 The second of two services considering the story of King David, Bathsheba, and Uriah the Hittite. This Sunday, Zilphia Martin IV of West Bloomfield, Michigan brings the message on the theme “Repent and Turn Toward God.” Noelle Gaffka of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, who brought the message last week, will read this lectionary. Eliza Horning of Guelph, Ontario, returns to teach part II of her Peace Lesson. Dania Bellais will offer our Call to Worship from Tahiti. Bill Mines of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will offer our invocation and Lee Mitchell of IJsselstein, Netherlands, will teach our Living Church lesson. The communion prayers will be read by Trudi Mahi Gunderson and Beatrice Mahi Ravenscraft from the big island of Hawaii. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere hymn CCS 234 “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” and will present a new mix of CCS 287 “Come and Bring Light.” Join disciples and seekers from around the world for inclusive church, Sunday, August 1st, at 12:00 pm EDT. Ottawa Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact [email protected] for Zoom details.
Windsor Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact Jeff Moor for Zoom info. SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 1:45 p.m. Since it is an Ontario Holiday weekend, we are not doing communion this Sunday, but holding it off until the worship on August 8th. Robert Taylor is in charge. Guest Speaker will be a prerecorded sermon on video by Apostle Grover: "Live in Awe of Everyday Miracles". Contact Don Robb for Zoom details. Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Jan Storms presiding. Speaker Karen Smith. 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 - No service during July and August. 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 will be the first of two services considering the story of King David, Bathsheba, and Uriah the Hittite. In the first service, Noelle Gaffka of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, will bring the message on the theme “When We Lose Our Way” and Zilphia Martin IV of Novi, Michigan, will read the lectionary text. In the follow-up service on August 1, Noelle will read the lectionary and Zilphia will bring the message. Bob Garrison of Rancho Cucamonga, California, will read our Call to Worship. Vickie Thatcher of Riverside, Missouri, will offer our invocation. Sally Ndemera of Toronto, Ontario, will teach our Living Church Lesson and Eliza Horning of Guelph, Ontario, will teach our Peace Lesson. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere hymn CCS #222 “Gentle God, When We Are Driven.” Join disciples and seekers from around the world for inclusive church, Sunday, July 25th, at 12:00 pm EDT. Ottawa Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact [email protected] for Zoom details.
Windsor Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact Jeff Moor for Zoom info. SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 1:45 p.m. Guest ministry Daryl and Angela McDonald. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details. Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. A participatory service focusing upon our Indigenous neighbours. Catherine Manson will be our presider for this hour. 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 - No service during July and August. 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 us this Sunday for a special testimony service of Beyond the Walls as the “All Voices: Discerning Across Canada” process continues. This week members will share the reasons they're passionate about Christ's mission and their visions and hopes for Community of Christ's future. Apostle Art Smith will bring the message and testimonies will be offered by Barb Kernohan of Richmond, Ontario, Dan Esch of Regina, Saskatchewan, Becky Middleton of Senlac, Saskatchewan, Scott Scherer of London, Ontario, Eliza Horning of Guelph, Ontario, and Cathy Baker of Brooklin, Ontario. The Beyond the Walls Choir will provide a festival of hymns. Join disciples and seekers from around the world for inclusive church, Sunday, July 18th, at 12:00 pm EDT. Ottawa Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact [email protected] for Zoom details.
Windsor Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact Jeff Moor for Zoom info. SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 1:45 p.m. Sharing concerns and prayers. 2 p.m. we will hear a message via prerecorded video from Community of Christ President Steve Veazey on the theme: Peace, in the midst of the storm. We will also have two of our members share their stories about finding peace in the midst of the storms of life. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details. Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Presider Mary Jean Belrose. Speaker Troy Roach. 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 - No service during July and August. 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. 
Attn: Melissa Freer Community of Christ 355 Elmira Road North, Unit 129 Guelph, ON N1K 1S5 To enroll, go to developmetrics.org and click on the "Canadian Registration Form" when registration opens on June 28.  A few weeks ago we sent out some information about Indigenous Canada, which is a 12-module, work-at-your-own-pace, free online course exploring Canadian Indigenous histories and contemporary issues. (It’s officially called a “MOOC” - Massive Open Online Course produced by the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and offered through an online platform called Coursera.)
