people, get messy!

Messymerge is happening this Sunday, May 30th at the Undercroft.

Please join us for some definitely NOT neat and tidy action, following the theme of "Jesus and His Young Friends Have a Play-Date" (Matthew 19:13-15) There will be music, and paint will be spilled, and a good time will be had by all.

This evening is geared to the younger ones of us but EVERYONE is welcome and encouraged to participate.

Kick off is 4 p.m. sharp, and we wrap things up with a potluck supper so please bring something to share!

this sunday may 23rd

an arts based community development workshop
is a hands-on way to find out about what people value about their community, and where they would like to see it headed. we are going to use this workshop to help us get abetter handle on our own emerge community. Audrey is going to lead us in this very interactive (and sometimes messy) workshop!

5.00 pm at the Undercroft. please bring some food to eat and share!

This Sunday May 16th...

Get out your most comfortable sneakers or your bike from the garage and let's warm up our voices(example here) for a nice talk!

We'll be meeting at the Undercroft and walk to the Mountain.

Time 5pm/17 hrs sharp!

The idea is simple: Get together, and walk, ride, talk about Emerge in an honest, non filtered way. Let's do a retrospect of these past 7 years and look to ourselves then and now as a Christian community to finalize our evening with a group prayer at the bottom of the Cross.

Picnic: bring something to share.

Destination: behind the Belvedere lookout (Map)

With your presence this experience will be more than fun, will be EPIC!!

See you there!

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

IMPORTANT: Since weather has been unpredictable these days , in case of rain keep your spirits high because we'll be doing the picnic at the Undercroft and we'll walk in circles till we get the 3 km or so. ha-ha! no escape for that workout Eh?!

Joan

nxt 7

condition:critical is the name we have given to the time between now and the end of June, which we want to devote to an evaluation of where we are as a community, and to come to decisions about our future. we hope you will involve yourself in this important process, by participating in the different Sunday gatherings where we will discuss where we are, also in an online survey which will go out to everyone on the emergemontreal Yahoo!groups list whether or not they are currently actively involved in emerge. it is important that we get the input from past as well as present members of emerge.

as today’s community, we will need to come to some decisions about our future that may be difficult, and will require us to be honest about our commitment to the mission, vision, and values of emerge.

please pray for God’s guidance as we enter this time of reflection and decision-making together.

this sunday may 9th we will gather at the Undercroft at 5.00 pm to begin this process, and discuss how it might best proceed. as we do so we meet in the context of the Lord's Supper, conscious of Jesus' presence with us as we gather in his name, and fo his promise to be with us always. so come, bring your ideas and insights, and maybe even something that symbolises how you feel about emerge. hope to see you there!