Thanks for Giving

Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by carey in Baptism, Connexus, Featured Article, Leadership Community, Uncategorized, Vision and Purpose | No Comments

No — it’s summer — not Thanksgiving…we just want to say  thank you for giving. As you likely realize, our ministry at Connexus is 100% funded through the generous support of those who attend our campuses.  We get no government money and no outside organization funds our budget.  You do.  Every week, we take up [...]

And the Barber’s Are Home

Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, GroupLife, Leadership Community, Orillia, Uncategorized | No Comments

So, after a long vacancy and then a long anticipated starting date, Dan Barber – our new Orillia Campus Pastor and Director of Group Life – is here. Dan, his wife Kathy, their daughter Megan and son Alex moved into their home in Orillia last week, and yesterday was the first day Dan was actually [...]

What’s Next for Connexus? Rumour Has It….

Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Current Affairs, Featured Article, Leadership Community, Uncategorized | No Comments

One of the questions we get from time to time relates to our long term plans for Connexus.  What’s up next? Mostly, we’re focused on our mission and vision:  creating a church unchurched people love to attend, and leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.  We just love the fact that every Sunday [...]

Hey Orillia – What Do You Think?

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, Leadership Community, New Series, Vision and Purpose | No Comments

We’re so excited to have kicked off our new series, Not Actually Jesus in Orillia yesterday (and started Part 2 in Barrie).  We hope this is a series that clarifies things for those who follow Jesus and those who are still investigating.  The "to do" of Part One of the series is this:  review what [...]

What We Believe: About the Church

Posted on 05. Jun, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Leadership Community, New Series, Uncategorized, Vision and Purpose | No Comments

So we’re wrapping up our week long series of posts about what we believe with a final statement about what we, at Connexus, believe about the church: We believe that the church is the body of Christ, of which Jesus Christ is the head. The members of the church are those who have trusted by [...]

What We Believe: About the Christian Life

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, Leadership Community, New Series, Uncategorized, Vision and Purpose | 2 Comments

So we launched our new series, Not Actually Jesus, by saying that truth matters.  Life goes better when we cooperate with the truth, and even though sincerity is important, you can be sincerely wrong. So maybe you’re thinking about becoming a Christian, or you are a Christian and you wonder what the Christian life is [...]

What We Believe: About God

Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, Leadership Community, New Series | No Comments

If truth matters in spiritual things, what do we actually believe about God?  Here’s what we at Connexus believe the Bible teaches about God. It’s not everything we believe about God, of course, but it does describe how we believe the scripture shows how God s: We believe in one God who exists in three [...]

Everybody’s Overqualified

Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Current Affairs, Featured Article, Leadership Community, Uncategorized, Vision and Purpose | No Comments

 One of the things I love about Connexus is the people who volunteer their time to serve among us. I have a theory – everybody who serves is overqualified for what they do.  During the week, they teach students, manage departments, repair engines, run businesses, treat patients, negotiate mortgages, raise kids and serve customers.  On [...]

Love Our Volunteers!

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, Leadership Community, Uncategorized, Vision and Purpose | 3 Comments

So if you’ve been around Connexus for even a short while, you might know we tend to love on our volunteers.  We have hundreds of them, and we’re crazy about them not just because they make the ministry at Connexus happen, but because we believe that serving is essential to growing.  As we shared a [...]

Giving Away Christmas (January Update)

Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, Leadership Community, Vision and Purpose | No Comments

So, last month we encouraged you to Give Away Christmas.  We’ve been tracking with our partners over the last few weeks and the final results are in. You ready?  You have away over $8,000 worth of gifts during Christmas 09 to those in need.  Thank you so much for giving up your want to help [...]