We are grateful to God for the many ways he has brought youth closer to Jesus these last 24 years. As we prepare to celebrate our 25th anniversary of winter retreats (Avalanche and Blizzard), we remember our past, linger in the present and discern the future. This year's theme is call to embrace the eras of impact both as a CBOQ family, as local churches and as individuals. With
In February 2024, Matt Wilkinson shared about our new retreat strategy starting in our 2025/26 season; you can see Matt's announcement in the YouTube video on this page. We now have a framework doc to give churches, regions and associations specific details about how we will work with our churches in creating these regional retreats. During the summer and fall, Alvin will be reaching out to different regions to
We are excited to visit a number of our associations to share about the latest Create and Cultivate resource. To date, Tanya or Alvin will be visiting: Norfolk (March 19) Amherstburg (March 23) Trent-Valley (April 13) Toronto (April 27) Midwestern (April 28) Niagara-Hamilton (May 4) Ottawa (May 4) Northern (May 10) Contact your association executive or Alvin for more details. If you'd like one of our Next Gen staff to
Hello CBOQ Youth Leaders, “Inspiring – Memorable – Life-Changing – in moving youth one-step closer to Jesus.” These are just some of the words that have described what tens of thousands of Youth have experienced at Avalanche and Blizzard as we have gathered at Muskoka Woods over these last 24 years. 25th Anniversary First, we are preparing for what will be a historic experience for Avalanche
WHAT'S CHANGING Sending a more comprehensive monthly eUpdate enewsletter. Creating a weekly video highlighting important content (via YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok) WHAT WE'LL KEEP DOING Sending a personalized email with customized updates Messaging youth leaders from our weekly staff church prayer list Sharing articles via Facebook and X Sharing in our Facebook group (for CBOQ youth leaders)
We are excited to have Jaimie join our Next Gen team as our administrative assistant! Jaimie Wiebe loves to travel, meet new people and to serve Jesus. In her free time she enjoys board games, canoeing and sewing. She is a recent graduate of Emmanuel Bible College, and recently married to Shawn. Email Jaimie
Moses, an iconic figure in both Christian and Jewish traditions, asked God what was his name. God responded with “I AM” – always was, always is, always will be. When Jesus invites us to follow him, we are invited to know God and our identity in Him. This is a vital pursuit in humanity’s existence: to know who we are in the great I AM. Jesus Himself made powerful "I
We're happy to welcome Alison Ryan as an independent contractor assisting in administrative duties for NextGen youth ministry over the next 6 months. She is a wife, mother of two beautiful daughters and lover of Jesus. Apart from that, a professional singer and long-time worship leader at Rexdale Alliance Church. Welcome Alison to the CBOQ Youth team! You can reach her at cboqyouth@baptist.ca.
In June, Kristina Gummatova stepped in to serve as our CBOQ Next Gen Administrative Assistant. Over these last number of months she has been a great part of the team and has shared how much she has loved being part of the Next Gen. Team. In discerning her ongoing development, she has desired to return to school in January, thus offered her resignation, but will be with us up until
Laura Bronson, director of Keep It Real with Youth for Christ Canada, is not able to join us for Avalanche this January. We are excited to have Karra Busse who serves as a National High School Ministry Team member with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. She was the Youth Director at Church on the Rock for 8 years and graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2013, double majoring in Adolescent Ministries and
