Last month Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht took a trip to Turkey to visit our missions partners Tonia and Alexey Pankov. Dr. Giesbrecht, who operates the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at the University of Manitoba, went over with a simple mission: to introduce North American sports to Russian speaking Ukrainian children in Turkey.

Summer is upon us! Get ready for warm weather, beach days, and new teaching content for Soul Kids Sundays! Let’s take a look at what’s happening in June for your kids.

High school graduation is a big deal, it’s the culmination of years of hard work and we believe that it needs to be celebrated! In fact, we think that in a world that’s full of negativity that the Church should take every opportunity to bring light, joy, hope, and celebration.

The following is a report from the Mangwaneni Care point in Eswatini that our community sponsors. Our Easter offering from 2022 covered a years worth of support for the care point.

As our Family Ministries Team continues to serve the families of Soul Sanctuary, we want to keep you updated with what is happening upstairs in Soul Kids after you drop your kids off with us.

The following is a letter from Levi, addressed to the Soul Family, which recounts how he experienced the hope and healing of Christ through the ministry of the church.

We invite you to join us for our Bad Friday and Easter Sunday celebrations this weekend.

Our desire is to see people know God, find freedom, discover purpose and make a difference. We believe that we are more effective in accomplishing this mission when we train and equip our young people to participate in all areas of church life.

Lent is a season in the liturgical year where we remember the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert prior to the start of his earthly ministry. We observe the season of Lent as preparation for our hearts, minds, and bodies leading up to the observance of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

The situation in Ukraine has been rapidly changing and escalating each day. Throughout the past few days we have been in regular contact with our long term-partners, Pastor Serhiy and Katherine of the Ukrainian Assemblies of God. Here’s how you can help.

As war wages in Ukraine there have been many people in the Soul community who have reached out to see how to best support our missions partners. The answer is simple, pray.

Kids Camp is a week-long experience of adventure, activities, friends, sports and more! In summer 2022, we’ll be offering five weeks of themed camps for kids in kindergarten through grade 5 (born 2011-2016).

This week’s changes include the return of Soul Kids Jr. and the removal of the proof of vaccination requirement for our 10:01am gathering.

We’re really excited to welcome Pastor Beth Braun to the Soul Sanctuary staff team as our Family Ministries Pastor! As Family Ministries Pastor Pastor Beth will oversee our children’s and youth ministries, working alongside Pastor Andrew, Piper and Alyssa to focus on how we as a church can ensure that our parents are equipped to be the primary disciple-makers of their children.

On Sunday, January 23 Pastor Gerry was recognized as one of five Canadian "heroes" who received awards on behalf of World Vision for their commitment to helping the world's most vulnerable children. Together we celebrate Pastor Gerry and his reception of this award which demonstrates a true reflection of his heart for compassion and justice.

The first flight of their long journey here has just taken off and our sponsored refugee family is finally on the move!

Good news alert! Here are 5 things that happened in 2021 at Soul Sanctuary that are worth celebrating!

In our continued commitment to abide by public health orders we will be implementing a series of changes to our Blue Christmas, Christmas Eve and Sunday gatherings which will allow us to continue to work towards our vision of being a place of refuge, repair and rejuvenation for all people.

As we welcome the month of December, we excitedly look forward to the time we will spend together as a community celebrating the birth of Christ. Here is everything you need to know about our December Gatherings at Soul.

Following Chosen Sunday in Fall 2019, the Soul Sanctuary community now supports over 300 children and their families in Tunyo and Taveta Kenya through our partnership with World Vision. Check out our 2021 partnership report and join us on December 5 and 12 as we connect with our partners in Kenya.