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, Our February Clusters are scheduled for this Wednesday (in Halifax) and Thursday (in Sackville). Here are discussion questionson chapter 5 of Stronger Together. Have you reserved your place at our Ministry Retreat in April? See the box below for more information. From Ray Ortlund - Quietness vs. Prominence "I have calmed and quieted my soul." Psalm 1...
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Brothers and Sisters, Did you see the recent announcement about Fellowship Atlantic's hiring a new Regional Director? Praise the Lord with us, and pass the word along to others.Our February Clusters are scheduled for Feb 14 in Halifax and 15 in Sackville. Here are discussion questions on chapter 5 of "Stronger Together." I contacted Brad Somers (PaxNorth Church in Halifax)...
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Brothers and Sisters, As I write this, I have heard that a group of people from our Great Village church is on a mission's trip to Honduras. They had some travel challenges at the beginning of their journey. Please pray for them as they seek to minister this week. Our church here in Sackville is beginning the year by studying the book of Nehemiah. This week, we are in chap...
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Brothers and Sisters, For Christmas I received the book Friendship with the Friend of Sinners by Jared Wilson. What a delight it has been for me! Wilson says that the idea for the book began one day when he was reading Exodus 33:11: "And thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as one would a friend." "It gave me goosebumps," he writes, "to think about experienci...
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Brothers and Sisters, Greetings to you all! Praise the Lord we get to minister together. First Thessalonians 5:14 has been a ministry verse that has caused me to do a lot of thinking. It says, "And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all." I want to particularly focus on the "help the weak" line as it ap...
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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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