Craig Robinson

The Cairn, Alberta

TQRBH2-Robinson,Jona
Lead Church Planter
Calgary Alberta
The Cairn
October 11
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About My Family

Zoe and I met and fell in love in the mountains of Alberta. From there we spent time serving in churches in Virginia (where I am from) and eventually entered a church planting apprenticeship. During that time, we felt called to return west and participate in gospel work among mountain and adventure cultures.

Through God’s grace, Canmore became the center of our imagination and vision, and we arrived in 2017 as participants in God’s work. In August 2018, we added a native Canmorite—Blythe.

About My Church Plant

We believe all people are sojourners journeying toward something. Canmorites especially value this ethic as they choose their adventure and write their story. This is the context in which The Cairn wishes to bring good news. In a world of innumerable paths to take, we want to mark the way of Jesus as the way to life. We want to be a signpost along the way for sojourners to taste and see how good, true and beautiful the gospel is. Therefore, our mission is to be “Sojourners forming family through Jesus.”

We began as a small group praying for this reality in late 2017. Since then, we’ve seen people transformed by the gospel, sent out into various corners of the world as ambassadors and planted small groups as little families of gospel presence in neighbourhoods around the Bow Valley.

Learn more and connect at www.thecairncanmore.com.

NAMB Church Planting

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Craig Robinson

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Pray

Pray that God would continue to bring long-term, non-transient people into our community. Pray that new missional communities could be planted in the surrounding communities of Banff and Exshaw, Alberta. Pray for us to be a long, sustainable presence for the good of our community.

Participate

People– Come and add life to our team. Plant yourself among us and bring fellow sojourners into the family. Pray– We need for you to contend on our behalf for the sake of our valley, that God’s Spirit would descend and renew the people and place here. Give– Canmore is one of the most expensive places to live in Canada, and we desire to be a sustainable presence here, so financial partnership is an essential piece of our presence here.
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