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All Voices Canada-Wide Conference
Saturday, May 15
12-3 p.m. EDT
ZOOM Gathering

Add your voice to a Canada-wide Zoom conference, sharing the things we love about Community of Christ and our hopes for the future as we look forward to a time past the lockdowns. Please join us for a conversation with your church family. Hear testimonies from the rich tapestry of voices who experience Community of Christ in Canada. Join topical break-out rooms to chat about all the interesting ways individuals experience the church and further its mission.

Plan to participate in this time of intentional reflection and discernment. Enjoy the community, collaboration, and cross-Canada friendship.

Registration not required. Simply click the button below to join the conference Saturday, May 15 @ 12 PM EDT. You may join 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. (Please do not share this link publicly in order to preserve security of the meeting.)

Click the link below to see the entire conference plan including the Sunday All Voices worship service.

Join us this Sunday, May 16th for a special Testimony Service on the theme “A Prophetic People.” Testimony services have deep roots in our Christian tradition. On this occasion we are meditating on the questions:
 
(1) What passions or experiences inspire you to take part in Community of Christ?
(2) What would you be excited to see and do as we step forward as a community?

The Testimony Service is part of the All Voices Canada Conference and will include a diverse collection of passionate disciples and seekers from across the country. However, the Spirit is not confined by boundaries and you don’t have to be in Canada to share in this revelatory experience!

Please join us live and share your voice! Sunday, May 16th, at 12:00 pm EDT.

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

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 1:45 p.m. Sharing concerns and prayers. Our worship will include some children's activities and testimonies of how God has blessed our lives. Contact Don Robb for Zoom info.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. 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. 

​I am gifting music books of hymns to anyone how would like them. One of our pianists passed away and her children did not want these music books. So they are up for grabs. Here is a listing of what is available to a good home.

1. Ethel Smith Easter Hymns  - for organ
2. Reader's Digest Treasury of Best Loved Songs
3. Reader's Digest Family Song Book
4. Two binders of various hymns for playing piano/organ/other instruments
5. Reader's Digest Family Song Book of Faith and Joy in a binder
6. Piano copy of Hymns of the Saints
7. Sing a New Song
8. By Request - Songs for the Community Of Christ
9. Sing for Peace
10. RLDS Children's Hymnal
11. Hymns for the Family of God
12. Folk Celebration

I am also looking for donations of cards - blank notes, birthday, thank you, thinking of you, etc. Anything in cards that anyone has hanging around their homes that they are not using or don't want, or don't know what to do with them. I would appreciate anything for my Blessing Seed Ministry. could you please post these requests out to our members in CEM.  Thank you.
 
Love and Blessings
 
Arland Wicksey

Join disciples and seekers from around the world for our Beyond the Walls Spring Hymn Festival. The Beyond the Walls Choir, led by Leandro Palacios and accompanied by Michael Karpowicz has provided miraculous musical ministry throughout the course of the past year. In this service, we will share selections from the more than 100 hymns they have recorded. We will also share insights, lessons, and prayers, from the rich guest ministry with which we’ve been gifted in Beyond the Walls.

Our inclusive Beyond the Walls church service will take place on Sunday, May 9th, at 12:00 pm EDT.

Add your voice to the Chorister for future broadcasts by clicking the link below.

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

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 2 p.m. This Sunday's worship will be focused on the Sacrament of Ordination. Susan Flight will be ordained to the office of Priest. We look forward to seeing the Sharing Love in Mission community sharing and supporting this next step of  ministry for Susan. Contact Don Robb for Zoom info.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Guests Vickie & Doug MacArthur, song service. 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. 

All Voices
Apostle Art Smith invites you to add your voice to a Canada-wide Zoom conference, sharing the things we love about Community of Christ and our hopes for the future as we look forward to a time past the lockdowns. Please join us on Saturday, May 15, 2021, for a conversation with your church family. Hear testimonies from the rich tapestry of voices who experience Community of Christ in Canada. Join topical break-out rooms to chat about all the interesting ways individuals experience the church and further its mission. Add your voice to the tapestry! Plan to participate in this time of intentional reflection and discernment. Enjoy the community, collaboration, and cross-Canada friendship.

