{"id":120,"date":"2023-08-31T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2025-04-13T04:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T04:17:51","slug":"summer-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/2023\/08\/31\/summer-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Happening This Summer 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"5c5e\">The year may run January to December, but something strange happens in the summer. Time slows down (or speeds up if you\u2019re on vacation) and life becomes a little less predictable as we try to find time in the sun. In climate like Edmonton\u2019s, you need to get your Vitamin D when you can\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:875\/0*EbxoDEFvUd57adyE\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This river is not the North Sasktachewan. Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@benwhitephotography?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben White<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"3dd4\">Over July and August, the plan will be to generally meet at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/PufyE1tJhwMM4azg7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mount Carmel Bible College<\/a>\u00a0starting at 11am, unless indicated otherwise below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sunday, July 2:\u00a0<\/strong>In light of it being a long weekend, we\u2019re going to be taking it easy and having pancakes together on Sunday. The plan is to meet at 11am at Mount Carmel. Feel free to bring whatever you think goes with pancakes!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"b8b8\">For a bunch of the summer, we\u2019re going to be shifting gears during our main service and just breaking into smaller groups to discuss the Bible. Specifically, we\u2019re going to be picking up our loosely defined, somewhat wandering \u201cseries\u201d on the Fruit of the Spirit and reflecting on specific passages together. Feel free to read ahead! Someone will guide our discussion through questions, and we\u2019ll have communion together as usual. There will also be a lighter Sunday school program for kids in Grade 6 and under, where they\u2019ll be working their way through the&nbsp;<em>What\u2019s in the Bible<\/em>&nbsp;series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sunday, July 9:<\/strong>\u00a0Week 1 of FUN (Figuring oUt biblical kNowledge) \u2014 We\u2019re going to be reading 1 John 4:7\u201321 and talking more about how God is Love.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, July 16:<\/strong>\u00a0Week 2 of FUN (see above for the iffy acronym) \u2014 We\u2019ll be looking at the topic of \u201cGod is joyful\u201d with a focus on John 15:1\u201311. Communion to follow, and there will be Sunday School for the kids.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, July 23:<\/strong>\u00a0Week 3 of FUN (you get it now, I think) \u2014 This week, the focus is on how God is Peaceful, with Psalm 23 as our guide. If you\u2019d like to go a bit deeper prior to our time discussing, I\u2019d encourage you to check out this short video from the Bible Project folks, all about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oLYORLZOaZE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peace<\/a>. They do a great job capturing how the word (in Hebrew and Greek) is used across the Bible. We\u2019ll have communion to follow, and there will be Sunday School.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, July 30:\u00a0<\/strong>Week 4 of FUN \u2014 This week, we\u2019re thinking about how God is Patient, and we\u2019ll be looking at 2 Peter 3:1\u201318 together (although Nils suggests that we focus on vss 8 and 9). The hope this summer is to spend some time wrestling with scripture as a community and \u2026 this one is a bit of a doozy!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, August 6:\u00a0<\/strong>Sabbatical Sunday! That means no church!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SATURDAY, AUGUST 12:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Instead\u00a0<\/em>of getting together on Sunday, the plan is to meet on\u00a0<strong>Saturday, August 12<\/strong>\u00a0at Jay and Margie\u2019s at 3 pm, to make many, many lunch bags, which some of us will take early the next morning to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icpmedmonton.ca\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inner City Pastoral Ministries<\/a>\u00a0in downtown Edmonton. We\u2019ve been doing this for a couple of years now. ICPM would love to have a couple of us stick around to hand out the lunch bags to people, which lets the folks who work there actually visit with the people who come for help. (Talk to Jay if you want to lend a hand). We\u2019ll follow the sandwich-making with a 5 pm potluck bbq in the joint back yard of Kings\/Gurnetts. Plan to bring your own burgers and a side or dessert to share if you want. We will have buns and hot dogs around.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, August 20:<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019ll be resuming our FUN times, looking at passages relating to two of the Fruit of the Spirit: God\u2019s Kindness and God\u2019s Goodness. How do they relate? Titus 3:1\u20138 and Psalm 145 (specifically v. 5\u20139) are the focus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, August 27:\u00a0<\/strong>This week, we\u2019re talking about God\u2019s Faithfulness. Exodus 34:4\u20137 and Deuteronomy 7:7\u201310.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"124a\">If you\u2019re interested in being on the email list for more details on what\u2019s happening from week to week, send&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@peacecommunity.ca\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff<\/a>&nbsp;a note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year may run January to December, but something strange happens in the summer. Time slows down (or speeds up if you\u2019re on vacation) and life becomes a little less predictable as we try to find time in the sun. 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