This week, the calendar will tell us that summer is officially here. Thankfully, summer is so much more than a date on a calendar.

The main purpose of our Equipping Ministry is to give opportunities for us to be like Jesus.

Over the past 6 years, I have had the pleasure to benefit from the rich history, which McKernan has established – interns.

As we enter into the summer months many of the groups shift their meetings to a more casual schedule.

McKernan Child Development Centre is a non-profit, accredited daycare that operates with the support of Mckernan Baptist Church.

On the last Sunday of the month in September, October, November, January, February, March & April, we held our C&C Toonie Lunch.

Transition: A time of change, of moving from familiar, comfortable roles and paths to new directions and roles. Such change can cause a person to question and challenge their identify, sense of security and place. 

I asked our students and leaders to reflect back on this past ministry year and share some of their highlights as a way for you to catch a glimpse of what happened in MOBY & F.I.T. this past year.

Brokenness. Emotional scars. Shame. Guilt. Betrayal. All things I experienced.

From the outside an observer of our small group would likely be surprised to find such a mixture of ages, personalities and cultural backgrounds. One would also discover that our length of spiritual walks covers a wide range of years and experiences. 

What an incredible delight it has been to be involved in two women's study groups this year; to watch how God is at work and how He stirs up revelation from His Word.

So how does a retired family man, who has been a painter all his life, find himself ministering to truck drivers as they roll in and out of the Road King Travel Centre on Highway 16, near Sherwood Park? Here is his story.  

Faith and healing - what is the connection? Here are some questions you might be asking yourself: “Why am I sick?”

... is it possible that we carry more pain than we need to because we do not know how to access this ministry from Jesus?  Can Jesus really heal our broken hearts?

I have been searching for healing in different areas of my life and have been shown clearly that through emotional and spiritual healing, often comes physical restoration.

Part of the vision for this venture is to provide the Church with an avenue to love and serve the poor; to respond to God's call to mission in a difficult way.

Overall the greatest gift has been learning to trust God and realizing that I will never be alone or abandoned or forsaken by God.

This is our second edition of “An encouraging word…”.  Trudy Schatz, a retired medical missionary who served the Lord for many years as a nurse in Cameroon, is one of many seniors in our church who knows what it means to ‘live fully - live holy’. I have asked her to share her story.  

As terrified as I feel, I take comfort in knowing that God’s will is being done in our lives.

In the late Spring of this last year I had the opportunity once again to run another ultramarathon in the Gobi Desert in northwestern China.

The H.O.M.E.S. (Helping Others Meet Emergencies Service) Ministry provides emergency support to individuals or families going through a difficult time or crisis.

To experience the multiple fracture of an ankle-and right ankle at that-is not something to celebrate.

Is fear our default response to the information that we receive about H1N1?

As I prayerfully journey through life I am amazed at God’s goodness to me. I look back and see HIS hand on every season, the times we walked together and the times He carried me.

“I’m so proud of you!” 

“I love you so much.” 

God speaks to us in various ways. He knows us well; He knows how to get our attention. One of the ways God speaks is through the arts.

Download our Flu Precautions brochure, prepared by our Faith Community Nurse.

Sometimes it’s hard to find the right words to describe the journey of grieving. To attempt to define grief somehow communicates that it should be neat, tidy and orderly, but in actuality it can be a very complicated thing.