Pastor Greg standing in the sanctuary by the pulpit. His hands are folded across his blue checkered shirt.

    It's a wrap!

    Byron United Church held Good News for a Change from September 26 - 28, 2025. On this page, explore God's love by reliving these four unique worship services through reviews, photos and recorded video testimonies.

    The reviews are in!

    "It was such a wonderful weekend. Thank you so much for this - what a tremendous blessing it was! People's stories of coming to faith and how they experienced God working in their lives were so uplifting and encouraging. Looking forward to the next one!!!"

     AB

    "I especially enjoyed Friday night. It was a calming service, and the presence of the Lord was with us." 

    BC

    "There was a quietness in the pews. I was there on Friday night. Warm weather, leaves beginning to rustle on the ground, the smell of the inside of My Church, what better place to be. All the pastors sharing the Good News bringing hope to My Church was so uplifting, comforting." 

     WG

    "And what touched my heart was the people going up to the front to have the pastors pray for them. It was hard for anyone not to be emotional. Especially myself. GOD is good." 

    LT

    People in praise and worship!

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    Watch people's testimonies of God's love in their lives!

    Jordan Cunningham

    "A Blind Faith is a Weak Faith"

    One day Jordan Cunningham prayed in his high school parking lot. Blind devotion was making him increasingly uncomfortable, and he was tired of feeling like it was a sin to be smart. He said to God, "If you want me, Lord, send me an answer." The following week God answered that prayer in the form of a book by Lee Strobel called, "The Case for Faith." What Jordan read in those pages changed his relationship with God for the better. This is Jordan's Good News testimony.

    Rebecca Cunningham

    "All I Wanted to Do Was Drive into a Telephone Pole"

    Even while struggling with caregiver burnout and wanting to drive her car into a telephone pole, Rebecca Cunningham knew God was with her. But when a new grief arose in her life, the depression and shame were too much for her to handle, and old demons were reignited. Rebecca began to feel alone, locked in a room, completely cut off from God. Then one day she realized she was the one who closed the door, not God. And this is when God started to heal her. This is Rebecca’s Good News Story.

    Lorna Dixon

    "Grateful to God for saying 'No'"

    As a child, Lorna Dixon felt like an outcast. Bullied and taunted by other children and called "Simple" by teachers and treated as such by her parents, Lorna felt like she didn’t belong and continually asked God to take her home to him. But God answered, “No." This is Lorna’s testimony about how Jesus took her from feeling like a nobody to knowing she is a somebody, a child of God, who deeply matters to him. Watch her Good News journey here.

    Ric Graham

    "A Formula to Living a Blessed & Happy Life"

    In this testimony video, Ric Graham shares his formula to living both a happy and blessed life. The Good News is this formula isn't a complicated equation that only few can master. It's available to all who belong to the family of God. Discover this formula for yourself as Ric provides real-life examples of the Good News at work in his own life.

    Cam Johnston

    "In God's Waiting Room"

    Cam Johnston and his family were told he had days left to live. As he surrendered himself to die in a hospital bed, he encountered a loving and compassionate God for the first time ever. This is Cam's Good News story. Watch it here.

    David Osiri

    "Forgiven, Loved & Called to Serve"

    While still a teenager, the message of the Good News of Jesus Christ pierced David Osiri's heart during a weekend revival program. It was then that his personal relationship with God began. As his faith matured, David became confident that he was forgiven, loved and called to serve. This is his testimony.

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    Don Scanlon 

    "Finding the Missing Piece of the Puzzle"

    On March 16, 1988, Don Scanlon's connection with God changed. He started to speak in tongues, and this event changed his life. Click on the image above to watch his testimony on Facebook.

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    Andrea Smith 

    "Come and See What I Have to Say About Elijah"

    Andrea Smith heard these words from God after her son, Elijah, had been diagnosed with autism. Shortly after, Andrea was directed to a Bible study at a church about healing according to the Word of God. Click on the image above to watch her testimony to discover what she uncovered and how she has grown in her relationship with Jesus.

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    Rick Young 

    "From Persecuting Christians to Winning Souls for Jesus Christ"

    From drinking, fighting and persecuting Christians to reading the Bible, sharing the Good News and winning souls for Jesus Christ, Rick Young has quite the testimony to tell. Click on the image above to listen to his life-transforming experience here!

    Pastor Lawrence Nyarko

    "God's Love for Us is Greater Than What We Fear"

    Pastor Lawrence Nyarko often jokes that God loved him so much more than all the other ministers that he had to be baptized with cancer before he could be ordained. While he can joke about it now, life with cancer was difficult for Lawrence. As he began to fall into a pit of emotional despair, God visited him in a dream and spoke to him.

    This is Pastor Lawrence's Good News Story. 

    Pastor Glen Wells

    "At a Prison in São Paulo"

    Pastor Glen Wells was tasked with sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with the worst of the worst prisoners in São Paulo, Brazil. He wanted them to know that salvation is simple: It’s just looking up to Jesus and trusting his Word. He asked the prisoners to put up their hands if they want to be saved by Jesus. Every one of the men put up their hand.

    This is Pastor Glen’s Good News story. 

    Pastor Brian Wilkie 

    "Discovering God is Love"

    When Pastor Brian Wilkie was 16 years old, he had an encounter with God in a United Church of Canada youth group. It was as if the room filled with a cloud of love, and the Good News of Jesus Christ changed his life forever.

    This is Pastor Brian's Good News story.

    Pastor Krista Elizabeth Winn

    "Stuck in a Broken Circle"

    Pastor Krista Elizabeth Winn explains how many people, even followers of Jesus Christ, can become stuck in a cycle of brokenness. She uses an image of three connected circles to represent how fleeing from pain in our broken world only serves to create more pain. But there is Good News. God doesn’t intend for us to stay stuck.

    This is Pastor Krista Elizabeth’s Good News story. 

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