Author Archives: Dave Winter

About Dave Winter

Hailing from near the devil’s wilderness, across the blue yonder, Dave was called out of obscurity to be a disciple of Jesus, a husband, a dad and a pastor in Calgary.

On Mission as a Commuter Church?

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CalgaryThis past weekend our church had a ‘healthy church’ consultation with our Fellowship’s regional team. It was a great weekend where we learned a lot of stuff in regards to the ministry and mission of our church as well as some of the needs that need to be addressed to accomplish our mission as God’s church.

As you may suspect, as with many churches, reaching our community with the Gospel was one of the main focuses. Great! Our church is situated in the Northwest of Calgary in an older more established area that has a lot of potential for Kingdom Work. It is a culturally and socio-economically diverse area with few evangelical churches reaching the people.

However the question came up during weekend: How do we do mission when the majority of our church commute in from elsewhere in the city? (My paraphrase)

This is so true. A large proportion of our church including key leadership travel upwards of 20 minutes to get to the church. Though quite a few understand the need to reach those neighbours in the area that they live in – some find it hard to be invested in reaching the community around the church as they don’t live in it.

So my question is this:

How do we do mission in our community as a commuter church in the city when a lot of our people are invested in the area that they live in more than the community around the church?  

Weekly Commentary (Feb 4, 2012)

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Don Carson and Tim Keller reflect on six important theological issues that arose from the Elephant Room 2.

Carson and Keller on Jakes and the Elephant Room:

But controversy can also provide a teaching moment, not least because the interest of many people is focused on the disputed issues. It is hard to deny that such a moment has arrived.

(Via The Gospel Coalition Blog)

A hospice chaplain writes about the kind of things that people talk about just before dying.

My Faith: What people talk about before they die – CNN Belief Blog – CNN.com Blogs:

They talk about the love they felt, and the love they gave.  Often they talk about love they did not receive, or the love they did not know how to offer, the love they withheld, or maybe never felt for the ones they should have loved unconditionally.

Finally, a great little video that illustrates what discipleship is

(via Dining with Sinners)