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After consulting with Australian church leadership, Community of Christ made a $7,242 AUD ($5,000 USD) contribution to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund this week on behalf of the worldwide church. "We are so grateful for the expressions of love and support received from many across the globe throughout this time," said Ben Smith, Australia Mission Centre president. "It strengthens us."
From the Australia Mission Centre: Friends, The smoke is everywhere, bringing tears to our eyes; tears representing lives lost and an all-encompassing trauma across a proud nation. I sit around 450km’s away from the nearest fire and yet the air is thick, dark and has a sepia glow. Smoke has touched the lungs of people in Chile and stained ice sheets in New Zealand. Australia is a large land, yet we are all breathing the same air, the same pain, the same suffering. We are a nation joined by a collective breathe as we gasp for answers, squinting through the blackened bushland for solutions. We are a nation connected by a generosity of heart and community effort. While the fire is on our land, it is clear that the whole world is feeling the effects with us... Read the full letter at https://www.cofchrist.org/announcements. The Worship Committee is circulating its February - May 2020 Worship Schedule for everyone to review and add their names where they feel most comfortable and inspired.
Check out the document by clicking the link below, and email Marilyn Smith with your availability/preferences. Thanks! ATTN: Youth grades 6 - 12 Registration is now open for Winter Youth Retreat to be held in Saskatoon February 14 - 17, 2020. Register now at www.cwm.events. Registration fee: $100 Registration deadline: February 1, 2020 Questions? Contact Lisa Neudorf at lisa@communityofchrist.ca.  Coffee Buzz with Linda Booth
Episode 240 On this episode of Coffee Buzz, Linda Booth sits down with President Stassi Cramm to discuss the guiding question for 2020 and how it connects to our conversation relating to World Conference Resolution 1319 on nonviolence. This week and throughout 2020, the World Church Leadership Council will be discerning what matters most for the church’s journey ahead. You are invited to hold them in prayer and participate by engaging in similar questions and practices along with them, Wednesday through Sunday, January 15-19. Today they will be grounding their process in the reality of God because discernment is essentially about attention to God’s invitation as the source of our discipleship. You can follow along with the daily questions on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram feeds Links to each social network are at the bottom of this email. Today's Question: In 2020, the world-wide church is invited to consider the following question: "Are we moving toward Jesus, the peaceful one?" We will reflect on and journey with this question from President Steve Veazey's closing message of World Conference 2019. We hope it shapes and guides us as we journey toward World Conference 2022. Watch for more opportunities to reflect on this question throughout the year! Join us this Sunday at 10 a.m. for Coffee & Conversation followed by our 11 a.m. Worship. Our theme this Sunday is, "Of Water and Spirit."
We hope to see you there! Happy New Year!
This Sunday, we will be hosting an informal service that will include communion. We will not have a bulletin, and we will share a "brunch potluck". Most of the food will be provided but contributions are always welcome. We will start at the usual time (11 a.m.). Come at 10 a.m. for coffee and conversation! Join us this Sunday for Coffee and Conversation at 10 a.m. followed by worship at 11 a.m.
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