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September 6: Happy Pride! Join us by marching or watching the parade together.
September 11-13: Annual Fall Retreat at Camp Valaqua.
September 20: Welcome Back Sunday! Potluck to follow the service.
September 27: After 50 years…who are we now? Leading up to our 50th Anniversary Celebration, Lauren Harms will share her reflections.
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June 7: Sunday Morning Café from 10am-12pm. There will be no formal service.
My Environment Story is a series that will give us a window into individuals experiences and expertise when it comes to climate change and the environment.
June 14: Joyce Doran from Mennonite Central Committee Alberta will share her stories of the fashion industry and its enviromental impacts.
June 21: Liesel Retzlaff will share her environment story.
June 28: Walter Hossli will be sharing a talk entitled Climate Distress: How to cope.
July 5: Join us for a stampede breakfast from 10am – 12pm.
CIM Works will take us through the stories of individuals in our community and where they’ve gathered wisdom in their careers and working life.
July 12: Justine Doerksen will tell her stories being a nurse.
July 19: Jody Neumann-Koop will share her stories of teaching young children and families.
July 26: We will meet at the Bird Sanctuary and enjoy the outdoors. Bring a picnic lunch and be prepared for the weather!
August 2: No service today. Enjoy the long weekend everyone!
August 9: Andrea Neumann will share about her career as a musician.
August 16: Our Annual Garden service in the Hossli backyard with a potluck lunch to follow.
August 23: Jason Ho will share about his career in software development.
August 30: Riki Entz will share about their career in creating inclusive spaces.
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January 4: Sunday Morning Café from 10am-12pm and a Christmas decoration clean-up.
We will be starting a series where folks share about the wisdom and lessons they have gathered from their careers and working life.
January 11: Dan Boucher will share in our Careers series.
January 18: Ken Doerksen will share in our Careers series.
January 25: Annual Celebration of Community.
February 1: Sunday Morning Café from 10am-12pm
February 8: Bill Neumann will share in our Careers series.
February 15: Byron Koop will share in our Careers series.
February 22: First Sunday of Lent and the introduction to our Climate & Faith series.
March 1: Lent #2 – Sunday Morning Café from 10am-12pm. We’ll be brainstorming ways we can contribute to climate action. Bring your ideas and experiences.
March 8: Lent #3 – We’ll create time to understand our experiences of Climate Grief.
March 15: Lent #4 – Jonas Cornelsen will share his reflections on the climate crisis.
March 22: Lent #5 – Kate Warkentin will lead us in workshopping our climate stories.
March 29: Lent #6 – Cassidy Braun will lead us in a service focusing on an Acknowledgement of Time.
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April 5: Easter celebration! Breakfast at 9:30am and service to follow.
This spring we are going to launch our 50th Anniversary Celebrations with a series entitled Journeying Toward Welcome where we’ll hear and share stories of our church’s evolution! Each Sunday morning we will hear stories from another decade of CIM’s life.
April 12: 50th Anniversary Storytelling Launch.
April 19: 1976-1985 – Stories from the first 10 years of CIM.
April 26: Stories from 1986-1996.
May 3: The first Sunday of every month is a Sunday Morning Café from 10am-12pm. There will be no formal service.
May 10: Stories from 1996-2006.
May 17: Stories from 2006-2016.
May 24: Ranch Sunday. There will be no service at the church.
May 31: Stories from the most recent decade (2016-2026).
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November 2: Sunday Morning Café from 10am-12pm.
November 9: Ken Goossen will be our guest speaker on Peace Sunday.
November 16: Kate Warkentin will share about her work in Nepal while she was participating in MCC’s SALT program this past year.
November 23: Eternity Sunday led by Lauren Harms. A gathering at the church year’s end in remembrance of those who have died.
Our Advent and Christmas season is entitled Heaven’s Earthly Life: Wendell Berry and the Poetry of Advent.
November 30: First Sunday of Advent we reflect on the theme of Hope.
December 7: Sunday Morning Café from 10am-12pm. The Second Sunday of Advent we reflect on the theme of Peace.
December 14: Third Sunday of Advent we reflect on the theme of Joy.
December 14 at 4:30pm: Christmas Celebration with a potluck meal to follow.
December 21: Fourth Sunday of Advent we reflect on the theme of Love.
December 24: Christmas Eve service at 4pm.
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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.