Got some ‘Christmases’ coming up? You know what I mean – there’s only one Christmas, but most of us celebrate two or three times with family and friends. Our family had our first Christmas earlier this week, and it was a really great time. My favourite part? A few of us were able to make […]
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It’s been great to see the initial response to Giving Away Christmas at Connexus. Missed Sunday? Catch up here or on iTunes (search "connexus church"). Here’s what Giving Away Christmas is all about. Many of us will end up giving and getting gifts we really don’t need, and frankly, sometimes don’t want. But our want
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In the next few weeks, we’re going to give people at Connexus a chance to give this Christmas with a one week series we’re calling "Giving Christmas Away". We’re totally looking forward to that, in part because it will make an immediate difference (families globally and locally will be impacted), but i part because it
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I’m so excited that in a few weeks from now, we celebrate our second anniversary. We’re holding a celebration Sunday we’re calling "Party for Two". So many churches really feature a party for one kind of person: a Christian. But when we started Connexus, we wanted to create the kind of church where two kinds
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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 that with a few stories
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 the foyer this morning in
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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 love it. Dave is not
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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 to serve up some ice
We are looking forward to a fantastic weekend at Connexus. Why’s that? You will be so much better rested, because tonight we turn the clocks BACK one hour. Enjoy the zzzzs! You’ll have made some new friends at Hallowe’en. If you are trick or treating tonight, be generous! It’s a great way to become a
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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 so excited by that. Here’s
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