The plan is to work together with the Victory Foundation to serve the community of Ogden, right here in Calgary. We will be co-leading a church service with Victory’s team, and then hosting a community BBQ in their parking lot. So don’t think for one moment that this Sunday will be a ‘day off’…we need you to come and be the church! There will be lots of opportunities for you to help out, from cooking to playing games with kids to sharing with Ogden community members who come to participate in the festivities. It’ll be a real missions trip, and without the long, uncomfortable plane ride!

*please note: care for babies, toddlers, and kiddos will not be provided, so please plan accordingly*

Here are the deets you need to know:

Date: Sunday, June 12

Time: 10:30am – 2:00pm (10:30am church service; 12:30pm BBQ)

Location: Victory Foundation - 7012 Ogden Road Southeast (be sure to use the ‘Get Directions’ function on Google Maps as this is a tricky location to find…)

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Churches in Calgary are uniting together to present AWAKENING, a one day event designed to reach young adults all across Calgary in effort to AWAKEN this city to the reality of Jesus Christ. Come and join us for inspiring message and powerful worship at the Enmax Stage in Princes’s Island Park this Saturday, May 28th from 12-6 pm. Speakers include Steve Osmond, Dr. Henry Schorr, Sam Picken and James Murray. The cost to attend is FREE!

For more information visit www.facebook.com/awakeningPI

Hope to see you there!

CLF is a national association of Christian legal professionals, law students and interested friends who recognize the responsibility of integrating Christian faith and law. Since 1978, CLF has built a steadily stronger voice for justice and religious freedom through an equipped, unified and mobilized membership. If you are a law/pre-law student or are interested in law, you can feel free to register & join them for the whole conference. Contact Janice at janice.j.wong@hotmail.com for more info.

In addition to joining us for our Sunday morning celebration, CLF members are looking for places to stay while they are in town. If you have a spare bed, couch, or space on your floor, and are willing to billet a CLF member from Feb. 24 – 27, let us know by filling out the form below. Please note that participants will need to travel to and from the UofC each day for their conference, so it would be ideal for you to live near public transportation, or are willing to drive them.

*thumbnail photo courtesy of Flickr user Brian Turner. “My Trusty Gavel.” 17 Feb 2009. Online image. Flickr. 12 Jan 2011.

We want to advance this Kingdom by facilitating reconciliation and peace. We want to expand it by passing on the faith, hope and love that come from Jesus. In His Kingdom, the least are the greatest and the last are the first. So we are beginning with the poor and the least, the vulnerable of our society. We’re letting Him change our thinking and we’re joining the revolution that He began. We’re willing to spend our lives with those He would, doing the things He would, in the way He would.

How?

Because this is new to all of us, we are learning what the needs are in Montreal by joining with other followers who have friends amongst the poor and homeless. We have been asking them how we can help.

For now, we know that there are people who need help keeping warm during winter, so we are collecting winter clothing that we will give out in the harsher months of January and February. We also know that most people feel lonely, depressed and unworthy as a result of their condition, so we want to invite them into a the warmth of a Laundromat and chat with them over a cup of hot chocolate while their clothes get cleaned and we cut their hair and do their nails and toenails.

We don’t have a plan detailed out, we are just following Jesus. Thank you for joining us in this discovery. Your contributions will go towards the needs of the vulnerable of the Montreal society. They will not go towards a redundant, self-serving project but to a relevant, un-explored and love-driven mission.

If you wish to connect with us, you can email AngelicaNovoa@hotmail.com.

Montreal Hope -The Living Room church in Montreal is joining with other followers who have friends amongst the poor and homeless to practically serve the less fortunate in their city. Click here to find out how you can help!

Victory Foundation (http://www.victoryfoundation.ca/) – The Victory Foundation is committed to Calgary’s working poor, citizens on fixed incomes, and people who live on the city’s margins. Their goal is to put up a ‘fence’ in order to keep people from falling into the ‘ditch’ of homelessness.

The Mustard Seed’s “Home in a Bag” – plenty of the guests that stay at the Mustard Seed carry all of their belongings in one bag.  Many of these bags are in bad condition.  Click here to find out how you can participate in this year’s “Home in a Bag” program!

Ratanak Foundation (http://www.ratanak.org/) - The goal of the Ratanak Foundation is simple: To help the Cambodian people rebuild their country and in so doing show them the love of Jesus Christ in a tangible way. They seek out the very best agencies to work with – agencies that truly love and understand the people.

HOPEthiopia (http://www.hopethiopia.com/) – HOPEthiopia is all about bringing hope and restoration to the orphaned children and homeless retired pastors of Ethiopia.

Sponsor a Family in Need – details to come

UChurch joined with our sister church and campus ministry in Vancouver to help plant a campus ministry at Concordia University in Montreal. The team was involved in various outreaches, sharing the gospel with students on campus. We now have a thriving campus church that meets in the campus bar (after bleaching the floor!) every Sunday evening.

A team of University students from the UofC spent a week at the University of Toronto praying for the campus and sharing the love and truth of the gospel with students. This trip laid the initial groundwork for what is now a thriving young church in Toronto.