9 Regional Gatherings under our corporate – FMCIC-belt. This past weekend was in Regina. We enjoyed visioning and praying together. 3 different types of chili to choose from – thank you Northview FM! And Thank You Northview for your enthusiastic participation in the worship and sermon! Good reminder that we …
This past weekend I was in Calgary for their Regional Gathering. It was a warm beautiful day in Red Deer. Though we don’t have a church in Red Deer, it is a middle ground for our Alberta churches. Thank you each of you for making that effort to attend, pray, …
I sure hope that you had a refreshing long weekend! Today two important prayer opportunities that are time sensitive: 1. The Free Methodist Church in Sri Lanka will be in court this Thursday and we are praying for justice and resolution. They are eager to get out of the courts …
It was 30 degrees in Vancouver on Sunday: Happy Mother’s Day indeed! Saturday was the BC Regional Gathering and we were hosted by the New Heights Community Church family. This church family purchased a building on the main street of town (Mission, BC). In order to do so, the city …
135 years. That’s how old our Tillsonburg church turned this year and Karlene and I were invited to participate in their anniversary service this past weekend. When Open Arms (Tillsonburg FM) wondered what it would mean to accept responsibility for their community, they realized that God would have them befriend …
In my neighbourhood we have squirrels that run around raiding gardens. In Dryden Ontario, they have deer! Someone at the Regional Gathering this weekend in Dryden said that they counted 30 around the town! Karlene and I enjoyed the very warm fellowship of this tight knit network/Regional Gathering. We talked, …
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 …
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 …
Regional Gathering number 4 was on snow covered St. Joseph Island! Many thanks to each of you who made the trek, even though weather was somewhat of an issue (well it would’ve been for the likes of this snow-sensitive southern Ontarian), and you had considerable drives. What a good time …
I have been reading about “meals” in Scripture, most recently in David Fitch’s Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines that Shape the Church for Mission. A couple of our churches are using this book in a sermon series and Bible study and it is a very substantial read. Jesus ate with people …
