Carey Nieuwhof

Why You'll Regret Not Inviting Your Friend This Easter

  When you invite a friend this Easter, their experience is going to be so great that they won’t be able to resist coming back. Every year, our creative teams kick things into high gear for Easter. Why? They’re so passionate about creating a great experience for your friends they can’t help themselves! In fact,

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9 Reasons We Do Church The Way We Do at Connexus

We get questions about why we do church the way we do all the time. Why the band? Why the lights? How come the preacher is so ‘clear’ (as opposed to being more traditionally unclear)? Why do you emphasize kids and student ministry so much? While our approach raises some great questions, it also seems

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This Weekend Andy and Sandra Stanley Share About Their First Sleepover… Before They Were Married

Guardrails are our safety net. They protect us when everything else around us gives way. It’s easy to say we all need them, but when it comes to putting them in place things can get downright divisive. In fact, we’ve had some great discussion on our facebook page to that very effect. At what point

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5 Tips to Help Your Kids Survive Daylight Savings Time

 By Emily Bailey Daylight Savings is just around the corner, and if you’re like me you struggle to get a decent amount of shuteye. Losing an hour of sleep doesn’t make it any easier.  If it’s hard for you imagine what it would be like for your kids. You know what a change in schedule

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A Very Personal Moment for Me – And Some Information on Baptism for You

If you were at our Barrie Campus yesterday (we’ll share this moment on March 10th at our Orillia Campus), you know what a really special moment we marked yesterday for me personally. My wife Toni was baptized, and I had the privilege of baptizing her. You can watch Toni’s story and see the baptism here:

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