Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 23:33-43, Romans 13:11-14 clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ Ugh. It’s been two weeks since preaching on Jesus on the cross and I still can’t get the image out of my mind.  I even specifically preached on forgiveness yesterday and somehow I feel like I can’t forgive myself and let go...Continue Reading

Note from the Editors: Since the time this prayer letter was written, Michelle’s team has returned from Asia and will be leading worship here at ET on Nov 24.  A freewill offering will be collected for the team during serice.  Please make cheques out to “CTI Music Ministries.” —— Hi there! This coming year, I...Continue Reading

Dear church, It has been a whirlwind of a month getting prepared for this missions trip! One month ago, Nancy was just sitting pretty and hoping to one day do missions as she has always dreamed of. Steph was thinking she wasn’t going on missions as planned at all when she applied for another team...Continue Reading

Dear friends and family, Hope you are all well!  As some of you may know, I will be going on a medical missions trip this November with EMAS Canada, which stands for Education, Medical Ait and Service.  EMAS is a Christian organization which sends teams all over the world on medical missions.  The particular team...Continue Reading

By: Chara Benson (Toronto City Mission) September 3rd, 2013 marked an important day for 12 very eager, yet nervous women. It also marked a significant time in my life as I became the teacher of these twelve. This program is called Role Model Moms where moms come to learn in order to achieve their GED...Continue Reading

Dear Friends,           I’m writing to share with you a very exciting opportunity God has placed in my life! From Nov 10 – Nov 25 this year, I will be going to Kunming, China with EMAS (Education, Medical Aid, and Service) to provide free surgeries for children with congenital deformities, burns, and other injuries. These...Continue Reading

Greetings, church. I’ve been back for four months so I apologize for this late post. I’m re-reading my last update and I’m right back there. I’m reminded again of God’s sovereignty, and how He is still teaching me about His sovereignty as I settle into my final year at Ryerson. In Benin, my team and I...Continue Reading

…spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed… While serving at the food bank a few weeks ago, I was greeted by a woman with “Hi, I’m dying. I can’t eat certain foods.” From her appearance, I knew something wasn’t right with her pale skin, faded eyes, thin figure,...Continue Reading

By: Jeremy Ng In preparation for this week’s university group discussion, I came across this term from my old seminary notes: “challenging relevance”.  I love the use of these two words together and how important and hard it is for us to be both.  We can be challenging without being relevant, or be relevant without...Continue Reading

By: Annie She doesn’t play the game; she’s more of a coach. What my beloved supervisor was trying to illustrate (while inadvertently offending me) is my role here on the blog.  Every post you see here, uploaded infrequently, has gone through a rigorous editing and screening process.  Initial edits are made to weed out spelling...Continue Reading