Carey Nieuwhof

I’m excited about being into 7-490 this weekend!  As we wade more deeply into Jesus’ radical teachings, get ready for lots of hearts and stories to change and for people to grow.  Can’t wait! Also this weekend, we’ll tell you how to get connected in groups later this month and premiere something called Test Drive.

I think we have a fantastic group of people who make Connexus what it is.  Last week was a week to remember for me.  Our Heart Break project already has had more impact on the lives of our congregation than I imagined.  People talked about how they met God in fresh ways.  Some of that

Note: If you want weekend service details, click here. If you want info on the Saturday flyer distribution, click here. This post is about our week long Heart Break project, which wraps up today. 7:16 a.m.  –  Carey So this is it, the final day of Heart Break.  I am so anxious to find out

Well, it’s been a great week.  Heart Break was a great journey for many of us.  Read about it here.  And on my personal blog, we had some fantastic conversation about how to engage and welcome people who are new to Christianity. We’re capping the week off by sending out 2000 invites to Connexus with

Tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. in Barrie and 2:30 p.m. in Orillia, Connexus volunteers will be distributing 2000 bags of popcorn and invitations to home surrounding the Galaxy Theaters in each community.  We’re looking for families to come and help us get them out there.  Don’t worry – we’re just hanging them on people’s doors. 

Carey – 6:15 a.m.So last night I think I crashed.  This is my sixth full day without eating, and last night I think my body noticed that it was the end of day five.  I was really tired, my stomach was upset and I felt awful.  I slept nine hours and that helped.  I also

Carey – 5:42 a.m.Up early to read through Daniel 9 and pray through the phone book.  This is day five without food for me (and day five of giving something up for many of you).  Random Day Five thoughts (and these are random): I am surprised at how I am not hungry.  I expected to

Carey 6:13 a.m. We are almost half way through Heart Break this week.  How is it going for you?  Nice to see a few posts on the blog and to get feedback through email and conversation.  We have heard of people fasting food, caffeine, pop, desserts, facebook, e-bay (yup), make-up, Tim Horton’s and much more.