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A free four-week online Advent series, “Trust What is Being Born,” begins 30 November. Members and friends of Community of Christ are invited to discover how, though times are uncertain, the Holy Spirit is constantly birthing something new and good.  Participants are asked to register by 23 November for the English-only webinars that meet on Mondays through 21 December. The series is offered online twice each Monday: 9:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m. Central Standard Time.
These Zoom gatherings are made possible by Worldwide Mission Tithes. Your contributions are welcome online or by mail to the Presiding Bishopric, 1001 W. Walnut St., Independence, Missouri, USA.
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 Join us 1 December for Giving Tuesday.
Double the Good This year a generous matching contribution of $200,000 has been pledged for this event. For example, a $25.00 contribution becomes $50.00. Any size donation to Worldwide Mission Tithes helps bring hope to people around the world! In 2020, contributions have meant:
In Canada, donate to Worldwide Mission Tithes on Canada Helps, by mail, or through e-transfer. In the USA, contributors can give on eTithing, by mail, or through text. Learn more about the giving options in Canada and the USA. Contribution updates will be posted 1 December on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Thank you, in advance, for your generosity!  As we continue to study the guiding question, Are we moving toward Jesus, the Peaceful One?, a yearlong series of linked Herald magazine articles, videos, and live online discussions is underway.
Join us on 7 December for the next gathering where we will be discussing these two articles with authors Michael Wright and Elray Henrickson.
Register Now The series, found at www.CofChrist.org/guiding-question, is an entry point to ongoing conversation about nonviolence by reclaiming and deepening our understanding of first-century Jesus and how that affects us as his followers today. The multimedia connection points are intended to create opportunities for discussion and education in response to World Conference Resolution 1319. Demolition is complete! Just three days ago demolition began on our new space. Hard to believe it’s already done! Check out those tall ceilings (look above the hanging fluorescent lights). Seeing it empty certainly helps to visualize and dream new purpose into the space. Today, Nov. 14, 2020, marks a major milestone in the Calgary Congregation's transition out of its Ranchland's location (NW Calgary) to the new facility in the core with demolition work beginning. Parker Johnson has provided a brief video update below and has included several interior photos of the demolition progress today. With the Advent Season just around the corner, Naomi Moor has offered to organize weekly Advent services on Wednesday evenings. These will take place during what has been our weekly fellowship calls and will utilize the Zoom platform.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE by doing a reading, saying a prayer, providing any ministry of music, etc. please contact Naomi Moor via email as soon as possible so she can get these gatherings planned. Thanks!
In accordance with Harmony's mission to provide advocacy, education, and resources for Queer/LGBTQIA2S+ voices in Community of Christ, Harmony offers this four-part series with Sexologist Dr. Jill McDevitt. Feedback received from each workshop will inform the topics of subsequent workshops.
The purpose of this series is to provide Harmony members and the public with meaningful and science-based information concerning human sexuality and gender identity as well as insight into common areas of struggle for the Queer/LGBTQIA2S+ Community such as shame, intimacy, power and agency, pleasure, and more. This series is meant to provide individuals with accurate and thought-provoking information that has the power to improve lives. This four-part series is free to 2020 Harmony members (registration still required) and $10 USD for non-members. We hope you will join us as we learn together about common areas of struggle for the Queer/LGBTQIA2S+ Community. Meeting link will only be shared with registrants. See full details below. Some feedback Harmony received after the first session:
The theme for the second session (this Saturday, Oct. 24 @ 11 a.m. MDT) with Sexologist Dr. Jill McDevitt will be: "LGBTQIA2S+ Relationship 'Sexpectations.'" SESSION DESCRIPTION: This workshop uses interactive activities and small group discussion to examine the concept of “shoulding”. Participants will have the opportunity to explore and challenge the ways that religious expectations, LGBTQIA2S+ cultural norms, and taboos of society at large come together to apply social pressure of how relationships “should” be. Strategies and best practices for managing and overcoming these hurdles will also be discussed. FUTURE DATES:
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If you missed the first session - that's okay! This series is non-sequential, so you can jump right in with this next session. We received such positive feedback from the first session, and we know this next gathering will be just as wonderful. If you've already registered - you're all set. You'll receive an email with all of the details in the coming days. If you haven't yet registered, please do so here: https://form.jotform.com/202595604994264. Scholarships are available. MEET DR. JILL: Dr. Jill McDevitt is a sexologist, sexuality educator, sexual wellness coach, and feel-good activist. Dr. Jill's mission is to radically change and improve the way we think about and treat sexuality, ourselves, and each other. Learn more at: https://www.thesexologist.org. Should you have any questions, please contact Harmony at info@harmony.lgbt. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to reduce opportunities for the church to provide in-person pastoral-care ministries and to gather physically for fellowship, worship, and community formation. After extended consideration, the Presidency is providing principles and guidelines for offering the sacraments through online means during the pandemic. These principles and guidelines may be refined in the future as the church lives into its experiences with online ministries.
It is our hope that providing for the sacraments to be shared through online experiences will continue the pastoral-care ministries the church is called to extend into human life, even during this time of physical distancing. It also will provide the church learnings for how to share the sacraments in a world that is becoming more borderless through online connections. May blessings abound as you offer these gifts.  Upcoming Sessions:
Click on the button above to register. Once registered, you will receive a Zoom link a few days before each session of the series. All sessions are free and previous participation is not needed to join.
Phase 1: Online Sessions on the Sacredness of Creation (July 9-October 25) Further conversations will include “Hope for a New Creation,” during the month of October. In addition, President Steve Veazey will join us for worship on October 11, to share a special message about the climate crises we face and our response as a faith community. Phase 2: Fall-Winter 2020/21 The Unraveling and Reweaving of Creation The series continues with a more detailed look at the Climate Change crisis itself - how we got here, the current status, and how to move fiercely toward a resolution of the core issues. This phase will start with a weekend on-line set of keynote speakers, followed by sessions every couple of weeks through the winter. Dates for these conversations will be publicized in your mission center news briefs and on this website. Watch for them! Phase 3: In-Person Colloquy (October 29-31, 2021) Join us on October next year for the full in-person Colloquy at Samish Island, WA. Keynote speakers will include world-class climate scientists and Community of Christ President Steve Veazey. In addition, there will be 20 or more break-out sessions, where people with wide-ranging backgrounds will share their experiences in helping tackle the various issues of climate change. This is a world-class event you will not want to miss!  Have you checked out Canada West Mission Centre’s “Virtual Visiting Fellowship”?
This is a “program” that has truly become a “community;” actually, two communities! Participants have become real friends in these online communities that include people from across the mission centre and beyond. Two sessions are offered each week. At least one of them will surely fit into your schedule:
Our Mission Centre President, Steve Thompson, plans and facilitates these sessions. We share in some introductions and opening comments to set up our time together. Then we engage in a general discussion with reference to topics that have included current events, articles in various periodicals, as well as hymns or scriptures. We conclude with a prayer for peace, for each other, and for others who need our support. Each session lasts about an hour. This has proven to be an upbeat, positive opportunity to help make up for not being able to visit “live and in person” with our congregation on Sundays. How to participate:
Mark one (or both) of these virtual gatherings on your calendar and plan to attend. We look forward to your participation! |
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