Free police background checks for charities
June 17, 2010 By: Filed in: Resources
Here’s some good news to save a few dollars in your kids ministry department: there’s a new program that will cover the cost of police background checks for volunteers in churches and other charities. Up to this point the cost has typically been $25. For full information and to apply, go to Volunteer Alberta’s site.
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Roundtable Discussion from Gathering 2010
June 11, 2010 By: Filed in: Culture and Context | Events
Our recent Gathering 2010 was a great day of fun, worship, learning and being together as a community of believers in Jesus. One of the best parts was the stimulating interaction around tables after lunch about how to be a missionary in your own neighbourhood, the “gospel according to you”. Here’s the link to the pdf document, or see below for the full text of the responses shared in the discussions. Feel free to comment or expand on things!
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Reaching Gen Y – insights from a culture watcher
May 26, 2010 By: Filed in: Culture and Context
The Globe and Mail is running a three-part series on advertising to Gen Y, based on a new book by Seth Godin. Although coming from a marketing standpoint, there are lots of great lessons we can pick up about how churches can shape their ministries to best connect with Canadians in their teens, twenties and thirties. If Gen Y prefers small businesses, then understanding their mindset should also help churches, particularly smaller “neighborhood” churches, to present their size and status as a selling point/benefit rather than a shortcoming.
Read the articles as they appear and then join the discussion about how to apply this to your local church context.
Connecting with Facebook, Twitter and more…
May 25, 2010 By: Filed in: Culture and Context
“Making Connections: getting the most from social media”
Here’s a great resource on using social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to connect with people in your church and community
A Day with Reggie McNeal
March 24, 2010 By: Filed in: Uncategorized
Our friends with the ACOP (Apostolic Church of Pentecost) have invited us to participate in a special event on June 2. Reggie McNeal of the Leadership Network http://www.leadnet.org/ has agreed to be the keynote speaker for the day. For full details and schedule, see the pdf file.
Cost is $99 ($89 in advance), register at www.acop.ca
Colossians: an Ancient-Future Letter for Today’s Christian and Culture
March 12, 2010 By: Filed in: Graduate learning
Course dates: June 9-12, 2010
Colossians brochure
Syllabus link
Public forum information
What does it look like to live a faithful and fruitful life as a Christian in today’s postmodern culture? How can Christians deal with the challenges of syncretism and legalism in the church as well as a culture that largely values pluralism and popular philosophy and spirituality? Come explore these questions as we probe its ancient- future message, section-by-section, and do Christian theology in context for mission, spiritual formation, and cultural engagement with practical applications.
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Maggie’s Message: A 14-Year Old’s Challenge to Church Leaders
February 16, 2010 By: Filed in: Vision
I want to share these few verses from Jeremiah 1:4-8. These verses are close to my heart, when I first stumbled across them three or four years ago, they really grabbed me. I’m sure you are all familiar with them: “The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” “Ah, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am only a child.” But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.” This about sums it up my message of encouragement to you as church leaders.
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Free training seminars for charities
February 5, 2010 By: Filed in: Events
Canadahelps.org has a series of free webinars (web-based seminars) providing training for increasing donations, using email to stay in touch with donors, and other topics. Check out the online newsletter for more details.
Happy birthday LPC!
February 3, 2010 By: Filed in: Uncategorized
We’d like to wish Lone Prairie Camp a happy first birthday! Actually, LPC has been around a lot longer than that, but this marks the first year of camp’s operation as its own organization. For all the updates and news on camp, go to www.loneprairiecamp.com for full details, or read the January 2010 update from Jeff Buck, LPC’s manager.
Pastors wives retreat – April 30 to May 2, 2010
January 27, 2010 By: Filed in: Events
Who can come: This is a retreat for all women whose husbands are pastors. In the BGCA we have close to 40 pastors wives. We would love to have them all attend this retreat. Please prayerfully consider this opportunity for you to be renewed and refreshed as you serve in your church.
For more information please contact Linda Ozirney at 204 467 8491 or liozirney@mts.net
Location: Rimbey, Alberta is located 62 kilometers (39 miles) northwest of Red Deer. We will stay at the new Super 8 Hotel in Rimbey
From the north: follow highway #2 to highway #53 to 43rd street
From the south: follow highway #2 to highway #53 west to 43rd street
From the east: follow highway #13 east to highway 20 south to 43rd street
From the west: follow highway 53 to 43rd street
Cost: The cost of a room per night is $134.38 (taxes included). When sharing with one other person, you would each pay this amount for the two nights. There will be two beds per room. If you would prefer your own room, then the cost for you for the room would be $134.38 X 2.
There is a free hot/cold breakfast in the hotel available for all. The cost of the other meals will be your responsibility. We will probably order in Subway sandwiches for Saturday noon and go out to a nearby restaurant together for Saturday dinner.
There will be a registration fee of $10.00 per person to cover the cost of the meeting room and an offering will be taken to cover the cost of other retreat expenses.
Program: We will keep the schedule interesting, but not heavy as this is a time to visit, relax, and be refreshed. It will look something like this:
Friday evening – arrive and settle in. Spend time together having fun and visiting, swimming and generally getting acquainted. No sessions this evening.
Saturday – morning will be spent together in sessions and discussions and prayer time along with some fun! Afternoon will be more relaxing with an interesting feature and then time to sleep or visit. Saturday evening will again be a session together.
Sunday will be our last session together and we will be on our way by noon.
More information on this will follow when you register.
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Gathering 2010
It was a great time - worship, laughter, food, relevant teaching. There was also great interaction over the Roundtable Discussion about what the gospel looks like in your neighbourhood, according to you. Roundtable Discussion responses are now available, and videos and photos of the Gathering will be available by June 20. Check out the Gathering event page for more details.
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