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RUTH JARVIS COLEMAN | DEAN OF FORMATION
On Monday, October 14, 6 Evangelists-in-Training travelled from different parts of the country to take part in a program called Formation Week. The program was hosted at the National Ministry Centre of Threshold Ministries located in Saint John, NB. Throughout the week, they did a large variety of activities ranging from talks in a classroom to doing street-level mission work. The courses that they studied in the classroom were Gospel and Culture, Mission and Evangelism, Ethics in Ministry, Group Spiritual Direction, and a day long introductory workshop on Godly Play (how to tell the stories of the Bible). Our 6 Evangelists-in-Training built community by sharing all of their meals together and by going out to
the streets of Saint John in the evening to different ministry sites. They helped to serve meals, clean dishes and engaged people who came for meals, Bible Study, or just conversation and board games. The bonds that are made from coming together under the mission of Christ are ones that will not be broken. As a result of Formation Week the Evangelists-inTraining got a taste of what to expect from doing God’s work as a part of Threshold Ministries. Even though some of them have a long history of ministry work, the week offered many new opportunities for guidance and wisdom to help them along God’s path. On Sunday, October 20, at the end of Formation Week a commitment service was held for the
Left to Right: Erick Hinton (Victoria, BC), Carol-Anne Foty (Toronto, ON), Britney Shaw (Saint John, NB), Mabel Brown (Inuvik, NT), Ruth Jarvis Coleman (Saint John, NB), Tri Truong (The Pas, MB), Rob Pitman (Saint John, NB)
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