It’s a new year, so we’re going to take a new approach to keeping this blog updated! My dream of creating a slickly automated machine that would read my brain waves while I slept and use the relevant information to add informative and humorous updates to this page has not yet come to fruition despite the many promises made across the wider webisphere.

I suppose it might have ended badly. Probably for the best that machines aren’t able to read my mind yet. I think.

Instead of creating a new post every month or every quarter or season, I’m just going to have the one post here. As new Sundays and events get planned by our capable and diligent Peace Planning Committee, I’ll just add that information here. Might make for a long scroll, but we like that sort of thing, don’t we?

(And if you prefer not to scroll and would rather just get an email, let Jeff know here: info@peacecommunity.ca.)

Praying for good things this year and grateful that we have a God who loves us so much that he gave us his Son.

So, just what is happening this year anyways? We meet most Sundays at 11am at Mount Carmel Bible College (unless otherwise indicated). Most weeks, there is Sunday School for kids in Grade 6 and under. We also usually take communion together, which is an activity that Jesus instituted right at the start of everything — a way of remembering him and his invitation to live a life with him.

• Sunday, January 5: Might as well start the year off right by doing a prayer Sunday. Erin will be leading us. Sunday School is happening for kids in grade 6 and under downstairs.
• Sunday, January 12: Brunch is the main thing this week. We will be meeting at the Gutteridges (not Mount Carmel). Send Jeff an email if you need the address.
• Sunday, January 19: It’s a Word Sunday all about structuring our lives around Jesus. Jeff will be speaking. Sunday School is happening for kids in grade 6 and under downstairs.
• Sunday, January 26: Worship with us this week. Everyone will be upstairs.
• Sunday, February 2: We’re doing a World Cafe together focused on the Spiritual Disciplines. Sounds self-explanatory, right?
• Sunday, February 9: It’s a Service Sunday. We’ll be helping our friends at Mount Carmel Bible College clean up following their youth conference and packing bags to hand out to folks in need. This is a kid-friendly activity.
• Sunday, February 16: No church today — it’s Sabbatical Sunday! Rest up, chill out, and celebrate God’s creative love for this world.
• Sunday, February 23: Kaitlyn and Joy will be talking about Faith and/at Work today.
• Sunday, March 2: Jay is going to be leading our Word Sunday, talking about the discipline of fasting.
• Sunday, March 9: It’s a Worship Sunday this week. Kids will be upstairs with the rest of us.
• Sunday, March 16: It’s our Annual General Meeting — come for an update on what’s been happening the last year and what’s on the horizon, stay for some snacks.
• Sunday, March 23: It’s Word Sunday again. This time, Nils will be speaking about the discipline of reading scripture.
• Sunday, March 30: We’re doing Testimony Sunday this week. This is a great week to learn a bit more about others in our community.
• Sunday, April 6: It’s Brunch Sunday — and we’re not meeting at Carmel! Email Jeff for location and other details.
• Sunday, April 13: This Sunday is Palm Sunday 🌴! We’ll be doing something a bit different — a sort of modified “way of the cross,” which will involve walking through several stations that illustrate the key moments in Jesus’ journey to his death.
• Sunday, April 20: It’s Easter Sunday!! 🎉 He is Risen!
• Sunday, April 27: This week we’re going to be doing a World Cafe, which is a great way to hear from each other about what God has been teaching us and also to share our stories.

More to come…