My purpose in writing this treatise is to help you as a pastor prepare for your retirement, the end of your public ministry or whatever name you choose to call it. It will come to an end eventually....
What does Easter Mean? Delivered. Take a look at a video Main Street Baptist Church did to help celebrate Easter....
Greetings from Open Arms Church in Parrsboro! We want everyone to know how much we feel blessed to meet in our new building. ...
COVID-19 has certainly changed the way we worship... Yet nothing can stop the work of Christ in the lives of people. Amidst this "new normal" churches are finding innovative ways to celebrate and worship together. Faith Baptist Great Village and Open Arms Parrsboro are two churches that are moving forward in faith and doing this a bit different. Both churches held services in the great outdoors recently. ...
Wondering what ever happened to the quick build at Open Arms Parrsboro? Well take a look at the photo album - the work continues. ...
Fellowship Atlantic Regional Council is pleased to announce that Doug Campbell has accepted the position of Regional Director for Fellowship Atlantic. Get to know Doug... ...
We are planning another "online cluster" for May 21st from 9 to noon with special guest Tony Schnare. Tony will be facilitating a conversation "Pastoring Through a Pandemic." We will investigate the emotional and spiritual trauma of Covid-19 on ministry staff and volunteers. ...
Brothers and Sisters, Greetings to you all in this new year. I thank God when I think of you. One of the "things" about the end of one year and the beginning of another is book lists. I have probably read 10 lists of people's favourite books for 2023. Do you have some books you have really appreciated and been helped by? Do you have a plan for how to read good books in the...
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Brothers and Sisters, This is the final Fellowship Atlantic update you will receive for 2023. Thank you to all who have read through the emails we send out each week. I hope they have been helpful to you and your church in some way. This time of year for churches is an interesting mix of two categories: "what needs to be done" and "what has already been done." On one han...
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Brothers and sisters, I am confident that we all are hoping and planning so we can share the good news this Christmas season. It's part of being a follower of Christ. I was helped by a discussion on evangelism at the micro-conference on "Creating a Culture of Evangelism" this past week to consider all the different ways God is working in us and through us to be light and...
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Brothers and sisters, Greetings to you all. This is the week for the micro-conference in Saint John, Moncton, Charlottetown, or Halifax on Creating a Culture of Evangelism. See below for more details. At National Conference, Fellowship International introduced "10 Essential Elements of Catalyzing Movements." Our Church Planting Director, Brad Somers, and others were helpf...
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Brothers and sisters, Greetings to you all. It was a joy to gather with some pastors in Sackville and to see pictures of the Halifax Cluster this past week. Thank you to all who made the effort to come. It was a precious time of prayer for each other and discussion about what it means for us to be Stronger Together. We have run out of the free-to-you books we are discussi...
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Brothers and sisters, Greetings to you all. It was so wonderful to see many of you at our Fellowship National Conference in Toronto this week. I think FA had the greatest representation, considering the number of churches we represent. We had warm fellowship with other delegates from our region and with men and women from across our country. Because of the National Confe...
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Brothers and sisters, I am so delighted to be in partnership with you in this gospel work! Not only do we aspire to be stronger together, but we are showing signs of one-another ministry. Below is a testimony from our brother in Christ, Frank Kohler. In chapter 3 of Dave Harvey's book Stronger Together, we read, "Commitment and collaboration are central to society's he...
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Brothers and sisters, Greetings to you all. Here's a shocking and sad quote from the Toronto Sun:"The 13,241 MAID deaths last year accounted for 4.1% or one in 25 of all deaths in Canada, says Health Canada's fourth annual report on MAID deaths, adding all provinces except Manitoba and the Yukon continue to experience growth in 2022." We need national and local repent...
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Brothers and sisters, It was such a joy to see so many of you at our Supercluster this past Thursday. Thank you for making the effort to be there and for participating in our discussions. Thank you to all who worked hard to make this event a success. Here is a summary of what we talked about: Just as the answer to bad authority isn't no authority, so the answer to poor...
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Brothers and sisters, Our Supercluster in Truro is this coming Thursday! (Oct. 19). Pastors, I encourage you to plan to be there to gather with other pastors as we praise God and edify one another. We will have some time to share, some teaching, and some food. In preparation, please read pages 53-66 in Stronger Together. (If you don't yet have the book, please let us know...
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