2025
- May 15 – Welcome Church Planning Meeting
- May 15 – Webinar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” (TSA)
- May 13 – Webinar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” (TSA)
- May 9 – LNC Annual Meeting
- Apr 24 – Group Coaching – Community of Practice (TSA)
- Apr 17 – Welcome Church Planning Meeting
- Apr 16 – Webinar – “143 Ways Churches are Serving New Canadians” (TSA)
- Mar 27 – Group Coaching – Community of Practice (TSA)
- Mar 25 – Webinar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” (TSA)
- Mar 22 – Seminar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus forImmigrants in your Neighbourhood” (Conference hosted by Welcome Church & LNC; Montreal, QC)
- Mar 20 – Welcome Church Planning Meeting
- Mar 20 – Webinar – “How to teach a stage-2 ESL Bridges Class for the Spiritually Curious” (TSA)
- Feb 27 – Group Coaching – Community of Practice (TSA)
- Feb 20 – Welcome Church Planning Meeting
- Feb 13-15 – Exhibitor – BC Mission Fest (Chilliwack, BC)
- Feb 12 – Webinar – “How to teach a stage-1 ESL Conversation Class” (TSA)
- Feb 7-9 – Exhibitor – Missionfest Manitoba (Winnipeg)
- Feb 7 – Breakfast meeting with church-based ESL teachers in Winnipeg
- Jan 23 – Group Coaching – Community of Practice (TSA)
- Jan 23 – Webinar – “How to teach a stage-1 ESL Conversation Class” (Burlington Community Church; Burlington, ON)
- Jan 16 – Welcome Church Planning Meeting
- Jan 9 – Podcast with Unseminary (Rich Birch; Toronto)
2024
- Dec 27-31 – Exhibitor (Erich Wong)-Canadian Chinese Winter Conference (Richmond, BC)
- Dec 11 – Podcast with Canadian Small Church Ministry Centre (Ron Baker)
- Nov 28 – Group Coaching (“Volunteers” – TSA Community of Practice)
- Nov 10 – Speaking – “Welcoming Newcomers” (Carmel Mississauga Mandarin Alliance Church; Mississauga, ON) – 80 participants
- Nov 10 – Speaking – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants” (Carmel Mississauga Mandarin Alliance Church Adult Sunday School; Mississauga, ON) – 25 participants
- Nov 9 – Seminar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (“Welcome Newcomers” Conference hosted by TIM Centre, Welcome Church, and LNC) – 46 participants
- Nov 6 – Meeting with TSA Leadership (Toronto, ON) – 14 participants
- Nov 5 – Lunch Meeting with about 46 Salvation Army personnel in Mississauga, ON
- Nov 5 – Seminar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (The Salvation Army “Lunch and Learn” at Collegeway; Mississauga, ON) – about 50 participants
- Oct 26 – Exhibitor at SOCEM Fall Training(Toronto, ON)
- Oct 24 – Group Coaching (“Planning Games, Parties, and Social Evens” – TSA Community of Practice; 11 participants)
- Oct 19 – Exhibitor – CESLM Fall Training (St. James Anglican Church; Calgary)
- Oct 16 – Webinar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (TSA Officers and other personnel; 12 participants)
- Sept 26 – Group Coaching (“Introducing LNC” – TSA Community of Practice)
- Sept 11 – Seminar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (Praise International Fellowship; Calgary, AB; 14 participants)
- Sept 5 – Webinar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (Shoreline Baptist Church – Port Elgin, ON; 10 participants)
- Aug 30 – Promotional Video – for TSA Area Commanders
- Aug 17 – Webinar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (Alliance General Assembly follow-up webinar; 30 participants)
- Aug 1 – Host – Glenmore Temple ESL Volunteers (Calgary, AB)
- July 9-12 – Exhibitor at Alliance General Assembly (Bayview Glen Church, North York, ON)
- June 13 – Webinar – “A census was taken: Opportunities for the Church Created by Recent Immigration to Canada” (TSA Officers and other personnel; 10 participants)
- Jun 10 – Article – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for New Canadians” (for an e-newsletter distributed by the Institute of Evangelism at Wycliffe College)
- June 8/9 – Exhibitor – Foothills Alliance Mission Weekend (Calgary, AB)
- May 14 – Webinar – “How to teach stage-2 ESL classes for the spiritually curious” (TSA Officers and other personnel; 10 participants)
- Apr 25 – Webinar – “Discipling New Canadians as they learn English” (SOCEM; 9 participants)
