Renowned TV personality Moira Brown speaks at Love Tour conference in Moose Jaw
Canadian TV personality and veteran broadcaster, Moira Brown brought her message of ‘togetherness’ to Moose Jaw on Monday, May 29 at Victory Church as part of the Women’s Journey of Faith spring conference, ‘Love Tour.’
Women’s Journey of Faith is a multi-denominational group aimed at “lifting each other up” on their journey in Christ.
Moira Brown has been a well-known Canadian TV broadcaster for over 40 years and was this year’s spring conference guest speaker.
Brown is no stranger to the Friendly City. She attended Briercrest Bible College from 1985 to 1988 and “fell in love with the Prairies.” She was happy to return to Moose Jaw for this speaker’s tour where she has brought a message of unity among churches.
“The message I’m bringing on this conference is that, ‘we travel well when we travel together.’ God’s plan for us is community; 43 times in the New Testament, we read the word ‘one another;’ love one another, pray for one another, build one another up and the scriptures go on,” she said. “Loneliness is an epidemic in our culture. A UK study found that ‘loneliness’ is a greater predictor to early death than smoking, obesity or drinking. It’s destructive to our health. It is being compared to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. The UK parliament has even appointed a minister for loneliness. But, there’s no medication for this problem. The answer is in God’s Word.” She noted that even though there are many churches, the church must ultimately function as one body, together. “The church is meant to live as one body. When one part suffers, we all suffer. We need face to face human contact like we need air and water. We’ve been moving further and further away from this notion and North America has been the culture of the individual and we need to learn a lesson from our African brothers about community and how important it is to do life together,” she emphasized. “This is the key to life in full, by doing life with one another. I love to bring encouragement from God’s Word when I get to do these conferences and other speaking events.”
She also spoke about her experiences and inspirations from parts of Africa which made her message resonate more.
“My husband has spent 16 years working with widows and orphans in Africa and I’ve made several trips myself to several countries there. In my own experience and that of many others, I meet people whose eyes are full as they talk about experiencing God like never before. In countries that are often very poor and dealing with many social problems, what makes God so real in some of these places is the ‘togetherness’ that exists there and being interdependent on one another and being very dependent on Him.”
Brown does a two-minute devotional each day titled “Hugs from Heaven” on Joy Radio, also the title of her sold-out book. The devotionals are also posted to faith- www.nageltours.com strong.com. She also still appears on 100 Huntley Club. President of Women’s Journey of Faith Barb Rudoski says the group is a multi-denominational one that aims to bring unity among churches in Saskatchewan. “This is a speaker tour where we travel to different communities. We bring Canadian women speakers to these communities and they do these seminars. Moira Brown is a Canadian icon, so it was a pleasure to bring her on this tour to convey this message of togetherness. We want to see unity among churches. Women’s Journey of Faith is multi-denominational, and we work together with different churches to bring unity to the body of churches across Saskatchewan.
“This event welcomes everyone from different churches. The most important thing to take away from this conference is that we stand together for Christ. We have a voice together with Him. When the world sees us separate with different churches, we come together to show that we believe in each other and we can show that we can work together, get along together and have a purpose together.”
Women’s Journey of Faith has been staging these conferences for 18 years. “We keep adding to what we do each year. Our fall conference is coming up with Sheila Walsh. We have about 1,500 women who will be joining us for that event in Saskatoon,” Rudoski added.
For more information about Women’s Journey of Faith, you can visit http://wjof.com/ to keep up with the latest events. 1st: Dorothy & Don Swenson, Jim Nutzhorn, Clayton Sjoberg
2nd: Fran Arnott, Sharon Bearchell, Sandra Towriss, Bev Arnold
3rd: Dorothy McFadden, Milly Milloy, Don Bonnett, Bob Cobbe.