Katharine Hayhoe | Climate Scientist
Katharine Hayhoe is a Canadian climate scientist, author, and public speaker whose work focuses on helping people understand the science of climate change and its implications for communities, public policy, and everyday life. As a Christian, Hayhoe has written and spoken extensively about the relationship between faith and climate action. She encourages churches and Christians to view climate change not only as an environmental issue but also as one that affects human wellbeing, poverty, justice, food security, health, and care for creation.
RockReader
Everything in one quiet app. Read, study, journal, and share, without juggling five different apps. Tap through to see what's inside.
Trinity Forum
The Trinity Forum curates conversations and resources that explore the relationship between faith, culture, leadership, and public life. Through readings, podcasts, lectures, webinars, and discussion guides, the platform seeks to help Christians engage thoughtfully with the questions and challenges of contemporary life while drawing on the wisdom of the historic Christian tradition.
Blue Letter Bible
Free online Bible study platform offering multiple Bible translations alongside original-language tools, commentaries, dictionaries, maps, reading plans, and other study resources.
Zippee Kids
Zippee Kids provides affirming children's ministry curriculum and family faith formation resources that encourage curiosity, conversation, and thoughtful engagement with Scripture. Resources support churches and families in exploring biblical stories, spiritual practices, and faith development through age-appropriate lessons designed for real ministry contexts without fear or pressure based lesson tactics.
Being With
Being With is a ten-session course that explores Christian faith and life through small-group conversation and storytelling. Designed for those who are curious about faith, returning to Christianity, or on the edges of church life, it requires no previous biblical knowledge. Each session combines personal reflection, attentive listening, a short presentation, and open conversation around themes including meaning, Jesus, church, suffering, prayer, and the cross.
Church Training Center
Church Training Center provides consulting, coaching, governance training, and financial leadership support for churches. Its resources help pastors, church councils, treasurers, and lay leaders strengthen governance structures, financial practices, strategic planning, and leadership processes so congregations can steward their mission with clarity and accountability.
Unthinkable
The Unthinkable Resource Hub is a curated collection of books, articles, videos, podcasts, guides, courses, and organizations focused on climate change and mental health. Covering topics such as climate anxiety, ecological grief, emotional resilience, climate justice, and community support, it provides evidence-informed resources for individuals, educators, mental health professionals, and faith leaders seeking to better understand and respond to climate-related emotional wellbeing.
Enter the Bible
Enter the Bible is a free biblical study resource from Luther Seminary that combines accessible scholarship with practical tools for reading and understanding Scripture. Through articles, videos, podcasts, study guides, maps, and introductions to every book of the Bible, it supports personal study, Bible groups, teaching, and preaching while engaging thoughtfully with both faith and biblical scholarship.
Bookkeeping Solutions for Churches
Bookkeeping Solutions for Churches provides virtual bookkeeping services tailored to Canadian churches. Services include donation tracking, payroll, CRA compliance support, PSB rebates, audit preparation, board reporting, and financial strategy guidance. The site also offers a free resource library with practical tools for church treasurers and finance teams.
Preparing Your Heart & Your Head for Retirement
This webinar explores the spiritual, emotional, relational, and practical preparation needed for retirement from pastoral ministry. Featuring Fred Lien, the session addresses identity, grief, communication, financial planning, and family impact, offering guidance for pastors discerning or entering a new season of ministry.
A Fond Farewell, Navigating a Healthy Pastoral Transition
This webinar provides practical guidance for churches navigating pastoral transition. It outlines clear guidelines for preparation, communication, and boundary-setting, and includes reflections from pastors who have experienced leadership succession firsthand.
Leaving Well: A Guide for Retired Pastors & Deacons
Leaving Well is a guide from the Saint Paul Area Synod (ELCA) offering theological grounding and practical guidelines for pastors and deacons retiring from a congregation. It outlines boundary expectations, transition practices, and emotional preparation. While written for use within the ELCA, the principles and practices outlined offer a helpful framework for any leader seeking to support healthy pastoral transitions.
Retirement Roadmap
The CRC Retirement Roadmap is a collection of articles offering theological reflection and practical guidance for leaders transitioning into retirement. It addresses preparation, financial and logistical planning, relational dynamics, emotional health, identity shifts, and life after full-time ministry, with additional guidance for lay leaders supporting the transition.
Workbook for Retiring Well
The Workbook for Retiring Well offers practical guidance and structured reflection for pastors preparing for retirement. It includes transition planning steps, a retirement timeline, boundary covenant models, and extensive wellbeing questions covering relational, financial, emotional, physical, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of life after active ministry.
Closing Well - Continuing Strong
Closing Well—Continuing Strong is a retirement planning and transition guide for pastors and their spouses. It includes spiritual reflection exercises, financial planning worksheets, guidance for shaping final years of ministry, farewell and succession planning, boundary-setting after retirement, and a section for lay leaders supporting the transition.
Mental Health Sunday Toolkit
The Mental Health Sunday Toolkit from Hope Made Strong is a free, customizable resource designed to help churches host a focused service addressing mental health. It includes sermon notes, digital assets, a 5-day devotional, small group curriculum, and ongoing ministry ideas. Created by a ministry specializing in equipping churches for sustainable care, the toolkit offers practical, biblically grounded materials to reduce stigma, foster community, and support ongoing mental health conversations within congregational life.
The Studio from the Canadian Centre for Christian Charities
The Studio from the Canadian Centre for Christian Charities is a guided organizational assessment designed to help Christian ministries strengthen governance, leadership alignment, strategy, and operational health. Through a multi-participant online assessment, a detailed report, a facilitated debrief, and curated resources, ministries gain clear insight into how their organization is functioning and where growth is needed. By engaging leaders, managers, and board members together, The Studio supports alignment, informed decision-making, and practical action planning for long-term mission effectiveness.
Wonderhunt
Ministry leaders can use Wonderhunt’s Easter films as sermon starters, discussion catalysts in small groups, or midweek reflection tools during Holy Week.
Digital ministry leaders can schedule the graphics and short clips to create a cohesive online Easter presence. For volunteer or family ministries, the films work well for intergenerational gatherings where shared viewing leads naturally into conversation and prayer.