When I ended my previous ministry, I took up the spiritual practice of baking bread. It wasn’t entirely new to me; I had made bread plenty of times before. This time, though, I had a strong sense that the Spirit was inviting me to experience something new as I transitioned out of old rhythms and into new ways of being …
Support raising is a tricky subject for many people. For some, it is an enjoyable part of their ministry, for others it is a terrifying and dreadful requirement. Others see it as an annoying distraction from their “main ministry work,” while others see it as part of their call to make disciples. For many who raise support, the process is …
The V3 Movement is pleased to welcome a new member to the Movement Leader team. Jessie Cruickshank, Movement Leader (Executive) The V3 Movement is excited to announce that Jessie Cruickshank is joining our team as a Movement Leader (Executive). After a long search, we found the right person of character, competence, capacity, calling, and chemistry to help us co-lead our …
The V3 Movement is hiring a Movement Leader Executive to add to our V3 Movement Leader Team. The Role This role will work in shared leadership with the existing Movement Leaders to oversee the futurehealth and growth of The V3 Movement, with a specific focus on the areas of staff organization, futureideation, event coordination, and financial sustainability. There is an …
Purpose of Community When we consider community, what are some things that come to mind in terms of the purpose of community? While many of us can think of the benefits of community in both providing a sense of belonging and a sense of purpose within a neighborhood and actual place, the unspoken hardship is that, most of us, if …
Our anxiety muscles have grown. We were told to be anxious. We were told that this anxiety should drive our behaviour, and that our lives depended on it. This behaviour created physical space and safety, which in itself was necessary. But was there another spirit by which we could have achieved that? Could we not have been driven by courage? …
In times where the “cancel culture” goes both directions (a cultural reaction of taking offense and rejecting someone due to their biases and assertions), it takes maturity to listen with hope, love, and faith. We listen with hope knowing the Redeemer. We listen with love for our neighbor. We listen with faith that God will give us wise, gentle, humble, …
Most of us have developed a level of proficiency for “Zoom church” and its many lacking facets. To what degree has moving online been helpful to your church? In what ways has it been a hindrance? These pandemic times have made many leaders re-think prior assumptions surrounding the online church. I would certainly count myself as one. Incarnation Church planters …
This past week together we remember the passing of a dear husband, father, friend, and church planter Matthew Gillette. Matt’s life was synonymous with presence. Matt truly knew and exemplified the importance of presence with friends, family and the beautiful, unhurried work God was doing in his neighborhood. Though an influential voice in the area, Matt was perfectly at home …
In light of what the pandemic has exposed – exposed and not created – it’s been apparent that the public space that Jesus used in proclaiming the nearness of the Kingdom of God, the rule and reign of the very presence of God, has been brought closer to us. Let me explain. Here in North America, the pandemic has exposed …