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Join us for our FINAL episode of work friends where we talk about church planting and missional community with Darcy Dueck, the pastor of Citizens Church in Elmira!

Today, we chatted with David Manafo from Westside Gathering in Montreal about the big picture of the gospel and what it means for God's Kingdom to be near!

Meet Samuel Chiu, who works with A Rocha Canada, whose mission is to live out God’s calling to care for creation and equip others to do likewise. Samuel shares his story and his passion for Creation Care! Find our more about A Rocha here: https://arocha.ca/who-we-are-a-rocha-canada/

Sharon Patire shares about her story and her heart for missions mobilization through her work at Missions Hub in Toronto. Missions Hub is a centre for collaboration and a community purposed with catalyzing partnerships in missions amongst campus groups, missions agencies and churches for the glory of God and the good of the world. https://missionshub.ca/

Today, we hear from Sam Kamminga about seeing the Kingdom of God built around him, building community, and living out faith.

Today, we chat with Andrew Chong, regional director for Greater Vancouver Youth Unlimited. He shares his story of coming to know Jesus, his transition from journalism to youth work, and God's guidance and care every step of the way.

Joel Zantingh serves as the Canadian Coordinator of the World Evangelical Alliance's Peace and Reconciliation Network, and as Director of Engagement with Lausanne Movement Canada. He has served in local and national roles within the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada, and led their global mission arm. He has experience teaching in formal and informal settings with Bible college students and leaders from various cultures and generations. Joel and Christie are parents to adult children, as well as grandparents. They reside in Guelph, Ont., situated on the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and home to many past, present and future First Nations peoples, including the Anishinnabe and Hodinöhsö:ni'. Check out his website here.

We're so pumped about our next season!

Chat with Ray Heeres, who talks about his volunteer work over the years, particularly how he has seen students' lives change through taking them to conferences, mission trips, and other events! He highlights the importance of letting the Holy Spirit do the work and trusting him in the process!

Dr. Tim Tang was the Director at Tyndale Intercultural Ministries and joins us today to talk about how the church can do better at working across differences and embracing diversity in our communities. We were privileged enough to record this episode before his recent passing.

Today, we chat with Dr. Cheryl Ann Beals, who is the Director of Sozo Centre for Soul Care with Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada. We talk about soul care and neglect, as well as the importance of embracing struggle in our life and finding God in that journey.

Today we talk with Curt Erb about his leadership journey, his journey through grief and learning to completely trust God.

Terry Reugg joins us today to talk about Casting Vision, Implementing Change and... smelling like sheep?

Eric is the worship pastor at Harvest Church in Huntsville. He shares with us his passion and heart to serve God and the need for worship in our personal lives and out to our nation!

A special episode with TWO lovely guests, Marla Konrad and Doreen Harvey, where we talk about power and influence, the Inner Critic and emotional intelligence!