I recently read an article about conversations and it left me thinking. The author wrote (in part)… “Have you ever had one of those conversations that, even though you may not have realized it at the time, you later recognized as a life changing ‘a ha’ moment? You know, that […]
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Lorsqu’un Membre du Conseil a demandé de quelle manière une église locale pourrait bénéficier d’un stage, et j’ai répondu qu’il y aurait peu d’avantages tangibles. Notre travail était de préparer un jeune pasteur à prendre ministère dans une autre Église Méthodiste Libre où d’autres croyants et communantés en recherche bénéficieraient
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This past Friday and Saturday the national Board of Administration met (we meet twice a year). We continued in our study of Pursuing God’s Will Together by Ruth Haley Barton. There were items on the agenda that we all looked forward to and at least one that none of us
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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
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When asked by a Board Member how the local church would benefit from an internship, I responded that there would be few tangible benefits. Our job was to prepare a young pastor to take on ministry at another Free Methodist Church where other believers and seeking communities would benefit from
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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!
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“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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