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Sunday, June 12

Mission Expo

After each worship service, join us outside on our front lawn for an opportunity to connect with our mission partners! Explore and discover some of the exciting ways you can make an impact, as you learn about the different mission projects we get to support together as church community.

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Sunday, May 29

Online Prayer Night

6:30 PM | Livestream

Mission begins with prayer and worship. Join us for an online gathering where we’ll get to pray and worship together as a church family. Our time together will be guided by our theme verses – Psalm 67:1-2.

This event is for all ages – join us with your whole family!

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Saturday, June 4

Share Life. Share Faith. Interactive Workshop

9:00 AM – 12:30 PM | The Peoples Church

This multi-age, interactive event is an exciting opportunity for everyone to learn about how to be good neighbours to people of different faiths and cultural backgrounds. Each workshop is designed to equip participants with helpful tools to have sensitive and effective conversations about Jesus.

A separate workshop will be available for kids and junior youth who are 6-12 years old.
Childcare is available for kids who are 0-5 years old.
Lunch will be provided for all participants!

Registration is required to join us for this event. Click on the button below to learn more about our workshops and register today!

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Sunday, June 12

Dr. Terry LeBlanc

9:00 & 11:30 AM | The Peoples Church
11:30 AM | Livestream

Our conference will close with a special message from Dr. Terry LeBlanc, a Mi’kmaq-Acadian and co-founder of Indigenous Pathways. Learn more about Terry here.

Join us as we conclude our 2022 Global Mission Conference with a powerful time of worship and hearing God’s Word together.

Our kids and junior youth also gather for worship every Sunday. Learn more about TPC Kids and TPC Junior Youth.

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Sunday, June 5

MISSIONARY SUNDAY

9:00 & 11:30 AM | The Peoples Church
11:30 AM | Livestream

Join us for a powerful time of worship as we hear from three of our very own missionaries who are serving in different communities around our world. As they share incredible stories of how God is working in and through each of their ministries, we have the opportunity to be inspired and challenged for God’s global mission.

Our kids and junior youth also gather for worship every Sunday. Learn more about TPC Kids and TPC Junior Youth.

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Sunday, May 29

Dr. Alia Abboud

9:00 & 11:30 AM | The Peoples Church
11:30 AM | Livestream

We’re kicking off our 2022 Global Mission Conference with guest speaker Dr. Alia Abboud, Chief Development Officer of the Lebanese Society for Education and Social Development. Learn more about Alia here.

Join us for a powerful time of worship and hearing God’s Word as we are inspired and challenged for God’s global mission!

Our kids and junior youth also gather for worship every Sunday. Learn more about TPC Kids and TPC Junior Youth.

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In this session, Jon Topping will provide an apologetic approach to discussing our faith in Jesus with friends who have no faith background.

Facilitators:Jon Topping

Jon is a speaker and writer for Engage International, the writer and host of the Ultimate Questions podcast with Power to Change, an apologist for Ratio Christi, and an adjunct professor at Master’s College and Seminary where he enjoys the privilege of teaching his favourite subjects of Philosophy, Ethics, and Apologetics. He has been involved in apologetics evangelism for over a decade.

Together with Laura and her husband Andrew, we will learn about the Jewish faith perspective and discover how we can live, work, and communicate our love for Christ with our brothers and sisters who practice the Jewish faith.

Facilitators:Laura and Andrew Barron

After leaving South Africa in 1996, Laura and Andrew moved to Toronto to lead the Jews for Jesus Canada team. Today, Laura is pioneering a ministry to Haredi (ultra-Orthodox Jews) women across North America. Laura has a master’s degree in Missiology with emphasis on Jewish studies and enjoys writing about her faith, teaching the Bible, and leading the team reaching out to Haredi women.

In this session our team of facilitators will provide real-life experience about living and demonstrating the love of Christ to our friends who follow the ways of Islam.

