I do appologize, I've sucked at blogging the past month. Time to get serious again!
I don't even know where to start now...
I need to start by writing a blog about BC, which was amazing... So many stories to tell. Overall, I loved the unity happening there and the amount of stuff starting- some really passionate people with a hunger for more- so good!
I write this from Starbucks in St. Catherine's, Ontario. I've been wondering around Ontario all week. We had our Ontario regional gathering last weekend which went really well. I'm trying to teach myself how to video-blog so my plan is to video-blog this week... we'll see how that goes!
Last night I met with a couple girls involved with STEP (Sex Trade Exit Program) downtown Toronto. Crazy, I actually know the founder of the program from school- small world! They have a cafe on Thursday nights for sex workers from 9pm-3:30am, it inspired my dreams for Montreal!
Going to hang out with the Jones family tonight in NOTL and Brantford this weekend. Tomorrow I have a wedding and Sunday I'll be at Freedom House in Brantford, the City of God. Looking forward to this weekend!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Come join me in MONTREAL!!
Interested in learning more about urban ministry, intern with 24-7 Prayer and live in a bilingual city-community in one of the most un-reached places of North America?!
This year we're starting a new partnership with the YWAM Urban Cultures DTS in Montreal so you could come learn all the awesome stuff YWAM teaches and intern with a developing 24-7 team in Montreal.
For more info contact Daria at daria.tomiuk24-7prayercom
A little more on the program:
URBAN CULTURES is a totally new and unique school offered at Youth With A Mission in Montreal. This school is being developped with several objectives in mind. First of all, we want to give students the time to be involved in practical ways and over a prolonged period of time in various ministries and community organizations operating in the city. The second is to give them the time to discover and understand the city (with Montreal as a laboratory), its’ identity, its’ culture, the ways in which it functions and to learn how best to serve it. The third objective is to permit students to better grasp and integrate the teaching of the DTS (instead of twelve weeks of intensive classes, the courses will be spread out over nine months).
URBAN CULTURES is a training school that wants to be relevant and practical at the same time. It’s founded on the principle of incarnation. It’s designed to give students the needed time to get involved body, soul and spirit in the life of the city. We hope to train people who will, at the end of the school, will have the know-how to initiate new ministries here in Montreal or elsewhere in the world with YWAM, their church or other missionary organizations.
URBAN CULTURES offers each student the possibility of choosing one or two internships in which to commit themselves for either a part of or the duration of the school. These internships will be developped with YWAM staff or in partnership with other city ministries with whom we have close relationships. Consult the list of internships.
This year we're starting a new partnership with the YWAM Urban Cultures DTS in Montreal so you could come learn all the awesome stuff YWAM teaches and intern with a developing 24-7 team in Montreal.
For more info contact Daria at daria.tomiuk24-7prayercom
A little more on the program:
URBAN CULTURES is a totally new and unique school offered at Youth With A Mission in Montreal. This school is being developped with several objectives in mind. First of all, we want to give students the time to be involved in practical ways and over a prolonged period of time in various ministries and community organizations operating in the city. The second is to give them the time to discover and understand the city (with Montreal as a laboratory), its’ identity, its’ culture, the ways in which it functions and to learn how best to serve it. The third objective is to permit students to better grasp and integrate the teaching of the DTS (instead of twelve weeks of intensive classes, the courses will be spread out over nine months).
URBAN CULTURES is a training school that wants to be relevant and practical at the same time. It’s founded on the principle of incarnation. It’s designed to give students the needed time to get involved body, soul and spirit in the life of the city. We hope to train people who will, at the end of the school, will have the know-how to initiate new ministries here in Montreal or elsewhere in the world with YWAM, their church or other missionary organizations.
URBAN CULTURES offers each student the possibility of choosing one or two internships in which to commit themselves for either a part of or the duration of the school. These internships will be developped with YWAM staff or in partnership with other city ministries with whom we have close relationships. Consult the list of internships.
Monday, June 1, 2009
52 Days of non-stop prayer in Victoria, BC.
Just arrived on Vancouver Island this afternoon and heard about the 52 days of prayer that just ended yesterday in Victoria, BC. It Sounds like it was an amazing and transforming time of city wide prayer, with 32 churches involved in the Greater Victoria area- Amazing! Click on this article for the story.
Thoughts from a morning run...
Running is one of my favourite times of prayer. Running has become especially important to me as I travel for two reasons: sometimes it's the only solitude time I get with God all day AND most people feed me so well while I travel that if I didn't run, my clothes wouldn't fit me anymore!
Being in BC this past week, running has been great. It's amazing to be in cities yet running a sea wall or looking at mountains. The Rooke family, in their wonderful hospitality, has been feeding me way to well so I've especially needed to run this week!
A few days ago Nathan showed me the run that he does, which ends going up a huge hill, so I tried it yesterday. Last night when I was going to bed I realized that the back of my neck killed, it's a strange and unique pain, one that I don't feel often if ever. When I did the run again this morning I figured out where the pain was coming from. As I ran up the big hill yesterday and looked up the whole time it totally strained my neck.
I remembered that on my run yesterday I spent the whole time looking up the hill for the end, I guess I thought it would come faster that way! This morning I tried looking straight ahead, at each side walk block and not only was it faster and easier but it also didn't completely strain my neck.
Moral of the story- I think when we're going through a difficult time, running up one of life's 'big hills', we need not try to look so far ahead for the clarity of when it could end- that's straining! Instead we need to look straight ahead, move step by step, day by day and TRUST in the hope that the end will come... and we're going to get there...
Picture: A little over half way up the hill...
Being in BC this past week, running has been great. It's amazing to be in cities yet running a sea wall or looking at mountains. The Rooke family, in their wonderful hospitality, has been feeding me way to well so I've especially needed to run this week!
A few days ago Nathan showed me the run that he does, which ends going up a huge hill, so I tried it yesterday. Last night when I was going to bed I realized that the back of my neck killed, it's a strange and unique pain, one that I don't feel often if ever. When I did the run again this morning I figured out where the pain was coming from. As I ran up the big hill yesterday and looked up the whole time it totally strained my neck.
I remembered that on my run yesterday I spent the whole time looking up the hill for the end, I guess I thought it would come faster that way! This morning I tried looking straight ahead, at each side walk block and not only was it faster and easier but it also didn't completely strain my neck.
Moral of the story- I think when we're going through a difficult time, running up one of life's 'big hills', we need not try to look so far ahead for the clarity of when it could end- that's straining! Instead we need to look straight ahead, move step by step, day by day and TRUST in the hope that the end will come... and we're going to get there...
Picture: A little over half way up the hill...
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