Implementing Thriving Communities
Andrew Stephens-Rennie
March 31, 2024
Over the past number of months I have been quietly working with regions and congregations to roll out the new Thriving Communities process our diocese
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Over the past number of months I have been quietly working with regions and congregations to roll out the new Thriving Communities process our diocese
Throughout the season of Epiphany, seventy-five people from across the Diocese of Kootenay (and several more from beyond!) joined together to study “When Church Stops
It seems a basic enough question, and yet, I wonder how often we think about the reasons why we gather. We all have our reasons
It’s been three months since I started working full-time as the Director of Missional Renewal in our diocese. The first month or so focused on
In my early twenties, I was hired as an outreach worker for an inner-city congregation that had decided, after years of disengagement with the neighbourhood,
Wholehearted Worship Daring Discipleship Right Relationship Thriving Communities In May of this year, at the Diocesan Synod, the people of this diocese adopted a plan
When you tell the story of God’s faithfulness in your life, where do you start? Do you start with the stories of your ancestors or
I walked into a small Sunday schoolroom one afternoon, just before the evening service. Rather than shelves filled with ‘Godly Play’ figurines and parable boxes,
Each year, as the summer approaches, I find myself slowing down. After a year full of joys and sorrows, of ups and downs, of pastoral
On the third last day of the Rossland ski season, after a morning meeting with the regional dean on the slopes of Red Mountain, I
Holy Saturday is my favourite observance of the Christian year. It is my favourite, and it is so often overlooked. After Good Friday is said
A couple of weeks before Christmas, I stopped by an acquaintance’s house to drop off a gift. Before I reached the steps, the door was
A few years ago, I read a book about the early years of “Eucharist Church,” a congregation planted by the book’s author, Kevin Makins, and
When the Magi set out, did they know what they were getting themselves into? Did they know how long the journey would take, or where
“What are we waiting for?” That’s the question with which my friend, the Rev. Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles began his last advent sermon at St. Brigid’s, a
In September, I travelled to Montreal to facilitate a Clergy Conference focused on adaptive leadership. Throughout COVID, the church in many quarters has prided itself
This question has been haunting me recently. It’s a question that has become ever-more pressing since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was
Earlier this spring, I found myself amongst the trees down the hill from my home in unceded Sinixt territory. I held a rake and a
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