Facilitators:Shawn, Obed, and Samson

Since 2007, Shawn, Obed, and Samson have been serving as leaders with Jesus Network, focusing on being the “hands and feet” of Jesus in the city by coming alongside and meeting the needs of people from various backgrounds, ethnicities and religions. Jesus Network is a cross-cultural ministry focused on being agents of hope and change in Toronto by influencing others through the message of Jesus Christ.

In this session we will be exposing simple and practical ways to live alongside and share our faith in Christ Jesus with our friends of Hindu faith.

Facilitators:The Kumars

The Kumars are currently serving the people of South Asia with a focus on providing child and youth education. Recently, the effects of Covid-19 across India have led their team into villages and remote regions to support with emergency relief work.

In this session Michelle and Paul Schuster will be sharing practical and powerful ways we can share the love of Christ with our neighbours from various East Asian cultural backgrounds.

Facilitators:Michelle and Paul Schuster

Michelle and Paul have been serving the people of Asia for over 20 years, living in three different countries with extensive life experience serving as medical professionals while raising their family of four.

Sunday, June 13

Saturday, June 12

Neighbourhood Prayerwalk

Time: 10:30 AM (All Day Event)

We are a global church family living and serving in communities all around our world. We invite you to join us as we unite our hearts in prayer by stepping out and praying for each of our own neighbourhoods! Use the prayer guide below throughout your prayerwalk as you discover how God is inviting you to See Differently in your neighbourhood.

We encourage you to look over the guide in advance. Take some time to read and pray about the themes of hope for your neighbourhood, and as you do so, select a few themes (or all of them!) to create into beautiful signs that you can hold up and takes pictures with on your prayerwalk. See our examples below!

Follow us on social media for more fun ways you can engage in the prayerwalk together with our church family!

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Wednesday, June 9

Online Prayer Gathering

Time: 6:30 PM

Join us as we stand in the power of prayer together with our global church family. Our brothers and sisters in Uganda, Mexico, and the Middle East will be worshipping with us as we pray for our world together!

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Sunday, May 30

DNA Sunday

Time: 11:00 AM
Speaker: Darrell Johnson

Our Global Mission Conference begins with a time of worship together and a special message from guest speaker Darrell Johnson!

We’re also hearing from Brian Chung and Bryan Ye-Chung, Co-founders of Alabaster – a creative house that weaves beautiful imagery and thoughtful design into the full text of the Bible, to deepen the reader’s experience with God.

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Kids Worship Gathering

Time: 10:00 – 10:45 AM

Our kids are invited to join our Kids Ministry team on Zoom for a time of worship with a special focus on missions!

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Youth Meet with MCF Youth

Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM

All youth are invited to join us for a special gathering on Zoom. We will be meeting with youth from Mully Children’s Family for a time of hearing stories as we share and learn from one another. Contact Pastor Hartley to join us!

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Saturday, June 5

Film Screening: LIFE JACKET

Time: 8:00 PM

As we continue to be inspired and challenged to See Differently, we’ll be joining together to watch and discuss the film LIFE JACKET.

LIFE JACKET is a powerful award winning documentary that takes us on a journey through some of the most traumatic times in the lives of refugees – from surviving the war to crossing the Aegean Sea trusting a simple life jacket to keep them safe as they hope to reach a safer future. Little do they know that they will end up in Moria Camp and live a different kind of ongoing trauma.

LIFE JACKET delivers the voices and screams of the refugees as they request their simple human rights; to be treated with respect and dignity, to have better living conditions, and to get the education they missed.

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Friday, June 11

Kids DNA Celebration

Time: 6:00 PM

All kids and their families are invited to join us online for an interactive evening focused on Seeing People Differently. We will be celebrating and learning how God made all people different and beautiful as we engage in fun activities that highlight different places and people from all over our world. Please sign up in advance!

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Thursday, June 10

Young Adults Gathering

Time: 8:00 PM
Speaker: Tom Morrison

If you are a young adult between the ages of eighteen and twentysomething, you’re invited to our DNA gathering on Zoom! Join us as we hear from Tom Morrison, our mission partner from International Association for Refugees (IAFR).

