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Dr. Samuel Voo: Teaching “The Cross, the Call, and the Church” at Regent College

Dr. Samuel Voo: Teaching “The Cross, the Call, and the Church” at Regent College

Just to let you know that one of our VMC pastors – Dr. Samuel Voo from Granville Chapel, Vancouver, BC – will be teaching a course at Regent College this winter. The course is called “The Cross, the Call, and

Elizabeth Millar November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

Eating Together – Varsity Bible Church

Eating Together – Varsity Bible Church

One of the gifts of summer is often being able to spend more time with people. There’s something about the sunshine and long days that lends itself to gathering and eating. This summer, Varsity Bible Church in Calgary, AB has

Elizabeth Millar November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

The Depth and Width of Christian Faith – Varsity Bible Church

The Depth and Width of Christian Faith – Varsity Bible Church

One of the graces this summer for Caleb Thompson has been greater appreciation for the depth and width of the Christian faith. Through their preaching series at Varsity Bible Church in Calgary, AB these past few months, they have delved

Elizabeth Millar November 10, 2025November 10, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

Low Key Summer – Lambrick Park Church

Low Key Summer – Lambrick Park Church

A story about summer youth ministry from Aaron Braaksma at Lambrick Park Church in Victoria, BC! In the past, we’ve struggled to engage kids during the summer break in an intentional way. For years we would host 2-3 big summer

Elizabeth Millar November 2, 2025November 2, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

Church Growth – Research Findings

Church Growth – Research Findings

A chance to learn about church growth from a recent study by the Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research – Wycliffe College with Elizabeth Millar. Elizabeth looked at churches across the country to determine what were the common factors for

Elizabeth Millar October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

Summer Cookout – ECWA

Summer Cookout – ECWA

Peter Johnson and the congregation at ECWA (Evangelical Churches Winning All) recently held a summer cookout at a local park. This Nigerian congregation led by Peter and Deborah meets at Erindale Chapel in Mississauga and actively looks for ways to

Elizabeth Millar October 19, 2025October 19, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

God is Working – Église Évangélique Nouveau Départ

God is Working – Église Évangélique Nouveau Départ

A peek into what’s happening with church planters Gabriel & Melanie Paquin in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. Read on to hear about how God is working in eastern Quebec. “What a joy to see spring’s arrived! Winter was a time of blessings for

Elizabeth Millar October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

We Think We Have a Plan – University Chapel

We Think We Have a Plan – University Chapel

We think we have a plan. Then God comes up with something even better. That’s what Karen Daniels said to me as we talked about things at University Chapel (Vancouver, BC). University Chapel is in the midst of becoming “three

Elizabeth Millar October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

Church Collaboration – DVBS

Church Collaboration – DVBS

Read about an exciting collaborative summer project between three VMC churches … In December 2024, Gord Martin inspired members of Wallenstein Bible Chapel to share the gospel with Toronto’s diverse communities. Following that call, a team of 15 from Wallenstein

Elizabeth Millar September 8, 2025September 8, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more

Establishing Friendship with a First Nations Reservation

Establishing Friendship with a First Nations Reservation

Andy has always thought that mission trips were about going somewhere far away. Probably somewhere hot. Maybe drilling a well or fixing a roof on a church. He concluded that mission trips just probably weren’t his thing. But what if

Elizabeth Millar August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 Stories Of Interest Read more
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