–> Carey’ Nieuwhof- 6: 30 a.m. It is day one of Heart Break. I’m leaving for Connexus in a few minutes to lead worship. Excited about what God might do today. This morning Rich Birch and I, our staff, volunteers, elders and many others at Connexus began seven days of prayer and in some cases, […]
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Man, a lot of us here at Connexus are getting excited about this coming weekend. We are synchronizing our campuses this weekend for a single weekend that will kick off seven days of prayer and fasting. Yup, you read it right – prayer and fasting. Before that begins to sound too crazy, let me explain.
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I love it when people not only begin to follow Jesus, but when Jesus then turns their lives upside down. I want you to hear Kaitlyn’s story. She is 18 and attends our Orillia campus, and she wrote this note to her church family at Connexus. Kaitlyn’s picture is below. She’s with a Japanese university
–> Hey friends, (Hopefully we are friends after this post . . .) So we’ve started working on Christmas eve at Connexus already. I know . . . I know . . . it’s July. We want (need) to get the ball rolling. We’re working on some great creative concepts and have started to block
Okay, I have a new favourite activity at Connexus: baptism. Tonight, we filmed a dozen baptism stories (from a teenager to a 70 year old) in preparation for our baptism service next week. Over and over again tonight, I was incredibly moved. Other times, we were laughing out loud. Most of all, I was amazed
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It is another HUGE weekend at Connexus, and given the forecast, I’m thankful all our weekend venues are air-conditioned! Make sure your friends are ready to join you for what will be a weekend to remember in many ways. We wrap up God and Sex in Orillia with a moment in the service you don’t
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What do you think about on Saturdays? Paying bills . . . working around the yard . . . driving the kids places . . . playing golf . . . The list is pretty endless. One of the things that I think about Saturday’s is "I wonder who is coming to church for
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Often we can talk a good game in the Christian world, but the real issue is who lives a good game? The longer I live my life as a Christ follower, the more I ask why my life doesn’t look more like Jesus’ life. It’s easy to talk compassion and sacrifice, I love it when
I’m so grateful for the dialogue Jesus the Guru, is generating. But I want it to go way beyond talk about Jesus and focus on talking with Jesus. How’s that going for you? In week one of the series, I encouraged people to read their Bibles and interact with God in prayer as though God
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So if you had $3,500 to spend to help draw people into a relationship with Jesus, how would you spend it? We were faced with that question a few months ago, and decided we’d use it to provide an incentive for you to have lunch and meaningful dialogue with a friend you invited to Connexus.
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