Archive for General
Help me!!
It’s November 4th and as I am working here at the office I have of my own free will been playing a “WOW Christmas” cd! It’s all downhill from here….it’s not even December yet…it’s barely November.
I am particularly enjoying “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” by Caedmon’s Call – really different.
Who knows, after this [...]
Study On Speaking With Tongues
Our subject on Wednesday nights has been the “Works of the Holy Ghost” – how the Holy Spirit is actively at work in our lives and world.
In the course of the study this past Wednesday I mentioned a study that had been done on brainwave patterns while people were engaged in singing gospel songs and [...]
Interesting Blog and Site
Just happened to come across the Church Central Leadership Community website.
The blog section features some great looking articles on church growth including posts by Thom Rainer and Bill Easum. Here is a link to a post by Rainer on “Disciple Making And The Local Church”
My only complaint – and it could be just me [...]
International Sunday Success
This past Sunday, October 18th was our Fourth Annual International Sunday, a time of recognition for the 22 nations that make up West Island United Pentecostal Church. For the first time we took the service out of the church building and into the 360 seat theatre at Lindsay Place High School.
Starting at 7:00 in [...]
Flu Season
The season for colds and flu’s is now upon us and presents its own challenges for churches.
Here at the church we have installed hand sanitizer dispensers at each entry point for the convenience and protection of those attending. The cost is minimal and the possible prevention of several cases of the flu or cold is [...]
Catalyst Excerpt
Nancy Ortberg spoke on the “Seduction and Myths of Influence” at Catalyst and had some good things to say.
You can read a summary of her talk at the “Out of Ur” blog – which, if you don’t already have it in your RSS reader, deserves to be added.
Christian Suffering Around The World
Lorne Gunter of the National Post newspaper posts an interesting commentary in the blog section that while dealing specifically with the United Church of Canada touches on the incidence of persecution and martyrdom of Christians around the world. It’s well worth the read.
You can get to it by clicking here
