Workshops

Workshops for this conference are designed for maximum interaction.  We have chosen facilitators from many different spheres to create spaces where you can learn, question and share with folks who have the same passion.

Topics will range from marketplace leadership, proven evangelism and outreach approaches,   prayer workshops, and inspiring stories from cities around North America. With over 20 options, you will find yourself challenged to pick only three breakouts from the menu.

Phillip Yan

Philip is co-founder and director of the Centre for Redemptive Entrepreneurship (CRE) at Tyndale University. The vision for CRE is to equip Christian entrepreneurs as culture-shaping catalysts in advancing their redemptive ventures. A co-founder of two social enterprises, KLINK Coffee and Red Propeller, by selling services and product to employ people with barriers to employment, Philip sees the critical value of addressing service gaps with an entrepreneurial mindset. Additionally, Philip’s creative business at GenesisXD, his passion for young adults ministry, as well as his serving on several ministry boards have deepened his understanding and experience of the relationship between leadership, ministry, and innovation.

Redemptive Entrepreneurship: Crafting Business for God’s Kingdom Impact

The call for businesses that contribute meaningfully to society has never been louder in today’s rapidly changing world. This immersive workshop is tailored for visionary Christian business leaders and entrepreneurs who aspire to transcend the conventional boundaries of profit and performance. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of their role in God’s restorative mission, practical strategies for implementing redemptive practices in their businesses, and the motivation to pursue entrepreneurship that heals, transforms, and elevates society.

Aubrey Tozer

Aubrey has over 30 years of experience in senior business leadership roles. While still engaged in senior management with a large Canadian financial institution, he also served as a volunteer Executive Pastor at a large multicultural, urban church in the GTA. Over the past several years, he has helped church and missions leadership teams globally gain greater strategic focus and, since 2015, has provided support to global business as missions workers – many of whom work in restricted contexts. He co-founded BAM Canada (businessasmission.ca) in 2021. Aubrey lives in Brantford, Ontario with his wife Cathy. They have three sons, a daughter and four grandsons.

Missional Business Bootcamp: A Missional Business Pathway

Based on several years experience working with Businesses for Transformation where access to the gospel is restricted, BAM Canada has developed a fast-paced and interactive introductory ‘bootcamp’ that provides a pathway for churches, organizations and business owners and professionals to quickly understand the journey to becoming missional in and through businesses and workplaces. This session will provide access to digital resources and attendees will learn how they can introduce a missional business journey to their church or organization.

Destiny Johnson

Destiny is the founder and lead Consultant of Destiny Consulting Inc. a management consulting, business coaching, and professional services firm that serves predominantly Churches and Ministries in North America. She has more than 20 years of management accountancy experience in for-profit and non-profit organizations. Destiny has also served as an executive pastor, worship leader, and missionary throughout North America, Africa, and Israel. She now serves churches as an advisor and consultant on a wide range of business and operations areas.

Marketplace Coaching: The Ministry of Marketplace Leadership

We are in a time, now more than ever, where masterclasses have become the qualifier for insight and guidance on how to operate and lead in the marketplace. Yet, business owners and leaders are finding themselves void of the true principles for sustainable and effective operations, and Christians who are called by God to lead are facing a crossroads of whether to, and how to rise up and be a light in the darkness of uncertainty and confusion. During this workshop, the Ministry of Marketplace Leadership is discussed, highlighting the biblical principles and truth about God’s divinely strategic positioning Christians in business to have influence, give solutions, and minister godly standards to the kings (Business Owners, Managers) as did Joseph and Daniel. Regardless of your job title, you as a Christian are trusted by God to be a minister of righteousness in your marketplace as a leader.

Ray Borg

Ray is currently the Director, Donor and Community Care with the Canadian National Christian Foundation and notmine.ca. He is a pastor, teacher, blogger and conference speaker. He has a heart for prayer and intercession, having led intercessory groups and currently is part of an international prayer ministry called ASK Network International. Ray and his wife Arlene make their home in Ottawa and enjoy time spent with their children and grandchildren.

