​Fall is around the corner and you know what that means...It's almost time for Thanksgiving Retreat!!!!

If you or someone you know is high school age, have them complete this form so we can decide on a date/time for gathering virtually this year.
 
Look forward to seeing all of your responses! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to myself (Regan Ross), Camryn Ross or Stacey Brookshaw.

​The Children’s Peace Book Club brings children between 4 and 10 years of age (accompanied by an adult) together virtually for a story with a peace lesson followed by a short discussion and a mindfulness practice. Join leaders Amy Unrah and Vonda Den Boer for a life-shaping experience.  

See the flyer for the schedule of books and dates for gatherings. Then, contact Amy Unruh for ZOOM details. 

This Sunday, Apostle Richard James will give our communion message live from Wales on the theme “Called Outside Our Boundaries.” Shawn Matheson of St George, Utah, will teach our Peace Lesson and Bill Mines of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will teach our lesson of the Living Church. Laurie Sharpe will offer our invocation from Vancouver, Washington. Cecilia Housman of El Dorado, Kansas, will read our Call to Worship and Wanda Mercer of Georgetown, Indiana, will read our lectionary scripture. The communion will be blessed by Puna Teniau from Tahiti and Vickie Thatcher from Riverside, Missouri.

The Beyond the Walls Choir and Michael Karpowicz present our music:
Prelude: Nocturne in F# Minor (Op. 5 No. 1) by Alexander Scriabin
Opening Hymn: CCS 574 “Touch Me, Lord, with Thy Spirit Eternal”
The Souls Are Blest That Hear and Know (Grey Hymnal 83)
All Things Are Thine; No Gift Have We (Grey Hymnal 424)
For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest (Grey Hymnal 503)
Closing Hymn: CCS 606 “All Are Called” (world premiere)
Postlude: Valse-Impromptu from 6 Morceaux de Salon (Op. 15 No. 6) by Charles-Marie Widor 

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. No service this week. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details for next week.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Catherine Manson presiding. Speaker Dulcie Shepherdson. 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.
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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. 

As a worldwide faith movement, Community of Christ strives to embody God’s peace through our beliefs in the Worth of All Persons, Unity in Diversity, and Blessings of Community. We stand with other communities of faith and faith-based humanitarian organizations in solidarity with displaced people around the world. 
 
The world spotlight recently highlighted Afghanistan. Thousands of people are being relocated to places that might feel strange or unwelcoming. Our Statement on Immigration explains how to respond to the needs of individuals and families seeking refuge and safety.
 
A $10,000 donation from oblation funds will be given to aid the work of Church World Service as it supports newly-arriving Afghans. Learn more about this important work on the CWS website.
 
We continue to monitor the situation and will send additional support as appropriate. Members and friends can give to Worldwide Mission Tithes to support these and future oblation efforts.
 
The words in Doctrine and Covenants 163:4a call us to hear and respond, “God, the Eternal Creator, weeps for the poor, displaced, mistreated, and diseased of the world because of their unnecessary suffering. Such conditions are not God’s will. Open your ears to hear the pleading of mothers and fathers in all nations who desperately seek a future of hope for their children. Do not turn away from them. For in their welfare resides your welfare.”
 
THE FIRST PRESIDENCY

Liberty Hall was built in 1881 in Lamoni, Iowa, and until 1905 was home to Joseph Smith III, the first president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - now the Community of Christ. Smith served in this capacity from 1860 to 1914. He called his home Liberty Hall to welcome all who might come to visit him and his family.

Liberty Hall was a center of social and religious life for the community. There were parties and weddings and fun nights before the fire place eating apples and popcorn, playing games and reading aloud. Joseph Smith said "Liberty Hall throbbed with life, teeming with the bustling activities of a large and growing family." Birth, death, and marriage occurred within its walls. Joys and sorrows succeeded each other as day and night.

We are pleased to have our tour hosted by Stephen Smith. Steve grew up in Nauvoo where he and his family have been intimately involved with the Joseph Smith Historic Site. After a career as a teacher and lawyer, Steve retired and became the Site Director and Team Leader at the Liberty Hall Historic Site. Steve looks forward to sharing his fascination with Church history with us!

Join us on Saturday, September 11th, at 3:00 p.m. for this exciting event via Zoom.

