Ralph Connor Memorial
United Church
Weekly
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Greetings!
We hope to see you at Church on Sunday, February 9, 2020
This week we will share the Sacrament of Communion and will be receiving the Benevolent Offering in addition to the regular collection.
Contributing to Worship:
Greeters: Denise Dignum & Trish Campney
Worship Leader: Bob MacDonell
Communion Servers: Ellen Andersen, Barb Profitt & Donna
Kennedy
Minute for Mission Guests: Tara Koenig & Caylee LaBranche
Children's Church: Joan Von Engelbrechten & Faye
Forbes-Anderson
Fellowship: Marilese & Bob MacDonell
Pianist: Corina Strim
Choir Director: Cathy Robinson
Music Director: Tanya Sullivan
Administration: Trish Campney
Minister: Rev. Greg Wooley
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OUR BUILDING AND OUR MISSION
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A workshop to consider and further develop the preliminary building plan options for RCMUC – particularly, Gordon Hall – will be held on
February 23, 2020
after Worship with Lunch. Here are the documents to prepare for this meeting.
http://ralphconnor.ca/our-building-and-our-mission/
Please take the time to review the report and make notes. Review the two (2) options and have your questions and comments ready for facilitated small group discussions.
Lunch of soup & a bun will be served compliments of the Fellowship Volunteers...
FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE AWAY ON FEBRUARY 23, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO
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The "Green Team" is forming.
"GREEN TEAM" WORKING GROUP
For decades, the United Church of Canada has been involved in social action for the benefit of planet earth (to read more,
click here)....and in 2019, Canmore Town Council declared a state of
Climate Emergency.
We are forming a working group at Ralph Connor (name yet to be determined), to engage in these issues, from the small ways we can make a difference by not using single-use items, to engagement in the larger issues.
First working group meeting scheduled this
Tue Feb 11 Upstairs 7:00-8:30 pm.
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GO GREEN TIP
Canmore Food Recovery Program
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JOIN THE CANMORE FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM IN THEIR MISSION TO RECOVER EDIBLE FOOD DESTINED FOR LANDFILL
Did you know that if the amount of food in landfill were a country, it would be the third leading 'country' contributing to climate change?
According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Canadians waste $31 billion of food every year, 47% of which is wasted in the home.
We are a Non-Profit Incorporation working to reduce the stigma on Food Waste, and redistribute edible food to those who are willing and able to use it!
THE SCIENCE OF IT
Reducing Food Waste by half would prevent as much climate-affecting gases as taking every other car off the road.
THE NATURE OF IT
In the natural world, there is no such thing as accidental or misshapen. Food is meant to be eaten. Everyone deserves to eat well, and eat lots.
THE HEALTH OF IT
"Greens feed our souls, refresh our minds, and nourish our grateful bodies." Terri Guillemets
THE POLITICS OF IT
"Half the world wastes enough food to feed the other half."
- Charles Eisenstein
"You waste life when you waste good food."
- Katherine Anne Porter
Canmore Recovery Barn
Pick-up days are Tuesday at 5:30 PM and Thursday at 7:00 PM
Location: 1205 - 1st Ave (Lutheran Church, near to Hospital)
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NEW 2020 CHURCH DIRECTORY
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A new church directory is "in progress". There will be a printed version as well as access to a secure mobile app website that will be updated regularly.
Emails from Instant.Church Directory have been sent out. All Members will be asked to upload their own photo and verify their personal information.
If members prefer,
photos
can be taken during coffee time after Worship on Feb 9. See Bob Aishford & friends with cameras ready.
Need more information: Please contact Karen Fraser at
(403) 852-2265 or Charlene Stanway at (403) 609-0548.
Updating the Directory has some nice side benefits as well. For example, we heard back from Jack Clipperton in Calgary - he and Jean send their best to RCMUC. So nice to hear from friends!
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Children's Church and Toddler care is available during Sunday Services.
Children may go to Children's Church (upstairs) and Toddler care (Gordon Hall) and return later in the service.
Please sign up to volunteer as Helper - we always need TWO adults with Children's Church... and we need additional people prepared to care for Toddlers.
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Every Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. - join us for a mid-week time of contemplation, word, silence and song.
The theme continues on the
journey of Epiphany.
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This gentle healing ministry is available by appointment.
Healing Pathway treatments are available on Friday afternoons only, either 1:00-2:30 PM or 2:30-4:00 PM.
or call Sue Nichols 403-678-7025.
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Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Church Sanctuary
New members welcome!
