More Churches on Mission & More People Following Jesus
There were a few unknowns for Citizens Church as they begun almost five years ago. First, they didn’t anticipate planting their church at the beginning of a global pandemic. Second, they weren’t sure where they were going to meet. Pastor
Although Johnny studied missions and was willing to serve God wherever, he recognized the ministry need right here in Canada.
Darcy Dueck reflects on the church planting experience with gratitude arising as an overarching theme.
Michael and Janice Bells reflect on retirement after 35+ years of pastoral ministry.
Monday nights are the regular nights for community dinners for Wasaga Community Church. So Christmas falling on a Monday this past year posed a bit of a problem – What to do? Getting food and volunteers would be tricky as
Michael set out to be a geologist. Geological mapping, in fact, was his speciality and he travelled through Ontario and worked with companies around the world doing this. This likely would have been a financially and professionally successful career path.
If you’ve been around VMC for a while, you will recognize Ben Peltz. Ben has provided wisdom and guidance to VMC churches over the years regarding relationship with Indigenous communities. As the pastor of Curve Lake Christian Assembly, he is
The young university student sat in the pew, Sunday after Sunday. Having grown up in a Hindu culture, there wasn’t much interest in Christianity. Except maybe to argue about why Christianity was wrong. Despite his faithful attendance, church felt like
A woman showed up on Christmas Eve, wanting to volunteer at Wasaga Community Church’s Christmas Dinner. She was relatively new to town and not really familiar with church. But she wanted to serve others and be a part of a
When God is at work, we don’t always immediately see it. It’s easy to miss these divine clues or to dismiss them as interesting, but mostly irrelevant. In a recent conversation with a VMC pastor, there was this noticing of