Beyond the Walls – Prepare a Sanctuary   
Beyond the Walls is made possible by the weekly dedication of a group of talented and passionate individuals who often stay “behind the walls.” This Sunday we are blessed to receive ministry from those who prepare our virtual sanctuary week after week. Evan Sharley of Boise, Idaho, brings our message on the theme “Prepare a Sanctuary.” Kahealani Faatuarai Drollet will teach our Lesson of the Living Church from Tours, France, and Shawn Matheson will offer our invocation from St George, Utah. Jeanny Jakobsen of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, will read our Call to Worship, and Lee Mitchell of IJsselstein in the Netherlands will read the Lectionary scripture. We will also salute and thank Olive Wilby, the most senior member of the Toronto Congregation, who turns 100 this Monday.  
 
MUSIC PROGRAM  
PRELUDE: Prelude in F Major (TN ii/15) by Sergei Rachmaninoff  
HYMN: CCS 77 - Gather Your Children   
GLOBAL WELCOME: Dear Lord, on This Day of Days (Grey Hymnal 427)   
HYMN: CCS 344 - Creator of the Intertwined  
HYMN: CCS 622 - Send Forth Your Light, O Zion  
POSTLUDE: Fugue in C Major (BuxWV 174) by Dietrich Buxtehude 

Beyond the Walls is an online worship service offering live ministry from locations around the world. Our global congregation meets every Sunday at 12:00 pm EDT. All are welcome at this inclusive church service.

Scarborough Congregation - Thursday evening online services at 7:00 p.m.  Please contact Peter Williams for Zoom info,

Ottawa Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact cofc.ottawa888@gmail.com for Zoom details.

Windsor Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact Jeff Moor for Zoom info.

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 1:45 p.m Sharing and prayer followed by worship. Daryl and Angela McDonald will preside over our worship and Karen Smith from Ludington will share her testimony. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. Contact Josephine Amelia Fraser Morgan for Zoom details. 

La Salle Road Congregation - Social time from 10:15-10:30. Worship 10:30 a.m. Contact Pastor Vonda den Boer for Zoom details.

Reaching Out - Generally meets twice a month. Please sign up for email notices by clicking here.

Kitchener Congregation - Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Contact John & Ruth Black for details.

Cambridge Congregation - 11 a.m. Complete Worship Services are held each Sunday at 11:00 am For details go to www.cofchristcambridge.ca. On the calendar page click on the event for the Zoom link. Social time follows the service.

First People Community of Christ (FPCC) - Reaching out to Native People across North America  and the World! Online Prayer and Testimonies Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. and Worship Sundays at 7 p.m. Contact Larry Buchanan for ZOOM details.

Other Online Ministries are available from many varied places for you to connect with.

Camp Noronto Work Camp

June 4 & 5

 
Accommodation facilities will be open for those arriving Friday. Please bring your own food.  Coffee will be provided.
 

Work to be completed includes:

• Removing downed trees
• Raking of walkways and roads (Please bring a rake with you, much appreciated!)
• Clean-up of buildings

 
 
GREAT OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND TIME TO ‘CATCH UP’ WITH FRIENDS!
 
Questions? Contact Brenda Arrowsmith

Young Adult Retreat
Blue Water Campground and Retreat Center 
Michigan
June 17 - 19

(Subsidies may be available. Please contact Wendell Martin for details.)
 
 
Campfires, disc golf, tie-dying, beach time, a cookout, and worship!

Young adults ages 18-35 are invited to Blue Water Campground for a weekend of fun and fellowship! There is no fee to attend but donations are greatly appreciated. (Event costs are about $50/person/day.)

 
Please pass this information on to any young adults you know. ​

As the war in Ukraine drags on, we are left wondering what we can do to help bring about peace. The daily news delivers endless images of suffering, devastation and displacement and it's hard not to be aware of the uneasiness world-wide. 

The scriptures encourage us to pray in all things...
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7
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Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:7

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Click on the button below for a suggested prayer focus session for Ukraine that you may elect to use in your congregation or adapt for your personal prayer time. Many thanks to John Nichols who prepared the outline.

​Please note:
 
Ziontario Camp Clean-up has been postponed to

June 4, 9 am - 7 pm

(due to an issue with the water pump)

Please mark your calendar with the new date.

Calling all Singers...

Raise your voice and contribute to a special worship service from World Church to be presented June 12. The theme is "Boldly Venture".  

Even if you have never sang with a virtual choir, you can easily contribute to the harmony - Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass (or maybe more than one part)! Click the button below for complete instructions and let Leandro lead you through the process. The choir will sing "Come and Bring Light" CCS 287.

 
IMPORTANT DATES

• Saturday, May 14: Deadline for submitting your TEST AUDIO test recording (everyone)
• Saturday, May 14: Deadline for submitting your TEST VIDEO test recording (first timers)
• Saturday, May 21: Deadline for submitting your final FINAL AUDIO and VIDEO recordings.

Sunday, June 12: "Boldly Venture" Worldwide Worship, 4:00 am and 2:00 pm CDT.

