Monday Night in Canada: Hospitality for newcomers seeking new life in Canada
March 8, 2012

by Laurie McGugan
In 2010, St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Toronto embarked on an outreach program called “Monday Night in Canada” to show hospitality to newcomers to Canada. It was a great success and we are …

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New Life in a Vacancy: Space for the Spirit to Inspire Vital Mission and Ministries
March 14, 2012

by Brian Fraser

My approach to working with a congregation during a ministerial vacancy has changed significantly over the past 30 years. I used to see such congregations as bereft of leadership, grieving their loss, and needing to focus on the problems they had to solve before calling a new minister. I was there to provide interim leadership and help them solve their problems. Read the full article »

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Live Together, Die Alone: How to bring new life to youth ministry with a presbytery youth ministry team
March 14, 2012
Live Together, Die Alone: How to bring new life to youth ministry with a presbytery youth ministry team

by Mavis Currie
In 2006, a team of adult leaders from the Presbytery of London returned from Canada Youth at Brock University in St. Catharines, filled with ideas, enthusiasm and a new sense of comradeship. The …

Renewing Liturgy at Holy Week
March 8, 2012
Renewing Liturgy at Holy Week

by Ian McDonald, Associate Secretary, Canadian Ministries
Holy Week is the most dramatic and arguably the most important week in the Christian liturgical calendar. However, most people do not have an opportunity to experience the full …

Session Starter Number 26: The hours and forms of worship
March 8, 2012
Session Starter Number 26: The hours and forms of worship

by Don Muir, Associate Secretary, General Assembly Office
Prayer: A prayer by Jean Calvin, 16th Century Reformer (paraphrased)
Almighty God, shine on us through your word so we will not stumble blindly in midnight darkness nor lull …

Spiritual Community: The Renewing of the Church
March 8, 2012
Spiritual Community: The Renewing of the Church

by The Rev. Dr. Lonnie S. Atkinson, Teaching Elder at St. Paul’s, Ingersoll, Ontario
Once upon a time in a church near you, the elders longed for better days. Some harkened back to the glory days …

Holidays for ministers: Part 1
March 8, 2012
Holidays for ministers: Part 1

by Don Muir, Associate Secretary, General Assembly Office
When a congregation calls a minister, the congregation makes a number of promises to that minister. For example, if you read the 2011 version of Appendix A-29 in …

Planting a Seed – Growing a Church
March 8, 2012
Planting a Seed – Growing a Church

by Allyson McLeod
This is a story of how a group of strangers became a church, and how a new church plant grew into the vibrant congregation known as Keswick Presbyterian Church. In the beginning, it …

Monday Night in Canada: Hospitality for newcomers seeking new life in Canada
March 8, 2012
Monday Night in Canada: Hospitality for newcomers seeking new life in Canada

by Laurie McGugan
In 2010, St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Toronto embarked on an outreach program called “Monday Night in Canada” to show hospitality to newcomers to Canada. It was a great success and we are …

Holy Reading to Renew the Soul
March 8, 2012
Holy Reading to Renew the Soul

by David Sherbino
There are many different ways to study the Bible, but how do we study the Bible so that it shapes and forms us? Many have learned to read the Bible for information, but …

Planting Seeds, Watching for Harvest
March 8, 2012
Planting Seeds, Watching for Harvest

by Jessie Schut
Last spring, we carefully chose seeds that would grow well in our garden and in our climate. As an afterthought, we scattered a packet of mixed flower seeds in an empty space. The …

Stories of Their Lives: Telling The Story through Boarding Homes Ministries
November 28, 2011
Stories of Their Lives: Telling The Story through Boarding Homes Ministries

by Lorna Hutchinson
The Boarding Homes Ministry was started in Toronto by The Rev. Rodger Hunter, who had worked in mission drop-in centres and recognized God’s call to reach out to the isolated people who live …