Archive for May, 2010

The Sunday School in Bethel Church, Scotsburn, N.S., was collecting 200 pounds of food for the local food bank. Meg Maxner and Nicole Robinson were having a joint...

LifeChurch It's a multi-campus church with 13 "physical sites" from Florida to California. LifeChurch currently leads 49 weekly worship services and reaches over 23,000 people. And LifeChurch is...

Three generations of the Toe family from Burma represented Westmount, Edmonton, at the 2010 Praisefest organized by the Presbytery of Edmonton Lakeland. They began worshipping regularly at Westmount...

In February, St. Andrew's, Brampton welcomed nine youth into membership by Profession of Faith. They are all active members of the congregation, in Sunday School and youth group...

The number of non-Christians in Canada could almost double by the year 2031 according to a report released by Statistics Canada in March. Of those who adhere to a...

Winter had been unusually long but I just had to get out in the bush. It was a case of maintaining what little sanity I had left, not...

I never thought that it would be easier to talk about sex in the church than it would be to talk about money. After all, Jesus had a...

I love being part of the Presbyterian Church; I love the biblical basis and Christological focus of our confessional life represented in Living Faith. But if Living Faith...

Aunt Verna had the gift of hospitality. When you visited with her, you always felt affirmed. She was a good listener. I think the care she showed in...

I want to commend you for your series on Theology 101. Clear thinkers and good writers enable all members of the Church to wrestle with critical issues that...

Chaplain General David Kettle, a Presbyterian padre, has been appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, a position that recognizes long and distinguished service. — C....

Here's incentive to hold on to your subscription: Those boxes held by the young people are 100th anniversary time capsules at Knollwood sealed into a wall in February....

Rev. Dr. Herb Gale, associate secretary of Planned Giving, will stand as moderator-elect at the 2010 General Assembly, which begins June 6 in Sydney, N.S. The North Carolina native...

I simply cannot agree with Dr. McLelland's implication of what it means to be Reformed. In January, McLelland wrote, "Our motto is ‘always reforming' (reformed and always to be...

Johan DeSchiffart admits Nicaragua is "not a place I'd want to go for a tourist trip." As he and nine delegates journeyed through the mountains of the Central American...

Mixed Reviews for Biennial Assemblies The possibility of holding General Assembly every second year garnered the most discussion at Assembly Council's March meeting, but the proposal was eventually defeated....

A Muslim Woman has filed a human rights complaint after she was expelled from a Quebec college for refusing to remove her face veil. The Egyptian-born woman, who...

According to the Vanier Institute of the Family, in the past decade the debt per household for Canadian families has advanced by 45 per cent, with a debt...

St. Andrew's, Whycocomagh, and Little Narrow's Pastoral Charge in Cape Breton, N.S., held a joint communion service last December, where 11 young people joined the church. Rev. Adam...