FAITH CALENDAR
Aug. 16: A Service of Healing & Reconciliation will acknowledge the painful legacy of the Indian Residential School experience. Stay for dancing, drumming, soup and bannock. 10:30 a.m. Everyone welcome. Robert McClure United Church, 5510 26 Avenue N.E.
Aug. 16: At 3 p.m. Rev. Michael Wellman will be installed as Pastor of Highwood Lutheran Church, 419 Northmount Drive N.W., Calgary. A reception will follow. All visitors are welcome.
Aug. 16: 10:30 a.m., at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 8007 Bowness Road N.W., we hear Jesus, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.” Afterwards enjoy fellowship, bakings and beverage. For personal pastoral services feel free to contact Pastor Hilde Lorenz at 403 288-4646 or visit www. shepherdofthehillslutheran. ca for further information.
Aug. 19: Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 8007 Bowness Road N.W. invites everybody for the Community Supper from 6 to 7:30 p.m., for a free nutritious meal.
Aug. 21-23: Indigo and Thread - Spirituality in Your Hands with Master Dyer Thomas Roach (British Columbia); Cost (includes material): $285 Live-In / $195 Commute. Join us for a unique indigo retreat led by B.C. master dyer Thomas Roach, that will result in a one of a kind prayer shawl. You will be encouraged to let your hands and mind work together intuitively — every stitch becoming a prayer. No experience needed. Friday, Aug. 21, 7 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m., finish with lunch
Sept. 18: Join us for St. Mary’s University 5th Annual Ghost Tour. Visit our haunted buildings and take a peek inside our famous water tower and underground tunnels. We will also be celebrating St. Mary’s 29th birthday with refreshments and fireworks after the tour. Free and open to everyone; arrive early; limited festival seating; from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Fr. Michael J. McGivney Hall at St. Mary’s University 14500 Bannister Road S.E. ( just off Macleod Trail South) More info: 403254-3706.
Ongoing: Every Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m., the Dorcas Ladies meet for Bible Study, Crafts, sandwich making for the Food Bank, and pie baking at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 8007 Bowness Road N.W.
Ongoing: Christian Information Centre — A place where you can borrow books, videos, and more. Please call for times when open: Resurrection Lutheran Church, 1102 37th Street S.E. 403-2934861, resurrectioncalgary@gmail.com. A Congregation of the Church of the Lutheran Confession.
Questions We All Have — A Bible Study in August on Wednesday, 7 p.m. Resurrection Lutheran Church, 1102 37th St. S.E. 403-293-4861, resurrectioncalgary@gmail.com
Ongoing: The Intercultural Family Dinners Project offers opportunities to share a meal with a family from another culture or faith as either a host or a guest. Call (587) 717-0013 to register.
Ongoing: Buddhist Basics. Half-hour talk, Q&A and a short meditation with The Calgary Diamond Way Buddhist Centre; Thursdays in September, 7- 8 p.m. Sept 3: Buddha’s Life/Our Life; Sept 10: Karma — It’s Not What You Think or Is It?; Sept.17: Why Meditate?; Sept. 24: Buddhist Practice in Daily Life. All talks at new Centre in Kingsland Shopping Plaza, 7628 Elbow Drive, S.W. Call 587 329 1416 Suggested Donation: one lecture $5; four lectures $15. Everyone welcome!