Thank you to everyone who came to Waterloo for Thinking Shrewdly 2024! A special thank you to Lincoln Road Chapel for hosting us as well as all the volunteers who helped throughout the weekend. Watch for more updates / reports
Soul Care – Kingfisher Crossing
Stefan and Heidi Konig welcome guests to their little piece of paradise in Canadian Shield country. Near Parry Sound, ON, Kingfisher Crossing is a place to get away from the tyranny of the urgent, relax, and tend to the soul.
Pastoral Search & Discernment – Gentle Shepherd Community Church
Discernment is a good and beautiful thing. Seeing the pastoral search team at Gentle Shepherd Community Church (Flesherton, ON) demonstrate wise and careful discernment is a joy for Jon Dart. Jon, one of VMC’s transitional pastors, is ministering at Gentle
Silent Retreat
As part of his sabbatical, Rinus Janson of Varsity Bible Church in Calgary, Alberta chose to participate in a silent retreat. Being a pastor, Rinus knows the importance of tending to the soul but the pressures and busyness of ministry
Co-leadership model – North Park Community Church
Wanda Silvester and Joel Miles are co-leaders at North Park Community Church in London, ON. It’s a new leadership model for North Park – an Executive Co-lead and a Pastoral Co-lead working together. There’s the usual nervousness about trying something
A pastoral framework as a gift from God
I spoke to a pastor recently who is in the middle of regular-pastor work. He said – it’s not glamorous work. Just faithful, hard work. As he balances the tasks of visioning and paying the bills and caring for his
Miraculous Homecoming – Indy
Please rejoice with us! Read about this miraculous homecoming from Gord Martin: Indy is home! A few of us met Indy at Pearson this morning. He’s now on his way home to Winnipeg. What an ordeal! I traveled with him
NextGen Preachers
While VMC Transitional Pastor Doug Loveday’s grey hair makes it plain that he’s got a few years under his belt, one of the great joys of transitional ministry is working with younger people in the church. Recently, Doug and Ruth
Prayer for Indy
When one part of the body of God hurts, we all hurt. So, please – take a few minutes and pray for our friend and brother Indy. He is the leader of the Chin Christian Fellowship of Canada and a
More TS2023 Reflections
As a VMC leader who wants to cheer on young church leaders, Pastor to Pastors Doug Loveday was happy to be a part of the Thinking Shrewdly 2023 event this spring. He was encouraged by the way God seems to