 At Canada East Mission Conference last weekend, it was announced that the plan is to move to a “volunteer mission centre president team” leadership model in the near future for Canada East Mission.
You can read what Apostle Art Smith has shared about the background of the decision to move to a volunteer based leadership team approach for Canada East. The blog is posted on the website. Stay tuned for further postings about the transition journey.  Beyond the Walls - Where You Go, I Will Go This Sunday, Dan Gregory speaks on the theme “Where You Go, I Will Go” live from Minneapolis and Amanda Boosie will read the lectionary scripture (Ruth 1:1-18) live from Tahiti. Neil DeAtley will teach our Peace Lesson. Noelle Gaffka will offer our invocation. Pat Marmoy will read our Call to Worship. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere CCS 637 “Lord, Who Views All People Precious.” 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. Shone Carson presiding and Daryl McDonald sharing the message. Have the following materials available - a set of dice, a copy of attachment 1 and attachment 2, coloring pencils, a costume if possible. It will be awesome to see everyone dressed in something fun, fun, fun! There will be a prize for the pumpkin and a prize for best costume. Do not do anything to the pumpkin. We will be coloring it on Sunday together. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details. Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Speaker Josephine Amelia Fraser-Morgan. Presider Jan Storms 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.  Online November 3 @ 4-5:30 PM EDT
For the past ten years, gene-editing technology (esp. CRISPR) has challenged our understanding of what it means to be human. How can we act as stewards of God’s creation in the face of this unprecedented technology? You're invited to join renowned philosopher of bioethics and Professor Francoise Baylis and other panel participants for an important ethical and theological discussion on this very question. This dialogue, entitled "CRISPR-Cas9 and the Theo-Ethics of Gene Editing," will use both an ethical and theological lens to guide conversation around the potential risks and benefits of this new technology. Panel participants include:
Organized by the Faith and Life Sciences Reference Group of The Canadian Council of Churches. Help us spread the word about this event by sharing the social media posts and marketing assets below with your networks! We think this event will especially resonate with Christian young people in science-related professions as well as members of denominational leadership trying to stay abreast of emerging technologies and their impact on lived faith. Social media links for easy sharing: Climate Change Webinar - Through Crises Toward Transformation: Communities Making A Difference10/26/2021
 From Climate Crises Through Transformation November Climate Webinar Sunday, November 14, 5 pm EST Community of Christ Congregations across the globe are making changes to address the climate emergency! Come and see! Community of Christ congregations are already making a difference around the globe. Some are making changes to their buildings and land. Some are planting native plants and providing butterfly way stations. Others are actively impacting the community beyond their walls with their efforts to address climate change. At this webinar, you can view videos, and provide examples and advice as you consider your own congregation and the next steps to make a difference. Come join us in the Climate Webinar to learn the basics about climate policies that will help mitigate climate change. Invite your friends to join. All sessions are free. Participation in previous webinars is not necessary to join this opportunity. Is your congregation addressing climate change? Send a video of your project to Rod Downing. Join further discussion about these topics: Sunday, November 21 , 5 pm EST If you are interested in developing local support groups for climate mitigation, please send your name to Susan Oxley, [email protected]. If not registered for this Zoom series, please register by clicking the button below. 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. Watch previous webinars, conversations, and Steve Veazey’s sermon by clicking the button below.  Beyond the Walls - Encircled in Joyful Celebration President of Seventy John Glaser brings the message this week on our theme, “Encircled in Joyful Celebration.” Beyond the Walls hosts the worship service for the annual Canada East Mission Centre Conference. Mission Centre President Kerry Richards will share a land acknowledgement and greetings. Bishop of Canada Dar Shepherdson will lead our Disciples Generous Response. Apostle Art Smith will share our Benediction. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere a special version of CCS 379 “O For a World” sung to the tune of CCS 25. 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. Please join Beyond the Walls today for our Mission Conference worship service (see above). Contact Don Robb for Zoom details. Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Speaker Darrell Belrose. 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 us October 20 7 - 8 PM EDT for How Shall We Speak of the Dead? Tributes, Eulogies, & Obits Are you that special someone?
