This pamphlet has been prepared with the intent of helping you through this difficult time. Following my husband's death, I made two mistakes which took months to rectify. But a year later, while handling his mother's affairs, I was fully prepared. And I trust, with this information at hand you will be too.
The United Church of Canada is investing $6-8 million on a two-year project that aims to attract new parishioners between the ages of 30 and 45. Emerging Spirits will include internet, television and radio campaigns, support and education for congregations on how to target this age group, and resource teams stationed throughout the country to help congregations in this endeavour.
Suzie McNeil, step-daughter of Rev. Ian McPherson of Erindale, Mississauga, was chosen as one of the finalists for Rock Star INXS, a reality show to choose the next lead singer for the band. The show aired during the summer of 2005.
Lost Women of the Bible: Finding Strength and Significance Through Their Stories, Carolyn Custis James, Zondervan.
Lloyd Evans in the British weekly Spectator unequivocally asserts that Jesus could not read, a claim made by many books and Internet sites, glossed in Northrop Frye's The Great Code: The Bible and Literature by placing Christ in the oral tradition of Socrates and other early Greek philosophers who wrote nothing, their teachings preserved by loyal disciples.
To help you through this difficult time, this pamphlet has been prepared. Following my husband's death, I made two mistakes, which took months to rectify. But a year later, while handling his mother's affairs, I was fully prepared. And I trust, with this information at hand you will be, too.
Waking up to wonder A hand tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around to face a smiling stranger. "You're the girl who preached in […]
The night before you crossed the River Jordan, we crowded your bed and sang the hymns you loved to hear. Twice you took my daughter's hand and tried to raise it to your lips. When at last you succeeded in kissing it, she began to weep from sadness and joy and the delight of another memory she'd carry for life.
ENI – The World Association for Christian Communication, a global media development and advocacy network, is relocating its headquarters from London to Toronto following a decline in grants from European donors to cover its core budget.
Becoming a Blessed Church, N. Graham Standish, Alban Institute.
William Sloane Coffin, a former Yale University chaplain, civil rights activist and self-proclaimed "disturber of the peace" who revelled in infuriating his critics, died, aged 81 in April. Receiving an award in 2003 he said, "American Christians need forcefully and fearlessly to remind our leaders that it was the devil who tempted Jesus with unparalleled power and wealth," Coffin said. "And it is the devil in each American that makes us love to feel powerful."
Presbyterian minister Rev. Dr. Robert P. Fourney has been deposed from office for sexual misconduct following an investigation by the Presbytery of East Toronto and its Sexual Abuse and Harassment Committee.
Sacred Simplicities: Seeing the Miracles in Our Lives, Lori Knutson, Path Books, ABC Publishing.
"Canada Ministries has looked after Malvern as a child of its own," Christy Kurian, clerk of session, told the Record. "It can be proud of the way Malvern has turned around." Malvern, Scarborough, Ont., is 29 years old and for that time has been working off its manse loan. On April 9th, Mathew Goslinski, administrator for Canada Ministries, handed the manse keys to the church trustees, Sid Latchana, Myra Moyo and Margaret Horigan.
The Oakridge, London Concert Choir is on tour to Ottawa in June, led by director of music, Janet Fischer, and with concert organist, Ian Sadler. […]
BOOK REVIEWS Relegating Christianity to the margins Tracing the decline of Protestantism within public universities by Margaret Ogilvie Beyond fundamentalism and liberalism Inviting the church […]
Like all other presbyteries, London suffers the same challenges: as membership declines, churches close. Still, three of our churches are busting at the seams and […]
In response to the drought in Kenya, Canadian Foodgrains Bank is going to deliver over 5,000 metric tonnes of maize, beans, yellow split peas, and edible oil. The value of the food aid will be approximately $2.7 million.
Ontario recently banned all forms of religious arbitration in family matters, including Sharia law. Bill 27 was passed Feb. 14, making it illegal for religious bodies to hold their own court to decide matters related to family law. Such practices were allowed in Ontario since 1991, and had been used most extensively in Jewish circles.
Rev. Chuck Congram, right, was a highlight at the REAP Evangelism Conference in February in Hamilton. Relevant Effective Accessible Practical — this was the second of three conferences focusing on outreach ministry. Glen Soderholm, left, led worship with his original music: "May the Peace of Christ go with you, and also with you." Look for another conference next year!