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Come and Connect!

Sunday, September 13: All are invited to Come & Connect!, our third annual back-to-church festival. After worship, there will be cookies and coffee as well as opportunities to see what's happening at FMC. Come to re-connect, visit with branch members, or sign up for volunteer opportunities. Visit with people from the organizations we support (MCC Thrift Store, MCC Alberta and perhaps others), get your picture taken for our photo directory, enjoy the slideshow of photos, and sit for a while. See you there!

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Solar Panels - We're Connected!

We are called to be stewards of the environment, and this includes reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. By purchasing a solar PV system, we can reduce the amount of emissions we release from our electricity consumption. This will reduce air pollution and improve air quality, slow the effects of climate change, and reduce our reliance on a diminishing supply of fossil fuels. Installation is complete and we are now connected to the grid!

Check out how we're doing!

 System Monitoring

Sunday
Morning
Worship

We are worshipping with a hybrid model that includes both in person and Zoom options.

Some pews on the window side are available for masked and distanced seating.

If you wish to worship over Zoom, contact the church office for how to join.

Adult Choir

Adult Choir - choir will resume Thursday, September 10

Join us Thursdays at 7:00pm. Everyone Grade 7 to age 99 is welcome.

We are preparing choral anthems for upcoming worship services.

 

Bible Study

Options

Monday Bible Study via Zoom - will resume in fall

Contact the church office for how to join.

Women's Evening Bible Study - will resume in fall

Contact the church office for how to join.


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Coffee Time

Seniors' Fellowship

Third Wednesday or Thursday of the month (alternating) from 2:00-4:00 pm at the church.

The next gathering will be Thur. September 17.

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Giving Before You Have Enough
September 10th

Giving Before You Have Enough

A group of Calgary youth were touched by how Guatemalan community members helped those in need – even before they themselves were economically stable.

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Pondering Sumud
September 9th

Pondering Sumud

A few months ago, my Palestinian friend and A Common Word Alberta Interfaith Dialogue partner Salwa, gave me a hoodie that has the words written on it: “I am  from here and here I am!” This is a quote from Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008), a Palestinian poet. Darwish captures the commitment of the Palestinian people to remain connected to the land they have been on for centuries, if not millennia – land that has shaped who they are through olive trees, citrus orchards, sheep and goat herding, and cousins – so many cousins.

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The Tall, Tall Trees
September 2nd

The Tall, Tall Trees

Forests have always been magical places in my mind. Some of the earliest stories I remember my parents reading to me were The Wind in the Willows and The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, stories where animals talk and stuffies come to life and amazing things can happen in every adventure. When I was about eight years old we lived in a house in Oakridge (in Calgary) that had no neighbours across the street except for the eastern edge of the Tsuu T’ina nation. This fenced wilderness, just beyond my reach, was imagined in my young mind as a forest of wonder just like the forests of my most loved story books, where any moment the deer or pheasants that emerged to snack on my mum’s bedding out plants might turn around and strike up a conversation.

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The Art of Being Creatures
August 20th

The Art of Being Creatures

Mennonite Church Canada and partners are gearing up for this binational, intergenerational, Anabaptist-led gathering, focussing on young adults and faith organizations doing climate/creation care. 

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Summerbridge Orientation
August 19th

Summerbridge Orientation

I really enjoyed my time in Ontario and I thank MCC and the program for letting me be a part of something really special. I'm honoured to have been the first person in Alberta to have been a part of this and it’s something I’ll remember forever. I made some good friends and met people who have impacted me to be better and taught me that there are so many more ways to give to the world and to your community.

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PIT Crew Reflections
August 12th

PIT Crew Reflections

We asked some PIT Crew their favourites parts of camp and here is what they said:
“Lowkey just everything, I like to eat the food here, We get to sleep inside, We get peak experience, and The dance parties in the dish pit!” (PIT Crew 2026)

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