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DEC 13– CHRISTMAS CHOIR REHEARSALS
Christmas choir is now underway. Participation is open to anyone 12 and up. If you are younger than that, check with your parents and me, and maybe it’ll still work out!
If you sung in the past – come on back! If you sung somewhere else? Come and join us! If you’ve never sung in a choir but like to sing and can sing the same thing as the person beside you, come and give it a go!
There will be rehearsal tracks for the songs and taking the time to learn your parts will be necessary. Reading music is helpful but not necessary. Each section will have many experienced singers, so if you can sing, you will be amongst people who can also sing and this should work out just fine!
The performance will be on December 14 at the morning service. There will be 9 rehearsals in total. Six of them directly after the morning church service, the other three are on Saturdays.
If you can make 7 of these rehearsals, don’t worry about missing a couple. If you already know that you need to miss more than 2, please talk to me and I’ll confirm whether this can still work for you (it probably can).
Rehearsals dates will be as follows (all rehearsals at CMP):
December 13 – (Saturday 9:00 – 11:30) (FINAL REHEARSAL)
December 14 – Lessons and Carols
Let’s get ready for Christmas!
If you plan to participate, please email your name and phone number to stephen@stmarkstpeter.org. Thank you!
SAT. DEC. 13 – PARENTS NIGHT OUT
The Kids Connect Christmas Parents Night Out is back! It will be on Saturday, December 13 from 4 to 6:30 pm. The deadline to sign up is December 5th. It’s the perfect time for families to finish their Christmas shopping! Feel fRee to invite friends!
CO-CREATING THE NATIVITY SCENE
Each year the children help fill the nativity scene at the front of the church. This year, inspired by the Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, we will do things a bit differently. Jesus was born in a humble stable and laid in an animal food trough, born to parents barely able to find a place to give birth. God led Mary to give birth in such conditions in order to symbolize that God is for all humanity but especially for “the least of these” and those who are vulnerable. On December 21, we invite CMP members, young and old, to bring something to add to the crèche scene which symbolises for you where Emmanuel, God with us, might be born today.
SAT. DEC. 20 – CHORALE DE GESU
La Chorale du Gesu is celebrating Christmas and the winter solstice by singing on Saturday night December 20 at 4.00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. Come and enjoy some beautiful music of the Season.
DEC. 25 – CHRISTMAS DAY POTLUCK DINNER
At the home of Chris and Fiona, 5pm. If you’d like to come, and if you need details, please contact Fiona by Dec.19, at fcrossling@gmail.com.
BLUE CHRISTMAS CORNER
Christmas can be an emotionally difficult time of year, for all sorts of reasons.
If this Christmas will be difficult for you, and you feel it would be helpful to be able to acknowledge this in some way, feel free to visit our Blue Christmas corner at the front left of the church. There you can write in the Christmas Offering Book (“We offer to God those memories, persons, and/or parts of our lives that make this Christmas Season emotionally or spiritually difficult”), and light a candle off the Easter candle, as a sign that God’s resurrection life is with you in the midst of this difficult season.
CALLING ALL CEGEP & UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Are you in CEGEP or University, or know someone who is? We are planning a get-together for post-secondary students in October. If that’s you, please fill our this form: For more information, please contact June at june@stmarkstpeter.org
QUEBEC INDIGENOUS PARTNERSHIP, AGES 18-30
Young adults of Montreal are invited to spend nine refreshing days this summer (May 30 to June 7) with Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) brothers and sisters in Kanehsata:ke, enjoying each other and learning what it takes to make good relations. Camp at Oka park. Spend the mornings working in the Gardens of Hope, the afternoons hearing history and culture from the Elders. Study Biblical theology and the worldwide movement of reconciliation in Jesus Christ. Make friends. Also, we are humbly seeking financial support to facilitate this project. The cost per participant is $1,000. For more information contact Sam Farrugia: farrugia.samuel@gmail.com.
Monday discussions, 8pm
New discussions to be announced in 2025
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5147474566?omn=83799309037 Or use Meeting number: 5147474566
Sunday Services
We are currently meeting in person and by Zoom.
To join the service on Zoom, please follow the link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83680002401 Meeting ID: 836 8000 2401
For more information about our Sunday services, see our “Sundays” page.
