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Sept 17, Oct 1 – Right Relations with Food, Faith, & Creation

Exploring the 5th Mark of Mission
with Jerremie Clyde
10am Sunday, Sept 13
7:30pm Thursdays, Sept 17 and Oct 1

We all eat, hopefully, several times a day. Many of us also pray for wisdom, discernment, and courage in growing God’s Kingdom. These are related actions, but what does eating, salvation, creation, and our own callings have to do with each other? 

In the words of Wendell Berry “These are religious questions, obviously, for our bodies are part of the Creation,…. But the questions are also agricultural, for no matter how urban our live, our bodies live by farming…”

Together we will explore how growing God’s Kingdom on earth can be done every time we eat. We will look at what scripture has to say about our mission to the rest of creation, what it means to extend grace to creation and our role in making all things new. Participants will learn not only about our call to care for creation but also why it is that is news to so many. When we are done participants will be better able to explain how care of the environment fits within the Church and be better equipped to continue to grow in knowledge about restoring right relationships with creation.


Jerremie Clyde is a farmer and academic from Calgary Alberta. His research interests are linked to food, whether in history or media studies, and increasingly theology. When not at the University of Calgary he can be found looking after 164 acres of creation just North of Sundre. The farm is set in a knob and kettle mix of forests and pastures. Together with his family they raise grains, a dozen different varieties of potatoes, and good grass to feed their herd of yak. Jerremie also volunteers in the Diocese of Calgary organizing and facilitating creation care related talks, conferences, and events.

Jerremie joins us as our guest preacher on Sunday, Sept 13 and for a more in-depth presentation on Thursdays, Sept 17 and Oct 1.

Sunday Service of the Word on Zoom
Thursdays on Zoom

Introducing Icons

All New Story at the Rectory 
July 2, July 30, August 6 at 7:30pm
Iconography is one of the earliest shared languages of the church. For thousands of years icons have revealed sacred truths, proclaimed the Gospel, passed on traditional wisdom, and helped reflect back to us our own experiences, illumined by the light of God. On July 2, July 30, and August 6, Adam will lead a discussion group on Zoom, first talking about iconography in general, and then exploring specific icons later on.

Zoom Link

New Asst. Curate

Bishop John Chapman has announced that the Rev. Adam Brown will continue his Assistant Curacy at Church of the Ascension, effective June 1. 
Adam is a recent graduate of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, and was ordained to the transitional diaconate in December of 2019. Born and raised in rural Southern Ontario, Adam obtained a BA (Hons) in Sociology from Trent University in Peterborough. After seminary he moved to Ottawa, where he began his Assistant Curacy at All Saints Westboro.
Adam is a passionate advocate for social justice; he will join us in worship on Sunday, June 7.

Story at the Rectory

Being Disciples: Essentials of the Christian Life
by Rowan Williams

First and Third Thursdays, from 7:30-9pm
May 7 and 21, June 4 and 18

This book of short essays by Rowan Williams encourages us to ask ourselves “whether what we do, how we think and speak and act, is open to Christ and Christ’s Spirit”.

We’ll meet on Zoom to ask these questions and explore how to be church in our current context.

A sample .pdf of the first chapter is available at https://bit.ly/34StHKu. The book is easily available and the ebook only costs a few dollars!

Join via Zoom

Kaite Burkholder Harris Speaks

How do you stay at home if you don’t have a home?

Kaite Burkholder Harris, executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness, will join us in our service on Sunday, May 3 to speak about the state of affairs in Ottawa, how we ended up here, and what we can do now and in the future.