Dear OnTrack Prayer Partners Wishing Jesus' birth bring peace and joy to all of you! As Christmas approaches, The 2016 courses from OnTrack Leadership Institute has also come to an end. It is an exciting year and we experienced God's grace throughout. "Certificate of Missional Leadership" has commenced, and there were about 10 people registered in the certificate program and churches enrolling in individual course as a group. Participant have given us positive feedback. Next year will see the start of the "Spiritual Formation" & "Life Coach" tracks of the Certificate program. Several electives will also take place. We hope that the courses will empower the church leaders. You can browse here for the 2017 Course schedule. There will also be a "Debriefing Tea Party" to discuss further details at Jan 7. Details can be seen following this link.. Three Course have taken place in Oct & Nov in Metro Vancouver¡G "Fellowship 4 Directions", held at Grace Alliance Church at Richmond, stressed on the four directions (Bible Study, Caring, Outreach and Leadership Training) that helps building healthy Fellowship; "Strategic Planning & Communication", took place at Burnaby Pacific Grace Church on Nov 4-6, focus on 8 different aspects of Strategic Planning and the application of several strategic tools; Nov 25-27's "Leadership in Bible", held at Pacific MB Church, studied several leaders in the Book of Samuel I and learnt how to discover leadership principles within the Bible. The webinar series of "Sustainable Spiritual Growth" has also concluded at November. Through the conversation between Rev. David Chiu & Rev. Enoch Yim plus the interactive Q&A times in the 10 webinars, participants from different countries on the internet have learnt about how to build a closer relationship with God. November also marked the end of "Fuelling Station for Pastors", which tried to empower pastors in Metro Vancouver. Despite the limited attendance, participating pastors were empowered through PFP and Rev Chiu's teaching. Through the years, we thank God for His grace and leadership that OnTrack were able to provide quality training and elevate the quality of leaders. We also thank all those who have join us in our ministries, support us through donations and prayers! With respect to OnTrack's Operating Fund, we are about $20,000 short at the end of November. We sincerely ask all bodies in Christ for your prayers and financial support so OnTrack's plans can be carried out soon. Our Board of Directors are grateful for your support! If you want to support us financially, we have now added "Donation through Paypal", in addition to donation through mailing cheques. Please refer to Financial Offering Section of our Website. Please visit our website ontrackinstitute.com for updated information of our events, or like us at Facebook page¡C OnTrack was blessed with the opportunities to serve globally among the Chinese churches. We thank God for: - Guiding the three courses in Oct & Nov.¡G "Fellowship 4 Directions"¡B"Strategic Planning & Communication" and "Leadership in Bible", leading the instructors in presenting His messages in Leadership which are beneficial to the participants in different aspects.
- Making the whole webinar series "Sustainable Spiritual Growth" run smoothly, and helped Rev. Yim in presenting and answering related questions; thus moved more than 20 participants to vow to pursue such spiritual growth in the future.
- Empowering those pastors who attended "Fuelling Station for Pastors", leading them through the whole journey and building them up through PFP analysis, Rev. Chiu's teaching and peer support.
- Moving several churches that they are willing to co-host OnTrack courses in 2017, and also encourage their congregation to participate.
- Empowering Rev. Chiu through his 2 teaching trips to Hong Kong in Oct & Nov.
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