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Evening Gathering this week!

December 21, 2012

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The Details and Blurb (combined, because it’s Christmas…) This weeks gathering of The Table will be in the EVENING! We will gather at 5:00 & eat together shortly after. (If you haven’t already please contact Meghan with your potluck contribution & remember that this gathering is BYOB.) Following our meal, we will share a worship […]

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screaming, stinky, homeless, soon-to-be-refugee

December 14, 2012

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The Details: *December 23rd  @ 5P.M is our Christmas gathering, we will share a meal together, a time of worship and a bit of a music oriented celebration. Suggested donation is $5 please RSVP to me (meghan.pavlick@gmail.com) ASAP with what you can contribute (salad or dessert) also note this event is BYOB. *Jodi King In […]

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The stories we visit in Advent

December 7, 2012

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The Details: *A reminder to mark December 23rd  5P.M. We will share a meal together, a time of worship and a bit of a music oriented celebration. Please RSVP to me (meghan.pavlick@gmail.com) ASAP. *Jodi King In Concert – http://www.jodiking.com/   for more info and tickets *December 16th 7:30 p.m. at Elim Chapel – the Advent […]

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Hen Wen.

November 30, 2012

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The Details: *A reminder to mark December 23rd P.M. on your calender as both our Sunday and Christmas gatherings. We will share a meal together, a time of worship and a bit of a music oriented celebration. I’m looking forward to the evening! *Jodi King In Concert – http://www.jodiking.com/   for more info and tickets […]

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Keep your eyes open…

November 23, 2012

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I had an extraordinary experience this week. My youngest son, Tirian, invited me to share the gift of an evening with him, attending the “How To Train Your Dragon” touring show at the MTS Centre. We went to together with a young friend of his and the friends father, also a dear personal friend. So […]

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Announcements

November 18, 2012

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*Sanctus – this Sunday night, Elim Chapel, 7:30 p.m. *Mark your calenders!  December 23, p.m. – we will gather for our annual Christmas celebration. Good food, genuinely interesting music, thoughtful reflection, and general partying in the company of the best of folks…all this, with the added bonus of getting to sleep in that morning because […]

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Is hope anything like oxygen?

November 16, 2012

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It has been many years since I read Frank W. Herberts celebrated novel “Dune”, but there is one story told within that novel that is still vivid in my mind. The story takes place in a desert world, so absolutely dry that the dead are dealt with in a way that reclaims every ounce of […]

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A story from the Community….

November 8, 2012

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One of the greatest privileges in my life as a pastor is to sit with folks and hear their stories. I often feel deeply humbled by the trust that is extended in those moments. I also often feel exhilirated, because so many of these conversations reveal hearts and lives that are vigorously seeking God – […]

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What's offensive about Christianity these days?

November 2, 2012

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Hello Tablers! I had occasion this week to do some business on Wednesday, which (in case you’ve been under the proverbial rock) was Halloween. One of the businesses I was in had really thrown themselves into the spirit of the day; dripping plastic blood marked the sill of each window, smiley little skulls roosted upon […]

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Ancient Wisdom on Bullying…

October 26, 2012

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Good Morning, As you may have noticed, bullying is back in the news. Pressed to the front of the media scrum by the force of tragedy, this particular broken way of relating and it’s attendant issues seem to be calling out for attention. At the risk of stating the obvious, this isn’t a new problem. […]

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