Atlantic Connexion

This edition of the Connexion may look a bit familiar if you weren’t on vacation last week! Since this is a premium window for many in our Ministerial Tribe to enjoy some well-earned R&R, the following items are offered again for your summer pondering and planning for the fall ministry launch ahead…

Caton’s Island is off to a great start this summer with rentals as well as our own district camps in the past two months. This has provided ministry to 1500+ overnight campers with rental groups and camp registrations.

A current need for Caton’s Island is having work teams to complete construction on the three new cabins that are being built. If you or a group from your church have any interest in helping out, you can email campoffice@catonsisland.com or call at 506-468-6262. Caton’s Island is looking forward to their final full month of camp, plus a wedding rental and men’s retreat rental in September to finish off the summer!

Band of Brothers Men’s Camp
September 15-17
Cost: $195
CLICK HERE for more info and registration.

There are currently openings in the Beginners and Discovery Camp, ages 5-7 and 8-9 from August 8-11, and there are also openings in Island Adventure 2, ages 8-11.

Saint John First (Graham Perry) is signed up and ready go! As you recall from our highlight at District Conference we are asking every church to register and engage this impact-filled opportunity. Why not reach out to a few of the churches in your community to invite theme to join you?

The Wesleyan Church has the premier seminal egalitarian influence in the history of the North American Church as our antecedent denominations Ordained the first woman both in America and in Canada. Luther Lee (Wesleyan Methodist) Ordained the first woman in the USA in 1853, and Rev. Ella Kinney Sanders was Ordained by the Reformed Baptist Alliance of Canada in 1901.

As you have likely heard, E&CD is celebrating PreacHer Sunday this September!  What is PreacHer Sunday about? It is encouraging every Wesleyan Church to invite a woman to preach at least one Sunday during the month of September.

Thank you for partnering with us as we encourage women and men together to share the transforming message of Jesus!

Early bird registration concludes on October 15th.

Multisite Better: Proven Strategies for Better Results was a webinar offered this winter from the learning of The Unstuck Group from working with more than 100 multisite churches.

Unstuck provides a Multisite Toolkit (CLICK HERE) as well as a myriad of resources for a variety of areas serving church multiplication and revitalization.

I had the privilege of chairing an out of pattern summer session of the Kingswood University Board of Trustees the final week of July. President Steve Lennox and the Administrative Cabinet are continuing to take innovative leaps forward in the reimagination process for the future of KU raising and releasing Kingdom leaders for the North American Church and beyond. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

Wondering what the “Meductic Mandate” is all about? CLICK HERE for my DS Report to get the full picture, and CLICK HERE for the Meductic Testimoniesdistributed at our District Conference on July 13th.

Exponential is providing a free Digital Access Pass through Right Now Media for the “Lost Cause – Reviving Evangelism 2023” resources. CLICK HERE for more information about these excellent and inspiring tools as you prayerfully plan your fall launch in mobilizing disciple-makers.

CLICK HERE to follow along with the National Prayer Tour and watch the livestream of the prayer gatherings each Sunday night! CLICK HERE for an excellent interview with the two Kingswood students who are making this possible as they travel across Canada over this summer.

Dr. Justin Bradbury is actively recruiting a couple or individuals to join the Sea2Sky Network as Resident Pastors this Fall 2023. CLICK HERE for more information, or contact him directly (403-589-2314; jbpastor5@gmail.com).

CLICK HERE for the slide deck of “A Census was Taken: Opportunities for the Church Created by Recent Immigration to Canada.”

LOVE NEW CANADIANS is available to help in any way to empower the ministry of your Local Church to reach the approximately 500,000 immigrants to Canada each year.

With increasing numbers of both documented and undocumented migrants, many believers are looking for local organizations that serve them. Immigrant Ministry Connections provides THREE links you may find helpful:

• Nationwide Resources for Refugees lists government, private and Christian organizations serving refugees at the national level
• American and Canadian Partnering Organizations lists organizations by state, province and city.
• Ministry Specialist Organizations lists organizations focused on specific areas of ministry, such as Bibles and other Christian media, disciple-making, teaching English, legal services and more.

Does your church family know how to begin a conversation with someone from another culture? Would it help to have a simple set of easily teachable steps for them to follow? Our free online course, Cross-Cultural Friendships 101 equips believers to:

• Learn three phrases that will build rapport in the first 60 seconds
• Use simple questions to deepen the conversation
• Engage their new friend’s children
• Involve their church in the relationship
• Build genuine community through shared meals

CLICK HERE to access this free online course through Immigrant Ministry Connections.

Love Atlantic celebrated 135 churches/organizations, $445K of generosity, and 8000+ hours of volunteers service to lift up the Name of Jesus last year.

CLICK HERE to register your church – All the resources you need will be available on this site soon as you prepare your church family to join in sharing the love of Christ as you launch in the fall!