Cedarview Alliance church family, I feel like I’m sending this email on my ‘tip-toes’ – carefully and quietly. I hate to disturb you on the quiet ‘week after Christmas’! I have just one important question. What has God done in 2023 that is cause for joy? This Sunday, December 31st is the first Sunday after […]
Cedarview Alliance Church, Did you know that the first ever missionaries sent from the C&MA were a group of 5 sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo? Despite initial excitement, over the course of a year there was severe sickness, at least one death, one person left for another mission group, and others returned home […]
Cedarview Alliance Church, All that wind and water can make us rightly anxious about things like damage and flooding! On the other hand, we know that this is part of a cycle that leads to eventual health for all the beauty sure to come later in the year. It seems to me that at times […]
Cedarview Alliance Church, It is pretty to see the tulips poking out of gardens all around Ottawa! For a long time, those garden beds looked covered in snow or just plain empty, like nothing was happening. But wow, take a trip to Dow’s Lake in the next couple of weeks! You will see the same […]
Cedarview Alliance Church, I remember my grade 9 algebra teacher and how he prepared a lesson for us on ‘reciprocal of fractions’. He invited a student (let’s call him Alan) to come up to the front of the class, then he lifted him upside down and held him by his ankles in the air and […]
Michelle and I remember April 13 as the day we first met and began the dating process. We call it our ‘meet-a-versary’. Yes, that is tacky and sentimental, I know! Laugh all you want! (I can hear you Matt). But that’s okay – because it’s a joy to remember those early days. There’s a spiritual […]
Cedarview Alliance Church, It’s a hopping place here this week! So much being prepared for the weekend ahead: For tomorrow, Good Friday (April 7) morning at 10:30am, I know Pastor Lena and the children’s ministry team are preparing a special Easter celebration for the kids in the chapel. Over In the sanctuary, we will have a […]
Cedarview Alliance Church, I remember visiting the capital city of a country where the leader had built massive roads that were the addresses for …… nothing. Only bush and wilderness. The roads were clearly meant to take you somewhere important – but that somewhere was nowhere to be seen. They were enjoyable to drive on, […]
Cedarview Alliance Church, Happy Thursday everyone! This is Pastor Matt filling in for Pastor Mike while he is off for a couple days watching a few of the March Madness basketball games in the states. You can all pray for him as we all know how much he hates basketball. One thing I'm always reminded […]