June 9th – Daria Nardozza
Rooted and involved in Westside, Daria also works with 24/7 Prayer encouraging and inspiring prayer around the world. Daria resources prayer rooms across Canada and writes curriculum for International projects. She’ll bring a needed contribution to our spiritual growth as she teaches on the dynamic between prayer and mission.

June 16th – Chris McGregor
Chris and his family moved to Montreal last year to start a church in the middle of the city getting ready to launch in the fall of 2013. You’ll enjoy his teaching style and excitement for the local church.

June 23rd – Bill Hogg
Bill is a missiologist with C2C Network – a Canadian church planting network Westside partners with. Bill brings excitement in his teaching with a Scottish accent that you won’t want to miss.
**ALSO: sign up for the workshop he’s teaching on Saturday, June 22^nd – Becoming Good News People

June 30th – Who is this Man? INTRO to Church@Home series
DVD message by author and teacher John Orberg – pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (California). John loves to help Christians understand Jesus the life he has in store for his followers in simple ways.

July – Church@Home – Join a mid-week or week-end Group

August 4th – Who is this Man? Series Finale “3 Days that changed the world”
DVD message by John Ortberg. This message brings our Church@Home series to a close.

August 11th – Barry Whately
Barry is an experienced pastor and teacher currently teaching at St. Paul’s University (Ottawa) and consults on leadership and mission for Outreach Canada and other organizations. He pastored a French church years ago in DDO that still exists today. (He’s also Nathan Whately’s Dad! See if you can find a resemblance.)

August 18th – Patrice Nagant
Patrice is the Quebec regional leader for C2C Network. He’s planted a church in Terrebonne. He’s visited Westside in the past and always brought lots of energy and passion to his teaching.

August 25th – Community BBQ

September 1st – Mike Nardozza (Sr)
You’ll hear a slice of Mike’s story as he shares the struggles of coming to faith in a very difficult home environment. Bring some friends or return guests from our Community BBQ to hear this part-story-part-message from a Montrealer and Westsider.

September 8, 15, 22 – Nathan Whately
Nathan kicks off a short series to help our September and fall get off to a purposeful start. Nathan has taught in our gatherings several times last season and is evidently growing in this teaching gift. He’s also on our KidsQuest leadership team. His wife Stefanie leads the Mom and Tots group out of our Sources Hub/Office.

Join us for the final FLIPSIDE of 2012-2013 season.

BBQ + Flipside Activity Night

6PM – BBQ (free)
7PM – Activities
[ages* 5 to 12]

Parents are invited to join us (we hope you do)
Bring a lawn chair

Location: Springdale School, 150 Hyman (east of Sources, north of 40) MAP

*younger siblings are welcome for the BBQ if accompanied by an adult, and must to remain under the supervision of their parent(s) during the BBQ and activities; unfortunately our team is not equipped for it this evening

Flipside Promo JUNE 2013 (printable or email)

You could have an impact our ministry season next fall by replacing some of our current ministry volunteers while they’re on vacation this summer!

Could you replace a volunteer for August and/or June?

Here are the ministries you can help (contact person in brackets):

KidsQuest (Emanuela Spagnolo)

• Nursery
• Toddlers
• Pre-K
• Grade school
• options: story teller, worship leader, mentor

Set-Up (Sean DeSouza)
Media (Andy Harder)
Connections (Wendy Gariepy)
Counting Offering (Marlene Gallant)
WIM Deliveries (Wendy Gariepy)

More great opportunities to make an impact this summer:

• Volunteer at the Flipside BBQ on June 21^st
• Host a Prayer Walk in your neighborhood
• Host a Church@Home Group in July
• Join the Planning Team for our Community BBQ

Leave your name at Connections, contact elaine@thewestsidegathering.com or one of the ministry team leaders.

David Manafo (Westside’s Pastor) is taking a Sabbatical this summer.

David and Franca Manafo started Westside with a small group of people in 2003.

David will be taking this time to focus on research/writing, reflection, rest and renewal for a new season ahead. The Manafo family will be absent from regular activity and gatherings starting the 1st week of June.

All regular gatherings and activities (reflecting Westside’s summer rhythm) will continue as normal. There’s an exciting summer ahead!!

FULL DETAILS and FAQ’s are HERE 

If the gospel is good news, it should be good for everyone, right?

SIGN UP for this 1/2 day workshop designed to help you understand and share the good news in ordinary life.

Saturday, June 22
9AM-1PM
Westside Hub/Office (3675 Sources Boul, suite 221)
Coffee/Refreshments/Snacks included
FREE (donations accepted)
SIGN UP: Sign up at connections on Sunday, by email or call Elaine (514-542-3434)

Does the word evangelism sound confusing or scare you a little? What does mission look like in an ordinary life? If we have and live something true and profound with Jesus, is it worth sharing and how?

