The Little White Church on Main Street, Canmore, Alberta
Join us for Evensong our “Contemplative Service” weekly on Wednesday nights, from Fall Equinox in September, to Summer Solstice in June.
Initiated in 2001, Evensong is a wonderful Wednesday evening service at Ralph Connor.
Interspersing music, silence, poetry, prose, meditation, prayer, the gifts of the Spirit are very present in this place.
If you have ever wanted to experience “contemplative worship,” come and join us from 7:15-8:00 PM on Wednesdays. (Presently on summer hiatus.)
Holy the silence holy the stillness holy the turning and returning to earth. ~ Jan L. Richardson May this story break our hearts, Our minds, and our spirits wide open, That we might hear the Spirit’s cry: “Why have you forsaken me?” ~ Bruce Sanguin Evensong Wednesday, April 17, 7:15pm Ralph Connor Memorial United Church
Draw alongside the silence of stone Until its calmness can claim you. John O’Donohue I would like to live like the river flows, Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding. John O’Donohue Evensong, April 10, 2019 Ralph Connor Memorial United Church 7:15 pm
Lent ~Week 5 The Journey Continues I have Loved you with an Everlasting Love Jeremiah 31:3 7:15pm, Ralph Connor Memorial United Church
Evensong ~ Lent IV ~ Midway through the Journey Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good ways lie; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls… Jeremiah 6:16 Gather for a “Pot Luck” style service, bringing offerings of song, word, prayer, ritual or reflection to share at the mid-point of this Lenten exploration. There was someone I loved who grew old and ill One by one I …
Read moreEvensong ~ Wednesday March 27, 7:15 ~ Ralph Connor United Church
Lent offers the gift of wilderness wandering, free of expectation. Listening … clear of mind, sharp of sight, open to wonder and to listening deeply, as if for the first time, and yes, to stumbling, perhaps often, upon all that lies upon these ancient paths, paths made new again through trust in all that is yet to unfold ….. (If you so desire, bring a mid-size rock to contribute to the cairn we shall construct over the weeks of the …
Being Light Uphold the Light that your inner light may illumine fear-filled hearts… Light comes with each new dawn. yield to the Light within; become a chalice of light for the world! Nan Merrill A “holon” is something that is simultaneously a whole by itself and yet a part of larger whole. A drop of water in the air, or a steam or the ocean, is a holon. We are all holons How is one to live a …
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139 Ancient and young, oldest bone of the planet that was just last week laid bare by the blunt sculpting of the ice: it seemed a land designed to summon mammals – haunched and shouldered, socketed. Did we even notice that the red pine sprang directly from the rock and swayed in wind like …
Asking and Living the Questions I cannot release the questions. With every step they multiply, and yet they carry wisdom of their own. God of mystery, help me, to hold the questions, lead me to live them, bless me to bless them for disturbing my path. Jan L Richardson Ralph Connor Memorial United Church 7:15pm, Wednesday, Feb. 6
And the table will be wide. And the welcome will be wide. And the arms will open wide to gather us in. And our hearts will open wide to receive. And we will come as children who trust there is enough. And we will come unhindered and free. And our aching will be met with bread. And our sorrow will be met with wine. ~ Jan L. Richardson Evensong Wednesday, January 30, 7:15pm Ralph Connor Memorial United Church
One of the lovely things a person can do for another person is to awaken the power and sacrament of their imagination, because when you awaken someone’s imagination, you are giving them a new kingdom, a new world. ~ John O’Donohue “You say God speaks to you, but it’s only your imagination.” …words spoken by the inquisitor to Joan of Arc during her trial for heresy. “How else would God speak to me, if not through my imagination?” Joan replied. …
Read moreSeason of Epiphany – Evensong Wednesday, January 23