Welcome to Foundations

Foundations is an innovative 15-week program that is set in Southern Alberta’s Willow Valley and focuses on conversational learning, stretching experiences, and tight-knit Christian community.

If you talk to any builder, they will tell you that setting a solid foundation is abso­lutely crucial.  This initial phase in building is so important because the entire struc­ture rests on how well the foundation is built.  Short-cuts taken during the foundation phase will show over time.  You can’t cut corners.  Most of what gets noticed about a building is what stands above ground, but the quality of the foundation determines whether it collapses or stands.

Jesus talks about this kind of building in the gospel of Matthew.  He said those who hear His words and put them into practice are like wise builders who build their foundation on the rock.  When the storms come (and they surely will), these kinds of people will be anchored to something solid.

Foundations is a place to build together.  Building works best with others.  Here you can get below the surface, wrestle with life’s questions, discover new adventures, and live connected to other believers.  Here you can be a part of establishing a foundation that will last.

What are the tools that build this foundation?  These are a few that God is using at Foundations:

"These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.  But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards."

~ Matthew 7:24-27 [The Message]