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A Moment with your Mission Centre President Team

7/26/2023

 
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Greetings from our combined Canada West and Inland West family camp at Samish Island Retreat Centre! Lots of joy and smiles this week!
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​Yours in Christ,
Gwyn, Kat, and Shannon

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The Link Between Climate Justice and Racial Justice

7/25/2023

 
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Paul Bethel, a North American Climate Justice Team member from California, shares ideas once a month related to climate change. His current offering is about the two resolutions passed at World Conference: one concerning declaring a climate emergency and the other dealing with racial injustice.

Paul Bethel shares a compelling presentation demonstrating the link between Climate Justice and Racial Justice as well as our call as followers of Jesus to respond. Paul’s perspective is reflective of action taken in two recent World Conference Resolutions and shows how they interface with one another.
For ideas on how you and your congregation can make a difference on these issues, please contact Paul Bethel.

A Moment with your Mission Centre President Team

7/20/2023

 
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This summer as our Mission Centre President team travels and attends events we will be sharing postcards of what we are up to.
This week's postcard comes from Shannon:

Summer greetings!
Last week in Vancouver for Sunday morning we took a walk by the Coquitlam river. It was beautiful and some furry friends joined us!
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​Yours in Christ,
Gwyn, Kat, and Shannon

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Registration Extended for Hills of Peace Family Camp!

7/19/2023

 
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Family Camp 2023
“God, Where is your Spirit Leading Next?”
Hills of Peace, Alberta August 5-10
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Register at www.cwm.events
Good news all you last minute planners! Registration deadline has been extended to midnight Wednesday, July 26.

It is shaping up to be a great camp and we would love to have you come for the full time, the weekend or even a couple of days.
Remember there is a reduced cost for those planning to come for the weekend ($160 per adult). You can pay at camp or through e-transfer [email protected]
Please register HERE or clicking on the button below so we can plan for food.
Let's get together, it will be a great time!

We all have questions, dreams and plans in our lives. How does God fit in? Come join in building community as we notice, nurture, pray and explore where the spirit of God is leading us.

Special Guests:
Apostle Janne Grover, Community of Christ
Kristin Douglas, World Accord
Gwyn Beer, Canada West Mission Centre

​Please contact Becky Middleton ([email protected]) or Marian Thompson ([email protected]) for more inquiries.
Register Here
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Weekend Promo Hills of Peace Family Camp

7/19/2023

 
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The Family Camp planning committee is so excited about this year's Family Camp that we are inviting you to take advantage of a Weekend Sample!
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Of course we would love to have you attend the whole 5 days, but if you only have the weekend... Have we got a deal for you!

 
We are reducing the fee for adults from $200 to $160 for the weekend, starting 3:00 pm on Saturday, Aug. 5 and extending through  Monday, August 7th. 

Weekend activities include:
  • Early morning Baptismal service
  • Classes for all age groups
  • Hills of Peace Birds presentation, activities and games
  • Communion Worship service with Apostle Janne Grover speaking, and campfire.

Of course relaxing, visiting and eating are always part of camp. Please join us for a wonderful camp experience. See you there!
Register at www.cwm.events

​Payment accepted through e-transfer or
in person at camp.
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​Please contact Becky Middleton ([email protected]) or Marian Thompson ([email protected]) for more inquiries.

Register for Reunion at Samish Island

7/19/2023

 
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Click here to Register

Volunteer Cooks Needed at Samish!

7/18/2023

 
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​Volunteer Cooks are needed at Samish Island Campground and Retreat Centre for the week of August 5 to 10.  This is a combination of Camp Kimtah and Camp Atsaken.   

The menu is planned and the food order is ready to go but we need a body or two in the kitchen. Do you have time and a passport (if you are Canadian)? You will need a food handler certificate that the camp food manager can advise you on.

If you are interested please contact Shawna Custer [email protected]

A Moment with your Mission Centre President Team

7/13/2023

 
​Written by Kat Goheen
Canada West Mission Centre Co-President
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Shannon asked me last week if I could write a piece about being a parent of a SPEC camper. This is my child’s first SPEC experience, and by the time you read this, she will already be down in Independence along with our other seven CWM campers, getting to know the Northwest delegation and eating, relaxing, and finding their place on sports teams along with everyone. Not to mention getting their matching delegation T-shirts!

A lot of being a SPEC parent is meeting registration deadlines and keeping up with communications from the delegation. It’s checking in with recent campers about what our kids will really need down there for those ten days. Driving down to SEATAC for a 4:30 am prayer circle before the flight. It’s sharing her excitement about the electives offered and having too much good stuff to choose from!

I am so excited that our best and brightest people offer ministry to our SPEC kids and will have carefully planned so much for them – from the theme of the week, to the music, to the testimonies shared.

I was fortunate to go to SPEC through high school and mostly remember the sports and worship activities from back then. I had a real feeling of being part of something bigger than myself, and that the church cared for me. It was fun – and it meant a lot to me to see how fun church could be!

For all of you who support campers going to SPEC and to our camps, I am truly grateful. Our Mission Centre provided significant financial support to each of our campers’ families to help with the fees, and that is thanks to your giving. Here in the CWM we’re always learning how to live in community and how to support one another in love. Having campers from Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia journeying to SPEC will be leaven to our gatherings, bringing back enthusiasm, stories, and concrete ideas for how we can share together as Community of Christ – different horizons for how we can view ourselves and how we can reach out in mission.

​Let’s embrace these stories and show our kiddos that they are also part of something bigger than themselves here, and that they are so deeply cared for by God and by us.
Watch SPEC 2023 promotional
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​Yours in Christ,
Gwyn, Kat, and Shannon

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A Moment with your Mission Centre President Team

7/5/2023

 
Written by Kat Goheen
Canada West Mission Centre Co-President
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Another look at Spiritual Discernment    
Several months ago, I shared with you my take on the roots of spiritual discernment here in this space. Since that time, I’ve continued to learn and explore group discernment, and I have another offering to share, this time about the middle of the discernment process. My course has shown me a wonderful application of this image that Steve Veazey has compiled of six lenses for listening to God, seeing it as a framework for gathering data. These six lenses seek feedback from various perspectives based on their very nature, realizing that all of them are necessary and valuable. What does scripture have to say about our situation? Continuing revelation? When it’s hard to find data for one of them, it can signal a blind spot.
I call this talk on data-gathering, “The Messy Middle” because that’s what it feels like to me. Unlike decision-making, in discernment we don’t rush to conclusions but instead slow down to listen to the voices around us and the still, small voice of God. This often feels uncomfortable to me, and despite my temptation to grab onto the first shiny possibility, I sit and listen and stay open as much as I can in the middle…of it all.

​Your congregation may be involved in discernment right now. 
It feels to me that our Mission Centre is also in discernment, feeling growing pains which prompt us to search for the right question for this moment. Growing in me is my faith in the process and my trust that a committed discernment process will lead to right action. Let us build the habit of a discerning posture and let us be aware of our resistance to change! As a prophetic people, we are called.
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​​Yours in Christ,
Gwyn, Kat, and Shannon

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Canada West Mission Centre is joining with GPNW team for SPEC

7/5/2023

 
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​Canada West Mission Centre is joining with GPNW mission center team for SPEC.

We know the difference between US and Canadian Dollars is a lot, so we encourage our young people to think about how they might partner with their local congregation to do some fundraising. In the past, things like bake sales and spaghetti dinners that Spec attendees have organized helped them achieve their goal of attending. Should further assistance be required, please contact the Greater Pacific Northwest USA Mission Center.
See Invitation Letter

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