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So we launch the Orillia campus of Connexus this weekend and move into week two of being fully open at our Barrie campus.  If you’re like me, you’re just excited, and hopeful, and a bit overwhelmed.  Here’s what I am loving as we head into our first full weekend of being wide open at each […]

So….we’re getting into a pretty exciting time.  Both campuses will be wide open this weekend to the public, and who knows, we might even be blizzard-free.  How amazing would that be? So many people have helped with the launch of Connexus in both sites.  To try to convey our gratitude is a little challenging —

Two snow days in a row.  How fascinating, even if you’re not 8 years old and have to go to work (like me).  It’s still fun. So what will you do on your snow day?  I guess you could explore the still-new Connexus web-site.  As soon as you get there, you’ll notice the message from

Gotta love all the snow and ice!  It’s a little crazy that we convince each other to live in this climate!  I’m pretty sure there wasn’t any snow in the Garden of Eden – I think living in this climate must be direct disobedience against God!  :o) Over the last couple weekends I’ve see literally

–>So…we would have to launch the first campus of Connexus during a blizzard, but that didn’t seem to stop what God wanted to do.  I snapped this picture after lunch…a Connexus trailer and a huge snow plow…how quaint.  (By this point, the snow had turned to a steady stream of freezing rain.)  We were so

–>How do you boil the launch of a church down to one thing that is most important? I thought about what to tell you the most important thing was this weekend.  Candidates for the one thing included: that I could preach a crazily good message. That the music would kick. That we would be authentic

–>Well, it’s been a great week so far.  Connexus Barrie is scheduled to open this weekend to the community.  We’re praying, working hard, and very excited about all that is possible in our region starting this weekend.  Hope you’ve got friends and family coming this weekend at 8:30 and 10 in Barrie! Thought we’d bring

–>Here’s something we never anticipated: Connexus is going to be featured in an upcoming one hour prime time special on network television as an example of a church that’s reaching out in relevant ways to the next generation. I’ve had a series of great conversations with a documentary film maker who has been following the

Hey Folks…just some really quick pieces of good news that we received half way through a Monday… i.We think we have the go-ahead on a really cool way to do Christmas Eve service together.  Stay tuned.  We hope to have something to announce shortly.  We’ve been working on this for a month, and a few

–>Wow!  It’s hard to believe, but we did what many said was either crazy or impossible.  We opened two campuses within seven days of each other. Man!  I can’t imagine being part of a finer team of people.  Committed to Christ.  Committed to each other. Committed to the community.  Committed to getting the job done,