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Hospitality and Church Revitalization
Months before we plunged into a socially isolating global pandemic, I completed a research project on the impact of hospitality in Canadian Churches. I studied a number of Canadian congregations en...
Loving Strangers: Why the Canadian Church Needs Biblical Hospitality
Canadian Christians should be known by their love and acts of hospitality. Followers of Jesus should reflect the qualities of the One they are following.
Introduction to Creative Hospitality
What happens when strangers meet strangers? Common experiences draw us to be kind and generous to the stranger, but busyness tends to stifle our ability and perhaps our desire to engage with the st...
The Joy of Evangelism
If you’re like me, when someone starts talking about the need to get more involved in evangelism, the first thought to come to mind isn’t ‘JOY’. Maybe its stress. Or guilt. Or shame. Or fear. Why d...
Beyond the Mistletoe
Christmas is not all, and only about green mistletoe, tasty pastries, and sweet fluffy calico cats. It is, I believe about two puzzling and paradoxical truths...
Hospitality for the Holidays
4 Simple Suggestions to Include Hospitality in your Christmas celebrations. Christmas is a time for hospitality; a time to open our homes and extend a warm welcome to friends and family. ...
How to Pray for your Church
One of the things that should be on all our prayer lists right now is our church. Pastors, elders, and various leaders and ministries have had a challenging time as we live through a global p...
Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday! As a faith-based mission, Outreach Canada Ministries depends on God to provide committed financial supporters and ministry partners. Your contributions help to generate ministry opp...
Loving and Supporting MKs: One Church's Story
What are some ways you could love and encourage the MKs you know? Here's a story of how one church practically loved and supported MKs!
Afghan Refugees: How can we Respond?
With the recent upheaval in Afghanistan, the Canadian government has committed to accept 40,000 refugees. Lorna calls the church to step up to help settle Afghan Refugees.
She a...
Looking Back & Looking Forward
We just installed new signs on our office and this provides an opportunity to look back at a moment in our history!
Next Steps: Mission at our Doorstep
If you missed "Mission at our Doorstep", or if you'd like to see it again, you can view the recording of the whole event here.
As you consider how to pursue the Mission at YOUR Doorstep, ...