- Apr 17 – Webinar – “Discipling New Canadians as they learn English” (TSA Officers and other personnel; 15 participants)
- Mar 14 – Webinar – “How to Teach a Stage-1 ESL Conversation Class” (Salvation Army Officers & Leaders; 20 participants)
- Feb 21 – Webinar – St. Lawrence District Pastors and Leaders (Quebec; 7 participants)
- Feb 13 – Webinar – “126 Ways Churches are Serving New Canadians” (Salvation Army Officers & Leaders; 17 participants)
- Jan 17 – Webinar – “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (Salvation Army Officers & Leaders; 31 participants)
2023
- Sept 30 – Webinars: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” and “How to Teach ESL Classes for the Spiritually Curious” for Parliament Community Church (Regina, SK; 8 participants)
- Aug 5 – Webinar: “Loving Newcomers” for Cornerstone Community Church” (Mayfield Heights, OH; 24 participants)
- July 24 – Webinar: “A census was taken”: Opportunities for the Church Created by Recent Immigration to Canada” for Wesleyan Churches in Atlantic Canada (11 participants)
- July 6 – Webinar (Alliance IW’s in France)
- June 17 – Seminars: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” and “How to teach an ESL Bridges Class” at Peace Portal Alliance Church (Surrey, BC; 15 participants)
- June 6 – Seminars: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” and “How to teach an ESL Bridges Class” at the Canadian Midwest District Conference (Brandon, MB, 30 participants)
- June 5-7 – Exhibitor: Canadian Midwest District Conference in Brandon, MB
- May 5-7 – Exhibitor: Missionfest at the Church in South Edmonton
- Mar 26 – Exhibitor: Foothills Alliance Church Mission Weekend (Calgary)
- March 25 – Exhibitor: CESLM training event at Hawkwood Baptist Church (Calgary)
- Feb 23 – Webinar: “126 Ways Canadian Churches are Serving New Canadians” for the Central Canadian District of the Alliance
- Feb 4 – Seminar: “‘A census was taken’: Opportunities for the Church Created by Recent Immigration to Canada” at Missionfest Manitoba
- Feb 3-5 – Exhibitor: Missionfest Manitoba (Winnipeg)
- Jan 28 – Seminar: “‘A census was taken’: Opportunities for the Church Created by Recent Immigration to Canada” at Mission Central Serve (Vancouver)
- Jan 27-29 – Exhibitor: Mission Central Serve conference (formerly Vancouver Mission Fest) (Vancouver)
2022
- Nov 4-5 – Exhibitor: “Transformative Times,” a mission fest in Toronto
- Nov 3-7 – Meetings with 11 church leaders in Toronto
- Oct 18 – Webinar: “Discipling new Canadians as they learn English – A 3-stage process” for Wesleyan Churches in Atlantic Canada
- Observation weekend at FAC – The Grove (Riverside, CA)
- Oct 3 – SOCEM event
- Oct 1 – Exhibitor: CESLM training event at Falconridge Family Church (Calgary)
- Sept 23 – Webinars: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” and “How to Teach an ESL Conversation Class” for Rexdale Alliance Church (Toronto)
- Aug 27 – Webinar: “Discipling New Canadians as they Learn English: A Three-Stage Process”
- Aug 13 – Webinar: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” for the Evangelical Free Church (Harrisburg, PA)
- July 5-8 – Love New Canadians promoted at C&MA General Assembly in Sherwood Park, AB
- June 18 – Webinar: “The Best (& Worst!) ESL Volunteers: Success and Failure in Developing a Pathway to Jesus for Immigrants”
- June 10 – Love New Canadians Fundraising Event
- May 29 & June 5 – Love New Canadians lobby promotion at Foothills Alliance Church (Calgary)
- May 13 – LNC Annual Meeting
- April 29-May 1 – Exhibitor: Missionfest Manitoba (Winnipeg)
- April 23 – Webinar: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood”
- March 5 – Webinar: “126 Ways that Canadian Churches are Welcoming Immigrants to Canada”
- Jan 28-30 – Exhibitor: Mission Central Serve (Online)
- Jan 29 – Webinar: “126 Ways that Canadian Churches are Welcoming Immigrants to Canada” (Mission Central Serve)
2021
- Nov 20 – Webinar: “Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (Share the Light)
- Oct 11 – Training Video # 1: “Serving New Canadians” (“Our Common Calling”)
- Oct 11 – Training Video # 2: “Creating Spiritual Conversations” (“Our Common Calling)
- Oct 11 – Training Video # 3: “Building the Team” (“Our Common Calling”)
