​Let us build a church Beyond the Walls with disciples and seekers from around the world. Roger Dodson will preach on the theme, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Nancy Ross of St. George, Utah, will give our Peace Lesson and Jodi Donald of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, will lead our Disciples Generous Response. Sharon Diddle of Liberty, Missouri, will offer her testimony and Lee Mitchell of IJsselstein in the Netherlands will offer the invocation. The lectionary scripture will be read by Fiona Muir of Brampton, Ontario, and our Call to Worship will be read by Llewella Turner of Orillia, Ontario. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere CCS 603 “A Prophet-Woman Broke a Jar.”
 
Our inclusive Beyond the Walls church service will take place on Sunday, April 11th, at 12:00 pm EDT.

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

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 2 p.m. The Lamoure family will be sharing the worship service. They have asked you bring drums and tambourines, etc to help in their worship. Contact Don Robb for Zoom info.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Pat Jacobi will be the presider.. Lorie Mootrey will be the speaker. Contact Larry Buchanan 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.

Join a global celebration of Easter, this Sunday, April 4, at 12:00 pm EDT. Pastor John Hamer will bring the message from Toronto Centre Place on the theme: “Risen!” Our Peace Lesson will be taught by Rand Irons-Scelsi from Newport, Wales, in the United Kingdom.

Puna Teniau will lead our Disciples Generous Response from Pape’ete, Tahiti. Sandee Gamet will offer our invocation from Berlin, Germany. Viviane Vago will read our Call to Worship from Montreal, Quebec, in Canada, and our lectionary scripture will be read by Rocio Paz from Callao, Peru.

Share in communion with hundreds of disciples and seekers from around the world. Tiona Taylor and Alfredo Zelaya will read the blessings on their emblems from their home in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada.

Our inclusive Beyond the Walls church service will take place on Sunday, April 4th, at 12:00 pm EDT

Brydges St Congregation - Holy Saturday gathering, Saturday, April 3 @ 7 p.m. Meditative music, spiritual practices and sharing. Contact Susan Trimble for Zoom info.

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

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 2 p.m. Speaker, Paula Tite. Contact Don Robb for Zoom info.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Darrell Belrose will be the presider.. Wendell Martin will be the speaker. Contact Larry Buchanan 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.

Members and friends are invited to a host of events celebrating Holy Week and Easter. We've been blessed to share the Daily Prayer for Peace live from various places on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week
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Maundy Thursday
On Maundy Thursday, when we remember the Last Supper, gather with one of the many local churches that are hosting online community services.

Good Friday
Join a 30-minute, Taizé-style worship service on Good Friday, the day we commemorate the death of Jesus. Join us at 1pm (CDT) on Facebook or YouTube. If that time doesn't work for you, the same service can be viewed at any time beginning at 8:00 a.m. Friday on YouTube.
This online experience will be available in in French, English, and Spanish, with singers and instrumentalists from Canada, USA, Bolivia, Korea, French Polynesia, France, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo, Hawaii, Germany, Kenya, Spain, England, Wales, Honduras, and Zambia.

Holy Saturday
On Saturday, we hold space for the grief and despair that Jesus's disciples must have felt when they thought their friend was dead.

Light a candle and practice a moment of silence. Share a picture of your candle and a statement of blessing on social media using #CofChristLent. 

“Breathe New Life” airs at 5:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Join 10 minutes early for meditation music and share your thoughts with others watching via social media as the recorded service plays on YouTube and Facebook. Multiple languages will be available in captions.

We will be sharing in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper so please have your emblems prepared and ready for this part of the worship. 

To read more about the worship details, visit www.CofChrist.org/announcements.

​Celebrate Palm Sunday with disciples and seekers from around the world! Neil DeAtley will preach from Washington DC on the theme, “Blessed Is the One.” Christian Vago of Montréal, Québec, will give our Peace Lesson. From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Corleen McLean will offer our invocation and Jeanny Jakobsen will read our Call to Worship. The lectionary scripture (Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29) will be read by Alexandra Cozart from Innisfil, Ontario. From Toronto Centre Place, John Hamer will lead our Disciples Generous Response and Leandro Palacios will lead our Mediation on the Message. Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere CCS 463 “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded,” and CCS 34 “I Know That My Redeemer Lives!”

Our inclusive Beyond the Walls church service will take place on Sunday, March 28, at 12:00 pm EDT.

Brydges St Congregation - Holy Saturday gathering, Saturday, April 3 @ 7 p.m. Meditative music, spiritual practices and sharing. Contact Susan Trimble for Zoom info.

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

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 2 p.m. Speaker, Don Robb. Presider Karen Smith. Contact Don Robb for Zoom info.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Darrell Belrose will be the speaker. Presider Kevin Mercer. Contact Larry Buchanan 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.

(Community of Christ in Canada is affiliated with the Canadian Council of churches who is organizing the forum noted below for conversation and action.)

We are an ecumenical partnership through which Canadian churches work toward intercultural leadership development and ministry learning in Canada and globally. Through our work, Canadian churches engage in innovative education and programming; come together for reflection on contemporary issues; participate in dialogue about honouring diversity and God’s unequivocal welcome; and networking and support for intercultural ministry.
 
This Spring, join the Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning for a series of interactive conversations about race, gender, poverty and social change. These guided conversations are a 1st step in a series of collaborative projects aimed at addressing some of the challenges/barriers to achieving the Just Intercultural society we are called toward as people of faith. Providing safe space to explore our personal relationship to these issues - and how our individual place, in society, informs our ability to respond. These talks are meant to provide a more personalized complement to the learning events FILL will be offering around the same time. 
 
