These are notes from a workshop by Nick Brotherwood & Ryan Sim at VCP 2012.

Missional Listening Workshop Slides (PDF)
Missional Listening Exercise Questions (PDF) to be answered based on a demographic segment from this handbook.

“”We need to messy-up the way we do church in order to reach young families,” say Sue Kalbfleisch and Nancy Rowe.” In a recent telephone interview with Christian Week, Fresh Expressions Canada Vision Day Coordinator Sue Kalbfleisch spoke about the meesy Church outbreak . “There are Messy Churches springing up in every province,” she adds. [...]

Bob Jackson
Church of England consultant, Ven. Bob Jackson, proposes an answer to his own question in a recent paper.
“Once upon a time we thought we knew what church was and how to measure it. Church happened when we gathered in a consecrated building for a public act of worship with a priest on a Sunday. [...]

photo Jill Homer
 
FXCA update january 2012
Happy New Year everyone!
The Fresh Expressions Canada (FXCA) Team, is a team of committed volunteers, who in addition to each following their chosen careers, also lend their significant gifts to our shared goal, “to encourage the development of fresh expressions of church alongside more traditional expressions, with the aim of [...]

There was a couple who were having serious issues in their marriage, mostly because of financial difficulties. After a stewardship sermon at church, they went home and had a huge discussion. They decided to sell their house and buy a smaller one. They did just that, and saved their marriage. In fact, their whole lives were changed.

That experience reminded me of how important preaching is, because what happens if people really believe what we are saying and begin to order their lives around it? Imagine if they do that with sermons about money.

“Northern Lights,” by Christer Mattson in Turku, Finland.

 
december 2012  update
Hello there!
December already. I am sitting down to write the last Fresh Expressions Canada update for 2011. There is a very light dusting of snow outside. Amazing! Where did those eleven months go? Some of you  will be reading this update for the first time especially [...]

[ February 18, 2012; ] Are you looking for a way to reach families who are not in our churches on Sundays? 

A ‘Messy Fiesta’ is a Saturday workshop to experience and learn about Messy Church.

Messy Church aims to create the opportunity for adults and children to enjoy expressing their creativity, sit down together to eat a meal, experience worship and [...]

[ February 25, 2012; 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. ]

The first Fresh Expressions Vision Day in Saskatchewan!

The Regina Vision Day on  Saturday February  25th 2012, 9.30am-3.30pm, will take place at-

All Saints Anglican Church
142 Massey Road
Regina SK, S4S 4M9

For more details and to register click here.