A Nova Scotian Pastor Reflects on a Year of COVID, Terror, Tragedy and Racism

In one phrase how would you describe your impression of an Eastcoast lifestyle? Answers might include: “They’re some nice”; “A kitchen party waitin’ to happen”; “Are ya in a corner? I ‘magine Buddy will help ya out”; or “If I got something ya need—Fill Your Boots!” We are known to be laid-back and to be good neighbours as well as having tightly knit communities. But 2020 has challenged us in more ways than one. Disturbing the Peace while not Becoming Undone For the most part, we like our laid-back lifestyle but seven months ago an unwanted stranger showed up in...

Bradley Somers

What Has the Pandemic Been Like in Saskatchewan? A Local Pastor Tells Us about His Experience.

Clay Bitner

Alberta Is not a Bad Place for Churches to Wait Out a Pandemic

Terry Stauffer

How Recent Restrictions Have Affected Churches in Québec

Dwight Bernier

Rebuilding Our Christian Witness in a COVID19 World

Paul Carter

‘Worship God,’ episode 1: How Can Worship Leaders “Lead” during a Pandemic

Pat Sczebel • Jody Cross • Rob Brockman • Wyatt Graham

‘Worship God,’ episode 1: How Can Worship Leaders “Lead” during a Pandemic

Pat Sczebel • Jody Cross • Rob Brockman • Wyatt Graham

Lorsque tu ne peux pas voir sa main, tu peux croire en son coeur! Lorsque rien n’est certain

Eric Ricard

Vous est-il déjà arrivé de vous lever un matin et d’avoir la tête qui tourne, des pertes d’équilibre en vous rendant à la salle de bain et de ne pas être capable de manger de la journée ? Puis puisque cela dure pendant quelques jours, vous vous rendez à l’hôpital pour passer des tests et après une attente déjà trop longue, le médecin ne vous dit qu’une seule chose : « nous avons vu quelque chose d’anormal sur votre cœur, mais nous ne pouvons pas vous en dire plus pour le moment. Nous devons faire d’autres analyses. Nous vous appellerons lorsque...

Lorsque tu ne peux pas voir sa main, tu peux croire en son coeur! Lorsque rien n’est certain

Eric Ricard

Loving One Another through a COVID-19 Pandemic

Christel Humfrey

Pandemics can make us feel helpless and afraid. I recently saw a meme going around social media of Jean-Luc Picard bracing for impact on the starship Enterprise and the caption read “How I wake up every morning”. I think this sentiment is one we can all relate to. The anticipation of worse things to come is exhausting and deflating. But perhaps our perspective would change if we saw Covid-19 as an opportunity to show Christ’s love to hurting people? Imagine what would happen if the church rose up en masse in this hour of need to offer practical help and...

Loving One Another through a COVID-19 Pandemic

Christel Humfrey

Here Is Why My Church Is not Meeting on Sunday

Paul Martin

Your elders have spent a lot of time this week reading, praying and discussing whether or not we ought to continue our Sunday meetings. Here is a summary of our thinking. 1. We believe we ought to do all we can do to meet together. Hebrews 10:24–25 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. That said, a temporary suspension of services is not new to those...