If you were to hang out at a Christian bookstore at the edge of many Canadian cities, you might be surprised to see who is there.  Ditto if you drive past a packed church parking lot any day of the week, or a bustle of people leaving a newly planted church in an industrial area, [...]

On Saturday, November 6th Trinity Anglican Church in Simcoe will host a Messy Fiesta from 10am to 3pm. Messy Church (MC) aims to create the opportunity for adults and children to enjoy expressing their creativity, sit down together to eat a meal, experience worship and have fun within a church context. You will have an [...]

Each month the Share website in England sends out  Share Thoughts, a free monthly email with a thought-provoking article, containing material of great interest to the church. In the August edition the article below appeared, which we reproduce in full with the kind permission of Fresh Expressions and Share. We thought it would be of [...]

Standing Stones. Thanks to Margaret Marschall, Editor of the Edmonton/Athabasca paper, The Messenger This morning I was part of a monthly gathering of church planters in Edmonton.  We gather to support and encourage one another, and we take it in turns to discuss issues that are concerning us in our ministries.  At the end of [...]

St. James Anglican Church’s new ministry ‘Skater Church’ meets twice weekly in the church hall with over 60 participants comprising children and youth.  Check out the new video here!

Harold Percy was recently the speaker at the annual Institute of Evangelism dinner at Wycliffe College. This is the text of the talk he gave that evening. It is no secret that our churches across this country are generally having a difficult time connecting with people and attracting them into the lives of their worshipping [...]

Bringing church to Cameron House by Rev. Cathy Stone The Rural Outreach Committee (ROC), of which I am Executive Director, works very closely with Cameron House, a shelter for women in Peterborough, Ontario, owned and operated by the Brock Mission.  Cameron House staff answer ROC’s emergency crisis line evenings, weekends and statutory holidays.  It is [...]

Graham Cray praises a ‘new imagination’ about shape of future Church Speaking to the Church of England’s General Synod  (Thursday 11th February 2010), Fresh Expressions (FE)  Team Leader, Bishop Graham Cray, gave an update on the work of FE, saying much been achieved since the initiative’s launch in 2005 but there is “much, much more [...]