Prayer in the Workplace: Discovering The Power of Prayer in the Marketplace

Prayer in the marketplace is an often overlooked key aspect of ministry in this sphere. Discover the role prayer can have in your marketplace ministry and its significance in impacting your influence for Kingdom purposes. Together we will look at Jesus’ example, how to develop a prayer strategy and learn how prayer can change the culture and workplace environment.

Dr James Bruyn

Dr. James Bruyn is an Assistant Professor at the Leder School of Business, at The King’s University in Edmonton and the Director of Faith At Work Network Canada. James has over thirty years of leadership experience in the telecommunications, oil and gas, and railroad industry. A recurring theme in James’ ministry is his passion to connect the rich promises of God with the joys and challenges of living out faith in the Marketplace.

Flourishing and Discipleship in the Workplace

What might it look like to flourish in your job? Our feelings and attitudes towards our job are shaped both by our work environment and by how well our job aligns to our skills, strengths, and passions. As Christ followers how might our faith sustain us in the workplace. As image bearers of Christ, how might we be ambassadors of God’s redemption and reconciliation in the workplace? In this workshop we will explore Biblical examples of men and women who flourished in diverse work contexts. We will also explore opportunities for discipleship in different work contexts.

Andrew Douglas

Mike McNeaney

Andrew founded Story Digital Marketing in 2020. Over the course of his career he has been a public-relations professional, an advertising copywriter, and an award-winning journalist. From 2014 to 2020, Andrew co-directed a Christian summer camp and retreat centre along with his wife. He and Anne now live on a small homestead west of Ottawa with cows, chickens, donkeys, horses and a very smart border collie.

Mike McNeaney graduated from university with a Bachelor’s of Theology in 2022. Upon graduating, he began working full-time at Story Digital as a Google certified pay-per-click advertising specialist and account manager. Merging his theological background with marketing expertise, he is able to make an impact on the secular business world and help purpose-driven businesses find success.”

Hire a Pastor to Transform Your Business and Your City

The financial landscape for the Church and missional organizations in Canada is changing. We have to be creative in how we’re going to fund Kingdom work. Paul showed us that good work can support great ministry. It’s time to tear down the perceived wall between secular and sacred jobs. Hear from an owner and an employee how God can use your business in a very practical way and grow at the same time.

Brad Grosjean

Brad Grosjean is the Director of Young Professionals At Work On Purpose, a ministry that grew out of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the goal of reaching, connecting, and equipping next-generation leaders in the marketplace. He is an advocate for Gen Z and beyond, having spent over 7 years ministering to the generation and navigating life as one. Brad is a graduate of The Ohio State University and currently studying for his Masters in Theology at Liberty University. He is also an accountant at Gilligan Company.

The Needs of Next Gen: Reconciling Intergenerational Unity

What is a Gen Z and how do I deal with one?!? While engaging the next generation may seem daunting or confusing, they are the most populated generation in the workplace (yes, you read that right!) and only growing in opportunity and impact. Join us as Gen Z advocate Brad Grosjean lays out the 3 core needs of the next gen, and participate in fruitful discussion with other leaders about how you can link arms in co-laboring with, and ministering to, young professionals in the marketplace and beyond.

Johann van der Merwe

Johann‘s ministry is within the workplace. He strongly believes that every interaction we have, every relationship we build and every decision we make presents an opportunity to be God’s hands and feet and heart. Through the Workplace Network, he clearly communicates and demonstrates that Christians-in-the-workplace can find a place to connect, develop relationships with, and learn from other Christians who share a similar vision. Johann is also part of the City-on-our-Knees team. An immigrant from The Netherlands and before that from South Africa, Johann is married to Renée and father of Calvin, Nina, Milou and Bastian.

Praying for Revival in your Workplace?

Embracing prayer groups across every trade and profession in your city fosters a sense of community while collectively seeking change and transformation.

Mike and Donna Boisvert

Mike and Donna have a passion for seeing churches reach out to their community to be the hands and feet of Jesus, during times of crisis. With previous careers in construction and social work, they recently retired after 21 years in Pastoral Ministry at Sequoia Church in Ottawa. In 2018, they partnered with One Way Ministries, and local Pastors and Leaders to help found Respond Ottawa. They love to be on active mission and enjoy working with young leaders, as they serve and do life together, for the love of Jesus.

