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Ralph Connor Memorial United Church Weekly
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Greetings!
We hope to
see you at Church on Sunday May 12
, 2019
CONTRIBUTING TO SUNDAY 10:00 AM WORSHIP
Greeters: Sandy McCaig, Don Snesrud
Worship Leader: Donna Smith
Communion Servers: Donna & Jim Smith, Ellen Andersen
Children's Church: Joy McMann
Fellowship/Coffee Time: Diane & Gus Campbell
Musical Director: Tanya Sullivan
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TONIGHT!!! IT'S NOT TOO LATE...
ORONTES GUITAR QUARTET
A fundraising concert in support of the Bow Valley Syria Refugee Project, an outreach project of RCMUC.
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.
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A BIG THANKS to those who helped
with Food & Friends dessert-making
this month:
Charlene Stanway
Donna Egglestone
Isabelle Ramsay
Jean Slaght
Linda Bolen
Pat Grayling
Susan Dorian
and Faye Forbes-Anderson for organizing!
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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.
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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!
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Evensong, our contemplative mid-week service. Join us each
Wednesday at 7:15 pm for this contemplative service.
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CHOIR REHEARSAL
Choir rehearsals over the coming weeks are:
Tuesday, May 14
, 7:30 P.M.
Thursday, May 23 7:30 P.M.
New members are welcome to join us!
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HEALING PATHWAY
To book a session or inquire about this gentle healing ministry p
lease contact: Sue Nichols or Vicky Connoy for an appointment.
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AFFIRM
Might Chasten Buttigieg be First Gentleman in the U.S.? Read about his story.
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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".
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Will meet next one week from now,
Friday, May 17 at 1:00 pm in Gordon Hall.
Everyone is welcome.
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CYAN - Canmore Young Adult Network
CYAN PASTA NIGHT -
Tuesday, May 21 at RCMUC
CYAN YOGA NIGHT -
Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm until May 29
at the Canmore Opera House.
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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.
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click on the image to go to the webpage
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
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BILL C-262
Twenty letters were written last Sunday! Thanks to those who took the time to write and to Mary for organizing and making it easy! If you did not get a chance, you can still write a letter...
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
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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:
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ECUMENICAL ADULT MINISTRY - Next meeting
3:00 P.M., Thursday May 15
at Origin in Spring Creek
The topic is: WISDOM vs INADEQUACY
This Adult Ministry is an ecumenical faith-based discussion group, organized by Our Lady of the Rockies parish, for maturing adults (pre, current and post retirement folk). The program is led by local Karl Wahl, a certified spiritual gerontologist.
All are Welcome.
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SPRING TEA - Friday May 24.
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CONGRATULATIONS! BOTH CONCERTS ARE SOLD OUT!!!!
Names are being accepted for the Wait Lists...
A fundraising concert for Ralph Connor Memorial United Church.
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NARAMATA CENTRE - SUMMER PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS...
July 13-20, 2019
Summer Week 3 with
Linnea Good, David Jonsson, Claire Davie and Jennifer Beavington, Lee Beavington, Philip Stephen and Young Adult Summer Leaders
August 10-17, 2019
Lift Each Voice
with Morina Edmundson, Elizabeth Paynter, Liz DiMarino, Anita Perlau, Shirley Jorgensen and Young Adult Summer Leaders
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Naramata Centre is a United Church educational centre in Naramata, BC
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July 21-27, 2019
Dawn: Bound for Emmaus - Contemporary Signs of Resurrection for a Pilgrim Church
with Herbert O'Driscoll & Richard LeSueur
July 28-Aug 3, 2019
Songs of Transformation, Reformation, and Liberation
with Paul Vasile
What do songs of the past and music of today teach us about the power of music to shape congregational life, especially how we worship? Singers of all backgrounds and skill levels are invited to experience music from a tapestry of cultures and musical traditions.
Sorrento Centre is an Anglican Educational Centre in Sorrento, BC
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