It’s Monday Again

Mother’s Day highlights were celebrated all over the Atlantic region in services yesterday. Ellen & I enjoyed spending time with both of our Moms. Spiritual heritage is a great blessing. My mother, Joyce, led me to the Lord as a 7-year-old missionary kid in Zambia and I will be forever grateful for her Kingdom influence!

Hope (Joanne Ozon) recently offered a very meaningful ministry for families with special needs children called Illuminate. On the following Sunday, her sister and key volunteer in this event shared a 2+ minute message worthy of your time. As we celebrate our mothers in this season, why not CLICK HERE to be inspired by this powerful reminder of the opportunity we have to serve one of the least reached people groups in our communities who are often forgotten and marginalized? Joanne would love to share the details of how you can offer this annual event through your church too!

Pentecost Sunday is June 5. We need the power of God’s Spirit for the living of these days! General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt is calling Wesleyans everywhere to a season of prayer inspired by the message of the Acts of the Apostles. CLICK HERE to watch this invitation and consider sharing this with your church family.There are the two ways to participate in the prayer experience portion:

• You can download the Discipleship App and click on Pentecost
• You can also go to www.Wesleyan.org/Pentecost

Each day, we will read in the Book of Acts, and be guided in our prayers from a prayer prompt provided by Dr. Wayne Schmidt, General Superintendent of the North American Wesleyan Church. Then you have the opportunity to share your prayer on the prayer wall if you desire. And finally, click on the global voices section to hear prayers from around the Wesleyan world in various languages where our hearts can sense and be in agreement with the spirit of the prayer. So let’s join together as Wesleyans in days of earnest prayer as we read through the Book of Acts and pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit around the globe.

At the conclusion of this journey, you will be able to view a Pentecost service (available for June 5) where our International Wesleyan Church leaders will lead us in prayer. This worship service will be able to be downloaded from www.Wesleyan.org/Pentecost for viewing at your convenience.

Kings (Brent Ingersoll) celebrated 18 child dedications at their locations yesterday – such a meaningful day of the year to highlight the spiritual legacy God entrusts to every parent. Brent recently shared a message entitled, “Into the Wilderness” which took a deep personal dive into the effects of the past two years. Grab a warm beverage and CLICK HERE to drink in this timely truth for us all.

John Sherwood (Crosspoint) recently announced that Blaire Nicolle will be joining the team in June as Worship & Creative Director. John shared, “We look forward to Blaire’s creativity and leadership in these areas of ministry.”

I enjoyed the opportunity to be with the Deep Water (AJ Thomas) team this week. Tammy Giffen (Groundswell) provided a leadership session which was followed by a tasty lunch with rich conversations. If you are in the Halifax area, CLICK HERE to check out The Seeking – an open invitation for the Church to gather over four nights of prayer, worship, and seeking a fresh work of the Holy Spirit.

National Superintendent Steve Elliott convened the National Board this week. We addressed a variety of matters including the happy news that the Blue Cross premiums will not increase for the coming year in the National Health Plan renewal.

Dusty Crozier (Parkway), pictured upper right, is providing passionate leadership with the blessing of NS Elliott for plans to conduct a nation-wide prayer tour in 2023 in the weeks leading up to National Conference in Calgary, AB in August next year. Dusty’s passion and creativity are being well resourced by the ad hoc planning team pictured above as we convened this week. Stay tuned for more of Dusty as he shares at our respective District Conferences this summer.

Tami Mutch-Ketch led another packed and energized meeting this week as mountains of logistical detail are coming together well for the exciting reunion ahead at Beulah Family Camp 2022. Please join us in prayer for an amazing week of God’s presence and work in our lives with the theme: Beulah’s Back – Now Is the Time for Renewal!

I always enjoy the monthly opportunity to gather with our Northeastern District Superintendents. I trust your Pastor Clusters are providing an opportunity for your encouragement and growth as you continue to process the excellent material in Emotionally Healthy Leader (Pete Scazzero) provided for those who registered for District Ministerial.

• CEO Tanya Nace and her World Hope International (Canada) team are willing to go to extreme lengths to engage us in making a difference. CLICK HERE to watch this polar dip as a challenge for us to take part in the upcoming virtual Spring Gala! Every dollar donated will be matched up to the first $25K – don’t miss out on this 30-minute inspirational update…

CLICK HERE to visit the official HQ website for UNLEASHED, our 14th North American General Conference. The full schedule and all of the Memorials (resolutions for voting) are available. Thanks in advance for praying for the Atlantic District Delegates as we take part in these historic days of leadership in our denomination.