Serving Your Community in a Time of Crisis: Is Your Church Prepared?

Through a panel discussion, this workshop will seek to tell the story of Respond Ottawa and how this team is working to prepare churches in Ottawa to reach out and serve their surrounding community/neighbourhood in a time of crisis. Over the past five years, several weather events, Covid, and local emergencies has revealed the need for the local church to be prepared to respond in a well informed and coordinated effort, working together as the body of Christ, coordinating efforts with City Management, partners and effectively responding to critical and urgent needs, with love and respect. Church leaders on the panel will share their experience and passion followed by time for Q&A.

Dave Witt

Dave works as a Church Network Developer in Hamilton, ON where for the past twenty years he has facilitated the partnership between the various congregations which make up the TrueCity network. Together they have cultivated opportunities to live out the aspiration to be churches together for the good of the city. Dave and his wife Alison have been married for 33 years and enjoy calling the ever-evolving diversity of Hamilton’s North End home. They have 2 adult sons and a rambunctious 4 year old granddaughter. When he is not connecting with church leaders Dave enjoys hiking the beautiful 900km Bruce Trail with his son. They are over 2/3 of the way!

Churches Together: Enriching Unity by Cultivating Collective Trust

We know from Jesus’ prayer in John 17 that unity deepens our worship and amplifies our witness, but we often lack accessible strategies for developing unity between congregations in our city contexts. Finding ways to deepen trust is essential to see such unity grow. Based on research done with churches engaged in cross-denominational relationships, this session will highlight boundary spanning strategies for developing more robust trust between congregations. We will learn how such trust forms, starting with inter-personal trust between leaders and growing into a trust embedded in the culture of our congregations.

Dan Byrne

Dan lives in Ottawa, Canada, working to fulfill the great commission in our nation’s capital and beyond. As Dan shares, “God has a call on my life to mobilize the Church to move beyond its walls to share the hope of Christ with society’s most vulnerable people. I believe that God is raising up a missionary movement to reclaim Ottawa for Christ as lives are transformed by the gospel through the power of the Spirit.”

Reaching the City Together

In this presentation, Dan will explore the transformative power of collaborative partnerships in evangelism, drawing from my experiences with Connecting Streams and chairing the City Evangelism Team, alongside insights from the Palau Association. We’ll discuss our unique strategy for partnerships that amplify outreach while respecting each ministry’s identity, and how to build effective bridges for the Kingdom. The focus will be on leveraging collective strengths and navigating challenges to create a united effort in spreading Christ’s message across our city, demonstrating the impact of unity in our mission.

Daria Nardozza

Daria is passionate about fostering greater connections, both within the community and among churches, to promote the flourishing of every city. She helped establish the West Island Network in 2016, a network of churches working together for the good of the community. After leading it for almost five years, she took a more national role building a Canadian network of both City Network Leaders and community development organizations. She currently leads Kentro Domestic, a Canadian Christian Community Development Network, and is the COO of City Leaders Collective. Her academic background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Counseling/Psychology, an MA in Global Urban Leadership. She is currently pursuing a Doctoral degree in Transformational Leadership at Bakke Graduate University.

Exegeting Your Community: Know Your Community and Discern What God is Already Doing

Exegeting your community (or doing a community scan) can feel like an overwhelming or daunting task for many. In this workshop we’ll discuss different approaches to community exegesis as well as a more simple four step process that will help you better connect to what God is already doing in your neighbhourhood. During the session, we will provide practical examples to illustrate each step of the process, and there will be dedicated time for questions and answers to ensure clarity and understanding. Join us as we delve into the heart of community exegesis and discover valuable insights for fostering meaningful connections with your neighborhood.

Gabe McReynolds

Gabe serves with One Way Ministries as the Lead for Love Ottawa (loveottawa.ca), a platform for city-wide missional teams that seeks to “Bring Jesus to the City and the City to Jesus.” He also leads one of those teams, Friends for Dinner (friendsfordinner.ca). He has been in ministry in Canada and abroad for 35 years, is married to Linda, has 6 children and a 3rd grandchild on the way.

