{"id":169,"date":"2021-07-31T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T05:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2025-04-13T05:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T05:40:15","slug":"august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacecommunity.ca\/blog\/2021\/07\/31\/august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Happening in August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"9766\">Summertime&#8230; Between camps and vacations and just getting out and enjoying the weather, the time seems to have flown by. Here\u2019s the plan for the month of August 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"8abd\">August 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"88de\">Church is cancelled this week! Have a great long weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a3ad\">August 8<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"7ca0\">On August 8 at 1pm, we are going to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ajesuscommunity.ca\/aboutus.html#borrow\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">borrowing<\/a>&nbsp;from some of our brothers and sisters in the Religious Society of Friends, a.k.a. the Quakers. A Quaker service, which is called \u201ca meeting for worship,\u201d is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgcquaker.org\/cloud\/wilton-monthly-meeting\/pages\/about-wmm\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">characterized<\/a>&nbsp;by silence, listening, and careful consideration. We\u2019ll the start the time together by introducing what it is we\u2019re doing \u2014 so don\u2019t worry if you\u2019ve never done a Quaker-style meeting before: we haven\u2019t either!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"5349\"><em>If you\u2019re interested in how this week went,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@ajesuscommunity\/we-tried-it-a-quaker-meeting-aaf52251fa7d\"><em>check out our write-up<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3b35\">August 15 \u2014 UPDATED<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"6581\">The Sunday event that is happening on the ides of August (is every 15th of the month called an \u201cides\u201d?)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ajesuscommunity.ca\/aboutus.html#whatisthis\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">isn\u2019t a typical \u201cchurch\u201d event<\/a>: we\u2019ll be meeting at Jay and Margie\u2019s to play games and eat together. Email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@ajesuscommunity.ca\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">info@ajesuscommunity.ca<\/a>&nbsp;for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"baf2\">(We were going to go for a walk, but the smoke from the forest fires and the heat are a bit too intense to make that safe. Pray for those who are affected by this most directly!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"e745\">August 22 \u2014 UPDATED<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"8f14\">On August 22 at 1pm, Joy is going to be doing a more talk-centric\/teaching-oriented presentation. This falls under our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ajesuscommunity.ca\/aboutus.html#word\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWord!\u201d Sunday<\/a>&nbsp;category. Here\u2019s a preview from Joy on what she\u2019ll be speaking on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"e31d\">This week we\u2019re gonna talk about how God really sees us and how we can tap into that grace-filled vision! There may be lots of verses to look up and read aloud, so bring your bibles and your sword drill fingers!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"1436\">Email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@ajesuscommunity.ca\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">info@ajesuscommunity.ca<\/a>&nbsp;for info on location or for the Zoom link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"36f8\">August 29<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"d7ec\">This fifth Sunday of the month is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ajesuscommunity.ca\/aboutus.html#sabbatical\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabbatical Sunday<\/a>. Basically, this just means that there\u2019s no church!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/learn\/what-is-the-sabbath\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Take a break<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"8d4d\">As more details unfold about each week, including locations, we\u2019ll update this page. If you would like to be on the mailing list, send an email to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@ajesuscommunity.ca\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">info@ajesuscommunity.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"a766\">For more info, check the website for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ajesuscommunity.ca\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ajesuscommunity.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summertime&#8230; Between camps and vacations and just getting out and enjoying the weather, the time seems to have flown by. Here\u2019s the plan for the month of August 2021: August 1 Church is cancelled this week! Have a great long weekend! 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