Calgary Inter-Mennonite Church

June 2025

May 26, 2025 11:31 am Comments Off on June 2025

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 – We conclude the series, “Nurtured by Nature”.

May 2025

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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.

April 2025

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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

March 2025

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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”.

February 2025

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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.

January 2025

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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

December 2024

November 26, 2024 11:16 am Comments Off on December 2024

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.

November 2024

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November 3 – Join us for our final Sunday in our Immigration Series. Today Karen Neufeld will share stories and music around the theme of migration.

November 10 – Peace Sunday. Abe Janzen, past director of MCC Alberta and current Interim Regional Representative on the Canadian Food Grains bank, will speak to us.

November 17 – Restorative Justice Sunday. We look forward to welcoming Darryl Heidebrecht from MCC as guest speaker.

November 24 – Eternity Sunday. This Sunday we will remember those we have lost in the past year and beyond.

October 2024

October 3, 2024 10:44 am Comments Off on October 2024

Welcome to Fall! We continue our series on Immigration

October 6 – We look forward to hearing from Kelly Ernst of End of the Rainbow Foundation and the Centre for Newcomers.

October 13 – We will gather for a Thanksgiving Breakfast and service of Gratitude.

October 20 – We will welcome guest speakers, Jerry and Kara Buhler, who will speak about their time at Bethlehem Bible College, and reflect on the current situation in the Middle East.

October 27 – Please join us for a Family Friendly “Halloween Helping Elves” Work Bee. We plan to sew and fill School Kits for MCC Alberta. Donations for purchasing school supplies will be collected through the month of October.

September 2024

August 27, 2024 2:16 pm Comments Off on September 2024

As the summer comes to a close, we look forward to many fall traditions and opportunities to gather and celebrate together. September 1st CIM will be marching in the 2024 Pride Parade, together with the Citywide Interfaith group. Come and march with us, or watch the parade with your family and friends.

Our annual CIM Retreat takes place from September 6-8th, at Camp Valaqua. We will have a workshop on Saturday morning, learning about challenges and concerns faced by the transgender community in Alberta, and particularly transgender youth.

On September 15th, CIM will have our annual “Welcome Back” service. This is a chance to connect with those who have been away, to share memories and to enjoy a potluck lunch together after the service.

We are excited to begin a series on “Immigration and Refugees” on September 22. We will hear from a variety of speakers, from within our congregation and from experts in the field, about the challenges facing immigrants and refugees in Alberta and Canada.

On September 29th we continue our series on Immigration and Refugees.