let's visit churches that are thriving and find out what they're doing!
Once again, we arrived to a packed house on May 13. One woman who arrived late had trouble finding somewhere to sit. The sanctuary is rather small, but they also have a balcony that allows an average attendance of 150 with 40 children & youth. All children & youth workers are volunteer and they have …
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We found Bedford to be a warm & welcoming church. It has an average attendance of 275 with 40 children. Below are thoughts and comments from interviews and lay leaders and staff: “This is a community that has a disposition of abundance, not poverty—it’s a ‘yes we can’ community, not ‘I’m not sure.” This church …
How did we choose which churches to visit? I asked people living in different parts of Canada to recommend churches that were thriving. I also asked the same of a group called “Below Average” (United Church Ministers who are below the average age of ministers in the United Church–which I think is 50?). My partner …
Sunday was a great send off for my sabbatical. Westworth United Church covenanted with worship and pastoral care leaders who will keep the home fires burning. My partner and I were commissioned to travel across Canada and visit thriving United Churches. I felt loved and sad to leave my Westworth family for 4 months. But …
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