Steve's Most Excellent Adventures
Fellowship National Conference (FNC) 2014
It happens every year. Fellowship National Conference is a moment in our history when we come together as a cross-Canada community of faith to celebrate who we are, what we do, and how great God has been among us. This year’s speakers, a quartet of our own church-planting pastors, reminded us of our roots in the Gospel and spurred us on to break through barriers to join the cross with our communities in a fresh, new way.
The Speakers
1. Joe Boot—Lead Pastor, Westminster Chapel at High Park, Toronto, ON
2. Mark Clark—Lead Pastor, Village Church, Surrey, BC
3. Marc Pilon—Lead Pastor, Axe 21 Church, Sherbrooke, QC
4. Aaron Rock—Lead Pastor, Southwood Community, Windsor, ON
The Conference
Led in worship by Jeremy Johnson and his team from South Delta Baptist Church, and challenged by our Regional Directors, Ministries Directors, Missionaries and Church Planters, it was a jammed-packed few days.
5. Opening night at Fellowship National Conference with President, Steve Jones, in the front seat.
6. Fellowship Pacific Regional Director, David Horita, welcomes the delegates accompanied by Women’s Ministry Director, Krista Penner and Colin van der Kuur, Church Reproduction Director.
7. Fellowship International appointees to Spain: (l-r) Ingrid Castro, Kathy Yinger, Ricardo Castro, Ken Yinger.
8. Fellowship Atlantic Regional Director, Glenn Goode.
9. Brad Somers, pastor of Pax Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
10. Raj Vannadil, appointee to India with Fellowship International’s LeadersFor.
11. Steve shares his vision for Project 2014: Refueling Our Mission, Destination: Francophone World.
12. Steve shares a lighter moment with Fellowship staff member, Gwen Pifer.
13. Chatting with the delegates.
14. Traffic jam in the hallway.
15. Theology workshop Leader, Dr. Stan Fowler, discusses baptism.
16. The panel for one of the theological workshops: Stan Fowler, Brian Rapske and Kent Anderson.
17. Fellowship Pacific’s Women’s Ministry Director, Krista Penner, leads a workshop.
18. David Dobson, Director of Fellowship Ministries, explains the future of the Fellowship French Mission.
19. Conference speakers share their views on ministry issues in one of several workshops held during the conference.
20. Being led in worship.
Fellowship International's Fifty Years of Ministry
This year’s conference celebrated the 50th anniversary of Fellowship International and resulted in a reunion of “oldies” and “newbies” that delighted the heart and spurred again the desire to reach out into the world on our doorsteps and the world beyond.
21. Veteran missionary, Elsie Slaney, appointed in 1958 to Japan with her late husband, David, enjoys a moment with Don Rendle, early missionary to Colombia, South America.
22. Paul Kerr, former Director of Fellowship International interviews Bob and Evelyn Rempel. The Rempels went to Colombia to serve a two-year term and stayed for 17 years!
23. Joan Braunberger, who served in Pakistan with her late husband, Herman, visits with Alice Nordstrom and Claudia Cardona (Colombia) at the Fellowship International breakfast.
24. Three of the early missionaries to India (l-r): Paul Kerr, Colin Butcher and Vern Middleton.
25. Fellowship International Director, Dan Baetz, in intense conversation.
26. Larry and Barb Gustafson, former missionaries to Pakistan, catch up with Fellowship International’s first missionary to Pakistan, Hannah Pollock Leutbecher.