Ralph Connor Memorial United Church

The Little White Church on Main Street, Canmore, Alberta

General Posts

Sermon: November 28, 2021 – Advent I – Luke 1: 68-80

Note: Sunday, November 28, 2021, the congregations of Ralph Connor Memorial UC, Canmore and Rundle Memorial UC, Banff joined to worship, in Banff.  For the Ralph Connor congregation, this was the first time in 89 weeks that they had been able to worship in-person, indoors.  Each year in the season of Advent, the scriptures lead us to consider what it is to wait expectantly: our expectant waiting for the full emergence of the new realm of love and justice that …

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Thanksgiving Sunday

With regret, our in-person outdoor Thanksgiving service has been cancelled. We had hoped to have one more outdoor service at the Ball Diamond on October 10th… but in order to reduce the risk of Thanksgiving super-spreaders,  revised government regulations have decreased the allowable size of outdoor gatherings, from 200 all the way down to 20.  With this in mind, we are cancelling our outdoor service.  We’ll be posting worship to our usual location, the Ralph Connor Canmore YouTube channel, followed …

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September 30 – Orange Shirt Day events

Here are some local events on Sept 30th – National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. the TOWN OF CANMORE is having an event at the Civic Centre at 12 noon to honour the survivors of residential schools and the children who never returned home.  We will gather in ceremony with our Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney) neighbours outside at the Civic Centre Plaza (902 7 Avenue, Canmore) to remember in prayer, in dance, in voice, and in tradition. the TOWN OF BANFF and Parks Canada …

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Outdoor Worship – Sunday August 15 at 11:00 AM

Sunday, August 15, 2021 –  join us for worship at 11:00 AM (note time!!) at the Millennium Park Ball Diamond (south end of 5th Avenue, Canmore).  ALL are welcome!! Bring a lawn chair, a water bottle, and dress for the elements! We will have a place to receive offering envelopes and cash donations, for those who wish to make such a contribution.  We also hope to have the RCMUC greeting cards available, as well as information about “Orange Shirt Day” …

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A prayer: “Remembering the Children”

The Most Rev. Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Archbishop in the Anglican Church of Canada, shared a prayer that was used at every gathering of the “Remembering the Children” church leaders tour, gatherings that took place before the time of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These words still speak today… “God of our Ancestors, who holds the spirits of our grandmothers and grandfathers and the spirits of our grandchildren, Remembering the Children, we now pledge ourselves to speak the Truth, and …

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July Worship plans

YouTube services continue through the month of July!  July 4, 11 and 18 will be on our Ralph Connor Canmore YouTube channel and the link for July 18 will be circulated once available. July 4 – Rev Michael Ward July 11 – Rev Sarah Bruer July 18 – United Church of Christ General Synod Worship Service, live online at 4:00 PM July 25 – Rev Michael Ward Rev Greg Wooley will be back from holidays in the last week of …

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Indigenous Sunday, June 20, 2021

On Indigenous Sunday we have TWO services:  we are honoured to have a local RCMUC YouTube service with Tony Snow, Glenda Crawler, Trudy Wesley, Gloria Snow and Ken Levae – already posted to https://youtu.be/TKyBHbL87fo We are also invited (and encouraged!) to watch the Chinook Winds’ Regional Indigenous Service – also coordinated by Tony Snow, Indigenous Minister for Treaty 7 Lands and Chinook Winds Region.  This service will be available for viewing starting at 10:30 AM on Sunday, June 20th 2021 …

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2m distancing is still in place

At a glance – Alberta’s plans for the summer, as the 3rd wave of COVID appears to be on the wane.  PLEASE NOTE that until stage 3, masking and 2m distancing remain in place.  For us at RCMUC that would mean no more than 18 in the sanctuary or hall at one time in stages 1 and 2 – with no handshakes or singing or coffee time after service – so we will be remaining with our current pattern of …

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Orange Shirt Day

our hearts break

Our flag will be lowered for the next 215 hours, starting Sunday afternoon, in honour of the 215 children whose lives were lost at the Residential School in Kamloops.   As an Affirming Ministry of the United Church of Canada, we recommit ourselves to love, justice and reconciliation. > May 31 would be a good time for an “orange shirt day” in addition to the official orange shirt day at the end of September.

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