How we’re loving and serving our community
Our vision at Mount Salem Community Church (MSCC) is to “inspire people to follow Jesus.” Our hope is to live and love in such a way that it compels people to consider faith. By serving the community that God has planted us in, we have the unique opportunity to build a mission centre called The Family Central, and we are working toward establishing a community centre called the Malahide Athletic Centre (MAC).
Dedicated kids and adults at Kola
Latest news from Kola EMC.
Child dedications and SEAN graduates.
‘Who will go?’
On September 10, 2023, Heartland congregation officially installed our new lead pastor: Matthew Funk (originally of Landmark, Man.) supported by his wife, Kathy, who is originally from Niverville, Man.
Psalm 145 / 21 = 14
The math of Psalm 145 according to Abbeydale Christian Fellowship may leave some readers perplexed … but like the Ethiopian eunuch’s confusion, it can be explained. Apparently, Calgary is home to people of 240 different ethnic origins, speaking 120 different languages.
Summer Provides Points of Connection
Church camp is a highlight for many people at Stony Brook Fellowship. We enjoyed being together and connecting as a church family during this event held June 9–11, 2023.
Children’s Choir Comes to Town
On June 9, 2023, Straffordville EMC was privileged to host the Watoto Children’s Choir.
Baptismal Candidates Welcomed
On July 16, 2023, MacGregor EMC was pleased to baptize and welcome into membership Sara Thiessen, and Isabelle Toews, pictured with Pastor Russell Doerksen.
What do church plants need?
The EMC currently has 11 church plants and outreaches across Canada, defined as being roughly in their first 10 years of existence or receiving subsidy from the conference. Let me introduce you to these churches and their pastors/leaders.
Packing in activities in June
Crestview Fellowship enjoyed a very busy month of June. June is a time of graduations, church picnics, baptisms and church camps—pack it all in before vacations start.
New building, new members
Straffordville EMC celebrated its first service in their new building on December 23, 2018, and held a grand opening celebration on June 9, 2019.
From shadows to Son rise!
Our special Tenebrae service on the eve of Good Friday was planned and performed by a team of believers in Jesus working together to create an atmosphere of worship and remembrance. They took us step by anguished step through the last week of Jesus’ life during Holy Week.
Holy Week at Abbeydale
Abbeydale Christian Fellowship, where one can only guess what kind of interesting and wonderful surprises are in store. The Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday worship services were each unique and a blessing in their own way, culminating in a distinctly international experience.
Wisdom needed to deal with danger in Haiti
Beauty Out of Ashes (BOA) was established in 2017 through the vision and commitment of Gary and Mavis Unger. The Ungers had spent several years at an orphanage in Haiti when their hearts were touched by the desperate circumstances of young girls forced into domestic slavery in some of the poorest areas of Port au Prince.
Whether going or coming, God is at work
Looking back on 2022, there are many things we could catch up on. We could talk about the parent-child dedication service for six young families in May. Or we might highlight the two baptism services in summer where a total of 15 were baptized.
‘Shun’ as a positive ac‘shun’ word
Transition, tradition, celebration, commission, congregation and many more words end with a ‘shun’ pronunciation. How many times does this occur in this article?
Three baptized, three children dedicated
Baptized in August 2022 at Portage Evangelical Church are Riley Bueckert, Tessa Shaw and Caleb Neufeld.
Pastor ordained at PBMC
Craig and Laura Cornelsen were installed as pastor couple on September 11, 2022, and Craig was ordained.
NFC holds final service
Even though Northern Fellowship Chapel has officially “closed,” it is only the building that has ceased to exist as a church.
Through God’s hand, our doors are open
After receiving many “green lights” we moved forward, bought a building and opened our doors in November 2021. There is always a lot of work in starting a new church, but God has been so good and helped us.