- Oct 2 – Speaking: “A Changing Canada Needs the Unchanging Jesus: Immigrant Ministry Today” (CESLM)
- Sept 7 – Webinar: “Creating Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants” (Calvary Church; Lancaster, PA)
- May 14 – Video (LNC Promotion)
- Jan 30-31 – Mission Central Serve
- Jan 30 – Webinar: “Adventures in Online ESL Classes: A Strategy to Develop Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants” (Mission Central Serve)
2020
- Sept 12 & 19 – Webinar: “Using Zoom to Teach ESL Classes Online: A strategy to help churches develop pathways to Jesus for immigrants in their neighbourhoods”
- Aug 15 – Webinar: “How to teach church-based online ESL classes as part of a strategy to develop pathways to Jesus for immigrants in your neighbourhood”
- Mar 12 – Seminar: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” (Prairie College missions conference; Three Hills, AB)
- Feb 23 – Sermon: “Ministry with Newcomers” (McLaurin Memorial Baptist Church; Edmonton)
- Feb 22 – Seminar: “The Best (and Worst!) ESL Volunteers” (Missions Fest Edmonton Seminar)
- Feb 21-23 – Missions Fest Alberta (Edmonton)
- Feb 7-9 – Missionfest Manitoba (Winnipeg)
- Feb 1 – Seminar: “The Best (and Worst!) ESL Volunteers” (Missions Fest Vancouver Seminar)
- Jan 31-Feb 1 – Missions Fest Vancouver Exhibitor
Cancelled or postponed because of COVID-19:
- June 16-19 – C&MA General Assembly (Brampton, ON; Sherwood Park; AB)
- May 14 – Presentation: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” (15 minute presentation at the “Leadership in a Changing Canada” seminar; Edmonton)
- May 13 – Presentation: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” (15 minute presentation at the “Leadership in a Changing Canada” seminar; Calgary)
- May 3 – Sermon: “Ministry with Newcomers” (High River Alliance Church; High River, AB)
- May 3 – Seminar: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in your Neighbourhood” (High River Alliance Church; High River, AB)
- Apr 4 – Seminar: “The Best (and Worst!) ESL Volunteers: Success and Failure in Developing a Pathway to Jesus for Immigrants” (CESLM Spring Training; Westview Baptist Church; Calgary)
2019
- Oct 17-18 – Global Leadership Summit (Calgary)
- Oct 8 – Seminar: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants” (for the WCD DEXCOM; Calgary)
- Oct 5 – CESLM Fall Training (Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd; Calgary)
- Aug 27-30 – Pentecostal World Conference (Calgary)
- Aug 17-18 – Sermon: “My Story with a New Country” (Foothills Alliance; Calgary)
- Aug 2-4 – Sermons: “Prayer” – 6 Sermons for the Westside Chinese Alliance Conference (Olds, AB)
- May 11 – Seminar: “Finding the Gospel in an ESL Class: A 12-year case study” (Converge Atlantic 2019; Debert, NS)
- May 11 – Seminar: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (Converge Atlantic 2019; Debert, NS)
- Apr 13 – Seminar: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in Your Neighbourhood” (CESLM Spring Training; Hawkwood Baptist, Calgary)
- Feb 22-24 – Missions Fest Alberta (Edmonton)
- Feb 22 – Seminar: Glorifying God by Loving Newcomers to Canada (Missions Fest Alberta seminar)
- Feb 3 – Sermon: “Connecting with New Canadians” – Gateway Church (Winnipeg)
- Feb 3 – Seminar: “Addressing the Challenges of Ministry with New Canadians” (Gateway Church, Winnipeg)
- Feb 2 – Seminar: “Finding the Gospel in an ESL Class: A 12-year case study” (Missionfest Manitoba seminar)
- Feb 1-3 – Missionfest Manitoba (Winnipeg)
- Jan 25-27 – Break Forth One (Edmonton)
- Jan 20 – Seminar: “Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants” (First Christian Reformed Church of New Westminster; Burnaby, BC)
- Jan 18-20 – Missions Fest Vancouver
- Jan 18 – Seminar: “Discipling New Canadians as they Learn English: A Three-Stage Process” (Missions Fest Vancouver Seminar)
- Jan 16 – Seminar Paper: “Canadian Churches Developing Pathways to Jesus for Immigrants in their Neighbourhood: A Case Study” presented at the Jaffrey Centre for Global Initiatives Symposium: “Beyond Hospitality: Migration, Multiculturalism and the Church” (Entheos Camp)
2018
- Nov 3 – “Developing an Intercultural Ministry Pathway to Jesus” (Broadmoor Baptist Church; Richmond, BC)
