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Advent Conspiracy

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wish that Christmas would have more meaning this year”?  If so, then perhaps the Advent Conspiracy would be of interest to you.  Every year, countless churches around the world

What is the Bible?

Have you ever heard the song “Jesus loves me”? Jesus loves me! this I know, For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; they are weak but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. Many times as a child more »

Who is Jesus?

As mentioned during the teaching times this morning, here is some additional information about “Who is Jesus?”.  It is taken from the ICOMB Knowing and Living Your Faith study guide (note that there is a lot of information, and it is fairly “theological”!):

Transformation, Discipleship, and Leadership by Example

Good morning!  Well, I am feeling kind of contemplative as I write this (perhaps a sign of getting old?), and I have been reflecting on what it means to be a Christian leader.  Over the years, and in a number of different contexts, my thoughts about leadership, discipleship, church, etc have

Congregational Meeting (September 20th)

As mentioned in the services earlier this morning, in addition to making the agenda available in printed form, we are also posting it online.  Here is what our September 20th congregational meeting (7:00pm in the Learning Centre) will cover:

Church, Marketplace and Missions

One of the ministry ideas that has been bouncing around in my head lately revolves around Christianity in the Marketplace.  Specifically, what can Westwood do to inspire and equip all of our business and workplace people to be healthy, vibrant and effective witnesses for Jesus in our various work contexts?  I would love to see us more »

Vision

So … what is Westwood Church all about?  Have you ever wondered about that?  If so, then you may be interested in having a look at our updated Vision Summary.  If you were part of our ReFocusing process in 2009, you’ll recognize many of the themes that were talked about then, such as spiritual health, more »

Missional Map-Making

For those of you who are reading through Missional Map-Making, let me ask a couple of questions, and let’s start a good interactive discussion below as we work through the book.  Here are some questions (and please ask and answer other questions too!): What has been your biggest “aha” moment so far (and why)? What more »

Lectio di-what??

During this morning’s teaching time, I mentioned an ancient spiritual discipline called Lectio Divina (a Latin phrase that essentially means “sacred reading”).  For many of us, this is something new, so I’ll explain it a bit.  First, though, let’s remind ourselves that the spiritual disciplines are intentional practices, relationships and experiences that help us create more »

New Westwood 101, Membership, etc.

Good morning!  One of the areas that we are updating is the baptism and membership course that we have offered over the years – Westwood 101 (WW101).  One of our goals is to make the history and community of Westwood more accessible to people, and to that end, I am in the process of revising more »

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