Read Matthew 28:5 Reflect It’s kind of weird. Whenever an angel appears to a person in the Bible, the first words out of an angel’s mouth are “Don’t be afraid.” When the angel appears to Mary to announce that Jesus wasn’t dead, but alive, those were his first words. It raises an interesting question. Are […]
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Read Matthew 28: 1-3 Reflect Ever been in an earthquake? The worst I’ve ever experienced happened when I was a student living in Toronto. I felt the apartment shake. The plates rattled and the floor shook, but then I went on with the day. My guess is your day didn’t start with an earthquake (at
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Read Matthew 28: 1-10 Reflect Welcome to day 1 of Your Next 40 Days. It’s a spiritual journey for all of us! For some of you it’s a first (welcome!). For others, this is part of an ongoing journey. Regardless of where you come from or where you’re at, we’re so glad you’re here! So
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What are you doing starting tomorrow? How about beginning a brand new journey together? We’re calling it Your Next 40 Days. Some pretty amazing things happened in the 40 days after the first Easter (Jesus appeared to many people, the church got rolling and people’s lives were transformed). I think the temptation for a lot of us
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As you likely know, the most powerful commemoration of God’s love we share as Christians is almost here. Good Friday services are tomorrow, and Easter Sunday is this weekend! I hope these will be an incredibly meaningful time for you and your family and friends. We’d love to help with that. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are
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Putting personal guardrails in your life can be the difference between finding peace, joy and freedom, or finding yourself in the middle of a destructive situation that you have no desire to be a part of. Why? Because culture baits us to the edge of what’s acceptable, then chastises us when we step over
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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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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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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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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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