I have written before that I am a big fan of stories. I love a good story. But I have noticed that more and more we seem to be telling mostly “bad news” type stories. We talk about what’s wrong, what needs to be fixed, how bad things are, and stuff like that. Our focus […]
Two years ago, The Freeway in Oshawa, ON went through the Lifeplan process and discerned that God wanted them to find a permanent facility to use for their ministry. Up until that point, The Freeway met in school gyms on Sunday mornings and had a small office in downtown Oshawa. “Our original vision was to […]
Malvern is located in the northeast corner of Toronto. It is one of the most ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in Canada with over sixty different cultures represented including Caribbean Canadians (mostly Jamaican, Trinidadian, and Guyanese) and South Asian Canadians (mostly Sri Lankan Tamil, Indian and Pakistani). Malvern also has the highest concentration of 12 to 24 […]
Rachel and Logan Runnalls live in Caronport, SK, home to Briercrest College and Seminary and easy driving distance from the city of Moose Jaw. They have a close and active friend group of thirty-something families who are in and out of each other’s homes for meals, celebrations, book clubs and house concerts. Over the last […]
In August, 10-15 youth and young adults from Ontario and Quebec will have the opportunity to grow in their faith, serve the church and community, and develop cross cultural skills. These young people will be in Montreal to learn more about themselves, Canada, and serving Jesus. Discipleship and cross cultural training, worship, community service and […]
Adam Kline is the Intercultural Engagement Team Leader. The Intercultural Engagement Team (IET) provides coordinated oversight and support to missional efforts and projects by local churches across The Free Methodist Church in Canada. The main objective of these missional efforts is to share the good news of Jesus with people who are otherwise unlikely to […]
Mary Lee DeWitt is a Regional Coach and is part of the Ministerial Education, Guidance and Placement (MEGaP) Committee. “You could say my motto is “So many books, so little time,” but I have become a bit more selective in what I read. My book choices are often influenced by recommendations from others that get […]
Next Church, in Kingston, ON, sent Todd Stelmach as a Community Development Missionary to Rustle Church. The neighborhood surrounding Rustle Church is the eleventh poorest neighborhood in Canada. Kingston is a fairly affluent city, but they concentrated all their government housing and most of their social services and shelters in the Rustle neighborhood. The upside […]
Welcome to round two of “Who is Reading What in 2019?” This time I asked John-Mark Cockram, co-pastor of Kingsview Church in Etobicoke, ON, to share his reading list in the hopes he would include something for the comic fans out there. He didn’t disappoint. John-Mark is graduating with his MDiV from Tyndale University College […]
In 2015, members of West Springs Free Methodist Church in Calgary, AB started the Asylum Seekers Initiative Group (ASIG) in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. No one in the group had any prior experience working with new immigrants or refugees so they turned to the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS), a non-profit organization which […]
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