Missional Partnership: Help Wanted In Winnipeg
Summer is just around the corner and I am excited to say that plans for The Dusty Cover (our missional third place bookstore, which is likely to be renamed prior to opening) are coming together wonderfully. We have thousands of books donated, some plans in place for serving the community and a location confirmed. We are slowly receiving interest from a few willing to invest some financial sponsorship.
However, as we plan and pray, we are increasingly convinced that we (YWAM) need to find a local group/church to partner with us in this endeavour. In order to develop an effectively missional stance in the community, we feel that we are stretched a tad thin with a recent staff change over. Further, we see it as an opportunity to build bridges within the Christian community in our attempt to build bridges in our neighbourhood and city. Granted, forging such a partnership is no easy task, so we are moving forward with this very carefully.
For those of you in Winnipeg and are interested in this possibility (or know someone else who might), drop me a note. For those too far away for such a partnership, we are still looking for sponsorship partners as well. Above all, we are looking for the prayer support of everyone in this exciting venture. We aim to open doors by the end of the summer at the latest.
Hi Jamie,
Your request for help sparked something within me. At Watershed, we have also been praying that God would lead us to an opportunity to serve in our West end Winnipeg neighbourhood. We’re not sure if we’re the kind of group you’re hoping to connect with. We love God, love books and have come to understand through a couple of years of prayer and pursuing different lines of missional opportunities that our small community might best serve through joining with another faith community. Could it be that our desire to serve matches your request for help? We’d like to invite you to chat with us on a Wednesday night. You could come and pitch the idea of the bookstore, how the Spirit has led and together we could pray for discernment as to whether we could serve together.
Lorna Derksen
West end Watersheddian
Lorna,
I am so glad you wrote in. The thing is, I already see you guys as the first people who have journeyed with us, so from my view, you guys are already on board. The rest is details!
With the DTS now finally completed, I may actually have time to connect more with you all. I love the DTS, but it owned us for nearly 7 months straight. I’ll be in touch! Thanks for the interest and invite.
Peace,
Jamie