{"id":124,"date":"2023-05-31T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2025-04-13T04:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T04:26:12","slug":"may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/may-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Happening in May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"84a9\">I was trying to find something profound to say about the May \u2014 which, of course, is an important time in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Workers%27_Day\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">labour movement<\/a>, contains a significant date for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars_Day\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars fans<\/a>, and (this year) will also see the crowning of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/royal-family\/members-royal-family\/king-charles-iii.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new head of state<\/a>&nbsp;for Canada \u2014 but the main thing I can think of is that the weather is truly awesome in Edmonton right now. The snow is gone. People are biking. And it\u2019s warm. (Maybe&nbsp;<em>too<\/em>&nbsp;warm? \ud83d\ude2c)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:875\/0*JMSecRWW_tmFFT3y\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Say what one will about our winters, Edmonton has a mighty fine downtown. Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@aperspectiveyeg?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Pugliese<\/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=\"6ab6\">All Peace Christian Community events, as per usual, take place at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/PufyE1tJhwMM4azg7\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Carmel Bible College<\/a>&nbsp;starting at 11am (unless they don\u2019t):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sunday, May 7:\u00a0<\/strong>This Sunday, we\u2019re going to be hearing a bit about what God has been doing in the world! In addition to hearing some specific stories, we\u2019ll also have a discussion about the ways people have been seeing God at work in ministries, agencies, NGOs, or everyday people. Sunday School will also be available for kids in Grade 6 and under.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, May 14:\u00a0<\/strong>This Sunday we\u2019re going to be having a time of worship together. We\u2019ll be singing songs about Jesus\u2019s work in the world \u2014 but singing is of course not the only way that you can worship! So there will also be some tables with paper to draw or doodle on, spaces and books to help with reflection, and if you want to sing \u2014 there\u2019s that too.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, May 21:\u00a0<\/strong>We\u2019re going to be doing some service activities around Mount Carmel. There will be some cleaning jobs and handyperson jobs. Although there will be cleaning and other supplies at Carmel, if you think you\u2019ll need gloves, etc. please bring them with you. We\u2019ll be meeting at 11am.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday, May 28:\u00a0<\/strong>Jeff will be introducing a series on God and the Fruit of the Spirit this week for our Word Sunday. We\u2019re meeting at Carmel at 11am. There will be Sunday school for kids in Grade 6 and under.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"35f5\">Details on the next few weeks will be up in the near term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"9ca6\">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>I was trying to find something profound to say about the May \u2014 which, of course, is an important time in the&nbsp;labour movement, contains a significant date for&nbsp;Star Wars fans, and (this year) will also see the crowning of&nbsp;a new head of state&nbsp;for Canada \u2014 but the main thing I can think of is that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-whats-happening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}