In Other Words: Why Start a New Church? Community Existing for Community
Starting new churches has been a normal part of church life for 2,000 years. In the New Testament alone, 30 towns are mentioned where a new Christian community had been…
Starting new churches has been a normal part of church life for 2,000 years. In the New Testament alone, 30 towns are mentioned where a new Christian community had been…
…British, United Empire Loyalist, concentrated set of very separate communities, to interconnected and extremely diverse communities. This has led to many changes of our parish communities; the boundaries, the languages,…
…a venture that loans tablet computers to isolated seniors to allow them to connect to family and their faith community, and other grants that help to reintegrate people exiting incarceration….
…day last spring they were both at the church. Linda was working at her Altar Guild duties and John, who has a passion for wood, had an idea. John Reaume…
…(ref: biblegateway.com/resources/all-women-bible/Deborah-No-1) For me, nursing is not only my profession, but my passion. “The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others” —Ghandi. Judith…
…The Syrian refugee migration has been compared to the migration after the Second World War. To make an unbearable situation worse, displaced people living in desperate circumstances most recently experienced…
…inviting us into, and how we can come alongside the mission of God within our faith communities and outside those buildings. Discerning versus deciding! Here’s another question I hear a…
…every Eucharist, I believe, the mystery thickens. The two sheets again come together, the bread and wine becoming the body and blood of the risen Lord Jesus, our saviour. In…
by Marie Leone Life’s Journey We think of life as an endless journey, days passing one after another. We often know we are heading for eternity. There’s no shortcut to…
…am passionate about helping people grow spiritually. I love the church because I believe it is the best community to help us form into the fullness of our calling. I…
…admire. Colourful flowers greeted all who passed one of the busiest intersections in the city. Beryl Martin and Cecil Mitchell had the honour of cutting the 70th anniversary cake, under…
…the diocesan budget and our Mission Action Plan revealed “proof we’re in this together.” Carey dePass, Grace Church, Milton I felt very proud to be a member of the Anglican…
…Mary the mother of Jesus with two other Marys at the foot of the cross, close enough that a dying Jesus can speak to her and commend her into the…
…civilization attesting to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus than of any other person or event. By way of comparison, the works of Aristotle had to wait until the…
…2023 DMM compared to 2022. An incentive for parishes completing their parish Mission Action Plan will also continue to support parishes to bring new missional initiatives to life. Synod elected…
…on our behalf. With the passage of time, however, the links become more tenuous. To learn more about those who are commemorated is one way to reforge those links. The…
…Christianity, Judaism and Islam all contain passages that, if read literally, lead to violence and hate. Jonathan completes his book by writing, “Today God is calling us, Jew, Christian and…
…selecting a seven-person oversight committee, known as the Electoral Synod Nominations and Planning Committee. It is expected that an electoral synod will happen in the first quarter of 2018. The…
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