Ministry Centre Update

On March 27, 2011, after 4 months of renovations, Connections Community Church Ministry Centre was destroyed by fire. In January 2012 we opened our new Ministry Centre at 2018 Mallard Road.

Since Connection launched in January 2008 it was a church without a home. In many ways it was a wonderful season. Many people simply associate "the church" with buildings and programs. And while these are certainly a part of church, they are not the whole picture. The church is described in the bible with such titles as "the people of God" and "the body of Christ." So being a church without a building allowed us a season to just be a people- a people who wanted to do what Jesus told us to do: to love God, and love our neighbours.

But Jesus never said he was against buildings or programs. And the time came when Connections began to feel limited by not having a building. Too many good things were not being done: we had no place to call home. We had no physical place or presence in the community. We had no facilities to run programs like classes, youth ministries, band practices or special events. We had no place to house our paper product distribution ministry. We had no offices to give staff and volunteers a place to work. We simply had no place to be.

We'll never know all the reasons why our first "home" was destroyed before we even had time to settle in. But we are all the more thankful now to have a place to call "Connections." We are grateful to all those who helped with the first renovation, and the second. We are grateful to all who gave of their time, their talent, and their money. We are grateful to the many churches who prayed for us, gave to us, and helped us this past year.

And now we look forward to a whole new season of ministry for Connections. For now we still gather in the community to for our Sunday service at Silver City Movie Theatre in the Masonville Mall. We still gathering in homes for our Connection Groups that meet around the city. But now we have a home for all of our mid-week programming and administration. And now we can move ahead into the future that God has prepared for us!