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October 5: Sunday Morning Café from 10am-12pm.
October 12: Thanksgiving Sunday led by Lauren Harms. We will share our gratitude and participate in communion together.
October 19: Sharon Nickel will conclude our series on Death & Dying.
October 26: Halloween Celebration! Come dressed in your costumes!
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August 31: We will march together in the Pride Parade under our banner “Mennonites for Human Rights.”
September 5-7: Annual Fall Retreat at Camp Valaqua. Please email church@cimchurch.org if you are interested in joining us. We’ll send you the registration info. Registration closes on September 1.
September 14: Welcome Back Sunday, led by Jody and sharing from Kate about her time participating in MCC’s SALT program in Nepal.
This fall the worship committee has planned a thoughtful series on death and dying.
September 21: Werner Becker will give us an update and thoughts on the process of Medical Assistance in Dying in Alberta.
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July 6 – Stampede Breakfast – from 10am-12pm. Dress up and join us for breakfast and live music!
CIM Goes to the Movies: Lou Keresztes & Linda Shantz-Keresztes are planning our summer series where we’ll share about films that have impacted us!
July 13: CIM Goes to the Movies kicks off with Adam Keresztes sharing his love of film.
July 20: Our annual Garden Service will be hosted in the Hossli backyard.
July 27: CIM Goes to the Movies continues.
August 3: No service today!
August 10: CIM Goes to the Movies continues.
August 17: CIM Goes to the Movies continues.
August 24: Our last installment of CIM Goes to the Movies for the summer!
August 31: Come march with us in the Calgary Pride Parade! Contact church@cimchurch.org for details.
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We are excited to welcome back Lauren Harms, in her role of Community Care Pastor!
Sunday June 1 – Join us for a Morning Café from 10 am – 12 pm
Sunday June 8 – Lauren Harms and Sharon Nickel will introduce our new series, “Nurtured by Nature”, followed by a congregational meeting.
Sunday June 15 – We continue our series, “Nurtured by Nature”.
Following the service we will celebrate our newest member with a baby shower.
Sunday June 22 – Lauren Harms will lead the service in the third part of our series, “Nurtured by Nature”.
Sunday June 29 – Jody Neumann-Koop will conclude our series, “Nurtured by Nature”.
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May 4 – Please join us as we welcome Ryan Siemens from Mennonite Central Committee Alberta, to talk about their work in the world.
May 11 – We will be joined by Jon Olfert from Camp Valaqua.
May 18 – The Peace and Social Justice Committee is hosting our guest speaker, Jerry Buhler.
May 25 – We will gather for our annual Ranch Sunday. Please get in touch for details if you’d like to join us.
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April 6 – Please join us for a Sunday Morning Café and discussion on “Casting Light” based on the Xtra Explains Trans Youth videos
April 13 – Palm Sunday – Join us for a service of gratitude and praise through art, inspired by Vincent Van Gogh
April 20 – Easter Sunday – We continue our series on “Lengthening Light” with Linda Shantz-Keresztes and Brenda Dyck. You are invited to join us at 9:30 am for an Easter Breakfast before the service.
April 27 – Please join us for a Sunday Morning Café
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March 2nd – Please join us for a Sunday Morning Café at 10 am. We will enjoy some social time with refreshments, and then gather in the sanctuary to watch the Documentary: Stranger at the Gate. This is the final service in our series on “Difficult Conversations”. The video will play at 10:30 am.
March 9th – This is the first Sunday of Lent. We will begin a series, “Lengthening Light”, reflecting on the many meanings of the word light, through scripture, and the paintings and writings of Van Gogh.
March 16 – The Second Sunday of Lent. We continue our series “Lengthening Light”.
March 23 – The Third Sunday of Lent and “Lengthening Light”.
March 30 – The Fourth Sunday of Lent and “Lengthening Light”.
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February 2 – Join us for a Sunday morning café from 10 am- 12 pm
February 9 – We begin a series on “Difficult Conversations”.
February 16 – We continue our series, “Difficult Conversations” with a focus on the importance of vocabulary.
February 23 – Our series, “Difficult Conversations” continues, and we look at the skills and attitudes of effective listening.
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January 5 – Epiphany Sunday – Our service will be led by Brenda Dyck and Linda Shantz-Keresztes. Happy New Year!
January 12 – We will begin a series on the 500th Anniversary of Anabaptism
January 19 – We will continue our series on 500 years of Anabaptism
January 26 – This Sunday we will hold our annual Celebration of Community and wrap up our series on Anabaptism
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December 1st – Join us today for the First Advent with the theme, Starry Nights. We will light a candle for Hope, and celebrate by crafting stars, and decorating our Sanctuary for the season. We will also host our CIM Cafe. The morning’s activities will begin at 10 am.
December 8th – In the second Advent we light a candle for Peace. We will continue our theme of Starry Nights with our service starting at the usual time of 10:30 am.
December 15 – This Sunday we light a candle for Joy, and celebrate the third Advent in our Starry Nights series.
December 22 – In the fourth Advent we light a candle for Love and continue our theme of Starry Nights.
December 24 – We will celebrate Christmas Eve with a candlelight service of carols and readings. Please join us for the service at 4:30 pm.
December 29 – There will be no service this Sunday. Happy New Year! See you on January 5th.