The beauty of the local church

April 22nd, 2009

Since arriving in Toronto, our family has been visiting different churches every Sunday. It’s been such a foreign concept to us because we have never been church hoppers. We’ve always planted ourselves at a church so to now be going to unfamiliar churches on a regular basis is weird. But we thought it was important for a couple of reasons… mainly for research and relationship development. We are very aware that there are other churches in Toronto that are doing great things – there are churches that have growing congregations, are meeting the needs of people and are making a difference in their communities. In some respects, it would appear as if Toronto doesn’t need another church as there are so many. Read the rest of this entry »

A New Season

April 2nd, 2009

Blogs. These days everyone is writing them. Everybody, it seems, wants to have their opinion heard. There are a million blogs out there on a million different topics. So why another one?

Well, because it’s the start of a new season for the Bassett family. And this is a blog about that journey. It’s an exciting journey – one that involves moving countries and planting a church… seeing one season come to an end and another one begin. And all because of a God whisper… well, if I’m truthful it was actually more like a shout than a whisper. Read the rest of this entry »