Word of Life Spring Gala!

All the awards to give away. 

 All the lights to make a perfect show.

 All the cameras to get that perfect angle.

All those famous people that everybody knows.

The Word of Life Spring Gala was a special night ! It was a fun night. It was a tasty night! It was a celebration! A celebration of this past year.

The Spring Gala was a night to remember this past year. But it was also a night  where memories were made.

This past year we have experienced a whole lot of meeting new people, Open Air, classes, Missions Conferences and Recharge.

With all of these sweet experiences we’ve also had a jam-packed schedule with electives, ministry, and service assignments, and why not throw in a handbook of seemingly ridiculous rules....

and… at times, you might have felt like giving up but you didn’t! You are still here with only seven more sleeps.

The Word of Life Spring Gala was a celebration as the students remembered that famous quote from their very first teacher:

"I will not quit, by God's grace I can do it." - Dr. Wendall Calder

 The evening started out with an opportunity to mingle and converse over delicious appetizers, kabobs and chocolate fondue. Following this, the program began with a game having the students guess the celebrity look-alikes for some of the staff and students. After that, Amplify the praise team, led the group in some well-known praise songs. Then the RA's performed a skit poking fun at some of the Deans and staff of the BI. Then there was a slide show of the past year. You can view the slide show here.

Amplify leading in worship

After the slide show, the evening was a mix of awards, two songs from Testify and testimonies from the past year. Students received awards form being the most dramatic student  to being the most romantic student to being the most studious student.

all the boys

all the girls

This Gala was a fun way to remember the year, to make mention of some students and to look forward to an exciting future. The students have just over a week left of classes, ministry and discipleship. It is definitely a bittersweet time for many of them. 

However, in a month's time, most of the students will be returning to campus, or in fact, camp to train and prepare for seven weeks of intense camp ministry. Please keep them in your prayers.

MIA (Ministry In Action): Recharge Update

Recharge has been over for almost a month now. The snow has completely melted and spring is on its way. This is the time to thank God for all the work that He did during snow camp and to look forward to the ministry coming in the months ahead. It is possible to go and on about Recharge, but why not hear from the one's who experienced it first hand! Here's what some of the students had to say: 

"I learned that we can serve and glorify God in any area He puts us in"

 - Esther, Quebec 

"Recharge was one of the greatest ministries to be involved here at Word of Life. It didn't even feel like ministry; it was like a party all the time!"

- Nathan, Goulais River


 “It was so spiritually uplifting! I feel so much closer to God. It really changed my life. Thank you so much.”

 “It was a great weekend of fun, but also being challenged in the Word of God was amazing. The sessions were great, and had lots of meaning in them and the speaker was amazing.”

Scott Foreman and Tyler Oldrieve present campers with truth of God's Word

“I brought my friend from school to Recharge this weekend and by the grace of God she got saved! This is a weekend that both of us will never forget so thank you.” 


“It was a really good time, great speakers, good food, and fun games!”


“I think this weekend was a great experience for me. It taught me to trust in God more than trusting in other things.”


Every weekend of Recharge saw campers and leaders make decisions.

56 Salvations
18 Assurances
243 Dedications

To the only wise God our Saviour, 

be glory and majesty, 

dominion and power, 

both now and ever. 

Amen.

Jude 1:25

It is strange to think that in just a few months, campers will be arriving for summer camp on property here at Word of Life. Please keep the students and staff in your prayers as they prepare for this life-changing ministry.

MIA (Ministry in Action): Recharge Snow Camp

We're off to a great start with our 'Recharge' (Snow Camp) weekends here on our Ontario campus. What is 'Recharge'? An action-packed weekend of evangelism and Christian growth, where youth groups from across Ontario participate in sports tournaments, paintball, high ropes and peer to peer challenges. 'Recharge' is seven weekends in length and helps teens identify their purpose (know Christ), intensify their walk (grow in Christ) and amplify their faith (share Christ).


Over our first two weekends our camp speakers (Rich Andrews from WOL Youth Camp Florida and Chris Finchum from WOL Local Church Ministries in the southeast U.S.) challenged over 150 teens and junior teens. We saw over 30 young people accept Christ over those 2 weekends, and 80 make decision of life dedication! Praise the Lord!


"It was amazing! Thank you for blessing us with a fun God filled weekend!!! You guys rock!!"

"I thought the weekend was very uplifting and I learned a lot about my relationship with my Saviour, God."

"I had an amazing time this weekend, the sports were well organized and very fun. The sessions were also right on the spot with what I was dealing with."

"I thought it was good and fun. I really loved how we talked about God because I really never had a relationship with him and now I do."


We have 5 more weekends of intense ministry. We're not wrestling against flesh and blood, but the opposition to God's work: Satan and his demonic forces. However, Christ is victorious and we're living in His victory. Please pray for our Bible Institute students who are intricately involved in our weekend ministries. They need strength, focus, and wise stewardship of their time. Pray for our camp speakers as they share the Word each weekend. And pray that we we would see more and more unsaved teens come to 'Recharge'. Thanks for your love and encouragement.

SF