Welcome to March! A lot of things are happening this month with Calgary Church so here is a brief rundown. Any questions email us!
The theme for this month's Converge worship service will center around the season of Lent. We are in the Easter season so the first week in April will be our Easter themed Converge. There are rumours that a new Calgary Church gathering will launch in the South for Easter, stay tuned for details.
When part of your ethos as a community is devoted to helping others, it's good to celebrate your accomplishments. This isn't to boast to gain recognition, but a chance to say thanks to all those who participated in redeeming though situations.
With this in mind here are three different ways Calgary Church was connected in around our city and around the globe. Continue reading »
Welcome to February! Here are the updates on the gatherings with Calgary Church and Co.
Tonight will be our Converge worship service with the theme on suffering. We thought it would be fitting to talk about this topic given the recent events in Haiti. You can GIVE to the relief effort if you haven't yet. Just email us to learn how you can send your gift to Haiti through our sponsor World Vision.
Welcome to the New Year! Here are some updates on the gatherings with Calgary Church and Co.
We've already had our Converge worship service with an Epiphany theme (stay tuned for a post on Epiphany). That took place Jan 6th, and was a neat experience for us. The upcoming Wednesdays trickle down like this: Continue reading »
Here is an update on all the secret gatherings with Calgary Church for the month of December. Let us know if you're new and coming for the first time.
December 2nd: Converge Worship Evening
Our theme for the evening will be based on the expectations of advent. There will be a variety of self-serve stations for individuals to participate freely and at their own pace. Some may be unfamiliar with this style of worship but we thought it would be a great way to experience all the different themes of advent in one evening.
The evening begins at 6PM with a potluck dinner and wraps up around 7:30. We will meet at the House Coffee Sanctuary on 10th St and Kensington Road (in the basement). Continue reading »
Here's what's happening with Calgary Church this month of November.
November 11th: Because it's Remembrance Day we don't have our normal booking for a small groups evening at the community center. As a result, we're going to use The House Coffee Sanctuary (126 10 Street NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1V3) as our space for the evening.
This evening is a bit different than normal, because of the change in venue we thought we'd have folks to connect over a coffee or a movie. In the basement of the house we'll be playing the movie Up!. Adults and kids alike can watch the movie, or if one prefers, you can grab a coffee from upstairs and hang out there. The evening begins at 6PM and if you decide to come we'll be doing snack foods so bring a munchable.
Rob from King's Bridge put together a video for an upcoming conference (congress) called Renov8 being held in Calgary in November. This is a brief six minute vid with a few voices talking about our thoughts about community and church.
This video is quite similar to the one from last week.
For the foreseeable future the main gatherings of Calgary Church will follow the following schedule.
First Wednesday of Each Month
Converge: Bring a potluck item and then participate in a larger-group Christian worship and spiritual exploration event that converges out of the various small groups that meet on the fourth Wednesdays. Every Wednesday starts with a shared meal at 6pm and is followed by:
Second Wednesday of Each Month
Currently no event. Followed by:
Third Wednesday of Each Month
Kensington Community Chili Meals: An open invitation to the entire surrounding community is given to come out, eat, meet neighbours and converse over a bowl of chili.
Fourth Wednesday of Each Month
Groups: Following a potluck meal, a variety of spiritually-minded groups meet for discussion, study or other activities. Each group is a little different, and all are open to anyone who wants to check them out.
Every Wednesday's gathering is at the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre (1320 5 Avenue NW).
We have a number of people asking questions like why we don't have clear instructions on where you can visit for 'church service'. In response we've explained this in our 'Gatherings' page so check that out.
Remember, Calgary Church is not your sit and consume model of church, so if that's your cup of tea then you'll be comfortable somewhere else :D Apart from that.... Continue reading »
Calgary Church is experience technical difficulties that are out of our control. Our host is experiencing intermittent outages so there's nothing we can do.... :( If it continues we'll figure out the steps needed to find another Canadian web host, thanks for the patience.
