Carey Nieuwhof

–>What a great morning in Barrie!  Nearly 200 people gathered this morning in the cinema in Barrie to be part of the launch team for Barrie Campus of Connexus.  The excitement and the joy were pretty contagious.  And that’s just the people who could make it… At the meeting, we shared the vision and the […]

–>So tomorrow we finally have our first real opportunity to talk face to face about the launch of Connexus.  The December 2nd Barrie launch and the December 9th Orillia launch are just six and seven weeks away, and there’s so much to do in the meantime and so many ways for you to be involved. 

–>Want some great news?  Late yesterday afternoon we heard from our lawyers that our letters patent were approved by Industry Canada.  That means we are now legally incorporated as a charitable not-for-profit corporation (that’s government speak for church) with Industry Canada.  We exist!  How cool is that? We also ran into a bit of an

–>Great traffic on the blog this week, and thanks for the zillion comments. It’s great to see people get excited about a shared vision! I had a meeting last night at my house with about 20 potential Connexus leaders who were meeting for the first time and it was amazing!  People are so stoked, and

Thanks for your input on our logo last week.  A final decision will be announced shortly (we bought more time with our production people). Not only do we need a logo, we’d like a slogan.  A slogan is a way of identifying a church, product, or company in a few, simple words.  it should convey

–>You could really help with the launch of Connexus this week by telling all your friends who want to be part of Connexus to make sure they definitely attend one of our two critical launch meetings in the next fourteen days. Please plan on being at the Galaxy Cinema either in         Barrie

–>So, we’re going mobile! Connexus will launch entirely in leased space — the Galaxy Cinemas in Barrie and Orillia for Sundays and other space midweek for other environments. Being portable might feel really new and different for some.  So this weekend, we’ll ask some questions: Other than the obvious fact that a church simply doesn’t

Can you give us a hand with something today?  We need to ensure that everyone who might potentially want to be connected with Connexus gets the following vital information facts.  Can you pass this around to the people in your circles?  Don’t worry about people hearing the same thing over and over – at this

–>Here’s the decision many of us have been waiting for.  It’s official tonight: Connexus will be launching in December 2007 at the Galaxy Cinemas in Barrie and Orillia. The Presbytery of Barrie tonight decided to try to continue a Presbyterian church using the Trinity facility after our current leadership team resigns October 31st.  This puts

So, there’s a lot happening in the next seven days.  Here’s just a quick run down of things to expect by around this time next week: Location We’ll be announcing our location! The Presbytery of Barrie meets Tuesday night at Trinity and should indicate whether or not it will recommend acceptance of Connexus’ offer to