Here’s a little bonus post on the day before the night before Christmas. I wrote this a few weeks ago for the Orange Parents blog and thought it might help us all land Christmas a little bit better this year. Christmas is a bit nerve-wracking, isn’t it? I mean the stakes are high, and you’ve […]
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I of the things I love most about Connexus is how generous you are! On Sunday we took up our Thrive Christmas offering. You know what you did? You gave over $65,000 on Sunday to Thrive Christmas. That means we’re well on our way to reaching our goal of $80,000 to benefit the homeless in
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So it’s almost here. And we are SO EXCITED! This Sunday we are wrapping up Hotseat in Orillia and lauching our mini-Christmas series in Barrie called Christmas in Reverse. Plus at both campuses we’re receiving the Thrive Christmas Offering at the end of the service, our over-and-above regular giving offering to benefit others. Can’t wait
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You did so much last year…are you ready to do it again, but this time to help us help others? On Sunday, we’re receiving our Thrive Christmas Offering. The Thrive Christmas offering goes to three worth causes: The Barrie Food Bank…helping feed families in Barrie. The Lighthouse Christian Men’s Shelter…helping shelter homeless men in
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So we finished up the Hotseat teaching series on Sunday at our Barrie campus with a message on the fiery nature of the God of the Old Testament. Why does God seem so mad? You can catch the message here or simply download the video podcast on iTunes here. In the meantime, Robert Singh and
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So December is busy, isn’t it? I agree! Want to hear something surprising? Church attendance actually drops a bit in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Maybe it’s understandable given all the things you’re trying to cram in prior to December 24th. But to miss church this month would be to miss an incredible opportunity.
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One of the most difficult questions in the church today surrounds same sex relationships. If you want to hear the message about same sex relationships, you can watch it here or download the video podcast here. Here’s this week’s bonus video with some important questions about gays and lesbians and the Christian faith. In the
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We’re hearing your stories and they’re so encouraging: all year long, people have been living with margin and living on mission. You ready for what’s next? We want to take that to a new level in this month through Thrive Christmas. This month we’re asking everyone at Connexus to bring a special Thrive Christmas offering
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What’s your favourite part of Christmas? Even as a child, Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve services were among my most favourite moments. To me it always felt like time slowed down Christmas Eve, and we got to capture – even for an evening – a life-changing moment that told us how deep God’s love for
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Hotseat has become a much-talked-about series here at Connexus. And in that tradition, Robert asks some great follow up questions about sex in this week’s Hotseat Video Blog series. If you have some questions, leave them here! Looking forward to Part Four of the series – which is all about same sex relationships. Stay tuned
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