One of my responsibilities at the Ministry Centre is to provide design support as needed. So when I first heard the theme for our next General Conference in 2008, [You’ve been treated generously, so live generously – that’s so like Jesus.] my thoughts jumped immediately to the best way it […]
What do living generously and dandelions have in common? Read More
Thank you for partnering with us to provide funds for programming in Relief and Development projects around the world. You have made a dramatic difference in changing the lives of those in need. We are pleased to provide an update of the international projects you are supporting through your World
2006 World Relief Annual Report fot The Free Methodist Church in Canada Read More
If you are like me, this time of year always causes me to become very reflective. I spend a lot of time thinking about the past – performing a “searching moral inventory” of myself. I reflect on where I was this time last year and ask myself: “Have I become
“What would Jesus do if he were mayor?” is the central question of a book I am reading by Bob Moffitt, entitled If Jesus Were Mayor. Moffitt also puts the question another way, “What would happen if next Monday morning starting at 9:00 a.m., everyone in our community started to
“Later Jesus and his disciples were at home having supper with a collection of disreputable guests. Unlikely as it seems, more than a few of them had become followers. The religion scholars and Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company and lit into his disciples: ‘What kind of example
Tax collectors, outcasts and prostitutes…what was Jesus thinking? Read More
Council debates application for gay pride parade…Statistics show increase in abortions in health region…More couples choose cohabitation over marriage… These are examples of headlines that could run in any newspaper across our country. They are headlines that as Christian, we know address not only media items, but matters of morality
Editor’s Note: We all have a role to play in influencing the areas in which we work and live. This article focuses primarily on one way individuals are making a difference in the lives of people facing terrible circumstances. I think there are larger lessons incorporated in these experiences that
New Faculty Will Enhance Tyndale’s Reputation as a Leading Christian Institution of Higher EducationTORONTO (January 12, 2007) – David Zimmer, MPP Willowdale was joined by Dr. Brian C. Stiller, President of Tyndale University College, to announce the approval by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities for Tyndale to apply
B.Ed. Application Approved: NEW TEACHERS COLLEGE AT TYNDALE UNVIERSITY COLLEGE Read More
I’ve just recently returned from a seven day visit to Accra, Ghana, a city of 2.5 million people in West Africa. The purpose of the trip was to spend mentoring time with John-Mark and Loreli Cockram and their two girls, Mallory and Sophia. The Cockrams are from the Barrie FMC
WHEN GOD? WHEN EXACTLY? WHEN?If your plans are postponed, or hindered for a time, even if your plans are coming to pass but very slowly, or they get stopped altogether – these can all be classified as delays. Perhaps you have been thinking . . . “I have waited for