The Power of City-Wide Missional Teams

A large part of the Ottawa story of collaboration in unity, prayer and mission over many years is the emergence of city-wide missional teams. God has raised up leaders with a passion to glorify him through a variety of ministries. One Way Ministries has come alongside them to help them form their teams and launch a sustainable ministry. Come and hear how many have been very successful and how some have not.

Richard Long

Mark Peterkins

Richard comes to One Way Ministries with over 30 years of experience in city-wide movements in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) and Hamilton. Under his national ministry hat – Together Canada, he has been coaching and resourcing city-church efforts from coast to coast in Canada.​ Up until recently he was the lead for Love Ottawa – the collaborative missional movement in our city. With over 40 years in pastoral ministry he considers it a high honour to serve pastoral leaders in the national capital region. 

The One Way Ministries Model – Prayer, Relationships, Collaborative Outreach

In this workshop, Richard Long and Mark Peterkins will share about the evolution of our strategy as a ministry. The current engagement of over 100 leaders working on mulitple cross-denominational efforts took many years to build. We will explore some of what has worked and what has failed as we seek to bring Jesus to Ottawa and Ottawa to Jesus.

 Mark Peterkins:

Mark’s passion is to see Jesus become more famous in Ottawa as the church loves each other deeply, working in unity and trust together for the good of the city. As Executive Director of One Way Ministries, Mark has a passion for leadership and for the health and growth of Christian leaders. He is learning to sit still and practice more of his faith in quietness, listening to the Master’s whisper. His happy place is at a table, sharing a meal and listening to life stories.  Mark is married to Tracy and they are proud parents to three adult children and feel truly blessed by the addition of a wonderful daughter-in-law to their family. 

Launching or Re-booting a City-Reaching Movement

“If we were to do this again from scratch?” Mark answers this question for new teams starting a city reaching effort. This workshop will provide some practical ideas about how to start or energize your city’s unity efforts and outreach. After leading a ministry that has served citywide unity, prayer and outreach for over 20 years in the Ottawa area, we’ve made mistakes and learned a few things. Let’s talk about some of them?

Bruno Savard

Bruno est marié depuis plus de 30 ans. Père de 3 enfants et grand père, il est le pasteur senior de l’église Source de Vie depuis 2006. Il est également le Directeur de la communauté francophone le Ministère Hommes de Parole (Impactus) depuis 2019. Il est également aumônier pour les Forces Armées Canadienne.

Des Hommes Selon Son Coeur

Le roi David, est reconnu pour être un homme selon le cœur de Dieu. Cet atelier nous permettra de comprendre ce qui a amené Dieu à dire cela de David. Également nous amener nous aussi à devenir des hommes selon le cœur de Dieu.

Steve Andrews

Steve is an accomplished leader with a passion for transformative ministry. With a decade of experience in both local church ministry and his current role as Director of Discipleship and Operations at Nextlevel Ministries, Steve has dedicated himself to empowering individuals to break free from isolation and mediocrity. His mission is to guide men towards life-altering spiritual connections, fostering authentic friendships as a catalyst to personal growth. Beyond his professional endeavours, Steve finds joy in his role as a devoted husband to Didi, celebrating 13 years of marriage, and cherishing their three children: Theo, Eli, and Lucy.

Making Friendship Work: How spiritual friendship can revolutionize our impact in life and work

In today’s society, the epidemic of isolation leaves many adrift, yearning for meaningful connections. But here’s the truth: We’re not meant to tackle life’s challenges alone. Thriving requires connection. Join us for a workshop designed to fan the flames of a friendship movement flourishing in our region. Together, we’ll explore the transformative power of cultivating genuine spiritual connections, uncovering new levels of fulfillment and effectiveness. Dive into practical strategies for nurturing relationships that enrich our lives and amplify our impact. This workshop equips you with the insights and tools needed to harness the full potential of spiritual friendship in every aspect of your journey.

Anne McGregor

Anne served for twenty years in public health and produced resources with Health Canada for community healthcare workers as a Gerontology specialist. After transitioning to a ministry role at the Metropolitan Bible Church, much of her focus was on City Outreach, connecting the church with the hurting and marginalized in our city. On retirement, seeing the crushing loneliness and spiritual poverty of the elderly in residences and long-term care, Anne brought together a team of experienced and godly men and women to create Embrace, a ministry of equipping churches to adopt a seniors’ residence to share the love of Jesus.