WORKSHOP INCLUDES:

• Understanding the Gospel
• Theology of Evangelism and Mission
• Biblical Motivations for Evangelism
• Missional Practices in Ordinary Life

Bill Hogg – a passionate and funny Scotsman from British Columbia – will be teaching this engaging workshop.
** Bill will also be speaking at Westside’s Sunday Gathering on June 23rd

[Bill's bio from C2Cnetwork.ca]

Bill Hogg ‘s role is to help leaders and established churches think and act like missionaries. He is available to inspire, equip and coach leaders and churches following Jesus into the Canadian mission fields.
He is a former radio host and has served as a  a pastor, professor, evangelist and a movie extra! He was involved in pioneer evangelism in his native Scotland where he launched Youth For Christ. He has served as part of the Arrow Leadership Ministries faculty for the past ten years, offering congregational and Para-local church leaders training in evangelism. He is currently pursuing doctoral research in the area of leadership approaches to congregational renewal and missional renaissance. Hogg is a published author who has written books on prayer and on youth culture and is currently writing an evangelism primer for leaders.

He is married to the girl of his dreams, Morag and has two amazing adult kids- Naomi and Peter. Bill enjoys English Premier League Football (“Soccer” to North American Philistines) and he admits to being a fan of Master Chef and Kitchen Nightmares. Bill enjoys grocery shopping and browsing in bookstores while savouring gourmet coffee.

Sunday, June 2nd, WESTSIDE is joining with our Quebec Church Association for their annual gathering.

There will be NO gathering at our regular location this day (June 2nd). Everyone is encouraged to go to Ste Therese for this special event (MAP HERE). Child Care is provide. Economical Lunch will be available. (see poster for more details)

*our regular Sunday gathering at West Island College resumes on June 9th.

The Theme to Summer Prayer Walking is Hebrews 12:1…

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Joining God in renewing your ‘hood’ by saturating the city with prayer – one neighbourhood at a time.

We’re planning weekly prayer walks in different neighbourhoods from mid-June to August. One prayer walk / week in a different neighborhood hosted by different people. HOW?

Westsiders interested will choose a day/week to host a prayer walk in their neighborhood – either from their home or a central place in their borough.

Contact Gabriela Polanco to choose a day/week or for more details.

FULL DESCRIPTION AND SIGN UP HERE.

Short Description from Gabriela:

Paul often compared our life following Jesus to physical activity, especially to a race. Our vision is for Westsiders to see prayer, mission and connectivity from a more collaborative perspective. For Westsiders to connect with core scripture that God has used in the past to direct us as a Church to our prayer and mission. We want to feed spirits and activate eternal principles of God in each individual, their relationship to the rest of the Body of Christ as well as their communities.

Goal: Active Prayer is a hybrid model to motivate anyone to engage with God, the Church and the city through Paul’s metaphor of the Christian life as a physical activity of endurance. We are targeting the following people:

• individuals who often do not get a chance to participate in volunteer opportunities
• individuals who need to be connected to community and empowered as believers
• families who need to bond through common spiritual values and engage with one another through activity
• individuals who find it challenging to break their confined and sedentary routine and need a reachable goal to engage in physical exercise through running, walking or even biking! There is a beautiful symbiosis between those three elements:  purposeful prayer, spiritual bonding with other Christ followers, and connecting with the outdoors

We want to make prayer, engagement, and connection reachable. It is a promising model for us this summer!

General info about Prayer Walking HERE.

Video Preview Here

July 2013

Church@Home groups replace our Sunday gatherings for the Month of July

Why?

Church@Home gives us a chance to connect and grow in a more relaxed and relational environment – at home – while giving a break to our volunteers who support our Sunday gatherings all year long.

Series Intro – Sunday, June 30th @ 10:30AM – in our regular Sunday gathering
**you’ll want to invite a friend for the intro message!
Groups Start – July (all month) – groups will meet in a variety of times and places (replacing Sunday gatherings in July)
Series Finale – Sunday, August 5th @ 10:30AM – we’re back in our regular Sunday gathering to end the series together.

BOOKS: Who is this Man? book is available at connections. Order here to secure your copy

For the months of April, May, and June – Communion will take place on the last Sunday of the months

• April 28th
• May 26th
• June 30th

This is to accommodate the following special events:

• May 5th (Baptism Celebration)
• June 2nd (AEFMQ Gathering in Ste Therese)
• July 7th (Church @ Home 1st week)

COMING SOON

Please Check Back Later…