Author: RevMarie

It's the first Sunday of the month - and that means all of us worshipping at the same service (10:30 am) and sharing coffee and goodies after!

This Sunday is extra special. We will be spending some time in interesting and important conversations. The Transition Team will present a quick update on the sale of Vimy Street and our present position with a chance for those with questions to ask them. We will have coffee, goodies and a time to visit together in the lower level afterwards and those interested in our Outreach Activities will gather in the "Green Room" for a time of catching up.

This is a great time to get to know each other better. See you there!

It has been more than exciting to watch the construction this week. Lots of you have dropped in to help work - or just to "take a peek"! What fun this has been. Today our friend Dale Norton gave the building a test run and declared it completely accessible.

I have to say that the tradesmen who have been doing the building are real craftsmen and I have been thankful, not only for their skill but for the respect they have shown for our sacred space, and the joy they have found in doing their work. The creativity they have shown to make the architect's vision come to reality is remarkable.

So much of the work they are doing will be unseen - the mass of wires, the studding and especially the curves in the cross space will never be seen when all is complete but they are critical to the finished product. I can't help but think how much this reflects our work in God's kingdom! Much of it will always be unseen, but oh the care it requires and the beauty of lives transformed by God's love.

We are building - both a structure and lives. It is a work of joy.

Maybe you remember this song from your old Sunday School days - and how we laughed as we sang it?
We are feeling something of that joy as we watch the front of our new church home on Greenwood being altered into a new worship space. Here are a few pictures to give you an idea of how the work is progressing. You can click on them to enlarge them. Drywall boarding will begin Tuesday, and while skilled craftsmen are doing God's work with their hands as they renew the space, the church continues to be the church by serving God and our community in every way we can.

Being Disciples - Making Disciples

3 hours, 90 boxes, lots of laughter and sweat - but we are almost done!

17 days and counting:

On Tuesday, Christ Church Vimy Street was a buzz of activity ...continue reading "3 HOURS, 90 BOXES AND LOTS OF SWEAT AND LAUGHTER AND . . ."

Well friends - the countdown continues!

On this gorgeous and sunny day I was delighted to receive a lovely note from our former Rector, the Rev'd Bill Ellam. The organ which we hear each week was a gift to us from him. ...continue reading "Christ Church “On the Move!” – 44 days and counting"

CHRIST CHURCH ON GREENWOOD - We are on the move!

...continue reading "WE ARE ON THE MOVE!"

One week from now, Rob and Rev. Marie will be on their way to Tarime (with a brief stop over in Nairobi).

If you would like to know more about Tarime, Tanzania, check out the website here:

http://anglicantarime.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=409

Thanks so much for all your support ( every dollar of which goes to the Tarime projects, since the trip participants have covered their own expenses).

Please pray for God's work to be done in the trip - and for safety for all the travellers

The visible church is all the people who get together from time to time in God's name. Anybody can find out who they are by going to church to look.

The invisible church is all the people God uses for his hands and feet in this world. Nobody can find out who they are except God.

Think of them as two circles. The optimist says they are concentric. The cynic says they don't even touch. The realist says they occasionally overlap.

(FREDRIK BEUCHNER)

Let's live in the overlap today!

Rev. Marie

Tomorrow (June 22) we are delighted that Fran will be presenting a PowerPoint Presentation about her recent mission trip to Uganda with Sleeping Children Around the World. This will take place during both services (9 and 10:30).

In the meantime, below are two reports she sent en route ...continue reading "Report from Fran Wilson"

Diocesan Tarime Team

Rev. Marie and Rob,with a Diocesan team, will be traveling to Tanzania from July 2-17 to visit our new sister Diocese of Tarime.

You can help fill their suitcases with any of the following: ...continue reading "Announcements for June 22, 2014"