The Free Methodist Church in Canada

Who’s invitedMinisters (ordained, commissioned), Delegates, Board chairs, Ministerial Candidates, Retired Ministers and Lay Ministers Purposes To introduce local church leaders to one another so that they can build relationships and potentially give assistance to one another To vision-cast to lay leaders and pastors between General Conferences To increase missional momentum, […]

This past Saturday was the first of nine Regional Gatherings to be held in various centres across Canada. Pastors and local church leaders from 11 different churches in Quebec and one in Ontario met at Église Méthodiste Libre de Rosemont in Montréal. It was interesting to listen in on the

“As your church considers how to respond to First Nations folks in your community you may want to participate in this event. The Journey of Freedom started on the West Coast at the end of Feb and will visit towns and reserves across the country on their way to Ottawa.

For those churches who have submitted their annual reports . . . thank you. So far two-thirds of our churches have responded. The deadline to submit your Annual Report was February 15, 2010. If you have not yet filed your annual report, we ask that you do so as soon

The magnitude 7 quake in Haiti which killed a reported 230,000 people has left up to one million survivors in makeshift camps or sleeping rough. Probably some 5,000 Free Methodist members are in the impacted area, and providing food and shelter to many of them remains a critical objective of

Dan Sheffield, Director of Intercultural and Global Ministries, shares great news about Free Methodist response to Haiti disaster: I have just had a report from Laurie Cook, the director of World Relief Canada [WRC] regarding donations for Haiti. February 12 was the cut-off date given by CIDA for matching donations

Lent is a season of soul-searching, a time when we seek to open ourselves up before God, to hear his call, a time to recognize and respond to God’s presence in our lives and in our world, a time to place all that we are, all we can be, in

After the devastation of losing almost everything, including many family members, our Haitian brothers’ and sisters’ spirits are starting to lift as we partner together in relief and prepare to rebuild homes and communities. Teams from North America and other countries will be mobilized and sent to work with Haitians in the

As I spoke to Linda Adams, ICCM Director, last night from Haiti, her heart broke as she saw the devastation in Port-au-Prince from the earthquake that struck more than two weeks ago. Many families have lost their homes and are now living in refugee camps and have scattered throughout the

It has been just over a week since the earthquake in Port-au-Prince that has impacted more than 3 million people. Another serious quake yesterday added more damage and lives taken. Most of us are getting updates via our regular news sources. It is the unique connections we have with Haiti,