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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!
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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! Please make a note of two events that are significant in the life of Community of Christ:
1 December: Giving Tuesday is an event aimed at the online community, a reminder to share generously with the church, specifically through CanadaHelps. (Visit our Give Page to learn how you can donate.) Throughout the day the Communications Team will post a running total in social media and on CofChrist.org. Matching funds will be available again this year. 6 December: Advent! This free online service with special music is open to all and will include participation from many locations. Join us for this message of the holiday season. On 2 October, Community of Christ and the United Nations will observe the International Day of Nonviolence. The day was established 15 June, 2007, chosen because it was the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence.
Community of Christ members are urged to join Daily Prayer for Peace. “God is calling for a prophetic community to emerge, drawn from the nations of the world, that is characterized by uncommon devotion to the compassion and peace of God revealed in Jesus Christ.” —Doctrine and Covenants 163:11a 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 for the third discussion on Monday, 5 October. We will explore Andrea Read-Davis' Herald article "Jesus, the Development Worker." Register for the Zoom discussion today. On Sunday, September 27, Canadian Apostle Art Smith gave a sermon to the Beyond the Walls Congregation, inviting Community of Christ in Canada to begin a discernment process as we contemplate what matters most and how God is calling us to be a Community of Christ in 21st century Canada. We normally talk to the ministers at the conclusion of our Beyond the Walls service. Due to technical difficulties, that conversation was cut short on Sunday. Toronto Congregation Pastor John Hamer and Apostle Art Smith resumed the dialogue today, considering the invitation and challenges before us. Please enjoy the archived live interview below. Call to action:
Please watch the video above at your earliest convenience and complete the brief (5 question) survey below sharing your perspectives on this topic. Please note, this survey is specifically meant for Canadian respondents only. With about 50 registrations already in place, it's clear the upcoming "Circles of Sexuality" four-part series is highly anticipated! As a reminder, the first of four sessions is this Saturday, October 3 at Noon CDT. It's not too late to register! 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.  In accordance with Harmony's mission to provide advocacy, education, and resources for Queer voices in Community of Christ, we offer this four-part series with Sexologist Dr. Jill McDevitt. Feedback received from the initial workshop will inform the topics of subsequent workshops.
The purpose of this series is to provide our 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. EVENT DESCRIPTION: Utilizing the Experiential Learning Model of sexual health education, this workshop facilitates self-reflection and provides participants with a framework for understanding sexuality as a broad and interconnected topic that impacts nearly every aspect of being human. Through the collaborative development of the 7 Circles of Sexuality Wall, a bevy of topic ideas for future events will also be generated. PRICING:
The series will begin on October 3, 2020, at Noon Central with the initial "Circles of Sexuality" workshop. Topics of the three subsequent workshops will be announced following the initial workshop where feedback will be received and interpreted. In other words, participants will drive the discussion! DATES/TIMES:
REGISTRATION: Find registration details here: https://www.harmony.lgbt/circles-of-sexuality.html Meeting details will be emailed to registrants. 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 us at info@harmony.lgbt. |
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