Nov 19, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Do you love getting Christmas cards? Perhaps, like me, you have been inclined to send digital greetings in recent years. This year I am intentionally doing print Christmas cards, hand deliveries for neighbours that I can and for family and friends too far, I’ll...
Nov 12, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Days are ticking and it’s time to get inviting with urgency to act to share hope, peace, joy and love. We know about countdowns in Advent, but what about the countdown to Advent? “A single invite can do what 100 posts can’t….it’s not about reach. It’s about...
Nov 5, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Have you ever visited a community of faith and still been part of the “who is missing?” even when you are present. How often has a brave visitor risked and attended only to be treated as if they are invisible. You may have experienced this when you visit another...
Oct 29, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
When neighbours really take time to share in coffee and conversation, people learn more about each other. In a commercial Tim Hortons offered a challenge, setting up a small table in a driveway and asking neighbours if they would be willing to meet with their...
Oct 22, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Whether you have often had a summer student or never before, meet with your leadership, committees and teams to explore how you might provide meaningful summer employment for a student through Canada Summer Jobs. Whether you apply for one or more, brainstorm your...
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