For my birthday last year, Jennifer (my wife) bought me a lovely edition of the 1954 volume called “Lives of Saints.” One of my favourite accounts is of St.Perpetua, a twenty-two-year-old who was martyred for her faith in the year 203. Perpetua was married and had an infant; she was one of five catechumens (those […]
Diversity is Great but has Some Challenges We live in a time of immense diversity. Every subject imaginable has a myriad of opposing viewpoints – from politics, economics and science, to arts, religion, sports and more. As if that weren’t enough, adherents to virtually any opinion can find facts and figures to back up their
The first Writer’s Circle happened last Friday. A lot of great material was shared. Here are two modern day psalms that Brent shared. If you were to write and pray your own psalm to the Lord, what would you say? The next Writer’s Circle is November 24th. A Lament The hand of the Lord is
In the Vineyard elders function as overseers who tend to the spiritual health and vision of the community. At this juncture we’d like to add to our current Elder team and your input and prayer is critical. There are two kinds of elders in Winnipeg Centre Vineyard – Pastoral Elders and Lay Elders. The Lay
Flatlanders Studio is proud to present Woven Together: The Art of Textiles, by Naila Janzen and Johanna Giebrecht. Woven Together is a celebration of art that can be found in everyday lives; from the items that are daily utilized to the relationships forged. We find ourselves in a society that has devalued traditional crafts. We
Hey parents of kids Grades 1-12! We’d like to catch you up with what we have been doing in Elementary kids church and to prepare you for the break as we launch into our Gifts4God season. You literally can “catch up” as we break until the regular program resumes on Jan 14th. We’d like to
We’re quickly coming up to the last Outer Circle gathering of 2017 on October 28. If you’re in the OC this year, we trust your Triads have been meeting, sharing, supporting and praying for each other. This is, after all, the whole point of the Outer Circle process – relationship and growth. If there is
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During Sunday mornings, parents are missing part of worship because of the line-up at the KidCheck computers. You might be one of them! If you have a smart phone, we want you to make the line-up shorter by following the instructions. If you don’t have one of those phones, be glad that people are doing
As subcategory of worship, the arts is a Core Practice in our church. We can see this creativity in the artwork hanging on our walls, the ribbons and flags waving during our worship times together, the dancers, the painters, the poetic words shared in our services and in our songs, and more. These creative expressions
We are hosting a party in our parking lot again this year! Saturday, Sept 30, 6pm – 9:30pm. BBQ, musicians, arts and crafts, and artists working on a live collaborative graffiti piece – all at 782 Main St Parking Lot. It’s the culmination of the Wall-to-Wall festival that has seen five new contemporary street
The Upstairs Gathering rebooted this past week. Until Advent it will be in a season of experimenting with a more liturgical flavour. In the past few years there has been quite a bit of community jam for exploring the gifts of the contemplative life – good things have been happening. The Men’s retreat and the
Parents, we are so excited as we launch into Imaginative Prayer with the Grade 1-7 this fall and winter! Jared Patrick Boyd is the author. Jared was my spiritual direction teacher in my first year at the School of Spiritual Direction. He is a pastor and a father to four children. His heart is amazing
