sunday november 7th

hi there!

my October wanderings are over! I had a good time racking up the Aeroplan miles.
after last sunday’s costumed messymerge,complete with cookie making & pumpkin decorating, we resume reading ‘The Good & Beautiful God’ together. you can read the Introduction, Chapter 1, and a few pages of Chapter 2 at the link.

we are going to be focusing on the chapter, “God is good”, which brings up lots of conflicting ideas about suffering etc. so, read the chapter, do the soul training, and come along this sunday ready to share your experience and to learn from one another. don’t forget to try to learn the first four verses of Colossians 2, yes, by heart!

don’t worry if you haven’t been reading the chapters, come anyway!!!

Sunday 31 October 2010 MESSYMERGE!

A COSTUME Messymerge will be taking place at the Undercroft between 4 and 6. Potluck as usual and fun crafts and songs! Kids and big people alike very welcome to dress up! See you there!

sunday october 24th

GBG Chapter 1: What are you seeking?

In preparation for this sunday’s gathering, read the Introduction, How to get the most out of this book, and most of Chapter one, here.

a bunch of us are reading this together, there are some more copies available for those who want them.

there will be bread & soup gather at 5.00pm at the Undercroft.

see you there!

sunday october 17th

the emerge community it’s about to try and do what it has never been able to do before! read a “The Good and Beautiful God” and discuss it as a community (or as near to one as we can get!) hopefully be our focus of our sunday gatherings for the rest of the year with the exception of messymerge sundays and Christmas/New Year. we are asking each other to read a chapter, do the “soul training” exercise, and come to the sunday gathering ready to share your experience. in this way we hope to grow as followers of Jesus at a time when it is not fashionable to be one.

the sunday gatherings will feature bread & soup as usual, after which we will focus on our experience with the chapter for the previous week. so for this sunday, please read the Introduction and Chapter One. if you need a copy, I have some, they are $16.86 each. you need to be quick, I leave for Calgary Thursday evening, but I’ll do my best to get one to you before I go. I’ll also make sure there are some at the Undercroft on sunday for those who are not able to contact me before I leave.

sunday october 10th

this sunday sees us gather in preparation for our reading of the book “The good and beautiful God”. the plan is to read a chapter by ourselves, and then on sundays come together to discuss our experience of reading the chapter and of doing the soul training exercise. I’ll have copies of the book for you to buy, and we’ll also have some thanksgiving appropriate food!

see you at 5.00 pm in the Undercroft!

sunday october 3rd

last sunday we had an exceptional messymerge with members of curieux plus visitors.

this week the idea is to join with other Christians in a tri-lingual celebration called Christ Awakening. that means there will be no gathering at the Undercroft this week. Christ Awakening runs 1.30-5.00pm on Sunday, in Lasalle. if you need a ride, meet at 1.00pm sharp at the Undercroft and we’ll give you a ride, alternatively make your own way by bus and metro. either way, if you intend to go you must email me your name so I can put you on the guest list, otherwise you may not get in!

I think this is going to be good, and joining with other Christians in a multi-lingual celebration sounds like fun to me. BTW I am playing in the band for this event!

sunday september 26th

This Sunday, we’re meeting with Curieux at 4pm at the Undercroft for another Messymerge evening entirely devoted to kids! This time, We’re gonna explore Jesus’ story of the lost sheep (it might be a bit nostalgic for the parents…) As usual, there will be craft stations and activities related to the story and some songs. For supper, there will be some corn on the cob, but we ask you to bring some side dishes or drink to go with it.

A reminder that Messymerge is open to everybody, so even if you don’t have kids, please come!

See you Sunday!

Ce dimanche, on rejoint le groupe Curieux ? 16h00 ? l’Undercroft pour une autre soir?e Messymerge enti?rement d?di?e aux enfants! Cette fois, nous explorerons l’histoire de la brebis perdue et retrouv?e (?a risque d’?tre nostalgique pour les parents!) Comme d’habitude, il y aura des activit?s bricolages en lien avec l’histoire et quelques chansons ? la guitare pour les petits et les petites. Pour le souper, il y aura du bl? d’inde de fourni, mais on demande quand m?me aux gens d’apporter des plats ou des breuvages pour compl?ter.

Je vous rappelle que tout le monde est invit? ? Messymerge, alors m?me si vous n’avez pas d’enfants, venez faire un tour quand m?me.

? dimanche!

sunday september 19th

photos by Julia Smith Brake

“paraclete”
this summer emerger Julia Smith Brake spent a week in Haiti as part of the Quebec response to the large scale disruption caused by the January earthquake. she is going to give us a taste of her experience, in words, pictures, music & food!

5-7 pm the Undercroft.

thursday september 23rd
guerilla bible study 6.30-8.30pm the Undercroft.

sunday september 12th

lost is not just the name of one of the most popular television series of the last six years, it’s also the experience of having lost something that Jesus talks about in two of his best known stories.

what’s it like to find something important you have lost?

what have you lost then found recently?

this sunday we’ll gather in the Undercroft at 5.00 pm. there will be soup to eat, music, talk, prayer, and plenty of time to catch up after the summer! hope to see you there!

sunday september 5th

seems like there is never enough time to pray. so we thought we’d make prayer the major focus of this sunday’s gathering. praying that is, not simply talking about praying. to help us do that we are going to use five headings-

thanks
mercy
peace
healing
justice

and we’re asking people to bring something that symbolises one of those headings. then we’re going to pray, on our own, together, silently, out loud, in writing, in fact any way you want!

5.00pm at the Undercroft.please bring something to eat and to share!

see you then.