Keyword: missions

What does it mean to ‘live missionally’? How does living in community help? Listen to this week’s podcast to find out answers to these questions, and more!

Chilling Out On Elephants, By A Waterfall And On Bamboo Rafts [June 21] Trek day J We headed out to the mountains to spend some focused time together. Our team had great fun riding elephants – Verna’s laugh often echoed through the forest as her driverless elephant randomly forged its own paths through the trees. …

Children and Sharks and Pandas, Oh My! Make-up and Bikes and… read on :) [June 20] After an amazing and passionate debrief we headed to the Chiang Mai zoo with the BBF children. The kids were enthralled with the animals and absolutely loved the fish and sharks swimming over us as we walked in clear …

Soccer Games and Sweat [June 19] “An early start saw us heading up to Chiang Dao to spend time with the children in a church service. It kicked off with the people there leading us in an awesome and very sweaty dance. This made the kids laugh and broke the shyness away from a new …

“As we splashed in the various pools and eddies of water created by the cascading water, the falls we visited in Johnston Canyon during our team excursion came to mind. Although much different in formation (and also separated by several degrees :) these waterfalls provided such an interesting picture of the contrasting properties of water …

Running up a Waterfall [June 18] “What a blast! With BBF kids piled into the van and the back of the truck with us, we headed up to a waterfall outside Chiang Mai. We met up with children from the Prao and Chiang Dao orphanages and began with excited greetings and smiles. The Prao children …

Cakes on a Cart and Manure in the Sun [June 17] “Lauren, Donna, Rob, Karl and Josie had fun sanding and painting a newly purchased cart. It is to be used to sell cupcakes at a nearby market and will be shared amongst the local orphanage homes. After several hours of sweaty labor, the cart …

A Thousand Screaming Kids and Fishing in the Rain [June 16] “We woke up roaring to go and ride out to another village beyond Chang Mai. We began our time at an orphanage housing nine Lahu (hill tribe) children; they served us lunch and then took us to an area to play soccer. The kids …

“As I’m sitting here listening to the laughter emanating from the classrooms and hearing the delight of the children playing outside, I am reminded again of the great blessings that have been bestowed upon our team and on the people here. After a long 18 hours in the air and a refreshing layover in Tokyo, …

Ok UChurch, this is going to be FUN! Sure we may have teams leaving for Thailand, Ethiopia, Philippines, Nashville…but what about the missions field that exists all around us?! Well, on Sunday June 12, we’re going to go love them too!

From Tara, UChurch’s fearless ambassador to Sierra Leone!

If you’re anything like me, you probably have bins full of bottles and cans at home just waiting to be recycled. Well, here’s your opportunity recycle those cans, and support a great cause at the same time!

This summer, we are taking a team to Chiang Mai to build relationship and share the love of Christ with the hill tribe children in the BridgeWorks orphanages. As well, we want to see the members of this team’s lives transformed and awakened, growing in relationship with God and one another, and experiencing a greater …

Well, God totally took over the service on Sunday, February 13. Apparently He wanted it to be all about missions! Listen to the podcast below to hear about the amazing opportunities coming up in UChurch missions!

Thanks so much, team Ethiopia 2010, for sharing on Sunday! Your reflections and insights on your trip to Ethiopia were inspirational! To watch the video that team Ethiopia shared on Sunday, click the ‘play’ button below!

The Ethiopia missions team really opened our eyes to the spiritual reality of that nation. Click ‘play’ below to hear what I mean!

What a blast it was when the Sierra Leone missions team took over the service on Sunday, October 31! Listen to the podcast below to hear the inspiring words they had to share.

UChurch, this is exciting! We’ve been invited to participate in the first ever national conference on “loving Muslims together”, offered by the Canadian Network of Ministry to Muslims. Keep reading for details!

“To cope with rising fees, fewer summer jobs and less financing, more students are turning to food banks at Calgary’s universities. In August, the on-campus food bank handed out 253 hampers to needy students at the University of Calgary — an increase of 140 over the previous school year.” (to read the full Calgary Herald article, …

Understanding alternate perspectives is becoming an essential part of living in our increasingly globalized world. A big part of this is understanding the perspectives of various faith groups – how do they view themselves in the world? What is their meaning and purpose?