Posts by Ryan Seow

We were blessed last weekend to have Shawn and Adib from the Jesus Network come and share with us about their journey in working with refugees. As you may know, Lifespring is sponsoring two refugee families who are currently in Turkiye. We are just at the beginning of our journey as we learn about sponsorship and how to do it well. Shawn and Adib have experience with sponsoring over 50 families, and had plenty of wisdom to share with us.…

From now until June, something I’m doing is helping the candidates in our church prepare for baptism. Baptism is a really significant moment in our spiritual lives, one where we make a public profession of our faith by participating in something that we have done since the very beginning of Christianity. Even Jesus was baptized in Matthew 3:13-17. You may remember your own baptism and what that was like. As we get closer to Easter this month, I think about baptism…

“There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; and there are different ministries and the same Lord; and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good.” – 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 If the phrase “It’s in you to give” sounds familiar to you, that’s for a good reason. You can thank the Canadian Blood Services, who use that as…

This March is Grandparents month, and we want to celebrate everyone in our Grandparents generation who have been such a blessing to my generation and the generations to follow. To everyone in our Grandparents generation–we appreciate all that you’ve done and continue to do, and the important role you play in our lives and in the life of our church. Thank you! We were blessed to hear from Pastor Anita this week, who reminded us about the power of words.…

“Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many.” “But as it is, there are many parts but one body. So the eye can’t say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” or in turn, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” Instead, the parts of the body that people think are the weakest are…

What a good message from Abby on Sunday. She shared wise words for our journey of fruitfulness this year, and hopefully you had a chance to hear her sharing. I appreciated the two points that we reflected on at the end of her message. Often, we can find ourselves investing our energy, time, and effort into things that are ultimately unfruitful. Our life groups are going through a series called Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table. The…

During one particularly busy week this past December, I had an opportunity to participate in three city events. First, Neighbourlink Willowdale had their annual appreciation event, where Gabe and I had a chance to chat with Lily Cheng, our city counselor in Willowdale who we hosted a bbq event with over the summer. Second, I got to be a part of Toronto’s first Christian Heritage Month Celebration, which was a worship and prayer event held at City Hall. Third, Lifespring…

As you may know, our annual theme for 2025 is fruitfulness. As I reflected on the theme of fruitfulness this week, the idea of seeds came to mind. In order to have fruit, you first need to have seeds. In fact, the seeds of a plant are all you need to know what kind of fruit a plant will grow. So in thinking about the theme of fruitfulness for the year, it is also helpful to think about seeds. In 1…

Merry Christmas to you all! For those who were able to join us at church this past Sunday, it was a wonderful time of fellowship and celebration together. It was great to have the whole church family together from both our Mississauga and Toronto sites and to meet both old and new friends. The presence and pleasure of God was tangible, and I’m glad that we could gather around such an important time of the year. During our final intercession meeting a few…

We were blessed this weekend to have Rodney share some important lessons and learnings with us from the life of Moses. One of the key ideas I took away from this was the importance of growing in character, and growing in humility. Back in 2021, we began a discipleship series through our life groups called Grow Character. As Rodney shared, I was reminded of the importance of continuously growing in character. The work of God reshaping who we are is never…

Have you had an opportunity to read Perry Soh’s book, Seasons of Change? If you haven’t, I would highly recommend it! Elder Perry was one of the founding members of Lifespring, and he shares about the origins of the church and how his own life story intersects with the life of the church. It’s a story of God’s faithfulness, and this faithfulness continues today in the Lifespring family. As I think about the title Seasons of Change, I’m reminded of how life…

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vineyard keeper. 2 He removes any of my branches that don’t produce fruit, and he trims any branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit. 3 You are already trimmed because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. A branch can’t produce fruit by itself, but must remain in the vine. Likewise, you can’t produce fruit unless you remain in me. 5 I…