Awakening Moments Podcast

Episode 223: Cultivating Meaningful Relationships With Family

In today’s episode Lori and Rhonda continue the conversation about how to cultivate meaningful relationship with family. 

Episode 222: Cultivating Meaningful Relationships

In today’s podcast, Rhonda and Lori talk about how to cultivate meaningful relationships. This conversation includes all the complicated layers of the relationships in our lives. 

Episode 221 : The Light Has Come Workshop for Students Part 2

Today’s Episode is the Student Track teaching from Heart Conference 2023 by Pastor Angela Johnson. The Light Has Come Youth workshop is about what it looks like to come to Jesus as the light of our lives. Many of us know about Jesus, but what does it look like to have the light of Jesus touch each part of your life? What does it look like to allow the light of Jesus to shine through your life? Students in grades 6-12 come and join us as we spend time with Jesus and friends and come to Jesus as our Light together.

Angela Johnson is the LifeStudents Pastor at Lifecentre Church in Ottawa, Ontario. She came to know Jesus when she was 15 years-old attending Lifecentre’s youth group! Angela is known for her fun energy and joy, and she can’t help but to constantly encourage those around her. She consistently points people to Jesus and is unashamed of the gospel. Angela has a passion to see the younger generation come to know Jesus and serve His Kingdom in a powerful way.

Episode 220 : The Light Has Come Workshop for Students Part 1

Today’s Episode is the Student Track teaching from Heart Conference 2023 by Pastor Anastasia Matheson. The Light Has Come is a Youth workshop that aims to enlighten the next generation of women about what it is to see Jesus as the light in their lives, and what it looks like for them to be a light in the world. Join us as we embark to learn, encounter and implement this loving, freeing, and empowering light today.

Anastasia Matheson is the Next Gen Director at This Is Life Church in Vancouver, overseeing the Youth and Kids ministry. She has just moved to Canada 6 months ago from South Africa and has always been passionately in love with Jesus and the younger generation. Anastasia is artistic and creative, always overflowing with joy and passionately striving to see the younger generation come alive and truly fall in love with the light of the world, Jesus.

Episode 219:Your Primary Calling into Being

Today’s Episode is a Mini-Workshop from Heart Conference 2023 about the most important part of our calling in Christ from Pastor Rhonda Courteau and Pastor Lori Boucher.

Episode: 218: Come Alive in Your Writing with Sarah Sambles

Today’s episode is a Workshop from Heart Conference Ottawa 2023. 

Workshop Description:
Do you have a journal bursting with sentences, but every time you hover your hand over the post button on Instagram you freeze and hit back instead? I know how scary it is to share your words with the world. If you have a story or message that won't leave you alone, this workshop is for you. In our interactive session we’ll flesh out together the Why and Who of your message so you have the clarity and conviction to share your words with the world. You’ll come away with a better understanding of your reader, your story, and a clear next step. Join us to get your story from your heart to the page.

Bio: Sarah Sambles
Sarah Sambles is a writer and coach, but she didn't always call herself that. She believes stories have the power to transform, whether they're fictional or real. But, she also knows the reality of feeling like an imposter in the writer’s club - a powerful feeling which can stop you from sharing your story. It took many therapy sessions and a supportive community for her to get to the point where she called herself a writer. Now, Sarah wants to come alongside you and show you how she learnt to embrace her gift of writing and share her words with the world, so that you can do the same. Your message matters. Let's get it out there.

Episode 217: Come Alive to God’s Presence with Josee Meunier

Today’s episode is a Workshop from Heart Conference Ottawa 2023. 

Workshop Description:
In the midst of constant distractions, connecting with God seems to be more and more difficult and foreign. Come and reconnect your body, mind and soul to experience the presence of God in the present moment. This session will allow you to slow down your thoughts, calm your body and fill your soul to Come Alive in God’s presence. 

Bio: Josee Meunier
Avid Christian, Mom, Therapist, Teacher, Mentor, Friend, Daughter, Adventurer…. All these words describe a part of the person that Josee is. She used to find a lot of pride being called a Super Woman: High Performing Achiever. She was battling an empty feeling which was causing her to DO more. However, DOING more wasn’t bringing more peace, more joy or more love. It was when only when she discovered the power of the present moment (eternal present) that she stopped focusing on DOING and started focusing on BEING. She started experiencing God’s love, God’s peace and God’s profound joy in just BEING in his presence which made her Come Alive.  Now that she discovered the fulfilling gift of BEING with God, she wants to share it with whoever is interested to live a more intimate life with God, which makes us feel alive and grounded.  

Episode 216: Come Alive to What is Possible for Moms with Anita Rajesh & Ingrid Heeg

Today’s Episode is a Workshop from Heart Conference Ottawa 2023.

Workshop Description: 
In the heart of every Mother is the desire to be the best Mom we can be. In this workshop we are going to encourage you as a Mom to step into all that God has for you. There is help, support and wisdom available from God for you in your parenting journey. From infants to adulthood, we all need God’s help to love our kids well. Join us as we humbly grow as Mom’s together.

Bio: Anita Rajesh
Anita Rajesh is a daughter of the most High God and the mother of three amazing children. As a single mother for over 17 years, she has walked through seasons of rejection, fear, loneliness, despair, and deep sadness. But God has rescued her family from suffering and even death. Now, she has immense joy and a glorious opportunity to share her rescue story with others. Her story is one of hope and redemption and will encourage and motivate you to fall in love with a God Who is a Restorer of the broken. Anita is a Bible School teacher, youth leader, and preacher. 

Bio: Ingrid Heeg
Ingrid Heeg is a daughter of God, wife of Geoff, and Mom to 6 kids that span in age from kids to young adults. Ingrid is the Campus Pastor at Lifecentre Cornwall and has been Pastoring in a variety of roles over the last 10 years. Ingrid is full of Godly wisdom and understanding of the various stages of parenting. She is passionate about seeing the family unit thrive in all its uniqueness. 

Episode 215: Expectations on Women in Leadership

In today’s episode, Lori and Rhonda talk about expectations on women in leadership and a Biblical perspective on Egalitarian Theology. 

Episode: 214: God is Moving In Your Past, Present & Future

In today's episode, Rhonda and Lori talk about what God is doing in your past, present & future.