Misleading Impression
Re Back Cover, March On behalf of the people of St. Andrew’s King Street, Toronto, we would like to express our disappointment with the back cover […]
AuthorRev. Will Ingram, Senior Minister, Rev. Dr. Bob Faris, Associate Minister, Ms. Lori Ransom, Clerk of Session
Taking Risks
Within the church, it’s impossible to not take risks. With every day, every service and every event, there are uncertainties, likelihoods and probabilities that come into play that can result in positive or negative outcomes. Risk is inevitable. The negative outcomes it produces, however, are not.
Haney, Maple Ridge, B.C.
Children and youth participated in the Sunday School Challenge to raise money for the Pakistan farmers from September 2011 to May 2012. In addition to […]
Support the Colleges
Re: Future of Theological Colleges, March I was moved by Dr. Stephen Farris’s response. He says that new people will come to a congregation where […]
A Different Kind of Strength
If we follow the statistics for the past several decades it would seem the Presbyterian Church in Canada is dying. But, perhaps there is something to be gained through our journey toward death. This is what I’d like to explore.
Evergreen
On a tough strip of Yonge Street near a series of adult entertainment parlours, Maria found her way out of a lifestyle filled with uncertainty, street drugs and prostitution. She had walked past Evergreen many times. One day, she walked in.
‘The Way’
Re Word of God, February Rev. John Fraser writes about “playing” with the word of God. Playing with the word of God is a great […]
What Makes a Good City?
Paul MacLean is executive director of Potentials, a sort-of church think tank, based in Toronto. I wouldn’t characterize these [urban church things] as problems. They’re […]
Community of Compassion
A ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Canada celebrating its centennial in 2013, Evangel Hall is a place of hope where the individual’s heart is what matters, where someone can find understanding and strength to make a new life, where someone can find a sense of belonging.
Forcing the Issue
Rev. Douglas duCharme is a United Church of Canada minister at a church on Danforth Avenue in Toronto. He was formerly a minister with the […]
Enabling Leaders
Re: Constructive Anxiety, January The editorial rightly notes that there are profound changes occurring in institutional Christianity in the West and encourages us all to […]
First, Stellarton, N.S.
After 51 years as an elder, Gerald Reid has retired. Here, Rev. Charles McPherson presents him with a plaque in recognition of his dedicated service. Gerald […]
God and the Holy Spirit
We tend to be quite casual when it comes to the Holy Spirit. It is not that we don’t believe in the Holy Spirit; we do, but we generally tend to pay less attention to the Spirit than to other aspects of our doctrine and church life.
Witnessing the Message
We’ve gone beyond the day where we build a building and people will come. Church buildings don’t necessarily attract and increasingly I find congregations are saying it’s when we go out of the building that we are church.
Re PYPS, November
Re PYPS, November Fifty-six years ago, I too was a member of PYPS. During a camping experience at Kintail Camp, I took some film. In […]
Community News – March 2013
Restoring Oldest PCC Church in Western Canada John Whiteway and June Thompson are two of the Friends of Historic Kildonan Church, a group dedicated to […]
The Called Out Community
The question we constantly ask ourselves is: What is God calling us to do here? How do we read the signs of the times (Matthew 16:3) in our city in light of the biblical and reformed tradition on which we stand?
Hamilton, Ont.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada parade through Hamilton’s streets before joining Central for their annual Regimental Sunday last fall. The congregation and regiment […]
On Submission
I was not looking for God, Jesus or salvation and had no idea at the time what was happening to me; except I knew I needed to repent.
Fast Society, Slow Church
Rev. Glen Soderholm is a musician and minister serving with Two Rivers Church, a church plant in Guelph, Ont. Having been a parish pastor in […]