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What Is a Ministry Without Volunteers? Celebrating Global Volunteer Month 2021
Join us in thanking our many Safe Church volunteers, and find out how you can get started volunteering with us today!
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March 26, 2021
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Resurrect Now!
A poem for desiring true resurrection ahead of Easter.
March 26, 2021
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Churches Built to Multiply
If your church is considering planting a church, read these stories about church plants that built multiplication into their DNA.
March 24, 2021
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A Different Hosanna
Rather than waving our branches, maybe we should use Palm Sunday to quietly contemplate all the ways we too worship the Jesus we want.
March 22, 2021
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The Carpenter's Son
Who was the carpenter’s son they called Jesus, and what was He really like?
March 18, 2021
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How Much to Keep
“It’s not about how much should we give, but how much should we keep.”
March 17, 2021
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5 Strategies for Rethinking Your Church Budget
Here are five ways to rethink your church’s budget, moving beyond minute line items and into greater kingdom impact.
March 17, 2021
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Worship Typos and Being Alive in Jesus
Sometimes, like a Freudian slip, a misspelling creates a paradigm shift that reveals a world underneath.
March 13, 2021
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Experience the Grace of Recovery
We should remember the grace of the Lord who allows us to recover when we are tired and exhausted from the difficulties of life.
March 12, 2021
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Guiding Our Kids to Pray
Wondering how to guide your children into a relationship with God? Seize the everyday moments to guide your children into a life of prayer.
March 12, 2021
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The First Through the Wall
The realization was sobering: Before I even opened my mouth, I was presenting a new paradigm to the church. This was a perspective I hadn't considered before.
March 11, 2021
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What Have Our Churches Gained Because of COVID?
We have lost so much this year—but what have our churches gained, especially in our ability to love our neighbor?
March 10, 2021
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Equipping Families to Grow in Faith Together
A children’s ministry cohort is discovering how to engage families in faith formation
March 10, 2021
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COVID Grant Helps Church Address Mental Health
Last fall, World Renew Canada and Diaconal Ministries Canada teamed up to offer COVID grants to churches longing to connect with their local neighourhoods. Here's a story from Kelowna, BC!
March 9, 2021
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The Difficult Spiritual Discipline of Listening
Learning to truly listen to and understand one another might be the faith practice we need most right now.
March 8, 2021
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Unmute: The Impact of a Pandemic on Gender-Based Violence (Review)
The Classis Huron Safe Church Conference moved online this year and they chose the production Unmute as a way to engage in meaningful discussion on gender-based violence.
March 8, 2021
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Friendship Now a Subsidiary of All Belong
As long-time collaborators, All Belong and Friendship Ministries came together for good with the announcement that Friendship Ministries is now a subsidiary of All Belong.
March 6, 2021
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Beanie Babies and Staying Engaged in God’s Mission
How do we maintain enthusiasm for God's mission? Here are four Biblical truths to keep our love for God's mission alive in our congregations.
March 4, 2021
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Engaging in Spiritual Conversations
For the past four weeks, over 20 people participated in a virtual training called Engaging in Spiritual Conversations.
March 3, 2021
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Why It's Hard for the Rich to Enter the Kingdom
Check your sermon file on this passage; my guess is you’ve got at least a few. That’s because preachers have to wrestle with this hard saying of Jesus.
March 1, 2021
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Naming the Crazy and Forging Ahead in Family Faith Formation
My world was crazy: parenting 4 kids, changes in my business ownership, American politics, and the pandemic. The idea of naming the crazy and naming a way forward definitely caught my attention.
February 28, 2021
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Even Death on a Cross
Private Roger Young followed the pattern of Jesus who absorbed the wrath of God on the cross to save us alive.
February 26, 2021
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Praying with Prostitutes - Outsiders & Insiders
A congregation of young people in Santo Domingo learns how to "sing the songs of the Lord" from a surprising group of "outsiders" in their city.
February 26, 2021
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Growing With: Parenting Adult Children
Here are 4 ways to grow with emerging adults (in a world that is vastly different from the world in which their parents came of age).
February 26, 2021
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In the Wake of Ravi Zacharias: When Spiritual Leaders Do Harm
How should we respond when a spiritual leader does harm? This article discusses some do's and don'ts, particularly in relation to the recent revelations about Ravi Zacharias.