Thursday, April 01, 2010
A New Day At The River
 I have exciting news for this beginning of April blog entry. The River has just embarked on several new partnerships that will ensure that we will be a cutting edge church long into the future. Here are the deets, as the kids like to say:
Emergent Church Life Association of North America
This conglomeration of other emerging and emergent churches in North America will ensure that we will be part of a community of like-minded believers who 'get' us. The support we will gain from shared experiences and resources will be incalculable. The annual conferences in Las Vegas will be encouragement enough in and of themselves!
Churches with Borders
A spin off of several aid oriented ministries, Churches with Borders professes a "home nation" focus for outreach and missional living. Why send money and missionaries half way around the world, when you can keep it all within your own borders? One of the major initiatives of Churches with Borders is the "I Am Canadian" Maple Leaf give away each Fall. This is a door-to-door outreach program, seeking to educate our neighbours and co-workers about the central place Canada has in the Christian world, and especially in the End Times. Leaflets in the shape of, you guessed it, maple leaves are distributed. This should be very effective in the Toronto area! The River Leadership Team is especially excited about this new partnership!
The Canadian Auto Workers Union (Local 790)
In what can only be called a 22nd century move, we have joined the CAW. Former CAW president Buzz Hargrove was instrumental in our signing with this up and coming labour organization. Thank you Buzz! The benefits? Solid legal and muscle protection from rival churches, especially foreign churches (I'm looking at you, Churches of England and Rome! You know I am!). This union got our Federal Government to impose tariffs on foreign made cars. Just think what they will do for us with foreign-led churches! Our first move will be to encourage some of those "foreign' churches to make, um, certain donations of, um, good will- ya - good will, to the River to ensure a peaceable coexistence.
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After taking in the above announcements, I am sure you are as excited as I am about the future of the River. The days ahead will be bright and prosperous, ensuring a healthy congregation and an important community impact role in the years to come. Hodie est primoris dies of April!!
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