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ALPINE VOICES THRESHOLD CHOIR
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Rehearses on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of each month in the RCMUC Sanctuary
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Thursdays in the Sanctuary
5:00 pm Beginners
6:05 pm Advanced
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All are welcome. The monthly gathering is typically held in Gordon Hall on the 2nd Friday of each month. The next RCMUC meeting is booked at
1:00 PM on Fri Feb 14 2020.
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CYAN: Canmore Young Adult Network
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Young Adult Events, Coming soon...
- YOGA Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Spring Creek Opera House
- Monthly Pasta Night at RCMUC Gordon Hall - third Tuesday of the month from 6-7:30 PM - next event Tue Feb 18 2020
- Monthly Board Games Night at Good Earth - first Tuesday of the month from 6-8 PM - next event Tue Mar 3 2020
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A
s part of our efforts to be a more broadly inclusive Community of Faith, we need to know about special events happening in and around the Bow Valley. Many thanks to Robin Slater for offering "Robin's Web" as a feature in our Newsletter!!
ROBIN'S WEB
CONNECTING DIVERSITY
January 12 - March 22, 2020
Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery Anne Frank - A History for Today. The travelling exhibition “Anne Frank - A History for Today” tells the story of Anne Frank set against the background of the Holocaust. It makes use of images from the Frank family and quotations from the Diary of Anne Frank. Each panel displays information about the most important developments of that time: the rise of National Socialism, the Second World War and the persecution of the Jews. This is a travelling exhibition from the Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
THIS IS GREAT!!!
January 28 - February 22, 2020
The Louder We Get Theatre Calgary. A new musical documenting the 2002 story of Ontarian, Marc Hall, who was refused permission to take his boyfriend to the prom and the ensuing court battle in which he won the right to date whomever he chose. A story about coming together as a community when we are Louder Together, working for positive change.
February 8, 2020
9:30am - 12:00pm Hillhurst United in Kensington How Am I Like God? with Michelle Voss Roberts, principal of Emmanuel College. Christians affirm that all human beings are “created in the image of God” (Genesis 1:26-27). How can this change how we view one another, in all of our embodied and cultural diversity; What does this mean in the world we live in? How can this change how we view one another, in all of our embodied and cultural diversity; What does this mean in the world we live in?"
February 10, 2020
7pm Canmore Library Marcello Di Cintio Pay No Heed to The Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense. An examination of the Palestinian experience thru a lens of politics and literature. See post below or
click here.
February 19, 2020
7pm Canmore Library Harriet The film about Harriet Tubman’s life, as a slave and an emancipator, leading hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.
February 20, 2020
12:00pm Beth Tzedec 1325 Glenmore Trail S.W. Calgary, Cantor Russ Jayne: My Spiritual Story Cantor Russ will share aspects of his personal spiritual journey which lead him from Roman Catholicism to Judaism, into the Cantorate and, most recently, into rabbinical studies all while inspiring congregants to embrace their uniqueness and diversity.
February 26, 2020
7:00 - 9:00 pm St. Mary's University 14500 Bannister Rd. SE Dr. Leroy Little Bear JD, DAS (hon), LLD (hon), recipient Order of Canada, Kainai Nation, Blackfoot Confederacy. Part of St Mary’s Inspiring Conversation series. The conversation will focus on Indigenous Science, Blackfoot Philosophy, and the history of the land, followed by a Q&A. Check this out, what
reconciliation
looks like:
https://glenbow.blog/the-blackfoot-language-revival/
Something a bit different:
Stoney Nakoda language scholar Trent Fox, of Morley, has featured 12 Indigenous core values with traditional land photos in his just-published set of three posters. Trent is only a few months away from completing his PhD at the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education specializing in: “Preserving a Language, Preserving a Culture”. The images are stunning, the words full of wisdom and grace. For copies of posters, contact Trent: trentspiritfox@gmail.com
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COMMUNITY FOOD & FRIENDS
Dessert-Makers
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Volunteer Dessert-Makers will make desserts in RCMUC Gordon Hall the 1st Sunday of EVERY month from 1:30-3:30 PM.
The next baking bee will be
Sun Mar 1 from 1:30-3:30 PM!
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To volunteer, contact Faye Forbes-Anderson
by email fayefa@shaw.com
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A Community Dinner EVERY MONDAY at
St. Michael's Anglican Church, 709-7th St
Volunteers from Our Lady of the Rockies Catholic Church have partnered with our Ralph Connor Memorial United Church team.
The next RCMUC turn will be Monday, March 9, 2020.
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To volunteer, contact Judy Vincent
(home) 403-678-6440 or (cell) 403-493-0408
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HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED AS A SUNDAY HELPER?
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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.
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Ralph Connor Memorial United Church
617 Main Street, Canmore, Alberta, T1W 2G2
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