The Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart was the guest speaker at the May 1, 2012 meeting of the Presbytery at Haney Church in Maple Ridge. Reflecting upon the text from Acts 17:23 and in a presentation that was both entertaining and informative he pointed out how the church in today’s Canadian setting cries out for preaching that is biblical, relevant, and authentic.
The full text of his presentation is available – Click Here for .pdf version
It’s that time of year again … please fill out the form below and submit your wishes re Committees of Presbytery.
Click on Notes from the Conversations with Gordon Haynes to download the raw notes (.pdf) from the conversations that took place among 30 people convened by Gordon Haynes to help him consider the future of The Presbyterian Church in Canada. Folks came from Westminster, Han-Ca West, and Kamloops Presbyteries, so we had a good cross-section. The Mission Committee of the Presbytery of Westminster is working on a summary and would welcome your suggestions about strikes you as the most important ideas to highlight. Please e-mail your suggestions to Brian Fraser at brianfraser@shaw.ca.
Many thanks for adding your voice in this way.
On November 19, about 40 of us from the presbytery got together to continue our conversations about effective ways of being missional congregations. We began circulating and discussing among tables that highlighted the work being done by Richmond, Coquitlam, Central, St. Andrew’s Hall, West Point Grey, and Brentwood. Many thanks to all who prepared these presentations. Dale Woods from The Presbyterian College, Montreal, reflected on what he had heard and seen. In the afternoon, we continued the conversations about what congregations found inspiring. Dale wrapped up the day with further reflections. This is the raw data generated through the notes from the day. The Mission Committee will be doing a summary with some suggestions to be available early in the new year.
We hope to organize two of these gatherings each year. We’ll have dates for the February Presbytery meeting.
Results from the conversations at the Mission Event – Fall 2011 are available here
Dale Woods’ PowerPoint slides available here (as .pdf)
Dale Woods’ notes available here
Join us for another fulfilling Presbytery Mission Event, this time at Gordon Presbyterian Church on November 19th, 2011.
For full details click on Mission Event – Fall 2011
or for the Agenda click on Mission Event – Fall 2011 Agenda
or to Register click on Register for Mission Event – Fall 2011
At the regular meeting of presbytery on May 3, the court spent some time voting on the list of items that arose from the online survey of opinions/ideas as to how presbytery could be more effective.
Click Emmaus Survey Results after Discussion (pdf file) to see the complete list sorted by vote count.
Click on www.westminpresby.ca/docs/sharedwisdom.pdf to see the complete transcription of the ‘stickies’ that were created and pasted up during the Mission Event.
Thanks to all who participated in the on-line survey by the Emmaus Team.
Presbytery minutes are now available online. Click here for a listing to chose from.
Brentwood
Calvin
Camp Douglas
Central
Gordon
Langley
Richmond
St. Aidan's
West Point Grey