Where: ZOOM Conference
When: Saturday, May 15, 12-3 PM EDT

Get a sneak peek of some of the messages from across this country forming our most amazing tapestry!  ​

No need to register for the conference. Simply click the button below to join the conference Saturday, May 15 @ 12 PM EDT. (Please do not share this link publicly in order to preserve security of the meeting.

In recent days, the news about the spread of COVID in India has been alarming. People are dying because of shortages of bottled oxygen and hospital beds or because they couldn’t get a COVID-19 test. India’s official average of newly confirmed cases per day has soared from over 65,000 on April 1 to about 370,000, and deaths per day have officially gone from over 300 to more than 3,000.

Mark Euritt, Field Bishop for South Central Asia Mission Field, shares the following:
 
In response to the India COVID crisis, the leaders there are requesting special prayers from around the world. 

Thank you.
 
Please direct responses to Mark Euritt.

​Share communion with disciples and seekers from around this world. Christian Vago will give our communion message on the theme “Become My Disciples” from Montreal, Quebec. Nadine Manson of Brampton, Ontario, will teach our Peace Lesson and Bruce Nelson of San Rafael, California, will lead our Disciples Generous Response. Shirley Smith will offer the Invocation from Calgary, Alberta, and Susan Webber will lead our Call to Worship from La Conner, Washington. Linda Hardy of Fort Madison, Iowa, will read our Lectionary scripture. Communion Blessings will be read by Noelle Gaffka of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and Zilphia Martin III of Southfield, Michigan.

The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere hymn CCS 256 “Tenderly, Tenderly, Lead Thou Me On,” and will also sing CCS 364 “Lord, Make Us Instruments.”

Our inclusive Beyond the Walls church service will take place on Sunday, May 2nd, at 12:00 pm EDT.

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

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 2 p.m. Former Apostle Linda Booth will be our speaker. Contact Don Robb for Zoom info.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Kevin Mercer 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.

This Sunday, Gwendolyn Hawks-Blue will preach on the theme “The Lord Is My Shepherd.” Join hundreds of disciples and seekers from around the world for this inclusive church service with Beyond the Walls.

Lily Maiau will give our Peace Lesson live from Tahiti and Eva Erickson will lead our Disciples Generous Response from Berlin, Germany. Jon Donald of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, will offer the invocation. The lectionary scripture will be read by Theresa Magliocca of Hammond, Indiana, and our Call to Worship will be read by Yesenia Villalta of Santa Tecla, El Salvador. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere CCS 247 “My Shepherd Will Supply My Needs,” and will also sing CCS 216 “God Is a Wonder to My Soul.”

Our inclusive Beyond the Walls church service will take place on Sunday, April 25th, at 12:00 pm EDT.

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

SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 2 p.m. Sacrament of Ordination for Karen Newman to the office of Teacher.  Also, Presiding Bishop and Member of the First Presidency, Stassi Cramm will be our speaker. 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.. Josephine Amelia Fraser Morgan 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.

Sunday, May 16, 5 - 6:30 pm EDT
 
With Follow-up Conversations:
Thursday, May 20, 9 - 10:30 pm EDT
and
Sunday, May 23, 5 - 6:30 pm EDT

We continue examining the disastrous impact climate disruption has on human populations around the globe. In this follow-up webinar by Dr. Richard Waugh, Professor Emeritus in Geography from Wisconsin University, the focus will be on melting mountain glaciers, ocean warming and acidification, and the opportunities we have to make a difference in the trends of global climate change.  
 
Dr. Waugh’s candor, expertise, and friendly demeanor enables him to speak the harsh truths of climate disruption while keeping webinar participants engaged, interested, and motivated. As a long-time elder in Community of Christ, his scholastic studies and teaching rest on a lasting appreciation of sacred space, an understanding of the sacredness of creation, and a deep respect for the Enduring Principles of the church. He brings to the conversations a firm conviction that people of faith must go beyond stewardship to mutuality.
 
Come join us in the Climate Webinar on May 16, 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.

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.

This is an online ministry sponsored by the Greater Pacific Northwest USA Mission Center for Community of Christ. The North American Climate Justice Team are the planners, with members from GPNWMC, Canada East, Canada West, IWMC, SPMC, and SPIMC.