Expressions of Compassion
According to a count in 2006, 3,436 people are homeless in Calgary (for more stats click here). We have a great opportunity to share Christ’s love for these people and act as Good Samaritan’s (Luke 10:25-37) towards them.
“Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men.”
Join us in seeking to enrich and better the lives of many of Calgary’s homeless community at The Foothills Mustard Seed location. Afterwards you are welcome to join Erik and the others for coffee at the local Starbucks. Together we can make a difference as we extend a Christ like hand of the greatest compassion!
If you or a group of you are interested in Volunteering at the Calgary Mustard Seed please email erik@expressionscommunity.org or Please Click Here!!!
Re:Genesis: Finding New Life in the Midst of the Greatest Challenges
Do you face physical, mental, or emotional challenges in life?
Are you in a relationship with or know someone who is?
Life doesn’t always seem to go the way we plan and even though it seems like our lives have come to a complete stop; they really could just be getting ready for a new beginning. Neil Cole has said, “Your Master plan is always second to your Master’s plan! No matter how much we think we have it figured out, in the end we can only wave the white flag and surrender to God’s plan if we hope to accomplish anything good.”
Re:Genesis is a community of people who gather to support, encourage, and inspire one another as we face many different challenges in life and seek out new beginnings in the midst of them. Within our common bonds we find friendship, acceptance, a spirit of faith, healing, transformation, and a renewed calling to purpose in life!
Join us on the forth Sunday of each month for dinner, an engaging guest speaker, and a time of worship and fellowship with one another. Together we can find new life in the midst of the greatest challenges!
For more information please email erik@expressionscommunity.org or visit www.expressionscommunity.org. Please RSVP to ensure enough food.
Re:Genesis Poster: Click Here
“The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable.” - 1 Corinthians 12:21-22
The Mars Hill Adventure: Seeking Christian Relationships With Those at the Body, Soul, and Spirit Expo
Perhaps one of my favorite stories in Acts is of when Paul and Silas visit Athens and the home of the Olympics. Surrounded by their art, there architecture, culture, and the people who were in desperate need to seek a god to which was unknown to them; Paul brings a message of truth, of love, of acceptance, and makes an unknown god become a known God.
Even today his opening statement to the philosophers and teachers seems to reach through the fabric of time and speak to the people of Calgary and even the world as we know it.
“People of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed your many objects of worship, I found also an alter with this inscription, ‘To An Unknown God’.” – Acts 17:22-23
Every September and April the Body, Soul, and Spirit Expo comes to Calgary. As I picture the many people walking up and down the rows of different objects of worship and “temples to unknown gods” I cannot help but sense the calling of Jesus to follow in his footsteps as Paul did and live out the gospel message in the midst of these people.
That is why I would like to invite you to join us as we ‘Relax, Sit, & Pray’ with those who will be at the Body, Soul, and Spirit Expo that weekend. Come out with us as together we can Encounter, Experience, and find Expressions of Jesus in the midst of those who are seeking him most. Together we can bring the Way, the Truth, the Life, and a Light into a place where there once was darkness!!
“What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.” – Acts 17:23
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