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Team Win…

Earlier today I wrote a blog post about how our staff and leadership team at Connexus thinking about ‘winning' in ministry.   Whether you're a Yankess fan or not, it's clear that they just won the world series.  How do you know you're winning in ministry? I want to expand on

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Church Right Here…Right Now

This weekend, about 700 guests (plus volunteers) joined us in person at our campuses, but almost 200 people heard the message without even being in the building.  They joined us online.  In the last 48 hours, our online messages were accessed almost 200 times.  I had a few conversations in

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This Weekend @ Connexus | November 8th

Wow! Excited for this Weekend because: We are into an incredible practical series about money and the bible by Dave Ramsey called Life. Money. Hope. It's an amazing series that can really help free your family from the daily financial grind so many of us face. Don't miss it. You'll

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Ice Cream Anyone?

So it's November, and all good Canadians turn their mind to anything that reminds us of summer, right?  How about ice cream at church?  Yep…thought so.  I'm in too. This coming Sunday, November 8th in Barrie, and on November 15th in Orillia, we'll be ending the service a little early

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Why Family Ministry Matters

On Saturday at our ReFuel event we celebrated our incredible family ministry volunteers.  They are a group of volunteers – ordinary people like all of us – who have decided to invest in the next generation.  Between both campuses, over 125 adults and teens serve in family ministry.  I am

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This Weeend @ Connexus | October 25, 2009

Wow! There have been some incredible things going on lately at Connexus (and even more planned). Really encouraged by the response to Medium so far. This weekend, we share Part 3 of the series in Barrie and feature an incredible interview with 19 year old Brandon Volkmann about the impact

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Why We Post Our Videos Right Away

We've been so encouraged by the reaction to our Medium series so far. This past Sunday in Barrie, we did part two of the series.  As usual, we upload the message as soon as possible.  We realize that means that you can watch a message online days before we feature

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This Weekend @ Connexus | October 18, 2009

Wow. Super excited about this weekend. Both our campuses are in the Medium series this weekend, and if you appreciated part one, you won't want to miss part two. Bring some friends with you, and after the service, stay a while and meet some people you haven't met before. For

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Thanks Sean!

Since June, all of you at the Orillia Campus have had the chance to get to know and love Sean Wood, who served as our interim campus pastor.  Sean's been a friend of Connexus since we launched and some of us go back a few years with Sean.  He's a

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