Leaving my Comfort Zone

Vancouver is a great city. Beautiful, vibrant, diverse, with so much to offer. But good as it is, not everyone thrives here. Vancouver also faces the challenge of poverty and disadvantage, with a large population of homeless people living on the streets. The Visible Homeless It’s many years since I lived in a big city, and when I did I was naive, eyes closed…

Have you met Jesus?

How do we get to know people? Unless you are an expert Facebook stalker (or you work for the NSA), you typically get to know someone based on what they tell you about themselves. We use stories to both get to know other people as well as letting other people get to know us. This…

Report from Turkey

As we prepare for our Gift Day in November, some of our giving will go to help some of the churches who are engaging with the refugee crisis in Turkey. We asked a friend to give us some background to the situation and pointers for prayer: What’s going on in Turkey? With Thanksgiving being celebrated…

Report from Christ Central Toronto

We asked Jeremy Little, of Christ Central Toronto, if he would write a guest post for us, updating us on the church plant into Toronto. Here’s what he has to say: Homes rented, boxes unpacked, kids settled into school and families and individuals gathering as Christ Central Toronto! It’s been an exciting summer as we’ve…

LifeGroups – building communities

As the fall term of LifeGroups continues, it’s great to hear of new people trying out groups. Sunday mornings are great, and worshipping together as a whole church family is a highlight of the week. But building relationships takes more than small talk over coffee after the service! That’s why we’re so passionate about building…

Devoted 2015

Rhys Scott shares his highlights of his recent trip to the UK and the Christ Central Devoted event. It was a joy to be at Devoted as part of my trip to the UK in August. Devoted is the new annual UK conference for the churches in the Christ Central part of the Newfrontiers family…