Extreme Outreach 27th annual Christmas outreaches
Extreme Outreach Society is a Victoria-based non-profit organization with a vision to break the cycle of poverty, addiction, and homelessness. Providing unique free programs and services for disadvantaged children, youth, and their families. Through love and acceptance, aiming to transform communities one life at a time. Help Make a Difference this Christmas! Join in sharing…
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Journey of Peace: An Invitation to an Advent Tour (BC article)
As we enter Advent 2024 we experience a second Christmas where war in Israel dominates our headlines, and a third Christmas with full-scale war in Ukraine. In Christian churches we light candles of love, joy, peace, and hope and hear familiar scriptures about a Prince of Peace and yearn with the beautiful twelfth century hymn, O…
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December Music Reviews 2024
Order these albums at a bookstore near you, click here Phil Wickam: Hallelujah! It’s Christmas Fare Trade Records, 2024 Worship leader and gifted songwriter Phil Wickham offers up his third full-length seasonal offering Hallelujah! It’s Christmas. This is my favourite new release this season. Although you will find stunning former singles like 2022’s beautiful “Behold…
Miracle in Crescent Beach (BC article)
All Saints Community Church has seen many miracles in Crescent Beach. Our journey to Crescent Beach can only be described as miraculous. Many people have supported us, prayed for us, visited with us, and told others of our story. Thank you. Our bishop and senior Pastor, Peter Klenner, has again and again called the All…
New Christian books for Christmas
Click here to find a Christian Bookstore near you. A Merry and Bright Adventure by Katie J Trent With all of the exciting sights, sounds, and smells of Christmastime, it can be hard to get children to focus on the real reason for the season: the birth of Jesus. But let’s face it: all of…
Defining Mission
I’ve had a few interactions recently where it has become clear to me that church tradition trumps scripture when it comes to a definition of mission. Many Christians from a Protestant background would define mission as crossing from one culture to another for the purpose of spreading the Gospel. They’re not completely wrong, but it…
Generosity: Part 3, Generosity leads to joy
Rick Warren, in his book The Purpose Driven Life said, “it’s not about you” and while I agree that it’s not about us, I also believe that almost all of the time, when God wants us to do something, it benefits us. We may not be able to see it, but it’s usually there. I won’t rule…
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