How Renewal Church Walks In Sync

Church-wide Meetings (Semi-annually)

As a church, we set aside two key moments each year for prayerful reflection, transparent communication, and shared discernment. These church-wide meetings are grounded in gratitude, stewardship, and the call to grow together as a body.

Spring Meeting (Easter)

• • April (before Easter)

  • Review and receive financial reports from the previous year

  • Affirm and adopt the new annual budget

  • Hear a pastoral reflection and “pulse” on the upcoming year

  • Leadership and membership updates, including invitations to serve

Fall Meeting (All Saints Day)

• • October (near All Saints Day)

  • Share mid-year financial updates and begin budget planning for the next year

  • Offer a pastoral reflection and pulse on church health and direction

  • Leadership and membership updates, including seasonal needs and discernment

Portions of each meeting may be designated for members, especially when involving decisions about leadership, finances, or governance. These meetings are not only about decisions they are about listening to what the Spirit is doing among us, and learning to walk together in faithfulness and love.

Collective Meetings (Seasonally)

Our Ministry Collectives are spaces to tend to the spiritual rhythms of the church. They are shared planning and prayer rhythms that align ministry areas with the life and direction of the whole church. 

Each collective supports new and existing ministry teams by grounding them in prayer, discernment, and collaboration across areas. These rhythms help us listen together, plan seasonally, and walk in unity as a church.

Leadership Collective Meetings

Where our Eldership team (Pastoral team) and Deaconship, come together at least every 2 months to:

• Pray for the health, of the church members an its witness 

• Review church-wide administration, its rhythms and needs

• Hear from the Eldership and Deaconship 

• Discern tone and direction of other Collectives

We want to keep a pulse on the health, unity, and rhythm across the church.

Missional Living Collective Meetings

Where our teams Benevolence Committee, Missions Committee, Hospitality Teams, Deacons, Elders, Intercession Ministries, and Digital Arts come together at least 4 times a year to:

• Pray for needs in and beyond the church

• Hear about local and global partnerships and missional initiatives

• Care and respond to real-time needs

We want to cultivate  to keep a pulse on the needs of the church and discern the missional shape of our community. 

Teaching Collective Meetings

Where our Elders and Deacons, Children’s Ministry Teachers, Baptism, Membership, Alpha, Facilitators, come together at least 2–3 times a year to:

• Pray and plan around the formation and discipleship of the church

• Reflect on resources and teaching priorities across ages and settings

• Be equipped one another in the ministry of the Word

We want to cultivate a teaching life that forms us as lifelong disciples of Jesus, rooted in Scripture and the historic faith.

Liturgical and Worship Collective Meetings

Where our Worship team and musicians, Liturgists, Scripture Readers, Prayer Leaders, Communion Servers (and preparation), Sound and Visual Teams, and Elders come together at least 3 times a year to:

• Pray over and plan upcoming worship seasons

• Reflect on the spiritual tone of our gathered worship

• Coordinate creative and technical support for liturgy and the Lord’s Day

 We want to cultivate a unified and Spirit-led rhythm of worship that is beautiful, biblical, participatory and rooted in our community’s voice.

Life Together Collective Meetings 

Where our Small Group Leaders, Hospitality Coordinators, Fellowship Dinner Hosts, and Technology and Digital Arts Team members come together at least 3–4 times a year to:

• Pray for relational needs and community rhythms

• Coordinate events and shared meals that foster belonging

• Reflect on the overall sense of connectedness in the body

We want to cultivate spiritual friendships and a shared life that reflects the welcome and presence of Christ in our relationships.

The Sabbath Season for Ministry (July to September)

From July to September, we intentionally focus our life together in such a way to create space for the whole church and worshipping community to reorient ourselves more deeply in practices that sustain us.

Retreat in the Fall (September)

The Sabbath Reason culminates in the Fall Weekend Retreat 

On How Renewal Church Walks In Sync

Curated by the Leadership Collective — For updates, questions or shared discernment, contact connect@renewalchurch.ca