We hope that you enjoyed your Family Day and had a real chance to enjoy your family.  As you might know, Connexus put out a challenge to families to go technology-free for Family Day in an effort to connect with each other.  Click here to see that post

Using the comment section below, send in the highlights of your technology free day (Thursday is the deadline).  We’ll pick a winner who will choose from one of the following family prizes:

Toronto Zoo Day Passes

Ontario Science Center Day Passes

Barrie Colt’s Tickets

Dinner Out As A Family

Can’t wait to hear about your Family Day adventures!

Feb 16

We're a week away from Family Day and Connexus has a challenge for your family--Make Family Day a technology free day! Phones, TV, computers, tablets and many other devices we use every day can be both a barrier and a tool to maximizing family relationships.  Family Day is a day created for you to connect with your family face to face, let's take advantage of it and set... 

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Jan 11

So we've just cracked the beginning of our 180º series and we've already received some great feedback.  In part one of the series, we looked at why we often end up doing things we don't intend to do and why we end up not fulfilling our resolutions.  Ultimately, it's our direction, not intention, that determines our destination.  And if you don't like your destination,... 

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Nov 8

This weekend, about 700 guests (plus volunteers) joined us in person at our campuses, but almost 200 people heard the message without even being in the building.  They joined us online.  In the last 48 hours, our online messages were accessed almost 200 times.  I had a few conversations in the foyer this morning in which people volunteered how they use our podcasts: ... 

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Aug 31

Thanks for all the encouragement yesterday after the 10:00 a.m. service in Barrie.  Man, that was wild! We're in the middle of a great series by Andy Stanley, On Location.  But we had some technical challenges. Andy's messages are played back off a computer, and at the first service, a bad cable kept us from getting any video at all until we were ten minutes... 

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