7th Sunday after Pentecost July 7, 2024

Welcome to St. Laurence

Welcome to St Laurence.

Join us for Sunday worship, stay for coffee, and join us for Conversations!

Donna and Tinu Ruparel are back from sabbatical!  

This means that Mary Martell's time as our Interim Music Director comes to an end on July 14. Join us after the service next Sunday for an ice cream social and to say thank you to Mary for the valuable ministry and gifts that she has brought to us over the past six months.  

Donna returns as our Music Director on Sunday, July 21. We will gather after the service for "Welcome Back!" cake and coffee, and an opportunity to catch up with Donna and Tinu and their adventures in Europe.

Please note there will be no slides starting July 14th until middle of August, livestreaming will still be available.

Please note Contemplative prayer and Centering prayer will be taking a break for the summer.

Holidays: Rev. Carolyn will be away from June 5 - July 15.

Rev. Dr. Jane Rowland will be away July 8 - August 4th.

For pastoral emergencies, please contact Rev. MJ at 250-619-7528

The office will be closed July 4 & 19 - 29

To view our bulletin , see here

Conversations

Join us each week in the Sunshine Room at 11:20 for reflection on theology, spirituality, and current events.

This week in Conversations: tba

This Week in Parish

Monday 11:30 am Women's Lunch Swiss Chalet

Tuesday 10:00 am Prayer Walk (Meet at Church Parking lot)

Wednesday 9:30 Book Study (A complaint Free World)

Friday 9:00 am Qi Gong

**Women's Lunch July 8th.**

We will be meeting at 11:30am at Swiss Chalet at 5658 Signal Hill Centre SW 

(Our usual restaurant will be closed for a week long summer break).

All are welcome, no rsvp required. 

Please call Leslie McLennan if you have any questions. 403-510-9226.

July, August and September, Second Monday of each month we will offer Worship services at Garrison Woods at Marda Loop beginning at 11:00 am, Fourth Monday of each month we will offer Worship services at Garrison Green, beginning at 11:00 am. All are welcome to attend and participate. 

Upcoming Women’s Lunches

Aug 12

Sep 9

Oct 7

Nov 4

Dec 2

At 11:30 am at Pho Pham Restaurant in Signal Hill. All are welcome, no rsvp required.

Pastoral Care: If you or your loved ones are ill or desire pastoral care, please let Jane know at 403-324-1958.

Prayer Ministry at St Laurence

If you have a prayer request, the best way is to email Ross or phone him at 403-606-2525.

Spring Forest Qi Gong 

Friday Mornings 9:00 – 10:00 at St. Laurence  

Cost $5.00 drop-in Fee each week. All monies will be donated to St. Laurence.

If you are interested or have questions Please contact:

Trish Peebles 403-242-0462

Book Study: A Complaint Free World by Will Bowen: How to Stop complaining and start enjoying the Life You Always Wanted.

Starting June 26 9:30-10:30 AM at St. Laurence 5- 6 sessions.

Will Bowen is a minister. “In 2006, I was doing a series on prosperity based on Edwene Gaine’s book, The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity.” She states; “People claim to want prosperity, but spend most of their waking hours complaining about what they already have.”

Will Bowen wrote and started a nonprofit organization A Complaint Free World and works with individuals and groups around the world to create Complaint Free environments that are calmer, happier, and more productive.

More than 10 million people in 106 countries have use the simple principles found in this book to eradicate the toxicity of complaining from their lives.

We will start with Introduction and Chapter One.



If you are interested in being part of this book study or have questions please contact Trish Peebles 403-242-0462 

CALGARY ALLIANCE

This Stampede we are taking action to ask Calgary's MLAs to Keep the Green Line on Track. We have 2 organized actions at 2 key Stampede Breakfasts. 

• Thursday July 4, 9am- UCP South Calgary MLA's Stampede Breakfast

• Monday July 8, 7am- Premier's Breakfast

If you are available, please RSVP for the events on our page Pancakes for a Purpose. And Invite your friends!

You can also do some sleuthing of your own to figure out where your MLA will be having or hosting a breakfast (check their website or with your community association!), and then show up and take an individual action--and you can register that event on our calendar so we can keep track of how many places we showed up!

Our key ask is for the Province to ensure the Green Line goes ahead as planned (all the way to Eau Claire) so that eventually it can go north-because North is where the need is.

We have Talking Points for the event, plus a deeper dive on our Green Line Campaign page. 

We look forward to doing this tasty action with you!

Calgary Alliance for the Common Good

https://www.calgarycommongood.org/

Please see https://pwrdf.org for PWRDF News, to get involved or to donate to one of their very important causes. .

IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY

EXPERIENCING CREATION'S WISDOM

Please join special guest of the FCJ Centre Yvonne Prowse for an evening public lecture and/or five day retreat. Both events will be held at FCJ Centre, 219 - 19 Ave SW, Calgary in mid-August. More information and registrations available here:

Experiencing Creation's Wisdom: Public Lecture, Fri, 16 Aug 2024 at 7:00 PM

Experiencing Creation's Wisdom: 5-Day Retreat, Sat, 17 Aug 2024 at 5:30 PM