Free lecture – Sept 9, 2010 in Edmonton
September 3, 2010 By: Filed in: Events
The Journey is hosting a free lecture (who doesn’t like anything free?) by Dr. Larry Perkins on “The Apostle Paul’s Use of the Old Testament” This is an intriguing topic, should be some interesting perspectives shared and much to learn.
Time: Thursday Sept 9, 2010 – 7pm-8:30pm
Location: Ellerslie Road Baptist Church, Edmonton
What can we learn from how Paul interpreted the “Bible” which he had?
An equipping event for …
• those seeking greater understanding of God’s Word
• those engaged in teaching the Bible
• those interested in the historic origins of the Christian faith, and how our Bible came to be
• those interested in seeing why we can be confident about the Bible we have
Come, learn, enjoy!
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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.
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.
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