This Sunday, John Hamer and Leandro Palacios will serve as guides exploring four separate spiritual paths to sacred community: (1) the Path of Wisdom, (2) the Path of Feeling, (3) the Path of Doing, and (4) the Path of Being. Nancy Ross of St. George, Utah, will offer a Prayer for Wisdom, and Jodi Donald of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, will offer a Prayer from the Heart. Evan Sharley of Boise, Idaho, will offer an Activist’s Prayer, and Mary Jean Belrose of Port Elgin, Ontario, will offer a Prayer from the Soul.

The Beyond the Walls Choir and Michael Karpowicz present our music:
Prelude: Summertime, by George Gershwin
CCS 5: “Bring Many Names”
CCS 212 “God Weeps”
CCS 216 “We Shall Overcome;”
CCS 247 “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need”
CCS 552: “We Are Companions on the Journey” (premiere)
Postlude: For Nenette, by Bill Evans

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 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. Barb Kernohan is presiding and Apostle Art Smith will share the message. Click here for children's colouring page. Contact Don Robb for Zoom details.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Wendell Martin presiding. Speaker Linda Stanbridge. 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, Vickie Thatcher of Riverside, MO, will preach on the theme “A Place of Prayer for All People.” Charlie Brown of Melbourne, FL, will teach our Peace Lesson. Marni Fisher of Black Creek, BC, will teach our Living Church Lesson. Our Call to Worship will be read by Emile Carbayol from Tahiti and our lectionary will be read by Yesenia Villalta of Santa Tecla, El Salvador.  Susan Jeanne Webber will offer our invocation from Elk Grove, CA. The Beyond the Walls Choir will premiere hymn CCS 278 “There’s a Church within Us,” and will also sing hymn CCS 389 “This Is My Song.”

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 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. This Sunday our focus is Sacredness of Creation - specifically our pets. Shone Carson and Robbie Taylor and others will lead our Sunday's service which will be a service of blessing for our pets, so your pets are welcome to join with us also, as well there will be a time for prayer for the memories of pets that have passed on. Speaking at the service will be two members of two different Pet Rescue places. The SLIM community will be making a donation to both these groups who are assisting in rescuing pets. Come and Share with us.Contact Don Robb for Zoom details.

Port Elgin Congregation - 9 a.m. class. Coffee & Conversation 9:40. Worship 10 a.m. Pat Jacobi presiding. Speaker Josephine Amelia Fraser-Morgan. 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. 

Dear Friends of World Accord, 

With the Annual General Meeting now complete, we are onto the business of updating our strategic plan to continue our mission of cultivating communities that thrive. Now is the time we want to hear from you!

We, the Board of Directors have worked on a survey to help guide us with that plan. We look to you, our donors, supporters and long time friends to help us continue our vision of world accord. Please complete this survey by August 22. Click the button below to answer the survey. Thank you for your support! 

On behalf of your Board of Directors
James Bennett

Note:  As a part of this discussion, we will explore the possibility of establishing networking groups for climate action, Bring your ideas and your calendar!
 
We live in a culture dominated by consumerism. The media, the economists, the corporate world – all pressure us to buy, buy, buy! As a society, we are addicted to shopping and consumerism. And most of the industrial complex that makes and distributes consumer goods rely on fossil fuels, petroleum products and plastics that continually add to the carbon emissions in the atmosphere. 

Last June, we explored the possibility of a circular economy, where “Take, Make, and Discard” is replaced with “Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose, and Repair.” But that’s only a portion of the solution. Wise consumer practices for the individual and for manufacturers are other transformations required to help solve this systemic problem.
 
Come join us in the Climate Webinar on September 19 as we explore lifestyle changes and corporate changes necessary to help mitigate climate change. 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.
 
To connect to “Systemic Solutions:  Consumerism!”                                    
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. 

Be sure to register for CEM Virtual Conference including Virtual Global Village, Business Meeting, Campfire, Spirit-filled worship and more. See all the details by clicking the button below.

I so want to recognize each of those who dedicated their time to plan, recruit, create, facilitate, communicate and ensure technical expertise throughout our summer e-camping program over the last 15 weeks with dozens of meaningful and relational offerings.

From each campground across the Mission Centre, the reconnections within our respective reunions was not just kept alive, but blessed richly by shared interactions. Innovative programs linked all who attended or viewed the recordings.

For those who may have missed any gathering, you can still experience the campfires, tours, conversations, worship and classes by clicking the link below to view the recordings. Be part of the memories, insights and sharing moments that were created just for you. Thank you again to those whose gifts, skills and presence made such a difference.


Kerry Richards
CEM President