Great day at Yarmouth yesterday. Excellent crowd – circa 600 – to share in a farewell for Pastor John Symonds after a total of 21 years of service at Yarmouth Wesleyan that saw two new churches built, a total relocation and outstanding growth propelled by John’s soul-winning ministry and relevant preaching. YWC is now the […]
This past weekend our Maximizing Impact team was at Fredericton Journey. We also had Rev. Darren Dicks from our Central Canada District with us as an observer. We had a very positive weekend and our report was well received by the pastor, staff and congregation. The picture above is of the Saturday morning group enjoying […]
Look who showed up in our office this week on the way home! So glad to see Nick out of the VG and headed to the Ridge. Progress. Thanks to so many of you who have prayed so often for Nick. He was at church yesterday morning – all good! Great Kingdom outcomes from Easter […]
What a great weekend as we once again celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus Christ – the defining event of our faith. A smattering of highlights follow – a full report will appear next week. Presque Isle had 1113 in attendance – (Last Year’s Average – LYA) was 569. This may have been their best […]
This week we will celebrate the defining moment of our faith – the resurrection of Jesus Christ. My prayer is that the exhilaration the disciples must have felt when they understood that He was alive, just as He promised, will be experienced all across our tribe this weekend. As the liturgical expression puts it – […]
I will be in Indianapolis essentially all of this week for meetings of the Executive Board – pic above – held last night and the General Board which began this morning. This is the significant pre-General Conference (GC) meeting from which the various resolutions to the GC will be processed. This will include nominations for […]
Easter weekend is just around the proverbial corner. This is a time every year when the attention of our culture is drawn to the defining moment of our faith – the resurrection of the Christ – the event that separates us from the other major religions of the world. Seize this moment for the sake […]
Over this past weekend, our Maximizing Impact Team – Peter Moore, A J Plaizier, Steve Elliott and yours truly – was at Ottawa Sunnyside Wesleyan at the invitation of the church and the Central Canada District (CCD). DS Peter Rigby and Pastor Krista Shaver shadowed our team as they look to forming their own CCD […]
Last week the Task Force for Merger on Grand Manan met for an entire morning as the work moves forward following the overwhelmingly positive vote of two weeks ago. There were several reports of affirming comments from community people and the tide of momentum is rising. We are moving forward on several matters and the […]
Historic day on Grand Manan yesterday. The three churches worshipped together at Grand Harbour Central with chairs being carried in to accommodate the crowd of 198 – a full house plus. Following the service with an anointed sermon from Steve Bradley, and a combined congregational meeting, a vote was taken on supporting and approving in […]
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