Guest Preacher – May 3
We welcome Rev Sheena Trotter-Dennis to our virtual Worship service this week! This week’s meditative prayer is by Barbara Parker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcLCIlDr4Ek
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Dance as prayer – April 29 Evensong
Evensong by Zoom – this Wednesday at 7:15 PM Prayer is moving. Prayer is offering our bones back to the dance. Prayer is letting go of everything that impedes our inner silence. God is the dance and the dance is the way to freedom and freedom is our holy work. ~ Gabrielle Roth People danced communally to celebrate the seasons’ cycles, to express joy, reverence and grief, and to commemorate challenges overcome. We find in the energy of the dance …
Earth Day Evensong
Once again, Evensong gathers by Zoom – Wednesday April 22 at 7:15 PM. Login details are attached to the weekly Evensong email – or contact office@ralphconnor.ca We should be listening to the stars in the heavens and the sun and the moon, to the mountains and the plains, to the forests and rivers and seas that surround us, to the meadows and the flowering grasses, to the songbirds and the insects and to their music especially in the evening and …
Worship Online with RCMUC
Every Sunday, our Worship Service will be posted at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi8loA1BP8lNAppSRR9_aQQ ! In order to model safe distancing as we all attempt to “flatten the COVID curve”, the worship leaders have each recorded their portion of the service at home, then it gets knit together into a Worship service and uploaded to YouTube.
March 22, 2020 – Worship online with us!
March 22, 2020 Worship for Ralph Connor Memorial United Church is available online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt3edcbl3kY Recorded at several locations in Canmore so that we can keep social distance from one another, then combined into one Worship service. Our intention is to have an online Worship Service available every Sunday, on the “Ralph Connor Canmore” YouTube channel. If you would like to worship many times this Sunday, here is a listing of some of the congregations in Chinook Winds Region …
Services this week – Dec 1 to Dec 7
SUNDAY WORSHIP – Dec 1, 10:00 AM at Ralph Connor First Sunday of Advent – the Sunday of Air/Wind (Air-Fire-Water-Earth are the 4 Sundays this year) COMMUNITY ADVENT/CHRISTMAS WORSHIP – Sun Dec 1, 7:00 PM at St Michael’s Hall Carols, Lessons & Musical Selections by Canmore’s Churches!! Freewill offering for Food & Friends. CANDLELIGHT SERVICE of REMEMBRANCE – Thur Dec 5, 7:00 PM at St Michael’s Church a quiet time of remembrance during the bustle of holidays. Featuring Alpine Voices …
Evensong – Wed Oct 23 at 7:15 PM
~ Blessings of trees ~ They give us shade, fruit, beauty, and a place of refuge for all ages. We consider the many blessings of trees. Join us, as we contemplate blessings, in word and song.
Highland Games Sunday
This Sunday, September 1, Canmore hosts the annual Highland Games! Join us for worship at 10 AM at Ralph Connor, for a service featuring Scottish hymns and prayers. If you’ve got a tartan kilt, sash or tam, wear it to Church and introduce it to others. See you there!
Summer Services Continue
Worship continues each Sunday at 10:00 AM. Upcoming preachers are: Rev Greg Wooley – July 28 Rev Jope Langejans – August 4 – Folk Festival Sunday Rev Doug Powell – August 11 Rev Betty Piwowar – August 18 Rev Michael Ward – August 25 Rev Greg Wooley – September 1 – Highland Games Sunday If emergency pastoral care is needed during the month of August, please contact Rev. Michael Ward, Calgary.