|
|
| Main Page Who We Are Current News Contact & Connect Worship & Music Spirituality Youth Children Community Care Future Plans Links |
Current NewsOn the Move for the Week of January 17
|
Beginner |
Intermediate |
Senior |
|
| Jan. 17 | Emily & Geoff Krause |
Karly Astley |
|
| Jan. 24 | The Sophers
|
Jeff Davidson
|
Barbara Morris |
A Special Way to Give Thanks - Every Sunday various people in the congregation choose to give the flowers at the altar tobeautify our worshipandwhich become gifts given to visitors or to those who are shut-inor in hospital. The 2009 "Flower Calendar" is now posted on the book-trolley door where you can 'sign-up' for a Sunday. Flowersare sometimes given in thanksgiving for blessings received and sometimes in memory of particular loved ones. The cost of theflowersis $40 and cheques made out to St. Martin's also need to identify that it is for altar flowers. Many thanks.
Email Addresses
Rev. Christine Conkin christine.stmartins@telus.net
Kate Newburn kate.stmartins@telus.net
General mailbox stmartins@telus.net
Other Events______________________
The Wisdom Centre, an outreach program of St. Laurence Anglican Church, is partnering again with Trinity Institute for their tele-conference, Building an Ethical Economy: Theology in the Marketplace.
When: Friday, January 29 (9am – 4:30 pm) and Saturday, January 30 (9am – 3pm)
Where: St. Laurence Anglican Church, 5940 Lakeview Drive SW
KAIROS Calgary is preparing a day that will be of interest to many. This will take the form of a public, constructive dialogue on the environmental, economic and ethical issues concerning oil production and the Alberta oil sands. This February 6th, 2010 public debate will feature, among others, Andrew Nikiforuk (a widely published author and sought after speaker on the issue) and Don Thompson (The Oil Sands Developers Group) who will present the concerns of both sides, in the hope of generating a wider public dialogue. The aim of such a consensus-seeking approach is to find mutually satisfying solutions to issues that threaten our health and the health of our children, on the one hand, and the financial and economic well-being of our society, on the other. The aim is to discover a truth that we can all live by, addressing existing problems in mutual respect and understanding. The venue is Our Lady of Grace church, 1714 - 14 Avenue N.E., Calgary, from 9.00 to 4.30. Lunch will be included. For more enquiries or to register please go to www.kairos-calgary.ca or email pwrdfcalgary@telus.net or contact Alison Longson. Telephone 403 243 5478
Meota Parish:
A WOMAN AND HER RELATIONSHIPS: Transforming the Way We Connect
Lessons For Faith Communities
A course prepared by Rosemary Flaaten.
Whether they are invigorating or exhausting, healthy or unhealthy, all relationships have room for improvement. But how do you do that and where do you start.
Join us as Irene Pfeiffer leads us in exploring the connection between a woman's spiritual relationship and her relationship with others.
Date: Saturday mornings beginning January 16 and continuing for seven weeks until February 27.
Time: 10:00 a.m. until 12 noon.
Place:St. George's Anglican Church Hall, 40 Main Street, Turner Valley (across from the Esso Gas Station and Turner Inn Restaurant)
Cost: $25.00 (covers cost of book and refreshments, etc.)
To register, please call (403) 933-3620 by December 15, 2009.
All are most welcome. For further information, please contact Rev. Pat Langlois at revpat@telus.net or 403-933-3620.
GETTING MARTHA OUT OF THE KITCHEN – Starting on January 20th at 7 pm, Dr. Anne Moore from the Religious Studies Department at the University of Calgary will be leading 4 challenging and fun sessions in the Cormack Hall. Please contact Richard or Helen for more information. Her four talks will explore recent discoveries on the role of women in the early church. Dr. Moore writes:
For several decades, feminist theologians and historians have ‘clawed’ their way through the centuries of ‘male-orientated’ scholarship and interpretation in an effort to recover the stories of women within the early church. This scholarship has focused on a few of the female figures found in the New Testament such as Mary Magdalene (recently known through Dan Brown’s the Da Vinci Code), the limited roles associated with celibacy such as virgins and nuns, or women’s activities within the domestic realm of the house churches. However, a recent shift in scholarship has ‘let the cat out of the bag.’ There were many more women associated with the evolution of Christianity such as Martha, Salome, Egeria, Maximilla, Drusianna, Proba and others. Further, these women were patrons, pilgrims, prophetesses, scholars, writers, presbyters, deacons and biblical interpreters. And, in terms of women’s activities within the house churches, those activities seldom included the kitchen or organizing the bake sale. If Martha of the New Testament is an example, the women were mission organizers and evangelists; they women were in the pulpit, by the altar and in the classroom. Over the next few evenings, we will explore these new discoveries.
Sunday Mornings:
8:30am at the Chapel
3704 - 37th St. SW (MAP)
A quiet service of Holy Communion
Book of Common Prayer
10:00am at Calgary
Academy (MAP)
17th Ave & 93rd St. SW
Holy Communion & Sermon
with Contemporary Music and Youth program,
Nursery and Church School
Sunday Evening Contemplative Service
(last Sunday of the month with St. Laurence)
5:00pm at St. Laurence, Lakeview
5940 Lakeview Dr. S.W. (MAP)
A contemplative-style Eucharist with one reading, a brief reflection, candle-light, some recorded chant, silence for prayer
Mid-Week:
"Wonderful Thursdays"
10:00am at the Chapel
3704 - 37th St. S.W. (MAP)
Holy Communion followed by great snacks and a discussion of scripture and life.
Miss a Sunday?
Know someone who's house-bound?
Get the Sermon on Tape
Call the office (403) 249-3014
We'll drop it off.
