Welcome To Friends Church
We know that not everyone fits traditional church.
Hell, most of us don’t fit traditional church. But most of us also want spirituality in our lives.
Friends Church exists to inspire our community to a healthy spirituality that Takes Water to their world.
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Temple B'Nai Tikvah - 900 47th Ave SW, Calgary
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Moments of change are scary. And the closer they get, the more we feel it. We felt it when we moved from Friends Church 1.0 to 2.0. We feel it again now, as Friends Church 2.0 comes to a close and we step toward Friends Church 3.0.
Through every season of change, we’ve learned something powerful: while the world shifts around us, we are the steady thing. We are the grounded ones. And often, it’s in the moments that scare us most that we grow the most. I believe this is one of those moments.
Friends Church isn’t Jeff or me. Friends Church lives inside each of us.
It’s the drive to grow our unique spiritual journey. The courage to be challenged toward health. The echo of our spiritual ancestors urging us to go deeper within—and through that, connect to something More. Friends Church is the part of us inspired to Take Water to our worlds, to be a force for good in both the ordinary rhythms of life and the extraordinary moments we’re given.
That core has not changed. It will not change. But we will grow through it.
That’s Our Manifesto:
To remember that Friends Church lives inside each of us.
That it can grow stronger through change and challenge.
That it can weather the storms of life.
And continue to call us toward something More.
And honestly—I think the world desperately needs that part of us right now.
Come reignite the spark of Friends Church inside you.
Find the core that can weather any change.
Reconnect to Our Manifesto.
Looking forward to seeing you at the Spiritual Gym,
Vince
Have you ever noticed how much the stories we hold shape the way we see the world -how we interact with it, and even how we love the people in it? We call this the Undercurrent.
I was talking with someone recently where this hit home for me. They said, “We’re all the same.” Everyone! Regardless of race, gender, sex, or ethnicity. That’s a story they hold, that’s an Undercurrent in their lives. And it made me wonder: how does that story shape the way they love people who are different from them? How does it affect the way they Take Water to communities unlike their own? Does that story leave room to learn from differences - or does everything need to conform to that story or its rejected?
It’s a simple example, but it reveals something important: the stories we carry matter. They quietly shape how we see, how we hope and how we show up in the world. It influences who and how we love the people around us.
Our spiritual ancestors understood this. They gave us questions, not answers, to help us examine the stories we hold and the impact those stories have on our lives, our spiritual journeys, and the ways we Take Water to the world around us.
In this series, we’ll use these ancient questions to explore the stories we live by - and to bravely challenge them.
This is foundational work for anyone on a spiritual journey: becoming aware of the stories shaping us, and deciding whether they are helping us be who we want to be in this world.
Welcome to the exploration of our Undercurrents
Series Runs March 8th - 29th.
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