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Had a wonderful time in the UK meeting with Lucy Moore and the Messy Church team!  Andy (my hubby who some of you have met) and I are working on creating a Canadian MC disk that will include video clips of Messy Churches here, a video interview we did with Lucy, and materials to [...]

Photograph of a Monarch Butterfly. Taken by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson on May 29th, 2007. CC
 
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In the past few weeks small Monarch butterflies have been visiting florets on the burgeoning Maple trees here in Montreal. They are not so large as they will hopefully become in the summer, but their arrival is more than welcome, full [...]

[ June 2, 2012; 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM. ] The Trent Durham Area of the Diocese of Toronto will welcome Sally Gaze, author of the book, Mission-Shaped and Rural, from the UK.
Sally Gaze
This insightful book looks at current issues in rural England and explores:

the nature of mission with special reference to the rural situation;
ways for the Church to engage with rural culture;
examples of rural [...]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 
april 2012 update
 
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Before April slides all too quickly into May, let me wish you a joyful Easter season. The reality of the risen Jesus with us always, is not easy to keep in the forefront of our minds. If you are like me, you will need frequent reminders of this reality. The apostle Paul [...]

Watch an excellent interview with Pioneer Church Planter Josh Wilton of The Table, produced by The Going Home Show.

Hope you like it!

Jared Siebert
Jared Siebert & the Seabass Travelcast  caught up with Nick Brotherwood after his Church Planting Congress workshop on “When Church Plants Fail (to meet expectations)”, to talk about the closure of the Montreal church plant emerge. Nick speaks very candidly about his experiences of disappointment and the reshaping that has taken place in this [...]

A new study, released Monday, March 5, 2012, by United Kingdom-based IOP Publishing says outdoor ice hockey in Canada is being threatened by climate change. In this picture, kids play hockey on an outdoor rink in Petite Riviere St-Francois in the Charlevoix region of Quebec on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

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I hope [...]

REGINA –About 30 people from several church families came together to learn about Fresh Expressions at All Saints Church, Regina, on a snowy day in late February.  Led by Fresh Expressions Canada Team Leader, Nick Brotherwood, and local Lutheran Pastor, Carla Blakley, the Fresh Expressions Vision Day participants considered new ways of being church and [...]