Northern Roads by Jeremy Norton

Communication

Communication, Outreach

WHY CHURCH NEEDS COLOUR

An Unusual Sunday Morning Imagine it’s Sunday morning. You’re in your car, on your way to church. It’s a beautiful fall morning. It’s cool and

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Communication, Leadership

3 KEYS TO CONNECTING MILLENNIALS TO SMALL GROUP MINISTRY

So your church has a Small Group Ministry. Each group seems to be doing reasonably well, but something’s missing. The young adult segment of the church

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Communication, Leadership

HOW LOSING A TEAM PERSPECTIVE WILL LEAD TO MINISTRY HEARTACHE

We need a team perspective. In my opinion, biblical truth aligns perfectly with the team perspective. For example, in Ecclesiastes 4, we read that, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” (4:9-10a)

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Communication, Outreach

HOW THE CHURCH BENEFITS FROM COOPERATING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

Everyone needs to eat. Everyone who has ever lived and ever will live, must eat to survive. The problem is that sometimes, there’s no food available. This is a problem that the church can and should try to address.

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Communication, Leadership

3 THINGS WE SHOULD SAY BEFORE WE MOVE AWAY

As is the case with moving, it always comes up quicker than anticipated. Before we leave, there are 3 things we should and would say, but as is always the case, don’t have enough time to.

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Adventure, Communication, Leadership, The North

LONG GONE TO THE YUKON

Our call has been to make Whitehorse our permanent field of harvest for future ministry. God fast-forwarded that plan. On September 3rd, 2014, we began our journey North.

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Communication, Discipleship

3 REASONS THE CHURCH NEEDS TO RAISE UP YOUNG LEADERS

There is an unplanned generational shift that is taking place. Whether we like it or not, the next generation is impacting the Western world in massive ways. They’re transforming common thoughts and ideas. Most of these shifts are based on their value system.

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Communication, Leadership

WHY THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERISM SHOULD NEVER BE UNDERESTIMATED

This weekend was amazing! As I stated in Friday’s post, we held our Spring Clean-Up Weekend at Whispering Pines Bible Camp. The weather was excellent

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Communication, Outreach

HOW VOLUNTEERING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT SOMEONE’S ETERNITY

I grew up playing soccer. I want my boys to embrace the game as well. So we enrolled our boys in Spring soccer each year. The season runs May through June, which is perfect for summer camping and traveling.

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Communication, Leadership

HOW ACCEPTING CRITICISM WILL EVENTUALLY SHARPEN OUR CHARACTER

It’s tough taking criticism.

Not so much when it’s given about a project or a set of plans. But what about our motives, or maybe even our character? Everything changes then, doesn’t it?

When we feel like our motives or character are being questioned, or maybe even attacked, it cuts deep. Add in digital communication, where people have become more emboldened with their critique, it can leave us feeling utterly worthless.

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Coffee Chats, Communication

HOW VISITING THE BREAK ROOM CAN HAVE ETERNAL RESULTS

Do you take breaks at work or do you work straight through your day? If you work straight through, what’s your motivation? How does that impact the people around you?

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Communication, Discipleship

WHY BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS AT WORK IS A GOOD THING

Do you have any friendships within your workplace? Why do you think those friendships were built? If you had no friendships at work, would you continue working for that organization?

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