Hi,
I’m Pastor Wayne Gardner, co-founder with my wife Pastor Sandra, of a ministry called Connections Christian Ministries.
Our slogan is “The Church That Comes To You!
My wife and I have been married 34 years and have been in ministry for over 40 years each. We have 3 kids and 3 grandkids.
Some of the highlights of our multi-faceted ministry over that time period consists of: ministry for the homeless, prison ministry, local church ministry, street ministry, music ministry, a ministry to hospitals and seniors homes, residential ministries, and transportation ministries.
In addition, we have conducted pastoral care visits, spiritual counseling, baptisms, weddings and funerals. Specifically for children, we have held children vacation bible clubs, as well as, a clown ministry.
One of our most memorable ministries is when we lived in Ottawa, Ontario. We started what we called the Halfway Church. It was a setting designed for young offenders who were leaving prison to come and partake in a very low-keyed, informal church service. The purpose of this ministry was to build a bridge between local churches and young offenders personal lives. It was our hope that they would move on from the Halfway Church and find a gospel- preaching church where they would be accepted and encouraged to grow in Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Some of the communities that we pastored in are: Kelowna, B.C.; Ottawa, ON; Corner Brook, NL; Port-Aux-Basques, NL; LaPoile, NL; Burnt Islands, NL; and Rose Blanch, NL.
We are currently ministering in Halifax and surrounding areas, in Nova Scotia.
Over the years, we also served God in several denominations such as Anglican, Baptist, Salvation Army, Wesleyan, as well as, several non-denominational churches. Our desire is to serve God to the best of our abilities, by planting seeds of the Good News of Salvation that God has offered to all mankind through His Son Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for our sins, rose again, ascended into heaven, and will return again to earth someday, to bring his children, all believers, home to heaven.
We do this with the understanding that we are only the seed planters, and it is God who waters and causes the seed to grow. We also recognize that no one can come to the Lord unless first called by God and that calling can only occur when the individual is willing to have an open heart and mind towards the discovering knowledge of God Almighty, His Son Jesus Christ, the Creator of all things.