Visions in the Cloud – Apr 7

Seeking: Why have you forsaken me?

Join us for this contemplative service of reflection and prayer. Jesus' lament gives voice to the question asked by all those who have been forsaken, who've felt forsaken. Sitting with this question unveils many more questions: What do we do in the face of suffering? Can we sit in the silence of death and trust God is still there? Will we come alongside those who suffer and grieve?

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A Note About Our Good Friday Service

If you are joining us online, we invite you to bring a candle for worship, and a symbol like a stone or nail. These will be used in prayer.

If you do not have a stone or nail available, there will be a prayer gesture offered for you to use instead.

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Visions in the Cloud – Apr 2

Seeking: Where are you headed?

Palm Sunday is the Story of Two Parades. One extravagant and expected.

Another, unconventional and unorthodox. Imagine you are in Jerusalem when Jesus enters on a donkey. Amid the chaos and commotion of that scene, where are you? In the midst of opposing forces which way will you go? Many of our weekly questions throughout the season so far have helped us prepare spiritually for Holy Week. Where are you headed?

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Visions in the Cloud – Mar 26

Seeking: Can these bones live?

Sometimes too much bad news fills our news feed.
Sometimes it feels like suffering has a microphone.
Sometimes our own life feels worn down.
Do we believe new life can come?
Can we find hope when things are bleak?
Can we really trust in God’s resurrection?
Join us this Sunday as we continue seeking honest questions for a deeper faith. Together, let us seek the Hope that will stir in us and sustain us.

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Visions in the Cloud – Mar 19

Seeking: Who sinned?

Uh oh! Sometimes the questions we ask are filled with assumptions and harmful theology. This week we pay attention to the kinds of questions we ask. We turn to a story when Jesus and the disciples encounter a blind man, and the disciples ask, "Teacher, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" (John 9:2)

The hard work of "seeking honest questions for deeper faith" often involves wrestling with our assumptions, our intent and unhelpful theology about why things happen.

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Visions in the Cloud – Mar 12

Seeking: Will you Give me a Drink?

In the heat of midday, Jesus seeks out a Samaritan woman drawing water from a well. "Will you give me a drink?" (John 4:4-52).

Jesus' question is an invitation to us into a new way of life. This week we gather at the well, seeking to not simply quench thirst, but to find living waters that sustain us all.

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Visions in the Cloud – Mar 5

Seeking: How do we Begin Again?

This week we delve deeper into our Lenten theme, “Seeking: honest questions for deeper faith”. Nicodemus comes to Jesus under the veil of night to ask him big questions. Jesus invites him to begin again, to learn a new way of knowing and living out his faith (John 3:1-17). What questions might Jesus be calling you to live into?

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Visions in the Cloud – Feb 26

Lent 1 - Seek: honest questions for deeper faith

We begin our Lenten journey with the story of Jesus’ seeking (Matthew 4:1-11).
We ask, “Who will you listen to?”
We will celebrate Communion.
If you are joining us on-line, please bring some bread/cracker and juice/water
for Communion (we continue to use a grape & bread)

 

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Visions in the Cloud – Feb 22 -Ash Wednesday

Seeking: Is this the fast that I choose?

Many of us are asking big questions about our lives and our faith after the turbulence of the past few years. If you are returning to church, you are likely returning with more questions and a critical lens. We hope this series will help all of us unpack some of those big questions in ways that are honest and faithful.

This Lent we invite you to engage in the spiritual practice of seeking…
…stay curious, open and nimble
…soften your assumptions and expand your perspectives
…draw deeper into the heart of God.

 

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Visions in the Cloud – Feb 19

You Are Not Alone: Kindness and Encouragement

What if we lived each day on the lookout for ways to make someone’s day through a kind and unexpected gesture? It might just make our day as well!

This week we bring to a close our series, Shining a Light on the 'Blahs' with the spiritual practice of kindness and encouragement.

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Visions in the Cloud – Feb 12

Soothe the Soul: Sing. Walk. Move.

We continue to explore how our everyday activities can become spiritual practices that ‘shine a light’ and deepen meaning in our lives. Music can have a powerful effect on our mood with its ability to literally ‘move’ us. The Psalmist proclaims that God can give us a new song, bringing us out of a ‘miry bog.’

What song is on your favourite ‘playlist’ that lightens your spirit and soothes your soul? And what activities – walking, dancing, running, stretching – boost your spirit and energy?

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