The Plight and the Promise: The Church’s Response for the Vulnerable Elderly

After decades of muffled messages about the isolation, loneliness and deteriorating care for vulnerable seniors, society is waking up to their plight. The media and service providers are bringing to light story after story of desolation in the lives of many souls in the end stages of life. Where is the Church, what is our promise, as our city grapples with their distress? In this workshop we will consider our response to this pressing need, remembering the words of Jesus: “What you do for the least of these brothers of mine, you do for Me.”

Jessica Martin

Jessica currently serves as the Youth and Young Adults Director at Chapel Ridge Free Methodist Church and has been working at Chapel Ridge since 2019. Jessica has a heart to see students come to Christ and help them grow in their own personal relationship with the Lord. Her desire is to see young people step out of their comfort zone to share their faith with their friends, classmates, family, and others who God places on their life path.

Reaching the Next Generation in a Post-Pandemic World

Grades, post secondary decisions, mental health challenges, fear of the future, friendship struggles, family division, and more. The youth in our world have countless battles they’re facing every day. And living in a post-pandemic society isn’t making anything easier. How can we reach the youth of this generation with the hope and love of Christ that they so desperately need? And how can we help them when we don’t feel like we have all the right answers? Let’s discover together!

Dr. Isaac Gimba

Dr. Isaac Gimba is Founder and President of Meeting Point Ministries and conducts daily prayer meetings with local and global pastors and leaders to strengthen and encourage them to a life of prayer. He formerly was a pastor in the UK and president of Assembly of Pastors and Leaders of Canada (APLC). He has a passion to see the unity of the body of Christ become a reality and works relentlessly to bring people from different backgrounds, cultures, church affiliations together for the purpose of lowering our denominational flags and lifting the flag of Jesus. Isaac and his wife, Diana Gimba (Ph.D), have been happily married for 34 years and are proud parents of 4 sons and 3 grandchildren.

Unity and Prayer: The Essentials for an Unstoppable Sustained Move of the Holy Spirit Over Territories, for National Revival and Transformation

Unity: The desire of Jesus for His church to be a tangible reality and manifestation of unity and passing on that legacy to our children – the next generation – is our heart cry and longing. Come and hear how the current unity movement in the National Capital Region is building relational unity among pastors and leaders and deepening intimacy with the Holy Spirit.
Prayer: The prophecy regarding Ottawa as ‘a city of prayer’ is becoming a reality as we witness increasing passion and calls for prayer in homes, churches, communities, and the region.

Steve & Patti Buss

Steve and Patti Buss believe that there is unlimited potential for the united Church in any community, to reflect Jesus more completely, and be the catalyst for genuine transformation. Together they lead the One Hope Network in Eugene, Oregon, a movement of churches, kingdom leaders and Jesus followers, who Pray Together, Serve the Community Together and Share the Gospel Together.

City-Wide Prayer: Strategic and Sustainable

Does your city movement have regular prayer rhythms? Is the power of prayer being accessed in ways that God intended? Jesus said His house will be a house of prayer, and we are being built together to be that house in our cities! We’ll explore how regular prayer rhythms increase unity, and strategic prayer advances mission. We’ll also take a deep dive into One Church – One Day, a 24/7 citywide framework that equips churches to pray in agreement for the community. We will describe partnering with God to build 24/7 prayer in a city. This workshop will cover building teams, providing on-ramps for churches to pray intelligently, and how documented answers to prayer become the Church in the city’s shared story

Sarah Jackson

Sarah joined One Way Ministries in 2014 to develop the many facets of Pray Ottawa. She is a native of Ottawa and has been involved in various prayer initiatives over many years, including leadership for the prayer ministry in her local congregation – Chapel Ridge Free Methodist Church.

Prayer for the City: Learning from Pray Ottawa’s Example

How has Ottawa’s citywide church prayed for the whole city? In this workshop we will mine Pray Ottawa’s story for nuggets to celebrate, refine, or avoid! We will tour through the recent history followed by group discussion.