Monthly Archives: October 2010
Prayers of the people | October 10
H eavenly Father, we pray for your holy catholic church. Govern us by your Holy Spirit so that we may live in truth, faith & righteousness for your name’s sake. We pray for your Chosen People of Israel and for
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Finding Wisdom in the Desert
“From Desert Christians to Mountain Refugees: Fierce Landscapes and Counter-Cultural Spirituality” W e wanted to send out the word on an upcoming series of lectures by the writer and theologian Belden Lane, taking place October 19 and 20 at the Canadian
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El Shaddai Church in Haiti: among the first to rebuild!
This is an update on the work in Haiti which we’ve supported… Please note: A display of the work of EMAS in Haiti, along with a sale of Haitian Painted Metal Art Work is slated for Saturday November 13 from 10
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Music with a serious saint ben's connection…
A week or two back, CBC Radio Manitoba sent out word of something they were calling the “Manitoba Covers Project.” The idea was to take various Manitoba artists into the studio, to record covers of songs by other Manitobans. On
A hope sung through clenched teeth
a sermon on Lamentations 1:1-3, 3:19-26 and Luke 17:1-5 I t is only once in our three-year cycle that the lectionary takes us into the Book of Lamentations, maybe because it is one of most painful books in the entire scriptural tradition.
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Prayers of the People | October 3
As a gathered community of believers of the risen Christ we bring our prayers, fears and troubles having confidence and faith that what we bear is carried by the one who carries us. Tomorrow St Francis is remembered, his prayer
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Theology in the Dark: "The Wrestler"
F or the first session in our occasional series, Theology in the Dark, we’re going to be joining with the English and Film Department at Booth University College to present a screening of Darren Aronofsky’s 2008 film, The Wrestler, starring
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Seek the welfare of the city
A note from Jamie Howison: Every year when we come to the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend, I stand in the midst of all of the autumn harvest decorations that our host congregation of All Saints’ has placed out, and steadfastly