A few months ago I wrote a story about Brianna Sitwell, a 2014 Terry Fox Humanitarian Award recipient. Well, turns out fellow camper Matthew Silver also received this awesome scholarship. Matthew and Brianna first met when they were three years old. They hung out as toddlers and kindergarteners but lost […]
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I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. Yes, I realize this is a strange thing to say given I am a social media journalist and spend most of my work day on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest. I get tired of the ads, the click bait and the amount of
On January 12, 2015 Peter Goodyear, Pastor of Asbury Free Methodist Church in Perth, ON, and Dan Sheffield, Director of Global and Intercultural Ministries left Toronto for Niamey, Niger to visit missionaries David and Jennifer and to ordain a new pastor. This was Peter’s first mission trip and one he
This past December I saw a bunch of familiar faces pop up on the Kingsview FMC Facebook page. Turns out these happy smiling folks were preparing a whole bunch of pancakes as part of Kipling Collegiate Institute’s annual Christmas Breakfast. I spoke with Pastor Darrin Lindsay to get the scoop.
Have you noticed a recent video post on the connexion – the Free Methodist theology blog? Three Minute Theology was created by Dale Harris, pastor at The FreeWay FMC in Courtice, ON. The title kind of gives things away: Dale explains a
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I recently spoke with Brianna Sitwell, a 2014 Terry Fox Humanitarian Award recipient and since many scholarship application deadlines are just around the corner I thought it was a good time to share her story. Brianna and her family have been attending Wesley Acres Family Camp, in Bloomfield, ON, since
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This past Sunday’s worship service at theStory in Sarnia, ON was a morning of music, scripture and glow sticks. Merry Christmas! “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NIV
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I’m a glass half-full kind of girl. I wear my Little Ms. Sunshine t-shirt proudly. I am often described as an encouraging, cheerful, happy optimist. Depression is characterized by a fairly lengthy period of time (at least two weeks) during which a person feels sad or hopeless or lacks focus
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Around Christmas 2012 while Dale Harris, Lead Pastor at The Freeway FMC in Courtice, ON, was walking his daughter to the bus stop she mentioned she had SASS club that day at school. SASS stands for Student Association of Student Songwriters and soon this club would have a significant impact
On Saturday, November 8th at 9am Kingscourt FMC in Kingston, ON began 24 hours of prayer. They prayed for the needs of those in their church family and the needs of the denomination, community, country and beyond. Prayer requests were posted in the sanctuary and there were also 19