- Oct 13 – CESLM Fall Training – Table Promoting Love New Canadians
- Sept 8 – “Developing an Intercultural Ministry Pathway to Jesus” (Deer Park Alliance, Red Deer)
- June 5-9 – C&MA General Assembly
- April 8 – “Establishing a Global Community by Building Relationships with International Students” (Calgary International Students Ministry Dinner)
- Feb 24 – “Finding the Gospel in an ESL Class: An 11-year case study” (Missions Fest Alberta seminar)
- Feb 23-25 – Missions Fest Alberta (Edmonton)
- Feb 10 – CESLM (Calgary) seminar “Games & Celebrations”
- Feb 10 – CESLM (Calgary) seminar “Leading a Conversation Class”
- Feb 4 – Gateway Church (Winnipeg) ESL volunteers (“How to Teach a Bridges Class”)
- Feb 4 – Gateway Church (Winnipeg) – Sunday services
- Feb 2-4 – Missionfest Manitoba (Winnipeg)
- Jan 27 – “Finding the Gospel in an ESL Class: An 11-year case study” (Missions Fest Vancouver seminar)
- Jan 26-28 – Missions Fest Vancouver
- Jan 20 – “Shepherding New Canadians” Seminar (Cranbrook Alliance)
2017
- Oct 31 – NewLife Ministries (Edmonton)
- Sept 25 – Canadian Evangelism Congress (Edmonton; plenary talk + seminar
- Aug 27 – South Gate Alliance (Calgary) Sermon
- Seminar: “How to Teach an ESL Bridges Class”
- Seminar: “How to Teach a Conversation Class”
- Seminar: “Developing an Intercultural Ministry Pathway to Jesus”
- June 10-11 – Rockyview Alliance Church (Calgary; seminar + sermon)
- May 15 – WCD District Conference (Grande Prairie)
- May 11 – WCD District Conference (Vermilion)
- May 8 – WCD District Conference (Sylvan Lake)
- May 6 – WCD District Conference (Calgary)
- Apr 22 – CESLM (Calgary) seminar: “Invited In: The Journey So Far” (plenary talk)
- Seminar: “How to Teach an ESL Bridges Class”
- Seminar: “How to Teach a Conversation Class”
- Seminar: “Developing an Intercultural Ministry Pathway to Jesus”
- Apr 7-8 – Millbourne Community Life Centre (Edmonton)
- Mar 19 – “Developing an Intercultural Ministry Pathway to Jesus” (seminar + sermon; Innisfail Alliance)
- Feb 25 – “Developing Immigrant Pathways to Jesus” (Mission Fest Alberta seminar)
- Feb 24-26 – Missions Fest Alberta (Edmonton)
- Seminar: “How to Teach an ESL Bridges Class”
- Seminar: “How to Teach a Conversation Class”
- Seminar: “Developing an Intercultural Ministry Pathway to Jesus”
- Feb 10-11 – Potter’s Ministries (Red Deer)
- Jan 28 – “Developing Immigrant Pathways to Jesus” (Mission Fest Vancouver seminar)
- Jan 27-29 – Missions Fest Vancouver
- Jan 7 – “Developing an Intercultural Ministry Pathway to Jesus” (Gateway Church, Winnipeg; seminar by Skype)
Observation Weekend
Foothills Alliance Church
333 Edgepark Blvd. N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
RSVP to rick@lovenewcanadians.ca
Churches and individuals are invited to Foothills Alliance Church to observe settlement programming and spiritual programming to assist New Canadians
The observation weekend will include:
*flexible schedule – Observe when you can and attend one, two, or all three discussion times with Rick & Patti
*encouragement as you hear and see how God is changing immigrant lives
*learning through participation in ESL classes, Bible studies, and social activities
*discussion with Rick and Patti Love about your ministry context
*information about resources for developing your ministry to immigrants
Rick and Patti Love will:
-explain the Intercultural Ministry philosophy, model, and resources
-answer questions about observations and experiences
-interact with you about how your church can develop a pathway to Jesus for immigrants in your neighbourhood
Tentative Schedule
Fri 11:00 a.m. ESL Conversation Class
Fri 12:30 p.m. Lunch & Discussion with Rick and Patti Love
Sat 12:30 p.m. Lunch & Discussion with Rick and Patti Love
Sat 5:00 p.m. ESL Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Class
Sat 6:30 p.m. ESL Bible Study (Bridges Plus)
Sun 9:00 a.m. Settlement Class (e.g., Jobtalk; Citizenship Class; Project Confidence)
Sun 11:00 a.m. Bridges (studying Canadian culture, English language, and Christian faith)
Sun 1:00 p.m. Lunch & Discussion with Rick and Patti Love
Contact rick@lovenewcanadians.ca to schedule an Observation Weekend at Foothills Alliance Church.