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Youth ministry comes with many challenges. Whether it’s planning, preparing or rolling with the punches, I find that one of the things that anchors me is W.W.J.D.  W.W.J.D stood for What Would Jesus Do. Growing up W.W.J.D was a cliché used by Christians to course correct on the journey of becoming more and more like Jesus. If you remember getting wrist bands with W.W.J.D on them, you may know what I am talking about. The W.W.J.D that I sometimes use…

This year’s theme for our family weekend’s children’s program was the Armor of God from Ephesians 6. Throughout five sessions, our kids learned about the belt of truth, the shoes of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit. I led the younger class (ages 4-7) and as it turns out, the fundamentals of truth, faith, and salvation are a little too deep for that group. As the weekend went on, the priority…

One of the quotes I’ve heard a lot around LifeSpring is “The longest foot is the distance it takes from something to get from your head to your heart [paraphrased].” Lately, I’ve found that to be true as I’ve been experiencing a lot of what I intellectually know, but haven’t internalized. Let’s take a common phrase: “the Grace of God” – which can be translated to “God’s gift and favor to us that we didn’t and couldn’t earn.” It has…

Dear LifeSpring Family This past Sunday, I had the privilege of opening the word of God with our MLCF family.  Together, we discussed the Book of Romans focusing on Romans chapter 8:15-17 (ESV):  For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then…

We had the wonderful privilege of hearing from a Board of Director and LifeGroup leader, Peggy Leung. Ray & Peggy have been part of the LifeSpring family for 15 years now and I remember the first day they walked into the basement of the church for an Overflow LifeGroup. They came broken and it was the love and grace of God that encountered them. The Holy Spirit met them, worked in them, transformed them, and even to this day continues to…

I can’t believe Family Weekend is only one week away! The date certainly crept up on me this year. As I mentioned in a previous devo, I believe that LifeSpring is currently in a stage of growth. Along with that growth has also come busyness. Between things like the Food Hub, Kingdom Kids, Wildfire retreat, Adrian’s visit, and future ministry planning, Family Weekend has become just one major item in a very busy month. I think there is so much…

Auntie Mae-Tuin recently shared about her journey of increasing her faith as she served in her calling to missions close to home (an amazing message, you can listen to it here). Her message was so nostalgic for me because much of what she shared about were huge parts of my childhood; whether it was choosing to serve in and run our children’s ministry at the beginning (before it was called Kingdom Kids) or opening her and Uncle Dave’s home once…

We had a wonderful privilege of hearing from Mae-Tuin Seto. Mae-Tuin shared that in her time of serving the LifeSpring family, God has been faithful. From little steps of obedience, to breakthrough moments, God has been doing more than she could have ever asked or imagined. As Mae-Tuin was sharing, the Lord impressed upon my heart her real, raw, and transparent feelings. Mae-Tuin shared pictures and moments of tremendous victories. We see young people while they were just toddlers, becoming…

While we were at last weekend’s Wildfire Retreat, we learned about Father’s Heart as told in the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 (you can see Andrew’s recap of it here). I really liked that even though I was a leader, I still learnt a lot from the sessions and youth. My big learning moment was when we focused on the older and younger brother. When the younger son returned home after spending all of his share of…

Dear LifeSpring Family, I am writing this letter to you from our Wildfire Retreat. If you are reading this we have either arrived safely from our Wildfire retreat or something has gone terribly wrong and these are my last words. Tell Jen and Maya I love them!  Just kidding, we arrived safely and things went as God had intended. We had a great time! We learned together, played together and cooked/cleaned together. It was a family affair! Our theme for…

We had a wonderful privilege of hearing from the Amecet team this past Sunday. As the LifeSpring family we count it a privilege to partner with Amecet and to be a part of what God is doing in and through them. The message contains sensitive material, so the recording is not posted publicly. If you would like to get a recording of the message, please contact a member of the pastoral team directly. As the team was speaking the Lord…

Dear LifeSpring Family, The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. Luke 17:5–6(ESV) The disciples’ request, “Increase our faith,” came after Jesus taught them about forgiveness. He told them that if a brother sins against them and repents—even seven times in one day—they were to forgive…