forge canada up-and-running!

It is with great pleasure that we announce the new partnership between Missional Training Network and Forge to create a network of Forge Missional Training Network (Canada). Pioneered and led by my great buddy Cameron Roxburgh and a fantastic team of thinkers and practitioners. We are excited about what God is going to do in the coming years in enhancing grassroots mission and incarnational church planting in that great land. All I can say is “yessss!!” We are now looking at a ForgeUSA sometime in ‘09.

Click on the image to see the website. Or click here…

BTW, I will be away in Germany for the r(e)formation gig. I might not get to post. Forgive me if I don’t.

October 28, 2008 | Filed Under forge canada |  

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12 Responses to “forge canada up-and-running!”

  1. Janet on October 28th, 2008 11:43 am

    Oh Al, that’s so exciting! Congratulations! I do pray it will “bear much fruit… fruit that remains”.

  2. Lucy J on October 28th, 2008 2:44 pm

    Wow! Fruitful partnerships are surely the way to go these days… I have emailed my Canadian friends the links etc as the creative artists I know over there are struggling to maintain effectiveness with their scant resources in that vast land. I hope they connect in to experience mutual benefit in sharing missional passion and giftings.

    Andrew and I had made some “faith-plans” to visit our friends near Montreal on our way home from the ICDF conference in Scotland next July, so it would be even more amazing if we could connect in with the Forge Canada folks as well! I’m sure there are some “dangerous stories” well worth sharing over a summer BBQ! Do they have good beer in Canada?

  3. Matt Stone on October 28th, 2008 11:21 pm

    Congratulations

  4. don woolley on October 29th, 2008 9:20 am

    Love it!! Congrats!

    We’ll be ready for Forge USA!

  5. alan hirsch on October 29th, 2008 8:27 pm

    And Don, we’ll be dancing together!!

  6. Dan Lowe on October 29th, 2008 11:38 pm

    Have emailed folks in charge of the Hubs in my area and am highly looking forward to meeting for coffee and further discussing Forge Canada. Alan, my wife and I thought we’d have to wait until we move to New Zealand to get hooked up with Forge in that part of the world; now that there is Forge Canada, we don’t have to wait that long!

  7. Andrew on October 30th, 2008 8:57 pm

    Dan. Is it likely we’ll be meeting you at a Forge do across the big pond in Oz once you shift closer to us in NZ?

  8. Dan Lowe on October 31st, 2008 12:12 am

    Andrew,

    Pending that all works out and that God opens the necessary doors for us to make it to New Zealand, then yes, probably so. We actually have some very close friends in Australia and our family is in process of working on indigenous youth initiatives in New Zealand and Australia, so with the missional stuff going on there, I think it could be very exciting.

    Peace.
    Dan

  9. Erik on November 4th, 2008 3:52 am

    The new site looks great Alan. I look forward to the ways in which God brings great fruit through our partnership to my own home land!

    Lucy, it was of great civil unrest when Molson (Canadian) sold out to an American company. However, have great courage! My home town of Calgary Alberta is still home to the great company of Big Rock Brewers! :)

  10. Andrew Park & Lucy Andrew-Park Jarasius on November 5th, 2008 7:52 pm

    Thanx,Erik. I’ll have to research whether anything sinister like that has happened on the Aussie scene. The thought scares me. Is Big Rock a Bitter, a Pilsener, a Lager, a Stout, or none of the above? And most importantly, if we do make it to Maple-leaf-land, is it stocked in Montreal area, because that’s where we’ll be staying (Valleyfield, Quebec)?

  11. Erik on November 6th, 2008 7:08 am

    That is a good question. I must confess that I’m not a professor to the arts of ale however; I do think it is more of a lager. I personally like the Amber but I also think they have a variety. Check out their website: http://www.bigrockbeer.com/

    It is interesting that when I traveled west to Vancouver BC I noticed they had neglected there Albertan brothers next door going more for the Richards then Big Rock. So, perhaps in the east they may be picky as to economic dealings with western companies too. Perhaps needless to say, Quebec has some interesting disconnects with western policy too. It is also Molson territory. I hope that is not a deterrent or at all pessimistic. We all like a diverse brew A! :)

  12. Lucy J on November 7th, 2008 3:09 pm

    Sometimes I just sound smarter than I am… I just like to try the local brew when I’m visiting. Funnily enough, I do actually prefer a Lager. Looking foward to seeing what I’ll find in Canada if we get there next year. Plus we are always interested in “forging” new friendships :)

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