A Pastoral Word | September 2025

From Chris Price

September 29, 2025

Hi Church Family,

Coming back from sabbatical over this last month has been a real gift. It was a time of refreshment, reflection, study and fun with my family. I am so grateful that The Way Church board gave Jeremy and I the gift of time away. Though I am so thankful for the time, I really did miss being with my church family. Having visited lots of churches, I came back to The Way with fresh anticipation, and I’ve been reminded once again of how amazing our church is. Not to over-hype the experience of being back, but I truly am so impressed by the love, the passion, the service, the maturity, the sacrifice, the joy and the generosity that is so apparent in our community. 

It is so good being back! 

I really enjoyed sharing messages that were close to my heart over the last month, and our recent Five-Year Celebration was so meaningful. If you haven’t seen the amazing video our team created, check it out on our Instagram or YouTube. It really does well at capturing the wild ride The Way has been on.

 I’m also excited about our forthcoming Month of Generosity. Every year in October, we take the opportunity to tell stories about the amazing work that our partner organizations are doing in our city, around the country, and in our world. 

Over the last five years we have raised and given away hundreds of thousands of dollars to our partners, and your faith-filled generosity—every single gift, whether big or small—is making a difference in the lives of many. 

Your prayers, your giving, your serving—they all matter deeply. This next month will be a great opportunity to partner together to give in Jesus’ name.

 It is also worth noting that we are about $65,000 behind in our General Budget year-to-date. While we are not deeply concerned about this, as good stewards we do want to keep you in the loop and invite you to consider giving toward this as we trust in God’s provision. If you have any further questions about this, reach out to our Executive Pastor, Todd Lueck, at todd.lueck@thewaychurch.ca.

Thanks for reading, and thank you for being such an amazing group to pastor and walk with over the last five years or so. 

I can’t wait for what is to come next. 

Chris