It’s coming! This Sunday, December 14th, right after our morning gathering (no upstairs service, and downstairs the kid’s will be sharing) we will party with our Vineyard community Christmas celebration. Make sure you plan to join us for food and togetherness. It’s a great time to enjoy a hot lunch together, and get to know some new people. Both the main gathering area and Flatlanders Studio (3rd floor) will be set up directly after the service. The Studio will be set up specifically for those with children. Join us!
Events
Men’s Lake Getaway
Have Fun ~ Hang Out ~ Be Encouraged
Sept 12 – 14, 2014 @ Lake of the Woods
What & Why?
Let’s Have Fun:
Let’s get together and enjoy this beautiful spot of creation and each other’s company. Swimming, boating, canoeing, golfing, hiking, camp-fires, late night games & snacks, cannon-balls off the dock into the refreshing waters of Clearwater Bay – there are loads of fun activities we can do together. Plus we’ll have amazing food served up by our talented WCV chefs.
Let’s Hang Out and Be Encouraged:
In the midst of having fun together, we’ll get to know each other better. While the whole weekend will be pretty informal, there will be a few times of worship and prayer plus we’ll have the chance to hear a few WCV guys share thoughts that will encourage and inspire us on the topic of experiencing God.
When & Where?
Sept 12 – 14. Starts Friday at 7:30pm. Ends Sunday at noon.
Rademaker Cabins on Lindsay Rd, Clearwater Bay, Ontario. 20 minutes east of the Ontario border, just 2km east of Clearwater Bay. Right on Lindsay Rd – drive straight in to fire road 5 or 6.
Register:
Cost $50 (partial subsidy available if needed)
Bring sleeping bag, bedding, tent if required. We have limited inside beds (first come basis) but lots of decks for tenting or mats!
Payment with registration: Please include cash or cheque to the church office or Cornelius Martens (payable to “Winnipeg Centre Vineyard”).
Celebration Sunday
Four times a year we set aside the whole Sunday morning to worship together. One goal, one purpose – to simply gather and worship God together. This coming Sunday is one of those times. We want to explore being with God, together. It’s one thing to worship on your own, but its a whole other deal to do it in community, with no agenda other than to give God glory. Something good happens when we re-orient ourselves towards him and his purposes. Sometimes this takes awhile. Sometimes we need to sit and be still for a long time. Sometimes we need a whole Sunday morning to begin to see God again. When we open ourselves up to his loving initiative, we are changed. When we see him, we can see ourselves and our world in new ways.
We always celebrate communion right in the middle of the morning together. We also tend to have various stations that are designed to facilitate meeting with God in a variety of ways.
They are always great mornings and this one will be no different – but you never quite know what God has in store for us… Come expecting to meet with him!
SOJ/IJM Film Screening
Yesterday our Vineyard School of Justice – in collaboration with International Justice Mission Canada (IJM), Global Wonders, and Mennonite Central Committee – hosted a special evening on the subject of modern day slavery. We screened two short films (one of which was IJM’s latest documentary “At the End of Slavery“), had presentations by Angie Redecopp (Director of Development at IJM Canada) and a spokeswoman from Global Wonders (who sell jewelry made by woman rescued from sex trafficking in Nepal), and had display tables where attendees could purchase Global Wonders jewelry and obtain resources from all three organizations. It was a wonderful night with around 45 people in attendance. We’re looking forward to collaborating with other organizations who are doing justice and having other events like this in the future. Thank you to everyone who attended!
View more photos of the event on our SOJ Facebook page.