Offering participants a way to engage with these issues from a personal (non-academic) place. Each exchange is meant to begin the process of discerning some potential collective responses to these pressing issues of our time. While attending one (or all) of the concurrent learning events might enrich your understanding of the issues, no formal learning is required to participate.
 
We're planning to meet on four Saturday afternoons, at 4:00pm EDT/1:00pm PDT: April 17, May 15, June 12 and June 26.
 
The first of the 4 conversations is around race, colonialism, anti-racism - and how we can help decolonize ourselves and our communities. This conversation is scheduled for April 17 at 4:00pm EST/1:00pm PT.  Please see the FILL Conversation Circles webpage for a small package of materials meant to stimulate conversation on these themes. In the weeks leading up to our gathering, engage with the pieces that resonate with you. Ask yourself, how and why they speak to you. Additionally, choose one (1) of the questions provided to sit with in the coming weeks. Be prepared to talk about your answer to this question, when we meet.
 
To reserve your place please register at: https://www.interculturalleadership.ca/programs/conversation-circles click the link below. We ask that you RSVP by Thursday April 1st to ensure your place and allow time to engage with the materials.
 
If you have questions, please contact Niki Andre, the Conversation Circles convenor, at: inspire@sheilluminatesit.com
 
Feel free to pass along this invite to others who may be interested in participating soon!

Rev. Dr. Jonathan Schmidt
Associate Secretary: Intercultural Leadership; Justice and Peace
Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning
Canadian Council of Churches / Conseil canadien des Églises
47 Queen's Park Crescent
Toronto ON  M5S 2C3
416-972-9494 x207
www.InterculturalLeadership.ca
www.councilofchurches.ca
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The next part of the Toward the Peaceful One series continues our focus on following Jesus and going deeper into what it means to call Jesus the Peaceful One. 

In the March/April Herald, Sherri  Kirkpatrick shares how the life and ministry of Jesus as he tended those in need of healing in mind, body, or spirit has informed the work of HeathEd Connect. Read this story online and then register for the Zoom discussion group on April 12.   

Community of Christ invites members and friends to a host of events celebrating Holy Week and Easter. 
 
March 28 – Gather with an online community for Palm Sunday. Services will be offered throughout the day.

March 29 at 1:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time – Daily Prayer for Peace offered in Spanish on our Facebook page

March 30 at 1:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time – Daily Prayer for Peace offered in French on our Facebook page

March 31 at 1:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time – Daily Prayer for Peace offered in English on our Facebook page

April 1 – Gather with an online community for Maundy Thursday. Services will be offered throughout the day.

April 2 at 1:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time – Join us for a 30-minute Taize-style Good Friday service on our Facebook page.If you are unable to join at 1 p.m. the service will be available to watch as you are able on our YouTube channel, starting at 8:00 a.m.

April 3 – Light a candle and practice a moment of silence. Share a picture of your candle and a statement of blessing on social media using #CofChristLent. 

Easter Sunday – April 4 at 4 a.m. and 2 p.m. (CDT) join a celebratory Easter worship and share in Communion with members and friends around the world. 

The Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning of The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) has an opening for a Teaching, Research, and Program Assistant. The position provides teaching, research and program support to the Associate Secretary, Intercultural Leadership and Learning.

Experience in adult learning settings; competency in on-line platforms such as Mailchimp, WordPress, and Videoconferencing support; and commitment to Intercultural ministry is preferred. This position will be adapted to the competencies and learning goals of the successful candidate and in part is designed to provide skills development and mentorship opportunities. Fluency in English is required and in French or other languages is an asset. Visit the website www.interculturalleadership.ca and see the Position Description for details.

The position will be 10.5 to 14 hours per week at a pay rate of $27.50 per hour. The preferred start date is 15 April 2021 (negotiable). Applications will be accepted through 9 April 2021.

Examples of human impact from low-elevation islands to the Andes Mountains, and from Bangladesh to Louisiana.

How can we mitigate the climate disasters affecting our global brothers and sisters?




Climate disruption has not only created hurricanes, tsunamis and floods that hit the headlines around the world, but continue to impact human populations in a variety of ways. Long droughts have prompted migrations of villages and tribes, while rising sea levels necessitate the permanent evacuation of communities from low elevation islands to higher ground. 
 
Our presenter for the April webinar exploring the human impact of climate change and climate disruption is Dr. Richard Waugh of Wisconsin University. In his research and travels, Dr. Waugh has witnessed climate-caused difficulties in various cultures around the world. Prior to retiring as Professor Emeritus in 2020, Dr. Waugh taught classes on climate change, social geography and human impact, and led an annual extended field trip to key geographic locations with his students. He brings personal experience as well as professional insight to the conversation.
 
Dr. Waugh is also a long-time elder in Community of Christ, and did his doctoral thesis on geography and sacred space.  He has served as a pastor and as a counselor to leadership in the former district and mission center. His articles have been published in The Herald and in the JWHS Journal. 
 
Come join us in the Climate Webinar on April 11 with Dr. Richard Waugh. Invite your friends to join as well. All sessions are free.  Participation in previous webinars and conversations is not necessary to join in this opportunity

Join further discussions about these topics on these dates:
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• Thursday, April 22, 2021, 9 PM EDT, or
• Sunday, April 25, 2021, 2:00 pm PT, 3pm MT, 4pm CT, 5pm ET

Watch previous webinars, conversations and Community of Christ President Steve Veazey’s sermon:

Please Note: If you registered for a past webinar or conversation, you do not need to register again. Once registered, you will be sent a Zoom link a few days before each webinar, panel and conversation.