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sunday january 31
one month down, eleven to go!
here are three new year's resolutions someone I know made,"Explore God’s mercy. Practice random acts of kindness. Pray for someone to become a Christian." I wonder how they are doing at keeping them? how are you doing at keeping yours, if you made any that is? this sunday's gathering at 5.00 pm in the Undercroft gives us a chance to check in with one another, eat together, laugh together, hear what Ondrej's new year thoughts are. accompanied by live music, prayer and scripture. hope you will make it down!

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when disaster strikes...where is God?
the emerging horror of the earthquake thirteen kilometres from the capital of Haiti, the full extent of which will not be known for weeks, brings up uncomfortable questions. there will be time to discuss those questions, but for now this is the time to respond to a situation of extreme human tradegy. this is the time to get out the credit card, to make a donation, to pray for the people of Haiti, to contact that friend with family in Haiti. this is a time for compassion in action. this sunday january 17th 5.00 pm we will gather in the Undercroft, in safety, with food, with water, with sadness too for the people of Haiti. we will collect money if you don't have or don't want to use a credit card, and we'll add our little drop to the bucketful of human compassion.

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sunday january 10
the question of identity seems pretty important these days. how do we see ourselves? how we see others? this sunday this issue comes up again as we reflect on the significance of Jesus' baptism. 5.00 pm the Undercroft, complete with bread & soup, music, great people, and guess what? you are invited!

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the feast we know as Christmas celebrates the moment at which "The Word became flesh and blood,and moved into the neighborhood." (John 1.14 The Message) such a big idea, such a small beginning. we are fortunate in having multiple ways of celebrating the small beginning!

thursday december 24th
4.30 pm Carols by Candlelight at St. Stephen's Church, Rene Levesque & Atwater

christmas day december 25th
help serve Christmas lunch to hungry people at The Open Door contact Nick for details at email address on the right

sunday december 27th
5.00 pm the Undercroft
"celebrate the feast", but quietly! share the Lord's Supper and ponder what it might mean to live incarnationally!

wherever you are this Christmas, celebrate the event and live out its meaning all year long ( and next year too!)

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sunday december 20th
Choeur à Coeur at 3 p.m Under the direction of Paul Belzile, at LA CHAPELLE NOTRE-DAME-DE-BON-SECOURS,
400 Saint Paul Street East, Montreal. the idea would be to meet outside the chapel at 2.45pm for this concert of Christmas music, and then go for coffee, whatever, in the Old Port! bring yourself, bring a friend or two!

no gathering at the Undercroft this week

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sunday december 13th
christmas is for many people a time to get together with family. we'll do a little of that with some people who are family to us. members of curieux are joining us at the Undercroft at 5.00 pm for a potluck supper, to be followed by "a walking tour of Christmas!" we get to encounter the story of God becoming one of us in the neo-Gothic surroundings of Christchurch Cathedral, in word, action, music and surprise! suitable for all ages, (strollers welcome!) bring a flash light!!

photo:Joan Lillo

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sunday december 6th
twenty years after one of the most horrific days in Montreal's 367 year history, we take time out to remember the evil that sometimes lurks in the human heart, and the fourteen women's lives taken on that day. we will gather at the Undercroft at 5.00 pm for bread & soup as usual, then at 6.00 pm we will go upstairs to join in the service of remembrance at Christchurch Cathedral.

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thursday november 26th
Knit-Chat-Crafty evening. 7 to 9 pm
Bring your craft and food if you are on the run.
There will be some nice warm tea and something baked and sweet! Joan & Tanya's place.



sunday november 29
happy new year!
church year that is, and we're starting it off with
an emerge arts-based community workshop! a chance to step back and look at our selves, and see what kind of community we have become and are still becoming in the seven short years of our existence. audrey will be animating our time together, using picture as well as word. be part of the process!

5.00 pm the Undercroft for bread & soup, 5.30 pm workshop begins!

friday november 20th
a prayer seminar on human trafficking at 7:30p.m. It will be held at the Undercroft and will be led by Jason Parks of Exodus Cry Canada. This is the first step in a partnership between Chab Dai and Exodus Cry and hopefully there will be more workshops, both in French and English, in the future. This seminar will be given in English.

sunday november 22nd
"celebrate the feast!"
as we come to the end of the church's year we celebrate Jesus' kingship of our lives and renew our committment to seeing his kingdom come in all its fullness. so with bread & soup, laughter and conversation, music & coffee, but most especially in the Lord's Supper, we'll celebrate his continuing presence in our lives! 5.00 pm the Undercroft.

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sunday november 15

"the word became flesh and moved into the neighbourhood"

if we claim to be followers of Jesus, then they way he lived his life on this planet presumably has huge implications for the way we live our lives. this sunday we continue our exploration of some of those. live music, soup & bread, coffee, tea, good conversation, great people!
5.00 pm the Undercroft