Spotlight – October – 2011
St. Andrew’s, King Street, in downtown Toronto, was filled with overflow crowds from the state funeral of Jack Layton, which was held across the street […]
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World News – October 2011
Hungarian parliament in Budapest, Hungary New Hungarian Law Threatens some Churches Hungary has introduced a new law governing the registration of religious groups that critics […]
Community News – October – 2011
Volunteers in Evangel Hall’s kitchen help prepare one of the 8,000 meals produced there each month Celebration and Service at Evangel Hall Evangel Hall Mission […]
Presbyterians Rally for East Africa
Through partner organizations on the ground, the church’s aid department has been helping to provide food, shelter and other necessities to communities crippled by famine […]
Letter From: The More We Get Together
We’re not in Kansas anymore. We’ve all known that for a long time, of course. But presbyteries are constantly challenged to advance God’s work while, […]
Working for a Better Future
My supervisor, Juan Carlos eases the truck down the steep road of loose sand and then guns it through the creek at the bottom. Now […]
Top National and Global Evangelicals Urge Unity, Not Division, on 9/11
Senior representatives of the global and United States evangelical community are urging people of all faiths to work together to bring peace and build up their communities on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States 10 years ago. Last year, protests by extremists marred the commemoration of attacks and ignited international violence. This year, the controversy surrounds the inclusion of U.S. religious leaders in the 10th anniversary ceremonies.
Church Groups Provide Famine Relief in Eastern Africa
The scene at the world’s largest refugee camp is “grim” but “not a place of despair” according to Presbyterian World Service and Development’s communications coordinator, […]
Community News
Stories and Celebrations at Inuvik TRC Event Two Hundred Kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, in the land of the midnight sun, Principal Clerk Stephen […]
Harvesting Hope
In February, I visited the Soils, Food and Healthy Communities program at Ekwendeni Hospital in Malawi to do research on farmers’ perspectives on climate change. […]
World News
WCC General Secretary Offers Condolences to Norway World Council of Churches General Secretary Rev. Dr. Olav Fyske Tveit penned a letter of condolence to the […]
Pastors of Excellence
“I truly believe that if it had not been for the experience of Pastors of Excellence I would have left ministry long ago!” An overstatement […]
Speaking Up
Rodger Hunter of Boarding Homes Ministry, recipient of the E.H. Johnson award for being on the cutting edge of mission: “Boarding Homes Ministry does not […]
One of Many Voices
When I first stepped up to a microphone on Thursday, my heart was pounding and my hands shook, yet beyond all my nerves there was […]
Shouting Out
Rev. Rick Horst, Moderator of the 137th General Assembly: “In and of itself, there is nothing wrong with institutions, but the Presbyterian Church in Canada […]
Toronto Church Shares $200,000 with Missions
St. Andrew’s, Toronto, decided to share $200,000 this summer when a large bequest to the church came in the midst of a lean season among […]
Behind the Burka
Since arriving in Afghanistan in April, there have only been two places where I have been free to uncover my head: my hotel room, and […]
Business as Usual
THE BIGGEST STORY at the 137th General Assembly is what didn’t happen. While considering several different seemingly unrelated recommendations, assembly proposed numerous new motions and […]
A Strong Bond
A special celebration at New St. James, London, Ont., was a way for the congregation’s Karen families to give back to the church they now […]