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Sunday, June 6

Missionary Sunday

Time: 11:00 AM

This is a special Sunday where we’ll get to hear from our missionaries who are serving in communities all around the world! Come and be inspired as our missionaries share about Seeing God in Unexpected Ways.

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Kids Worship Gathering

Time: 10:00 AM

Our kids are invited to join our Kids Ministry team on Zoom for a time of worship with a special focus on missions!

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Friday, June 4

Youth Night

Time: 7:00 PM

All Jr. High and Sr. High students are invited to join in on a special evening focused on missions. Email Pastor Hartley to join us!

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Thursday, June 3

Young Adults Gathering

Time: 8:00 PM

If you are a young adult between the ages of eighteen and twentysomething, you’re invited to our DNA gathering on Zoom! Come and connect with other young adults as we discuss the topic Race & The Gospel.

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Mike Gore

Mike is a communicator and thought leader in both the Christian and business spheres.

Over the past 10 years, Mike has dedicated his time working as the CEO for OpenDoors Australia and New Zealand – a mission organization serving in countries where people risk everything to follow Jesus.

In his time with OpenDoors, Mike has had extensive field experience – from being chased by the secret police in North Africa, to being on lockdown in a hotel to avoid being kidnapped for ransom. He has ministered to secret believers in house churches and smuggled Bibles to believers in restricted countries.

Through these experiences, Mike has developed a profound passion for people and telling their stories. He firmly believes that our persecuted brothers and sisters are the perfect spiritual mentors for our faith – they are the bold and courageous believers who encourage and challenge us to live lives that pursue Jesus, no matter the cost.

Darrell Johnson

Darrell has been preaching Jesus Christ and the Gospel for over 50 years.

He served as senior pastor for a number of congregations in California, Union Church of Manila in the Philippines, and the historic First Baptist Church in the heart of Vancouver, Canada.

During his time in the Philippines, he travelled throughout Asia, speaking at various churches, conferences, and seminaries.

Darrell has taught on the subject of preaching for seminaries and colleges in North America. He is the author of eight books, and currently serves as Scholar-in-Residence for The Way Church and Canadian Church Leaders Network.

Darrell and his wife Sharon have been married 49 years. Together they have raised four children, adopted from four different countries of the world, and enjoy loving 11 grandchildren.

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Eugene Cho

Eugene is the founder of Quest church in Seattle where he served as the former senior pastor for 18 years. With passions involving justice, leadership, the whole Gospel and the pursuit of God’s kingdom here on earth, Eugene travels throughout the world to encourage churches of all forms and sizes.

Eugene is also the founder and visionary of One Day’s Wages – a grassroots movement of people, stories and actions to fight global poverty. Since its launch in 2009, the movement has raised over 8 million dollars, empowering lives affected by extreme poverty issues including sanitation, clean water, children’s education, maternal health and human trafficking, in communities all around the world.

Eugene is the author of two books – Overrated and Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk – and was recently named President-Elect of Bread for the World – a non-partisan Christian advocacy organization urging global decision makers to help end global hunger.

Through his extensive work, Eugene helps people understand that everyday people have the power to change the world, and challenges Christians about what it means to embody faith in action and actually follow Jesus.

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Nik Ripken

Mission veterans of over 35 years, Nik Ripken together with his wife Ruth, have served in Malawi, South Africa, Kenya, Somalia, Germany, Ethiopia and the Middle East. During this time, they experienced extreme dangers, difficulties and loss as they were introduced to the phenomenon of the persecuted church.Today, Nik is a leading expert on the persecuted church. His extensive research includes over 600 interviews with believers in persecution, in over 70 countries.

His ministry, Nik Ripken Ministries, is dedicated to expanding the kingdom of God by sharing the truths and practices learned from believers in persecution.

Nik is the author of several books including The Insanity of God, which has also been produced into a documentary film. His resources were created and exist to engage current generations with the truth of Jesus, challenging them to follow him, across the street and the ocean, no matter the cost because he is worth it.

Learn more about Nik