Want to know God better? Read your Bible – yes. Pray – yes. Go to church – yes. Sponsor a refugee – oh! Varsity Bible Church in Calgary would say that sponsoring a couple of Syrian refugee families over the
Refugee Sponsorship – Varsity Bible Church
Lots of ways to learn – Varsity Bible Church
As a way to encourage further study and foster spiritual conversation, Varsity Bible Church in Calgary, Alberta provides additional resources to accompany their Sunday morning teaching.It’s called “Sermons +” on their website. For instance, they are currently doing a series
Ora et labora – Lisa & Jack
When you’ve got an artist and a renovation guy together as a team, you can guess that something good is going to happen. Especially when their hearts are oriented towards the mission of God. A few years ago, Lisa and
the ‘bigness’ of God’s love – Hope for Life Church
So imagine if Sunday morning church meant brainstorming about how to connect with families from your local school.Or maybe scraping plates at a local soup kitchen.Maybe church could be crawling out of bed Sunday mornings and slipping on your running
Peace Child – Peace Christian Community
It’s no surprise that we’re feeing a little unsettled and discouraged these days.Hear this story from Jay Gurnett from Edmonton, Alberta: Daughter Ruth gave our new little church, Peace Christian Community, a smart talk on December 26. She made reference
Summer Discussions – Mill Creek Church
Mill Creek Church in Edmonton spent last summer intentionally connecting life and faith.Together, on zoom, they talked about everything –from social justice to climate justice to vocation.With good ground rules in place, they were able to talk about things that
the bigger picture – Hope for Life / Oak Park
It was a beautiful thing to hear a story this past week of two congregations working together.We hear too often of church splits and fighting.So to hear the tale of two churches – two different denominations, actually – working together,
Grace
A pastor on holiday pulled his RV into a camping spot in Calgary.A quiet older man was on one side (Yeah! He looks like a good neighbour!)and a wild looking couple on the other (Yikes!). The pastor told his son
Shine a Little Light
Laura had the idea to help the kids at church reach out to others.Jamie gathered up supplies and put card-making kits together.Mary helped put the plan into action. They hosted a zoom call for the kids and showed them what
Rigorous Thinking
“The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there really is not much of one.”-Mark Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind Besides being a transitional pastor for VMC, Keith Shields also teaches a course at Alberta Bible College as