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Greetings! 

We hope to  see you at Church on Sunday May 5 , 2019

Easter Sunday

CONTRIBUTING TO SUNDAY 10:00 AM WORSHIP


Greeters: Anne & Rick Hester
Worship Leader: John Thorburn
Children's Church: Joan Von Engelbrechten
Fellowship/Coffee Time: Gloria & Marvin Phillips, Diane Travers
Musical Director: Tanya Sullivan
Administration: Joy McMann - 403-678-5354 - office@ralphconnor.ca
In the Pulpit: Rev. Greg Wooley  minister@ralphconnor.ca

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GET YOUR TICKETS NOW...

ORONTES GUITAR QUARTET

A fundraising concert in support of the Bow Valley Syria Refugee Project, an outreach project of RCMUC.
 
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
Thursday, May 9 at 7:30 pm at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Banff.  Tickets are $35 and can be purchased online here or after church on Sunday.

Hailing from Damascus, Syria, the Orontes Guitar Quartet excel in many musical styles including classical, blues, jazz, flamenco, baroque, latin music and folklore. The quartet are Artist Protection Fund Fellows currently in residence at the University of Victoria. Read the Globe & Mail story about the international effort to help the Orontes Guitar Quartet continue to 'celebrate beauty through music'. 

All proceeds from the concert will support the efforts of the Bow Valley Syria Refugee Project to welcome a second Syrian family to the Bow Valley.
UNFORGETTING

The Good Friday service that took place at the Canmore Cemetery has now been posted on the church website. Check the front page or the Sunday Sermon section.
 
IN THE OFFICE 

Joy McMann will be in the office until interviews are completed and a new office administrator is hired.  

Joy will be doing the newsletter next week so please send in your items. 

Her office days will be Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. 
 
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

Children's Church and Toddler care for Sunday Services are key ways that we support the faith development of children, and hospitality to young families.

Children may go to Children's Church after the first hymn and return later in the service in time for the anthem.  We are making a couple of adjustments to the Sunday service to give a bit more time for the Children's Church lesson, and a bit less back-in-the service time.

Easy to lead lessons are ready for use, in the upstairs cupboard. 

Please sign up on the Sunday clipboard to help!

EVENSONG 
 
Evensong, our contemplative mid-week service. Join us each 
Wednesday at 7:15 pm for this contemplative service. 

CHOIR REHEARSAL

Choir rehearsals over the coming weeks are:

Thursday, May 2, 7:30 P.M.
Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 P.M.
Tuesday, May 14, 7:30 P.M.
Thursday, May 23 7:30 P.M.

New members are welcome to join us!  

Give Tanya an email at  music@ralphconnor.ca
HEALING PATHWAY 

To book a session or inquire about this gentle healing ministry p lease contact: Sue Nichols or Vicky Connoy for an appointment.

AFFIRM

Check out this link:   DEVOUT AND OUT

for stories of three openly LGBTQ pastors who, a fter being rejected by the churches of their youth, have renewed their faith and are bringing new life and new perspectives to Christianity in Canada.

  
ALPINE VOICES THRESHOLD CHOIR

Rehearses the second and fourth Monday of each month from 7:30 - 9:00 pm in the sanctuary. Threshold Choir singing is described as "kindness made audible". 
  
PRAYER SHAWL KNITTERS 
 
Will  meet next on 
Friday, May 17 at 1:00 pm in Gordon Hall.  Everyone is welcome.
CYAN - Canmore Young Adult Network

CYAN GAMES NIGHT -  Tuesday, May 7 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm  at Good Earth Coffeehouse.

CYAN YOGA NIGHT -  Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm until May 29  at the Canmore Opera House.


HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED AS A SUNDAY HELPER?

Help us weekly and contribute to our Sunday Service, it is easy!

Just sign up on the clipboard during Sunday Worship or after at Coffee time, then go to our website at  http://ralphconnor.ca/volunteering/ and view or download the duty sheet for the position you have selected for instructions.  


click on the image to go to the webpage

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS community
BILL C-262 

On April 29 Canada's  Senators went back to work in Ottawa. There is real danger that Bill C-262, The United Nation Declaration of Rights for Indigenous People (UNDRIP), will die on the senate floor in 8 weeks. This bill was passed overwhelming by the House of Commons in May 2018.  Canada is one of the last countries in the world to sign UNDRIP.

Your help is urgently needed .

Write individually to senators of your choice:  https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/. Letters are often given special attention.  Address: Senate of Canada, Ottawa ON K1A 0A4.   No postage required.  Or join this KAIROS e-letter petition which reaches all senators and allows personal comments:

 
SPRING TEA - Friday May 24.

Mark your May Calendar. 



KENNEDY ADMIN RETURNS...


A fundraising concert for Ralph Connor Memorial United Church. 

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