St. Andrew’s, Swinton Park, Ont.
Despite the cold and wind, members are all smiles as they gather to celebrate their church’s 130th anniversary. After the October service, they enjoyed a […]
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Standing Alone in the Church
If, according to the apostle Paul, singleness is the higher calling, why is it so often treated as a form of failure within the Christian community?
Laughter, Music, Tears
The setting is ironic. A chilly dawn in the heart of an awakening Montreal; the uncaring morning rush flooding past Place du Canada. On the […]
The Haynes Report
In September 2011, Rev. Gordon Haynes, then the associate secretary of Canada Ministries, was assigned a “research project to provide a report for the Life […]
Community News – June 2013
Forty Years of Justice KAIROS celebrated 40 years of ecumenical justice work by Canadian churches with a moving worship service at the Church of the […]
Art, Music and Poetry Teach About Mental Illness – Mission
Aiming to deepen the church’s relationship with those who experience mental illness, Boarding Homes Ministry is distributing curriculum kits for free to congregations across Canada.
Continuing the Conversation
Today’s pace of life has accelerated the church’s anxiety about the future. Institutional change is sweeping throughout western civilization. Religious institutions are not immune.
Re People and Places
Re People and Places, April Thank you so much for including our $1,000 picture. How very beautiful it was to see when I turned to […]
St. Giles, North Sydney, N.S.
St. Giles has hosted an inter-denominational men’s breakfast for Cape Bretoners since the mid-60s. Pictured here are the men who attended a breakfast just prior […]
General Assembly 2013
The 139th General Assembly is in session May 31 to June 3. Check out photos and reports from the assembly floor.
A Work in Progress
I stopped going to church when I started high school. I didn’t feel it did anything for me at all. Then a couple of years ago, two events started to gradually put my life into a new perspective.
The Good News
I am not grateful each morning as my feet hunt for my slippers. I don’t thank God for delivering me safely through the night.
National Offices, Toronto
Katherine Allen (centre), the WMS’s longest serving employee, retired last fall. Here she is at her retirement party along with Joan Smith, WMS president, and […]
Best Practices
Over the past six years, I have been in literally hundreds of churches. Many are in gradual decline and are searching for solutions to reverse direction. Sadly, almost all are going about it in exactly the wrong way.
Community News – May 2013
Ploughshares Applauds Treaty Project Ploughshares, a peace and justice NGO supported by the Presbyterian Church, celebrated the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty at the […]
Broken Yet Beloved
What if we shifted our approach to becoming smaller and more focused in our mission and ministry? What if we shifted our vision of church to a fellowship of communities less dependent on money?
First, Trail, B.C.
Before taking a turn on their new slide, Sunday school students wait for Rev. Meridyth Robertson to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of […]
Justice Comes Slowly to Pakistan’s Prisoners
In Pakistan an accusation is enough to make an arrest. That’s what happened to Rehmat Masiah, 75, who was accused of blasphemy after a land dispute went sour.
The Cost of Discipleship
It was on the night of my mother’s 16th birthday, May 10, 1940, that the small kingdom of the Netherlands was invaded by neighbouring German troops. So instead of happy birthday greetings by family members, my mother was glumly told that morning: “It’s war.”
Knox, Alliston, Ont.
Hannah Hill plays flute at an old style service, where members arrived in their best period dress. The special event was just one of many […]