Sep 23, 2026 | FSLDW Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Fostering a life-giving mindset This is a guest post from Growth Animator for Eastern Ontario Outaouais Regional Council Tori Mullin (they/them) – if you’d like to chat more, reach out to FSLDW Growth and Stewardship Animator Rob – rshearer@united-church.ca As...
Sep 23, 2026 | FSLDW Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Bob Marley once famously sang “If you know your history / then you would know where you’re coming from.”[1] As your Growth and Stewardship Animator, I’d like to use my soapbox to look into our rich history, to see what ‘jewels of our faith’ (latent or...
Sep 23, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
How intentional are you and ready for every new person who comes through your door, for an event, like a concert, connecting with community using building, those who join for worship? Set up a newcomers’ table, that ensures people are at it. Have a couple of people or...
Sep 16, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
How can we show up for our neighbours? As the fall season progresses, connect with local schools, inviting high schools to get volunteer time, post secondary students to get to know the community and help in the process. Connect with families and plan a day of caring...
Sep 9, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Your community of faith has a growth mindset, is interested in growing, strengthening invitation and people are being intentional to try new things to create an invite culture. Support one another with regular check-ins like a monthly, bi-weekly or weekly small group...
Sep 2, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Does the community know you have a kitchen ready to offer helping hands to prepare foods, would welcome people to cook together, feed each other? Or maybe you don’t have a kitchen to share, but you are people who love to cook and share food together. Who might you...
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