At LMC
All are invited to join in Christian Education after the Sunday service.
- Kid Zone (age 2 – grade 6) will meet in the Sanctuary Basement to discuss Your Kingdom Come: Seeking God’s Kingdom Brings Peace.
- Youth (grade 7-12) will meet in Room 109.
- Adult Education will meet in the Sanctuary to discuss Anabaptist 500: Toews & Kroeger Family Histories ad Faith Journeys.
Coffee will be available in Fellowship Hall following the service.
Please check your weekly bulletin for prayer requests and other church family news.
In the Community
All welcome to the Grow Hope Harvest event, Oct. 4. The combines roll at 10 AM, weather permitting! Find us 1 km East of the junction of highways 825 and 643 near Gibbons, AB. Free BBQ lunch on site. Visit sharetheharvest.ca/events for weather information and a location pin.
Elephant at the Border. Sunday, October 5 | 5:00pm-6:30 pm. | On Zoom
Amidst political discord and talks of annexation across the Canada-US border, what is the call of followers of Jesus to respond? MCC is hosting three webinars that will explore the power and possibility of nonviolence in light of U.S. aggression. Join a series of online workshops starting on Sunday, September 21st. Attend one or attend them all. These events are free and expand on conversations from our first series this past spring. Learn more and register here.
Camp Evergreen
Class Dismissed Days: Registration is officially OPEN for Class Dismissed Day Camps at Camp Evergreen! If a teachers’ strike or unexpected school closure happens, we’ll be here to turn those days into something awesome. For more information, click here.
Chester Ronning Centre
Crossing’s 200: Canadian Connections. The Crossings 200 anniversary gives us a chance to not only learn more about Norwegian migration to North America, but also to reflect on the worldwide processes and impacts of migration, both past and present. It is being commemorated in Norway, Canada and the United States by over 170 organizations with activities taking place throughout 2025. Please join us on October 9, 2025 at the historic Bailey Theatre in Camrose to find out more about the Canadian chapters of this migration 200 hundred years after the Restauration landed in New York. In addition to a short presentation by Ingrid Urberg, professor of Scandinavian Studies, we will also be viewing Jan Harald Tomassen’s documentary film The Journey, partially filmed in Camrose and the surrounding area. Click here for additional information.
MHSA 2025 Fall Conference is on Saturday, October 25th at 1:30pm at Foothills Mennonite Church in Calgary. Click here for additional information about the speaker and to pre-register.
MDS Canadian Celebration Banquet. Join us for an evening of dinner, entertainment, and fellowship – acknowledging the work of Alberta volunteers for MDS.
- Date: Friday, November 14
- Time: Doors open at 5:30 pm; Banquet begins at 6:00 pm
- Location: Abbeydale Christian Fellowship – 1352 Abbeydale Dr SE, Calgary
- Entertainment by Wes & Phyllis Geddert & Friends
**NO CHARGE FOR THE EVENT, BUT YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND **
Details for RSVP instructions are posted on the bulletin board in the Foyer.
Canadian Mennonite University
2025 J.J. Thiessen Lecture Series: A Sacred Way of Life: Theology as a Guide to Spirituality – CMU invites you to hear Dr. Kevin Hector from University of Chicago on October 21-22 at 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM on October 21 and at 11:00 AM on October 22 in the CMU Chapel. The lectures will explore spirituality through three forms of sacredness—transcendent value, beauty, and power— and examine how religion can play a crucial role in helping us hold these together. All lectures are free and open to all. More information and recordings at cmu.ca/jjt.
CMU Discover Day – Join us for the full day or the afternoon of October 24 to discover what it is like to be a CMU student. Tour the CMU campus, attend a sample lecture, meet professors and current students, and have lunch and treats on us! For more information and to register, visit cmu.ca/discover-days.
Join the CMU team – CMU invites inquiries and applications for a full-time Admissions Communications Coordinator position (one-year term, salaried with benefits). Visit cmu.ca/employment for details.
CommonWord Book Launch: Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees – Join us on Saturday, October 18, at 7:00 PM in Marpeck Commons for the launch of Hearts of Freedom by Peter Duschinsky, Colleen Lundy, Michael J. Molloy, Allan Moscovitch, and Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe. This book gives voice to the lives and contributions of people who have suffered the worst excesses of war between 1975 and 1997 to rebuild their lives in Canada. For more information, visit commonword.ca/ResourceView/82/
Join the volunteer team at CommonWord – CommonWord is looking for someone who loves interacting with customers and enjoys a retail and library environment. The Wednesday afternoon shift (1:00–5:00 PM) is available. Visit commonword.ca/go/volunteer for information and to apply.
ABMB
Equip 2025: The Gospel, Peacemaking, and the Kingdom. Equip 2025 (Oct 21-23; NKMB Winnipeg) is exploring what could be called the Mennonite Brethren peace position. What does our commitment to the gospel and God’s Kingdom mean for living out peacemaking in our families, churches, community, and world? There is still time to register and join this important and possibly even denomination-defining event. Register today, invite others in our family, and be part of this conversation! For all the details, see https://www.mennonitebrethren.ca/equip/