Two Community of Christ Zoom Discussion groups have now formed for members and friends across Canada who would like to sign up for this course and discuss within this community the concepts and lessons taught in it. Group #1: For those in Western Canada and/or who enjoy late hours, there is a weekly discussion group Wednesdays at 9:30 pm EDT. The next session is Wednesday July 14th, and on that date the discussion will centre around concepts introduced in Module 3 of the course. Contact Stephen Thompson for Zoom details. Group #2: For those in Eastern Canada and/or who prefer earlier hours, there is a bi-weekly discussion group Wednesdays at 7:00 pm EDT. The next session is Wednesday July 21st, and on that date the discussion will centre around information covered in Modules 2 and 3 of the course. Contact John Nichols or Joan Thompson for Zoom details. Please feel free to join one or both groups, or to switch between them. While having covered the material in each module (about 2 hours each) will form helpful background to the discussions, we welcome everyone to the Discussion Groups.
 Remembering Emma - Heritage Hymn Festival
@ 8 PM Join us online for the 17th annual "Remembering Emma" Heritage Hymn Festival. The festival will be a mixture of readings celebrating the life of Emma Hale Smith Bidamon and heritage hymns sung by the Beyond the Walls Choir. Donations from the event will go to the Kirtland Temple and the Community of Christ historic sites that were significant in Emma’s life.  This Sunday, Nancy Ross of St George, Utah, returns to preach on the theme, “Delight in God’s Presence.” Emelia Goheen of Chauvin, Alberta, will teach our Peace Lesson. The invocation will be offered by Puna Teniau from Tahiti. Karen Smith of Ludington, Michigan, will teach our Living Church Lesson. Lucinda Kincaid will share her testimony. Carla Nilsen will read our Call to Worship (2 Corinthians 2:14-17) from Portland, Oregon. The lectionary scripture (2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19) will be read by Jada Middleton of Sherwood Park, Alberta. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere hymn CCS 99 “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,” and will sing CCS 94 “God of Abraham Praise.” Join disciples and seekers from around the world for inclusive church, Sunday, July 11th, at 12:00 pm EDT. Ottawa Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact [email protected] for Zoom details.
Windsor Congregation - 10:30 Worship. Contact Jeff Moor for Zoom info. SLIM (Sharing Love in Mission) - 1:45 p.m. Sharing concerns and prayers. 2 p.m. Presider Susan Flight. Four members will share their testimony. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details. Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Presider Jan Storms. Speaker Barb Kernohan. 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 - No service during July and August. 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. Saturday, July 10 @ 8:30 - 10 a.m.
We can do some good together! We have been gifted with another opportunity to support World Accord and change some people's lives! This coming Saturday, July 10, between 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. we are all invited to join in a World Accord Pancake Breakfast. (Yes you do have to cook your own pancakes -- or other breakfast foods.) Our presence at this on-line event for as long, or as little, time as you can afford, will send a very important message -- we care, we appreciate what you do, we are here to support. Pancake Contest Show off your designer pancake. Winners will be picked for: 1. Most Colourful 2. Highest Stack 3. Special Design 4. Brings the Most Laughter! Container Gardening Contest Submit three pictures of your container garden by email to: [email protected] Winners will be picked for 1. Three pictures – seed, sprout, new plant 2. Most Growth World Accord supports Community Gardening, Seed Supplies and Community Initiatives around the world to ensure Food Security for those most in need. This year we introduce our Container Gardening Contest to honour the work of many where Food Security is vital.  The First Presidency invites members and friends worldwide to hold 9-11 June 2022 for an online event to prepare for the 2023 World Conference.
Members and friends participating in the June 2022 online event will worship together, learn about resolutions and other topics to be considered at the 2023 World Conference, and continue exploration of WCR 1319 — Nonviolence. Planners are working to determine when and how to best gather online, knowing that participation will span the world’s time zones. As details become available, updates will be provided. Although we can’t gather in person in 2022, we look forward to being together online and through focused resources and activities as we share in worldwide community. Watch for more information on the church’s website, by email, and on social media. In a video launched this week, Community of Christ President Steve Veazey addresses the process of returning to in-person church as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes in some areas. However, Veazey reminds congregations of the blessings of the Holy Spirit through connections made in online services and urges continuation of those efforts.
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