this weekend

friday june 11 sees a bunch of us head up to Oka to do a few nights camping, should be fun.




sunday june 13 we head back to Montreal to rendez-vous at the Undercroft at 5.00 pm to "celebrate the feast!" our way of being obedient to Jesus' command to "do this in rememberance of me." so bring yourself, bring some food to enjoy and share, and bring something to be thankful for! I am sure you have lots of those.

sunday june 6th

I have arranged for emerge to repeat something we did in the earlier days, visiting the ladies at the Fulford Residence, playing some music, and talking one on one with them. It was an excellent way of doing something for others. We will meet at the residence at 3.00 pm and spend a couple of hours with them. There will be no meeting at the Undercroft.

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!

sunday may 2nd

not exactly drops in a bucket, but drops on a table top!







add your "drop" this sunday may 2nd, 5.00 pm the Undercroft. we're having a potluck hosted by Ondrej, which guarantees the conversation will be good! come ready to eat, think, talk, pray.

last sunday

twenty eight of us of all ages got messy last sunday in the Undercroft. paper boats were made and decorated; wondrous windmills were constructed; worm jello was crafted into fish shapes before being consumed; water was splashed liberally! "wake up Jesus!" was our cry as we explored the boat ride that went pear-shaped, as recorded by Mark. friends from curieux.ca joined a bunch of emergers to spend a joyful couple of hours, including a yummy potluck supper. thanks to you if you were a part of the gathering!

next messymerge, may 30th

sunday april 18th

we haven't celebrated the Lord's Supper for ages, so tonight as well as eating together, having some live music from Tanya, and looking together at some final instructions that Jesus left us, we'll celebrate, his victory over sin & death and his continuing presence with us, in the way he told us to. so do your best to get down to the Undercroft for 5.00 pm today. I know some of you are facing crunch time and can't make it, please know we will be praying for you.

emerge planning team meets tomorrow night (monday) at 8.00 pm, so please let me know if there are particular things would like us to discuss.

nxt 7

celebrating Easter in Havana, Cuba, as I did, was unusual to say the least. joining with other Christians last Saturday night, in a darkened Plaza de la Catedral around a flaming brazier, and then entering the Catedral with lighted candles, was a wonderfully dramatic way to commerate Jesus' rising from the dead.

wherever or however you celebrate it, the resurrection of Jesus is an amazing fact if history. the difficult thing is living in the ongoing reality of its happening. it was the event that transformed one hundred and twenty-odd scared and despairing disciples into a dynamic missional people. it potentially can do the same today.

sunday april 11th we gather at the Undercroft at 5.00pm to celebrate, to remember, and to examine how we are (or are not) living in the reality of Jesus' resurrection. food, drink, friends, scripture, worship, will all feature. see you there!