Beyond the Walls – Love One Another   
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“Love One Another” is the new commandment that Jesus introduces in John 13:34-35. This is our theme this Sunday, May 15. Join us to relive homilies on love by Danny Belrose, Justin DeLong, and Leandro Palacios, prayers of love by Amanda Boosie, Kathy Robinson, and Richard Troeh, and a Peace Lesson on love by Charlie Brown. Our choir will offer a selection of beautiful CCS hymns on this topic.   
  
PRELUDE: Corrente from Trio Sonata in F Major (Op. 2 No. 7 III) & Allegro in B-Flat Major by Arcangelo Corelli, arr. Carl Reinecke  
POSTLUDE: Waltz No. 12 in E Major from 16 Waltzes (Op. 39, No. 12) by Johannes Brahms 


Beyond the Walls is an online worship service offering live ministry from locations around the world. Our global congregation meets every Sunday at 12:00 pm EDT. All are welcome at this inclusive church service.

Scarborough Congregation - Thursday evening online services at 7:00 p.m.  Please contact Peter Williams for Zoom info,

Ottawa Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact cofc.ottawa888@gmail.com for Zoom details.

Windsor Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact Jeff Moor for Zoom info.

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 1:45 p.m Sharing and prayer followed by worship. Speaker, Jimmy Munson, of Chattanooga, TN. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. Contact Josephine Amelia Fraser Morgan for Zoom details. 

La Salle Road Congregation - Social time from 10:15-10:30. Worship 10:30 a.m. Contact Pastor Vonda den Boer for Zoom details.

Reaching Out - Generally meets twice a month. Please sign up for email notices by clicking here.

Kitchener Congregation - Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Contact John & Ruth Black for details.

Cambridge Congregation - 11 a.m. Complete Worship Services are held each Sunday at 11:00 am For details go to www.cofchristcambridge.ca. On the calendar page click on the event for the Zoom link. Social time follows the service.

First People Community of Christ (FPCC) - Reaching out to Native People across North America  and the World! Online Prayer and Testimonies Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. and Worship Sundays at 7 p.m. Contact Larry Buchanan for ZOOM details.

Other Online Ministries are available from many varied places for you to connect with. 

 We know many have been eagerly anticipating the return of in-person camping for Canada East, and we are excited to share that, barring any dramatic changes in the state of COVID-19, we are moving forward with in-person family camping and retreats this year. 

In light of our enduring principles around the worth of all persons, unity in diversity, and personal responsibility, we are offering some guidance. We do this because of our gospel call to offer welcome to the least and most vulnerable among us.

First of all, our corporate responsibility as a Mission Centre is to always, at a minimum, follow local COVID guidelines for safe gatherings. Individual camp directors are responsible at a minimum, for knowing, implementing and ensuring camps follow all local health unit guidelines for communicable diseases for their campground location and to stay updated as those change. They may also decide that additional restrictions are necessary to keep campers safe, including things such as no in-out privileges during camp. So, please be sure to check specific guidelines for each camp you plan to attend keeping in mind that decisions may need to be updated according to shifting circumstances. 

Second, each of us has a personal responsibility to consider what we can do to protect one another. Personal responsibility can look like: 

• Updating your COVID-19 vaccination by receiving any boosters that are available. 
• Considering getting vaccinated if you have not yet done so, as it is the best way that we know of to curb the spread of COVID-19. 
• If you aren’t vaccinated, getting tested for COVID-19 no more than two days prior to arriving at camp. 
• Not coming to camp if you are feeling even a little bit ill. 

• Isolating for 5 days prior to coming to camp, regardless of your vaccination status, to ensure you are not unduly exposing yourself and others to illness. 
• Wearing a mask while indoors to avoid spreading illness. 
• Ensuring good hygiene through: 

       •      regular hand washing
       •      coughing or sneezing into an elbow or sleeve  
Our guiding question for you is, "How will you protect the precious neighbour that sits beside you at camp?"

We also encourage everyone to respect one another’s choices in how they have responded to COVID. Regardless of our individual views on vaccinations or public health mandates, we come together as one community who find unity in diversity. Some people will feel more comfortable wearing a mask and keeping their distance, others will be ready to embrace everyone. Please respect the speed and space of each person’s engagement at camp.

We can’t wait to raise our voices to sing “We’re all together again, we’re here, we’re here” in the sacred spaces we find ourselves gathering in this summer, and to also sing the words together “We are one in the Spirit”.

World Accord supporters,

We have officially moved!! With two full time staff now in the Ottawa region, we have relocated our office to Ottawa. Our new address is:
 
World Accord
c/o Heartwood House
404 McArthur
Ottawa
ON K1K 1G8


Please feel free to stop in and visit anytime. Also, if you are in the Ottawa area, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our new Executive Director, Kristin Douglas, to introduce yourself.   

​Community of Christ is seeking input from church members and friends ages 18-50 through a brief survey. Responses will help church leaders understand the spiritual needs and desires for our faith community from this diverse group.

We're particularly curious to hear feedback from people connected to Community of Christ as children and youth but who no longer regularly attend Community of Christ activities as adults.

The survey closes 13 May.

Please share the survey link with those who might be willing to participate. 

• Friends or family
• Children or grandchildren
• People who attended camp or Sunday school with you.