Last week I had the tremendous privilege of traveling throughout southern and southwest Ontario, meeting with ministry and church leaders. While the topics of discussion varied, one theme came up over and over: God is powerfully at work in our land, in our day!<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a snapshot of their stories: I\u2019ll be processing these learnings for some time, but one thing was made clear to me from these encounters; God is indeed at work, and the time is now to join with Him in what He is doing.<\/p>\n Where are you seeing God at work, and how are you partnering with Him in that work?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week I had the tremendous privilege of traveling throughout southern and southwest Ontario, meeting with ministry and church leaders. While the topics of discussion varied, one theme came up over and over: God is powerfully at work in our land, in our day! Here\u2019s a snapshot of their stories: \u2022 Lorie Hartshorn from EQUIP…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,90,4,7,87,8],"tags":[124,183,187,186,180,181,188,140,185,184,182,179,190,189,132],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action","category-canadian","category-community","category-leadership","category-leadership-summit","category-missional","tag-canadian-churches","tag-enthusiasm","tag-faith-at-home","tag-global-outreach","tag-god-is-powerfully-at-work","tag-leadership-development","tag-local-churches","tag-mentoring","tag-new-leadership-strategies","tag-partnership","tag-strategies","tag-traveling","tag-wisdom","tag-worship","tag-young-leaders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022\tLorie Hartshorn<\/strong> from EQUIP<\/a> reported that she is seeing a growing desire for leadership development among church leaders in Montreal.
\n\u2022\tBrian McCauley<\/strong> from Muskoka Woods<\/a> shared how the new Muskoka Woods Leadership Centre<\/em> will be opening this summer, preparing to introduce new leadership development strategies for young people. Exciting!
\n\u2022\tJohn and Rebecca Horwood<\/strong> couldn\u2019t conceal their enthusiasm for a partnership we\u2019re developing to challenge downtown Toronto\u2019s business leaders to seize Kingdom possibilities.
\n\u2022\tBryan Bylsma<\/strong>, a dynamic marketplace leader and former team mate of The Leadership Centre Willow Creek Canada , shared our vision for new leadership strategies aimed at the under 35-year-old leader.
\n\u2022\tWillard Metzger<\/strong> of World Vision Canada<\/a> described how local churches are embracing global outreach like never before.
\n\u2022\tMark Holmen<\/strong> of Faith at Home<\/a> revealed the \u201chotbed\u201d for its movement is in Canada, seeing parents embrace their role as their children\u2019s primary spiritual influence. Great news!
\n\u2022\tPaul Yoon<\/strong> of BooksforChrist.com<\/a> could see clearly that a mentoring network for young leaders was needed to prepare the next generation for future leadership roles.
\n\u2022\tJoel Bennett<\/strong>, a church consultant with Breakthrough<\/a>, shared how his Back to Summit<\/em> seminars have helped local churches extend the impact of The Global Leadership Summit<\/a>. I love that!
\n\u2022\tChris Vacher<\/strong> of Orangeville Baptist Church<\/a> updated me on how God has been mightily at work through Worship Rises, bringing worship leaders together for powerful times of collaboration. Incredible!
\n\u2022\tChris Wignall<\/strong> of Catalyst Foundation<\/a> came to life describing his passion for young leaders being developed to their full potential. Inspiring vision!
\n\u2022\tJim Brown<\/strong>, president of STRIVE<\/a>, shared wisdom from years of experience and expertise in board governance, reminding me that God\u2019s work flourishes where His church is being well-led.
\n\u2022\tBarry Slauenwhite<\/strong> of Compassion Canada<\/a> painted a compelling picture of the remarkable growth being seen in Canadian churches reaching out around the world.<\/p>\n