no gatherings at the Undercroft

the emerge community is no longer gathering weekly at the Undercroft.

many emergers are currently joining with St. Stephen's, Westmount, where former emerge pastor, Nick Brotherwood, is now the pastor.

sunday january 30th messymerge!

messymerge!

story, song, craft activities, food

4-6 pm sunday jan. 30th

St. Stephen's House

1 Weredale Park

metro Atwater

five short pieces for Christmas

http://www.rejesus.co.uk/site/module/nativity_icon/

stumbled across these five short pieces for Christmas, which I thought were really useful in helping us focus on aspects of Jesus' birth that somehow often get lost in the shuffle. see what you think!

Christmas Day & Boxing Day there will be no emerge gatherings at the Undercroft, so please celebrate Jesus' birth heartily with your friends,families, and the local Christian community wherever you find yourself this time of the year!

have a very Merry Christmas and a God-filled New Year!

christmas eve december 24th

we are invited to join with our friends at St. Stephen's Church, Westmount, at 4.30 pm on Christmas Eve for their relaxed, informal and often touching, Carols by Candlelight event. it's a great way to start the celebration of Jesus' birth especially for those unfamiliar with the story. there's a party afterwards at their house next door. they tell us that everyone is welcome, and they really mean it!

Christmas Day & Boxing Day there will be no emerge gatherings at the Undercroft, so please celebrate Jesus' birth with your friends,families, and the local Christian community wherever you find yourself this time of the year!

Christ is coming

Christ is coming - An Advent Meditation

A beautiful advent meditation, well worth spending a quiet five minutes of your time watching and listening.

...always together in Christ our Lord

Slideshow with past and present members and friends of Emerge.

sunday december 12th

I will finish my time as Bishop's Missioner to Young Adults at the end of this year, and commence a new role at St. Stephen's Church, Westmount, as half-time priest-in-charge on January 1st! So, the end of a chapter for both emerge and myself, and the start of new ones.

Sue & I would love it if you could be with us on Dec. 12th.

Please RSVP by clicking  http://emergecelebration.eventbrite.com

sunday december 5th

celebrate the feast!

something we have not done for a while.

gathered together on a sunday evening, to eat, talk, and to celebrate the Lord's Supper in an unfussy way! so along with catching up with one another, and taking some time to talk about the future, we will "celebrate the feast" emerge style.

meet 5.00 pm in the Undercroft.

hope to see you there!

saturday december 4th

You are invited to an evening of prayer, food and Christmas festivities!

Curieux  and emerge have joined more than 150 communities of faith all over the world to launch a new book of prayers edited by Shane Claiborne, Enuma Okoro and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove,called "Common Prayer".

All of these parties are taking place from December 1st - 5th,and ours will be on Saturday, December 4th. 

emerge and curieux are collaborating to celebrate this exciting new book AND the upcoming Christmas season. What better way than with a prayer party?! 

So bring some food to share and come, slow down and create some space for The Divine as we enter Advent. 


Check out the following link for more information on the concept of the
Common Prayer Parties being hosted globally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBhopwX4lRI

WHERE: St. Stephen's House, 1 Weredale Park, Westmount, QC, (Atwater
metro)
WHEN: Saturday, December 4th at 18:00
RSVP: Click to register
EMAIL: montrealcommonprayerparty@gmail.com with any questions

Hope to see you there!

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A word from Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove :

"After several years of working with scores of communities, liturgy
experts, artists, and musicians, we’re excited to announce that Common
Prayer: Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals will be out in time for Advent.
It’s more than a book… it’s a way of life. We’re excited to share it
with you.
 
We’re so excited, in fact, that we’ve been working with friends
across the country and around the globe to plan nearly 150 release
parties. (We hope you can find one near you.) We wish we could be at
every one of them (and, with a little technical assistance, we might be
able say hi). But more importantly, we want you to come and see the
beautiful art that’s been created for this project. We want you to have a
chance to pray these prayers with a gathering of friends. We want you
to sing these songs and take them home with you, knowing that you’re not
alone, but part of an incredible family of fellow travelers that stretches all the way back to Abraham and Sarah."-- Shane Claiborne and
Jonathan