The one who is asked to speak at memorial services or funerals? Are you the person others turn to create a service or a tribute? Do you keep a growing list of quotes from poets and wisdom keepers that offer solace and perspective on life and death? You are not alone. The grieving process around death and dying includes the words we speak—and the words we are willing to make public. Eulogies and obituaries are examples; so are living funerals, with stories, songs, tributes, and ceremonial goodbyes. Life-cycle celebrant, home funeral guide, and writer Penny Allport will lead us in exploring the challenge of balancing the (sometimes hard) truth about the dead with solace for the living. Please bring pen and paper, and prepare for an evocative writing exercise. Register here Watch for news of our upcoming webinars on more controversial subjects: Ancestors—honoring or undoing the legacies we’re left with Embodiment—embodied practices & the art of writing Heartbreak—how to open up to life again, and again…and again Fear—coping with the (very real) fear of going public with our stories Mental health—the gift of an unconventional state of mind Mentors—finding guides, ancient and modern, living and dead Nature—writing that is grounded, real, and wide out in the open Publishers—presses open to spiritual life writing! Race & Ethnicity—identity colors how our stories are told, and received Sexuality & Gender—the mystics’ great unspoken secret Trauma—the profound connection between spirituality and pain Our life writing webinars are built around intimate conversation, a special guest, and a writing exercise that helps you contemplate the subject. Come with questions. Leave with heart. Sessions are free and open to all. Simply register on Eventbrite (hence the link, above) Relax, and leave the rest to us. If we haven’t yet explored your passions, write and tell me what you need. I can hardly wait to hear your voice. Susan Scott Body & Soul groundbreaking volume on a taboo subject Director, Wild Writers Mentorship Program Contributing editor, The New Quarterly (TNQ) Website: http://susanlscott.twohornedbull.ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-scott-writer-editor/  Beyond the Walls Jerry Dale, Jr. will bring our message this week from Casper, Wyoming, on the theme: “Infinite Mystery.” Zilphia Martin III will teach our Peace Lesson. Julie O’Neil will read our lectionary text from the book of Job 38:1-7,34-41. Our Call to Worship will be read by Carol Smith and Robert Smith will offer our Invocation. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere CCS 143 “Morning Has Broken.” Our global congregation meets every Sunday at 12:00 pm EDT. All are welcome to this inclusive church service. 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. Donald Robb is presiding and the message will be on the topic of "Waiting" delivered via video sermon from Shane Adams, Director of Marketing and Communications for Graceland College. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details. Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Darrell Belrose presiding. Ron Rowbottom speaking. 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.  We are inviting everyone across our Canada East to be present during Mission Conference for the ordination of:
Johan Koeslag to the office of High Priest / Evangelist. Johan will be ordained by Evangelist Elaine Kerr Morgan, Apostle Art Smith and High Priest Kerry Richards. Within our Community of Christ heritage, discernment of the Spirit’s call to ministry touches all of our lives and so we ask for your prayerful support in preparation for Johan’s ordination and our collective blessing as Johan continues to live into his call. In response to the Spirit, the call of John Nichols to the office of Evangelist will be presented at the Conference for our consideration. These two solemn yet joyous moments will richly uplift our Conference experience. Please join us October 23 @ 1 pm.  Beyond the Walls Apostle Mareva Arnaud brings our message from Tahiti on the theme “With One Heart and Mind May the Lord Call Us Zion!” We will hear testimonies from French Polynesia including: Tehina Puariitahi, Joudy Clark-Tefau, Edwige Chong Yuk Ting, Thierry Bonno, and Teiho Tanepaù. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere an all-new rendition of “The Spirit of God like a Fire Is Burning” sung in Tahitian, French, Spanish, and English. We will also be treated to special ministries of music from the saints in French Polynesia. Our global congregation meets every Sunday at 12:00 pm EDT. All are welcome to this inclusive church service. 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. Presiding will be Susan Flight. The theme for Sunday is God, Where are you? Testimonies will be shared from people about how God has blessed their lives. Click here for children's colouring page. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details. Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Jan Storms speaking. 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.  The North American Climate Justice Team invites your congregation to share with us any existing or planned efforts you are engaged in to address climate change.
Pastors or congregational team members are invited to send a video summary of what they are doing to help decrease carbon emissions, educate themselves or others about climate challenges, or transform their buildings into more sustainable and environmentally friendly locations. Please send to [email protected] your congregation name, your project along with contact information so the Climate Justice team can correspond directly with your congregation. They would love to highlight at least one project from our mission center at one of their climate sessions, beginning in November. Thank you for your responses and for the difference you make. Susan Oxley |
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