Atlantic Connexion

A Record Year of Baptisms!

Kings (Brent Ingersoll) celebrated 52 baptisms this weekend – PTL! Over the past 13 months, 362 have entered the sacramental waters across five locations – amazing! Every number has a name, and every name has an eternal story of transformation. This Sunday AJ & Shea Guptill had the joy of baptizing their daughter Eden (pictured above) Nothing is sweeter in Kingdom leadership – congrats to the Guptill family!

Sabbatical Announcement
Skip to Upcoming Events below for the full details. Effective this Friday, December 6th through the end of January, Dr. HC Wilson has graciously accepted the offer of the DBA to serve as Acting DS while I am on sabbatical.

A couple of logistical items:

Due to the Canada Post strike, there will be a delay in the delivery of the annual district cards for our retired ministerial family.
The Atlantic Connexion will be on hiatus until early February (with a bonus note or two from Dr. HC over the next couple of months).

Ellen & I would like to wish you all a belated Thanksgiving, a meaning-filled Advent, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

New Hope Wesleyan Celebrates Huge Sunday

New Hope Wesleyan (Scott Prime) announced on Sunday that their “Whatever It Takes!” Campaign has received $353K in cash and pledges. This will total nearly a half million dollars in above and beyond giving including the $140K roof replacement completed this summer.

These are incredible days of Kingdom momementurm for the New Hope Multiplication Network. This vision series includes an above and beyond financial campaign to eliminate the mortgage and provide the funding to start a third location in Windsor with Campus Pastors Jason & Carolina Parker.

Scott also served as Atlantic District Director of Multiplication. CLICK HERE for details on one option for your church to consider joining in the launch of new Kingdom locations in our region. Scott would welcome your conversations about how to get involved (pastorscott@nhwchurch.ca).

Browns Flat Fellowship Is Growing

This fall Browns Flat Fellowship (Jay & Sharon Guptill) has been hosting one service per month at The Hub in the community centre. One service had a high of 140 present with an increasing number of families who do not reside at Beulah Camp who have been attending.

This past Wednesday, I enjoyed the opportunity to meet with our BFF family as we discussed the symbiotic relationship of this nearly 20-year-old blessing to our camp and the community of Browns Flat.

These are encouraging days and we are blessed by the Guptills’ leadership as they continue to build Made for More Ministries and serve as our District Clergy Care Coordinators.

Caton’s Leadership @ CCI

This week, Caton’s Island was proudly represented at the Christian Camping International (CCI) – Canada bi-annual conference in Montreal by Director Dean Stephenson, Food Services Manager Jennifer Arsenault, and Executive Director Tami Mutch-Ketch.

The conference offered an invaluable opportunity for learning, networking, worship, and collaborative problem-solving, all of which have equipped the team with fresh insights and strategies in preparation for the 2025 camping season.

CLICK HERE for the details regarding Dean’s retirement announcement.

District Director of Global Partners Denn Guptill (Cornerstone) took part in a Zoom dialog this week with leadership of The Wesleyan Church of Bangladesh. The Christmas opportunities to partner with our Wesleyan family are listed below in Upcoming Events. A team is forming to return to Bangladesh in February 2026. Please contact Denn for more information (denn@cornerstonehfx.ca).

CLICK HERE for an opportunity to partner with the Haiti School of Nursing.

Interested in missions opportunities (short and long term) for people in your church family?

CLICK HERE to get more detail about the NEXT week, internship, or year!
CLICK HERE for more information and to initiate conversation with Global Partners about long-term cross-cultural ministry.

World Hope Canada – Giving Tuesday

Today is Giving Tuesday! Share the gift of hope with the most vulnerable children around the world. Every dollar donated will be matched up to our goal of $25,000. When healthcare inequalities are addressed, children, families, and their communities experience hope for their futures.

CLICK HERE to give towards this important cause in the Name of Jesus!

A phenomenal new app has been launched by HQ as a free resource for disciple-making. CLICK HERE to check out We Disciple and start sharing with your church family.

WesLife published an informative summary of General Board action last month. CLICK HERE for the GB Recap.

CLICK HERE for one of the inspiring devotionals offered by Phill Tague, Lead Pastor of Ransom Church in Sioux Falls, SD.

Kingswood University
Presidential Search Committee

The KU Search Committee has been hard at work over the past few weeks and we appreciate the prayers and support of our Kingswood stakeholders during this critical season of transition.

The Board of Trustees for Kingswood University convened in October with a special time of prayer for President Steve & Eileen Lennox as they prepare to enter retirement on June 30, 2025. A significant portion of our fall session involved the composition and approval of the necessary guiding documentation prescribed by our Presidential Succession Plan.

