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...
Oct 15, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
How do others perceive your property and community of faith space? When our property and buildings are familiar, we take for granted all our own knowledge of which door to use, where washrooms, kitchen space, meeting rooms are, and what is expected. Too often we hear...
Oct 8, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Inspired by some of the one hundred tables projects and focus on fall, how can community come together for Hallowe’en to build neighbourhood connections? Host a Hallowe’en costume exchange. Invite people to bring items to donate so people can “build your own” costume...
Oct 1, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Make small a better fit, a manageable action plan! How will you create small components of big ideas? Tidy up, declutter, refresh one small part of your space at a time. Sit on every chair and remove what is not comfy and welcoming. Set up small themes to make your...
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