The Type of Leader that will Impact the Next Generation
When I think of helping the next generation get future-ready I think of preparing them to be better listeners and first-responders—to Jesus first and foremost, and then to the needs […]
Supporting & Connecting with Refugee Believers
Full of faith and enthusiasm, David Benjamin boarded a train and headed to Bhutan to do ministry at seventeen years old. Two months later, he was back home in India […]
NextGen Huddles: Ministry Support Base for Next Gen Leaders
“There’s something about following Jesus that gets way better when you do it with other people.” – Kristen Webb EMCC huddles are small discipleship groups of Jesus followers engaged in […]
Serving Across the Street: How One Church is Reaching a New Generation in Their Community
Hope Chapel is an EMC church in Collingwood, Ontario, first established in 1897, now at its current location since 1957. When Jane Peck stepped into the pastor role in July […]
Abide in Me: At Home With Jesus
While meditating on John 15 at the Ontario Pastors’ Retreat this fall, Gen Epp contemplated new and better ways to make her heart a more habitable dwelling place for the […]
Standing in the Gap
COVID caught all of us by surprise. When the unprecedented closure of schools came in Red Deer, it didn’t take long for CrossRoads Church to realize that, for many families, […]
No Restrictions on the Holy Spirit
God’s redeeming work is not hindered even if Covid has us stuck at home. This lesson was brought powerfully home to Ray* and Wai Liu recently when an ‘out of […]
Rising with the Dawn
I’m not going to lie, it is rare for me to rise before dawn. I hear about sunrises and “ooh and aah” at pictures, but I have not been motivated […]
The Transformative Power of God Through Music
When Leina Choi began learning to play the piano using YouTube videos she never dreamed that soon she would be teaching others. She had no prior musical background or interest […]
Way of Jesus – Not Just Another Tool
When Pastor Steve Schaufele attended an intensive Way of Jesus training in Kitchener, Ontario in June 2017, he hoped to come away with something that would assist his church back […]