Apr 29, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Your digital front door (website, social media) is now the place where most newcomers, seekers, and potential supporters first encounter your ministries. When it reflects who you truly are—warm, welcoming, purposeful—it becomes an open invitation into the life of your...
Apr 22, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Take a few minutes this week to intentionally bless someone—through a text, a prayer, or a simple act of kindness. Small seeds of encouragement often grow into deep community roots. It’s volunteer week. Thank someone with a gesture of thanks and kind invitation. Think...
Apr 15, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
What’s stirring in your pastoral charge right now? What gives you life, energy, or hope? I want to hear it. Every conversation, every participant, every small moment is a seed—and seeds grow, as we tend to them. Just like gardeners tending tiny starter pods, we are...
Apr 1, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Could a coffee and conversation get a bump up to simple breakfast ministry? In last week’s kitchen conversation video, the Moderator spoke about a coffee time with usual sweet treats becoming a breakfast ministry when one week a dozen boiled eggs added a protein...
Mar 25, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Spring is a season of renewal, and across our region many communities of faith are celebrating new member Sundays, people joining the church through professions of faith, transfers of membership, and confirmation. These moments remind us that God is still stirring...
Mar 18, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
You can help someone who might only think about attending a church service, to actually come. Personally invite people. — neighbours, coworkers, friends, people who use your building during the week, new families in the community, people who attended a previous church...
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