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

sunday november 28th messymerge!

the last messymerge before Christmas will be taking place at the Undercroft between 4 and 6pm. Potluck as usual and fun crafts and songs! Kids and big people alike very welcome!

See you there!

sunday november 21st

sunday november 14th

some people (you may be one of them) might want to put a question mark after the title of this week's chapter in TGBG. that would be understandable given the world we live in.

this week's soul training is to make a list of the many things for which we are grateful to God. mine includes soccer and soul music so its obviously not an exclusively "religious" list. 

what's yours going to have in it? 

to find out what others have included in their list, and to share yours, gather at the Undecroft at 5.00 pm for bread, soup, coffee, conversation, and possibly a little music!

sunday november 7th

hi there!

my October wanderings are over! I had a good time racking up the Aeroplan miles.
after last sunday's costumed messymerge,complete with cookie making & pumpkin decorating, we resume reading 'The Good & Beautiful God' together. you can read the Introduction, Chapter 1, and a few pages of Chapter 2 at the link.

we are going to be focusing on the chapter, "God is good", which brings up lots of conflicting ideas about suffering etc. so, read the chapter, do the soul training, and come along this sunday ready to share your experience and to learn from one another. don't forget to try to learn the first four verses of Colossians 2, yes, by heart! 


don't worry if you haven't been reading the chapters, come anyway!!!

Sunday 31 October 2010 MESSYMERGE!

A COSTUME Messymerge will be taking place at the Undercroft between 4 and 6. Potluck as usual and fun crafts and songs! Kids and big people alike very welcome to dress up! See you there!

sunday october 24th

GBG Chapter 1: What are you seeking?

In preparation for this sunday's gathering, read the Introduction, How to get the most out of this book, and most of Chapter one, here. 

 a bunch of us are reading this together, there are some more copies available for those who want them. 

there will be bread & soup gather at 5.00pm at the Undercroft.

see you there!

sunday october 17th

the emerge community it's about to try and do what it has never been able to do before! read a "The Good and Beautiful God" and discuss it as a community (or as near to one as we can get!) hopefully be our focus of our sunday gatherings for the rest of the year with the exception of messymerge sundays and Christmas/New Year. we are asking each other to read a chapter, do the "soul training" exercise, and come to the sunday gathering ready to share your experience. in this way we hope to grow as followers of Jesus at a time when it is not fashionable to be one.

the sunday gatherings will feature bread & soup as usual, after which we will focus on our experience with the chapter for the previous week. so for this sunday, please read the Introduction and Chapter One. if you need a copy, I have some, they are $16.86 each. you need to be quick, I leave for Calgary Thursday evening, but I'll do my best to get one to you before I go. I'll also make sure there are some at the Undercroft on sunday for those who are not able to contact me before I leave.

sunday october 10th

this sunday sees us gather in preparation for our reading of the book "The good and beautiful God".  the plan is to read a chapter by ourselves, and then on sundays come together to discuss our experience of reading the chapter and of doing the soul training exercise. I'll have copies of the book for you to buy, and we'll also have some thanksgiving appropriate food!

see you at 5.00 pm in the Undercroft!

happy thanksgiving!

sunday october 3rd

last sunday we had an exceptional messymerge with members of curieux plus visitors.

this week the idea is to join with other Christians in a tri-lingual celebration called Christ Awakening. that means there will be no gathering at the Undercroft this week. Christ Awakening runs 1.30-5.00pm on Sunday, in Lasalle. if you need a ride, meet at 1.00pm sharp at the Undercroft and we'll give you a ride, alternatively make your own way by bus and metro. either way, if you intend to go you must email me your name so I can put you on the guest list, otherwise you may not get in!

I think this is going to be good, and joining with other Christians in a multi-lingual celebration sounds like fun to me. BTW I am playing in the band for this event!

sunday september 26th

This Sunday, we're meeting with Curieux at 4pm at the Undercroft for another Messymerge evening entirely devoted to kids! This time, We're gonna explore Jesus' story of the lost sheep (it might be a bit nostalgic for the parents...) As usual, there will be craft stations and activities related to the story and some songs. For supper, there will be some corn on the cob, but we ask you to bring some side dishes or drink to go with it.

A reminder that Messymerge is open to everybody, so even if you don't have kids, please come!

See you Sunday!

Ce dimanche, on rejoint le groupe Curieux à 16h00 à l'Undercroft pour une autre soirée Messymerge entièrement dédiée aux enfants! Cette fois, nous explorerons l'histoire de la brebis perdue et retrouvée (ça risque d'être nostalgique pour les parents!) Comme d'habitude, il y aura des activités bricolages en lien avec l'histoire et quelques chansons à la guitare pour les petits et les petites. Pour le souper, il y aura du blé d'inde de fourni, mais on demande quand même aux gens d'apporter des plats ou des breuvages pour compléter. 

Je vous rappelle que tout le monde est invité à Messymerge, alors même si vous n'avez pas d'enfants, venez faire un tour quand même.

À dimanche!