A “Movement” is a Coordinated Effort Pastor of Yarker FM, Ken Babcock challenged us to pray for the Ukraine. He wrote this: “So this is something I have never done before but here we go. A woman in our church was praying in the night and felt impressed of the …
A Good Sunday, Lent, Hate & Donating toCrisis Relief in Ukraine On Sunday morning I worshipped with our Newmarket FM church family. The last time I was there, Pastor Terry had them wear Leaf’s jerseys (there were several Habs jerseys which made the room feel friendlier!). There were no Leaf’s jerseys …
Prayer-Worship-Evangelism-Discipleship I spoke in Ghana Sunday morning, and then I drove to Kingston to be with our Kingston West FM. A small contingent of FMCiC’ers zoomed in at 6:30 AM EST our time to celebrate Ghana FM becoming a PROVISIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE, which is only a couple of steps from …
Dear friends, I’ve decided to record my Cliff’s Notes this week, mostly because I wanted you to hear me genuinely say thank you for your ongoing commitment as church families to support one another, love your communities and pray! Click here to watchI was at Polson Park FM in Kingston this …
A Convoy & A People of Peace FMCiC, we must distinguish ourselves as a people of peace. I believe that it is God’s heart for us in this season. People of peace (Jesus-people) are Jesus-centered, firmly rooted in Scripture, and prayer, while also being exceedingly humble, hospitable, and loving. Peace …
I was with Smith Falls FM this weekend, another very warm greeting and worshipful experience. The Children’s Director reminded us about “chain reactions”. She explained that our responses, behaviours, choices, attitudes and prayers impact others who are sometimes 2 or more people removed from you! This is how wonderfully important …
FMCiC, I encourage you to make sure that these two initiatives are in your calendars… So nice to be travelling more! Karlene and I were with Rustle Church in Kingston this past weekend. They showed me a table full of beautiful mittens that had been knitted by other Free Methodist …
A New Logo & A Spiritual Direction Opportunity: Two Interviews A New Logo: The FMCiC has a new logo! It focuses on our distinctive approach to discernment, our Wesleyan Quadrilateral — sort of! The thinker who coined this term (Outler), later wrote that he wished now that he had …
First Priority in 2022 Part 2: Prayer-Worship-Evangelism-Discipleship Here’s where we left off last week: I entitled this Cliff’s Notes series “FMCiC’s First Priority: Prayer-Worship-Evangelism-Discipleship”. We tease these apart, prayer, worship, evangelism and discipleship, in order to help clarify doctrinal statements, and to have clearly defined categories on our bookshelves; …
FMCiC’s First 2022 Priority Part 1:Prayer-Worship-Evangelism-Discipleship A new friend told me about her Church in a European country. Her Church is relatively large and she spoke quite enthusiastically about it. She highlighted their focus on evangelism. She herself is a part of a group that weekly goes downtown to engage …
