Urban Ministry Is A Marathon - Bill Ryan

July 15, 2022 by Kevin Rogers in Bill Ryan, At Risk Youth, Blues Music, Canada, Christianity, Immigration, Kevin Rogers, Religion & Spirituality, Street Ministry Worker, Urban Ministry

Bill Ryan started his ministry in Toronto after graduating from Ontario Bible College in 1982. This led to his work at Yonge Street Mission where he served for over 25 years in numerous roles first serving as Program Co-ordinator at Evergreen, Pastor of Church on the Street, Director of the Christian Community Centre, Director of Staff care and Interim Program Officer. He later served as Director of Men’s Ministry with Scott Mission until 2021. He is a seasoned Urban Ministry practitioner for the past 30 years and teaches from his vast experience in ministry. He is a spiritual director and passionate Social Justice advocate. Bill's ministry life has been grounded by being a husband to Lillian and father to Jordan and Caitlin.

Links:

Yonge Street Mission

https://www.ysm.ca/

Scott Mission

https://scottmission.com/

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A Conversation with Toque Evans

October 15, 2021 by Kevin Rogers in Blues Music, Canada, Christianity, Kevin Rogers, PAOC, Religion & Spirituality, Urban Ministry, Kevin Saunders

Kevin Rogers sits down with his longtime friend, 2fish band mate and co-pastor Kevin Saunders. On October 1st their 2 urban congregations in Windsor Ontario merged together to become more effective through multiple locations of ministry.

Hear their collective experiences and gained wisdom from being in urban ministry for the long haul.

Toque Evans?

Two Kevins’.

Music Links:

www.2fish.org

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Uoh9JfmI5gml9R6RGjjX8?si=O6j4WbGKTkaa2hdgoy0AIQ&dl_branch=1

https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/2fish/1398542019

Energizers Bringing Spirit To Culture - QUEST Conversation

May 15, 2021 by Kevin Rogers in Canada, Christianity, Kevin Rogers, Mission Canada, Religion & Spirituality, Urban Ministry, Glenn Kaiser, Danny Brooks, Connie Jakab, Ryan Stockert, Blues Music

With Glenn Kaiser, Danny Brooks, Connie Jakab and Ryan Stockert.

Previous QUEST conversations explored the first two letters ‘Q and U’. Q stands for Qualitative Neighbouring, those who live as part of intentional Christian community and see their front porch as their platform of ministry.

The letter ‘U’ is Urban Churches. What makes a local congregation distinctly urban as compared to suburban, town or rural? Urban churches give us a great window into the mission of God for our cities.

Today we are featuring the letter ‘E’ which stands for Energizers. What does it look like to be people that bring God’s energy to bear on the culture and sub-cultures they belong to? Energizers bring Spirit to culture.

So let’s meet our guests. And we’ve included friends from south of the border in our Canadian conversation.