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Top 10 Most Valuable Mindsets for MKs & TCKs
By PortalBot • January 11, 2021

We like Top Ten lists, don’t we? Bite-sized bits of information we can easily process and implement if we choose. Fashion trends. Vacation spots. I figure if it’s good enough for God’s Commandments...

Forced to Adapt or Choosing to Adapt?
By PortalBot • January 05, 2021

We can let what’s happening around us mold us or we can be purposeful and seek God’s help in adapting to the changes that are going on around us and in us.

Visitors or Guests? How Warm is our Welcome?
By PortalBot • January 04, 2021

One day our churches will reopen. As we prepare for that eventuality, churches would do well to discern the difference between treating newcomers as visitors or guests.

House of Omeed
By PortalBot • December 14, 2020

The House of Omeed (House of Hope) exists to inspire hope in the hearts of refugees and newcomers to Canada as they make the necessary huge adjustment to their lives now transplanted into a new, un...

All Ages Welcome...in the Church & Missions
By PortalBot • November 04, 2020

The idea that older people can’t participate fully in society, let alone the church, is all too prevalent. Especially when it comes to missions. Pastor Norm suggests Intergenerational Ministry as a...

Silver Linings
By PortalBot • October 26, 2020

Moving a course with a global footprint and a 20+ year track record from a face-to-face delivery model to an online one would normally be a considered, careful experiment, filled with caution, eval...

Port Chaplains Adapt to COVID-19 Pandemic
By PortalBot • October 22, 2020

The Chaplain Ministry for seafarers has had to change & adapt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill shares some of the challenges, and some of the joys of ministering to the seafarers during this ...

Entering Well for MKs & TCKs - Transition Part II
By PortalBot • October 15, 2020

Ask adult TCKs about the most challenging transition of their lives, and they'll most likely say, "College" or University. 

It's not surprising, really. Where most young people enter...

What is The Church when it is not Meeting Publicly?
By PortalBot • October 13, 2020

What does the church look like when no one is attending? Do we identify the church by the location, facility, staff, programs, and services?  If our understanding of the church is tied to thes...

4 Words Every Pastor Needs to Hear
By PortalBot • October 05, 2020

Pastoring isn't easy! And that was before COVID.

Pastor Trevor Berry speaks from his own experience to share 4 words that he believes every pastor needs to hear. 

Resources for World Mental Health Day
By PortalBot • September 30, 2020

Our communities are hurting. And let's be honest, we as leaders are too. This article includes 3 Resources for World Mental Health Day & information about the upcoming Church Mental Health Summ...

Quebec: Presenting the Gospel to the Québécois
By PortalBot • September 30, 2020

How to present the gospel to the Québécois without unnecessary religious trappings that can hide the beauty and the winsomeness of the love of God revealed in Christ.