1.0Open Hands and Surrendered Hearthttp://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychukrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hFciM3jwG1"><a href="http://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychuk/who-are-max-and-colleen/">Who are Max and Colleen</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychuk/who-are-max-and-colleen/embed/#?secret=hFciM3jwG1" width="600" height="338" title="“Who are Max and Colleen” — Open Hands and Surrendered Heart" data-secret="hFciM3jwG1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychuk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> We are Max and Colleen Nahnychuk from British Columbia, Canada. We lived in the Kootenay region of BC for 17 years after moving from our hometown of North Vancouver BC. We both grew up in a non-Christian environment. Jesus came into our life about four years after we met and we’ve grown together ever since. As a couple this is proven to unify us in the deepest way. We had a do it yourself attitude towards our faith. Our first few years as Christians were not very fruitful. Having grown up without church traditions we didn’t understand the importance of corporate worship. It wasn’t until after we moved to the Kootenay’s that we met a church family we felt we belonged. We were happy to join with the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada; we continue to be impressed by the affirmations and missional focus. We participated in planting a new church and have been involved in various degrees of church leadership over the past ten years. Now that we have some history in the church we are able to see how God was really working in our lives. In 2009 we found ourselves torn between two compelling but different ideas; build a house and put down roots or to take our motorcycles and travel to Argentina. We had difficulty reconciling the desire […]http://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychuk/wp-content/uploads/sites/139/2018/04/13975272_129535010822790_6216942515120817157_o-300x300.jpg