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 We Believe: The Bible

Posted on 31. May, 2010 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, New Series, Orillia, Vision and Purpose | 3 Comments

It was a great day yesterday at our Barrie campus as we kicked off the new series, Not Actually Jesus (it launches this coming Sunday, June 6th at our Orillia campus!)  As promised, we’re starting a discussion this week about what we believe.  This should be fun, because the discussion was already ramping up in the foyer [...]

Thankful for You

Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by carey in Connexus, Current Affairs, Featured Article, GroupLife, Leadership Community, Orange, Orillia, Vision and Purpose | 2 Comments

So I know it’s not thanksgiving, but in this space between Christmas and New Year’s, I find myself incredibly thankful for what God is doing through Connexus Church.  So many of you invited friends and family out on Christmas Eve (this pic is from the 5:30 service in Barrie).  Thank you for taking a risk [...]

Giving Your Life Away

Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, Leadership Community, Orillia, Uncategorized, Vision and Purpose | 1 Comment

In the next few weeks, we’re going to give people at Connexus a chance to give this Christmas with a one week series we’re calling "Giving Christmas Away".  We’re totally looking forward to that, in part because it will make an immediate difference (families globally and locally will be impacted), but i part because it [...]

Connexus This Weekend | November 1st (non-daylight savings time version)

Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, New Series, Orillia, Uncategorized, Vision and Purpose | 2 Comments

We are looking forward to a fantastic weekend at Connexus.  Why’s that? You will be so much better rested, because tonight we turn the clocks BACK one hour.  Enjoy the zzzzs! You’ll have made some new friends at Hallowe’en. If you are trick or treating tonight, be generous!  It’s a great way to become a [...]

Why We Post Our Videos Right Away

Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, New Series, Orillia, Uncategorized, Vision and Purpose | No Comments

We’ve been so encouraged by the reaction to our Medium series so far. This past Sunday in Barrie, we did part two of the series.  As usual, we upload the message as soon as possible.  We realize that means that you can watch a message online days before we feature it at our Orillia campus.  [...]

Thanks Sean!

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by carey in Connexus, Featured Article, Leadership Community, Orillia | No Comments

Since June, all of you at the Orillia Campus have had the chance to get to know and love Sean Wood, who served as our interim campus pastor.  Sean’s been a friend of Connexus since we launched and some of us go back a few years with Sean.  He’s a great leader with a wonderfully [...]

The Early Bird Gets the…Seat

Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by carey in Connexus, Orillia, Vision and Purpose | No Comments

It's always nice to have a "good" problem – life brings its share of tough problems of its own.  And this summer, we've developed a good problem.   Attendance has been so strong in the adult service all summer that we're wondering if some of our 10:00 attenders would mind moving to the 8:30 service [...]

Your Church – Your City

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by carey in Connexus, GroupLife, Orillia | No Comments

I was buying salt for our water softener a couple of weeks ago in Orillia (my family lives close to Orillia). I was having a typical "customer/sales dude" conversation with the guy behind the counter.  He was in his early 20s.  It was my first time in the store. I didn't know anyone there. Suddenly [...]

Sunday Brain Dump

Posted on 11. Jan, 2009 by carey in Connexus, New Series, Orillia | No Comments

It was a crazy kind of day at Connexus.  The kind of day I love.  Some highlights: Our volunteers rocked.  What more can I say?  You folks are just the BEST.   We love our volunteers so much that we do special things just for them.  Don't miss the craziness we have planned January 23rd for [...]