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Lots of ways to learn – 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

Elizabeth Millar May 26, 2022October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more

Ora et labora – Lisa & Jack

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

Elizabeth Millar March 29, 2022October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more

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

Elizabeth Millar February 24, 2022October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more

Peace Child – Peace Christian Community

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

Elizabeth Millar February 15, 2022October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more

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

Elizabeth Millar January 20, 2022October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more

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,

Elizabeth Millar November 18, 2021October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more

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

Elizabeth Millar October 14, 2021October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more

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

Elizabeth Millar April 27, 2021October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more

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

Elizabeth Millar March 12, 2021October 4, 2022 Stories Of Interest Read more
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