So…last Sunday we held our final services at Trinity Community Church where I have served for twelve years, and now we head into…what? The temptation is to say "see you in December", when we launch publicly in Barrie (December 2nd) and Orillia (December 9th). Actually, our team hopes to see
–>Wow! It's been a pretty overwhelming week. Thanks for your awesome response this morning in Orillia, as 200 people gathered at the Galaxy Cinema for our second launch meeting. Between the two launch meetings and some leadership meetings we've had over the last two weeks, we've met in person with
–>I just so deeply hope you'll be at tomorrow morning's launch meeting at 10:00 a.m. at the Galaxy Cinemas in Orillia at WestRidge Place. Tomorrow's meeting will really mark the beginning of what will be an incredible few weeks of activity that will lead to the launch of Connexus within
"Our locations might be temporary, but our ministry is any but!" –> Over the last couple weeks I've been working with my daughter, Haley, on her grade two project on the Monarch Butterfly. She has done a great job putting together a display and presentation that explains the incredible change
–>I get excited when leaders get together. There is nothing like a group of people pooling their time and energy and strength together to achieve a common mission. That's what is forming the heart of the Connexus community. As hundreds of us pool our time and talent as well as
The launch of Connexus is less than six weeks away for Barrie, and seven weeks away for Orillia. Each of you reading this blog has a role to play in the next month to help the launch happen. Quite honestly, if our staff and elders all worked 24/7 until December
–>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
–>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
–>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
–>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!
