Category: general discussions

Today we are attending the Willow Creek Leadership Summit at Carruthers Creek Community Church a local “megachurch” in Ajax. I am looking forward to this, since this is the first Willow Creek event I am attending. I hope to post some of my thoughts afterwards. In the meantime what is going through my mind is “comparing” crossroads with…

Well here I am, sitting in my new office, the first day of my first week as pastor at crossroads (yes, its spelled that way on purpose, I’ll explain another time). I am excited and nervous as I begin this new journey here in Ajax.

Here is the list of Bible readings for August 2008:

A quote by Greg Boyd: There is a beautiful and powerful grassroots Kingdom movement arising all over the globe that Mennonites in particular need to notice. Millions of people are abandoning the Christendom paradigm of the traditional Christian faith in order to become more authentic followers of Jesus. From the Emergent Church movement to the…

OK Andrea, here is the video of our attempt to build a pyramid. Can you tell who the person is that led to the downfall of our pyramid?

Feel free to post your comments… How has God revealed Himself to you in a real, personal way (otherwise known as God-moments or crossroads experiences)? What do you sense God calling us to be and do as ‘church’?

For eight years I was privileged to lead the band/music program at Scugog Christian School. It was an amazing experience. I love music, and I loved the opportunity to to the kids (including my own) the joy and gift of music. Below are some YouTube videos of the last concert. In the song “Mission Impossible”…

Have you ever experienced a God-moment? A time when somehow, through some situation or experience, the Lord touches or challenges you deeply. The more aware we are of God, and of what is happening around us, the more we will experience this. God-moments are His way of getting our attention, either to reconnect us to…

Our homestay with pastor fernando went well. me and kelly got to go to the same place the language barrier was kind of hard but me and kelly are taking spanish lessons and slowly learning a little bit it was really nice and cool today and a bit of rain. hey you know how it…

You can check out pictures on the Port Perry Serve website. New pictures will be added every day. The theme is “Right the Wrong”. As we consider issues of social justice, and reflect on our own role in righting what is wrong, pray that we do not get overwhelmed by the imensity of the problem.