“Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD…..O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that […]
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PARTNERING & MERRY CHRISTMAS I’ve been outlining weekly initiatives included in the FMCiC’s 3 Year Ministry Plan. Let’s take a holiday from the 3 Year Plan and allow me to tell you a little about two energizing meetings I’ve recently been in… and then wish you Merry Christmas! One week
Every FM local church in Canada is prayerfully asking, “How do I accept responsibility for my community?” Lakeside Community Church sent me this video, and I asked Pastor Ken Dryden (“Yes THE Ken Dryden, but not the hockey player… the FM pastor Ken Dryden”) to tell me more about the
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FMCiC 3 Year Ministry Plan: Initiatives 4, 5, 6 Every church should be working on, or working with a current ministry plan. These plans should come out of a prayerful discernment process (we recommend the Life Plan tool) which is about listening to God and your local church’s unique calling
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Le programme de musique de l’École Publique de Rideau Vista a reçu une bourse de $4,933 du Fonds d’Action Communautaire de Westport et du magasin friperie New Life de Westport. Les deux donateurs sont des projets de l’Église Méthodiste Libre de Westport qui à travers le Fonds d’Action a lancé
L’Avent est presque devant nous. Et il semble que chaque année je finis par écrire le même type d’article. Je me suis creusé la tête en essayant de trouver quelque chose de différent à écrire. Puis j’ai été inspiré par quelques-uns de mes amis sur Facebook et je me suis retrouvé
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What About “Missions” Part 2: The Wrights Last week I sent out the third initiative in our 3 Year Ministry Plan: Intercultural Engagement Team. I mentioned that we are hiring (leaders, we’d love to receive recommendations – click here for the link for the job description). Today I’m very happy
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FMCiC 3 Year Ministry Plan: A Third Initiative What about “missions”? “Missions” has not been on the “back burner” nor has it been given a lesser priority. This past year we have collected mission endeavours that you are already investing in (prayer, time, finances and with other resources), in fact
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FMCiC 3 Year Ministry Plan: A Second Initiative Over the next few weeks I will be introducing you to the new FMCiC 3 Year Ministry Plan. Last week I started with the first initiative (though I did note that the initiatives are not in any particular order): Initiative number one:
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De temps à autre, je ferai référence au film sportif de 1992 The Mighty Ducks en parlant d’églises. Non pas parceque c’est mon film préféré (ou bien un bon film) mais parcequ’il y a une leçon ou deux dedans pour ceux d’entre nous faisant partis d’une église locale. Laissez-noi rafraîchir