The Presidential Search Committee
is still accepting applications

CLICK HERE to check out this new way to prepare for licensing and ordination in The Wesleyan Church through Kingswood Learn.

Looking for details on how to coach people in your church into the DBMD process? CLICK HERE for everything you need to know to get them started in the right direction. The winter months are the perfect time to encourage them to enter the process so they can have their first interview in April.

Souls Harbour Partners with Wesleyan Churches

Souls Harbour Rescue Mission is continuing its partnership with Connection(Sheryl York) and is expanding a new ministry site in January with Amherst Wesleyan (Evan Oxner). Their plan is to provide a free meal for the community each day at noon Monday-Friday with a small clothing bank soon thereafter. You can find out more about Souls Harbour here.

Wesleyan Pastor Matt Forrest is the Director of the Truro chapter of Souls Harbour (he also serves as a member of the pastoral team at Connection). Matt shared, “Souls Harbour increased capacity by 34% this year and are running a month and a half longer. 73% of clients housed last year are still housed today.”

And speaking of Amherst Wesleyan, Evan Oxner has just been appointed as the new Police Chaplain for Amherst – congratulations!

CLICK HERE for Local Church Resources

Hephzibah62:4 is a subsidiary of The Wesleyan Church providing coaching, resources, and financial support to churches and families throughout the U.S. and Canada so they can engage effectively in transforming the lives of vulnerable children in their communities, for generations to come. Visit hephzibah.org for more information.

Hephzibah62:4 offers a variety of benefits to all Wesleyan churches, with increasing benefits for qualifying church partners. No financial commitment is required. Check out Hephizbah62:4 church benefits and partnership information here and schedule a coaching Zoom here to get your questions answered.

Just because joy is a choice doesn’t mean you can choose to feel joyful. Joy is not embodied cognition. You receive it as a gift but you have to open it to experience it. (Marc Jolicoeur)
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. (Jesus – ‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭10‬-‭11,‬ ‭NRSV‬‬)

A Sabbatical Announcement

During a recent visit to Moncton, Assistant DS Scott Prime joined Dr. HC & I to discuss the details regarding my upcoming sabbatical. The DBA has graciously granted me a 45-day sabbatical which will begin after Ellen & I enjoy a week’s vacation to celebrate our 30th Anniversary.

IMPORTANT NOTE: From December 6 – January 29, Dr. HC will be serving our Atlantic Tribe once again as Acting District Superintendent. I will be enjoying this combined time of vacation and sabbatical and look forward to sharing my report with the DBA upon my return to the office on January 30th. This sabbatical will include 2.5 weeks in Africa.

For those of you who are new to our ministerial team and have not had the privilege of working directly with Dr. HC, I highly recommend you CLICK HERE to hear a recent message he preached to experience the calibre of his leadership first hand. You will be well served and while he will not be keeping regular office hours, all Lead Pastors have received contact information to reach him at any time required.

The Atlantic Connexion will be on hiatus until between December 3 through February 4. This two-month break may be come with a bonus note or two from our Acting DS!

A Great Way to Usher in the Advent Season!

Begin this Christmas season with a festive dinner at Heartland prepared by Chef Hannah.

CLICK HERE for more information on reserving one of these dates while seating is still available:

December 6-8 at 4:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m.

Arrive 30 minutes before to sip some fresh apple cider and to enjoy some Christmas Carols led by special musical guests. Gather with some friends and family for a special outing.

Lily Has A New Ride!

Meet Lily.

She is just one of the impressive leaders of The Wesleyan Church of Bangladesh. Cornerstone Wesleyan (Denn Guptill) stepped up earlier this year to upgrade Lily’s bicycle which she was using to travel dozens of kilometres each day with the early childhood education ministry the Church provides in the region. CLICK HERE to read more about what just a few dollars in global partnership can do!

As District Director of Global Partners Denn Guptill continues to recruit and prepare to lead another team to return in February 2026, we have received word about an excellent Christmas Project you and your church family may consider a worthy partnership for the season of giving ahead.
CLICK HERE for all the details of Christmas Celebration Project – 2024!

National Superintendent George Bose shared, “Your support will be a great blessing to our church members, community and ministry. We know that the total estimated budget for Christmas Celebration 2024 of $4,450 USD sounds like a huge amount but to God, it is nothing but a number. We believe Almighty God will provide all our needs in His time. We are praying and giving the projects to His hand and also believe that according to His will, we will be able to extend our hands and bring smiles, joy and happiness to many people who have never experienced the Love of God in such a way.”

CLICK HERE to check out Follow the Call
A new Wesleyan resource to disciple believers in processing a call to ministry.

CLICK HERE for This Excellent Firebrand Article

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