes – June 16, 2020 Read More
Pastor Will Keller hosted the first “Many Voices – One Heart” event. Tyendinaga Mohawk Chief R. Donald Maracle was in attendance and was invited to bring us greetings. For over an hour he gave us a history lesson and the time flew by. I felt confusion, anger, and sadness as
CliffsNotes – June 9, 2020 Read More
« Tout a changé, et rien ne sera plus jamais pareil. » « Les choses vont se calmer, et nous reviendrons bientôt à la normale. » « Certaines choses pourraient changer et d’autres resteront probablement les mêmes. » « Je ne sais pas. » Si vous prenez toutes les opinions sur ce que l’église ressemblera après la pandémie,
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“I can’t breathe.” Lord, what do You want Your church to do with this? I can rant, or lament. I can riot or protest. Do you know the differences? A rant is not an invitation to others to come to the table for discussion. A rant is an opportunity
CliffsNotes – June 2, 2020 Read More
J’ai parlé avec Joe Manafo, pasteur principal à l’église de Lakeview, en février dernier, après avoir consulté le site internet de Lakeview. Je m’interrogeais sur leur « plan directeur » et la façon dont ils ont atterri là-bas. L’an prochain, Lakeview célébrera son 100e anniversaire. L’église a été fondée, en 1921, par
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A gift for our pastors, “Parking Lot” services & a note from Karlene Our leadership team is actively contacting local leaders across Canada. We’ve heard good stories, and despite the current circumstances, many of our leaders are shining. We find their faithfulness, creativity and adaptability inspiring. However, we’ve also heard
CliffsNotes – May 26, 2020 Read More
