Atlantic Connexion

Amherst (Evan Oxner) celebrated with 156 on Sunday as NINE Believers testified through the waters of baptism – Praise the Lord!

• CLICK HERE for the inspiring video summary of just one of these transformed lives – praise God for these days of Kingdom impact – this ONE MINUTE video is a powerful reminder of why we do what God has called us to do.

Love Atlantic rolled out all over the our region this past week. Individual church reports are still coming in – CLICK HERE for the details you need to make sure your church’s part in this is recorded in the regional video coming out this week.

• Hartland (Dave Wilcox) blessed the covered bridge traffic with a delicious gift!
• Kings (Brent Ingersoll) gave away $232,768 and invested 3,485 hours in acts of kindness. CLICK HERE for the video summary shown across Kings locations on Sunday – the opening scene is worth watching as one of Brent’s biggest fans kicks things off in style!

• Pete & Shawna Stubbs shared the love with some of the St. Stephen Kings team.
• Hillside (Dave Dixon) loved on local schools with coffee, donuts and lunches.
• Corbett (Jason Vienneau) youth group and grades 4-5 helped prepare the gardens at Barkers Point School for winter. What an awesome opportunity for these students to grow and servce within their community to the glory of God!

It was an exciting weekend of worship at Framework as Jason Blaikie was installed as Lead Pastor over two services with nearly 500 in attendance. Always a highlight – a last minute baptism was scheduled for the Sunday service with a beautiful testimony shared by Rick Kavanaugh about how God worked through this man’s daughter to bring him to church where he accepted Christ! Jason’s passionate message called the Framework family to worship and Victoria Rowe concluded each service with an engaging and anointed time of hearts bending towards God.

The River (Mark Soone) had 18 take part in last nights 10:2 Prayer service (actually held on the 2nd night of the 10th month)! Mark shared, “It was super cool and we are going to be praying Luke 10:2 every day at 10:02. We also all committed to the Luke 10:2 challenge!” The Meductic Mandate to raise and release leaders begins for each church as we seek the Lord of the harvest to call out Disciple-Makers in our Acts 1:8 Mandate.

St. Stephen Kings took the initiative to launch a Charlotte County Youth Rally this fall called IG.Nite. Pete Stubbs shared, “IG.Nite this past Friday night was awesome! We had over 100 people out.”

• This was in partnership with some local churches in the community for the purpose of being ENCOURAGED, ENGAGED, and EQUIPPED through worship, a message, and some fun activities. Blacks Harbour (Ken Banks) youth joined in as well as churches from several denominations across the county.

Hope (Joanne Ozon) had a “Blast from the Past!” Weekend to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the restart of our Shelburne congregation. Dave McElhinney (1976-1988) & Gary Churchill (1995-2002) provided messages over teh weekend and a surprise visit from Connie Stewart (2008-2010).

• Joanne shared, “Ŵhat a powerful weekend! Saturday night had a packed house with 72 in attendance. His presence was indescribable! Oh what a time! This church needed this!!! My heart is full!”

Encounter is coming!

Register before October 24th to get the Early Bird price of $75. After October 24th, it’ll be $90! Sign up at kingswood.edu/encounter – Kingswood University can’t wait to see your teens on Campus for Encounter, November 3rd & 4th!

Peggy Yetman (Lower Hainesville) invited me to share in an afternoon meeting with the Local Advisory Council (LAC) this past week. Good things are happening as the church is leaning into the future under Peggy’s leadership. Increased attendance and very significant church repairs and upgrades are laying the foundation for a season of growth and community impact ahead.

Ellen joins me in expressing our sincere condolences to the family of Mrs. Wilma Burbury as she was promoted to glory on Tuesday, September 26th, at the side of her loving daughter, Wanda.

Wilma, one of our beloved ministerial widows, has lived in Florida for the past 20+ years after retiring there with her husband, Dr. William Burbury. Our thoughts and prayers are lifted up for their four children – Warren (Pat) Burbury, Wanda (George) Oliver, Carolyn (Dave) McElhinney of River Valley Wesleyan in Grand Bay, & Elaine (Karl) Ingersoll.

If you have students from your church that are heading to university or college this fall, you know that their faith will be tested in critical ways over the next number of months. The pressures they face could honestly end up breaking down the faith that they’ve built during their years at your church.

Everything you need is located in this folder: https://bit.ly/3gnm7hU. You can also reach out to Jeremy with any questions or help you’d like with your youth ministry as his organization, the Youth Worker Community, is helping churches across our country better disciple students each week. He can be reached at jeremy@youthworker.community.

– Fredericton: Corbett Avenue, Crosspoint, Journey
– Halifax: Cornerstone, Deep Water, Hillside, Kings
– Moncton: Moncton
– Presque Isle: Framework
– Sackville: Amherst
– Saint John: Kings, Saint John First
– St. John’s: Solid Rock
– Sussex: Encounter
– Truro: Connection
– Wolfville: New Hope

Clean water touches every aspect of our lives. And access to nearby clean water changes the game for vulnerable communities! This Christmas we are celebrating “When the Clean Water Came…” and inviting your church to partner with World Hope to help see transformation happen around the world. We have put together resources for you to make this easy from videos, to talking points, to social media posts and more!

CLICK HERE for all you need to engage your local church in this vision!

The energy and excitement of fall momentum is palpable. These are the easiest days to slip into old habits… to our peril of both cause and soul. Tyler Stanton gives us a phenomenal reminder about the essential rhythms of Vine-abiding that come through an intentional Rule of Life.

• CLICK HERE and take a few minutes to watch as you recalibrate this priority in your ministry calling.
• CLICK HERE if you prefer a Summary PDF to read.

• CLICK HERE to download these resources to engage the core of your purpose in the Mary-Martha tension we all seek to manage.