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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For many, we’ve held a conception of God who was keeping score. And sin was the thing that moved the needle in the wrong direction — putting distance between you and “Him”, triggering something we can only describe as divine disappointment. Maybe anger.
And here's the thing — that picture does something to you. It makes the spiritual life feel like walking on eggshells. It turns faith into performance. It makes failure feel fatal.
But what if that picture isn't accurate? What if the real problem isn't your sin - it's the conception of God underneath it all?
The Bible holds more than one conception of God and of sin. More than the ones we inherited. More than the ones most of us quietly absorbed growing up. And when you start to see those other pictures — the ones people of faith across centuries have actually lived from and been transformed by — something starts to loosen. The fear begins to lift.
That's what this series is about. Freedom From The Fear of Sin.
Bring someone who needs to hear this. Honestly, that might be you.
See you at the Spiritual Gym.
Series Runs April 19th - May 17th.
We all want better relationships! Because we’ve all felt the pain of Toxic relationships. But most of us were never actually taught how to love the people right in front of us. Jesus’ invitation to love your neighbour sounds simple - and good - but in real life it’s deeply practical and surprisingly hard. We often feel a gravitational pull toward “me against them” Toxic relationships instead of healthy, shared We relationships.
To help with that, we’re launching a new series in the Spiritual Gym built around principles from The Relationship Cure. We’ll slow down and pay attention to the small, ordinary moments where love is either expressed or missed - the comment we respond to, the bid for attention we overlook, the chance to turn toward instead of away. These moments quietly shape our marriages, friendships, families, and even how we show up at work.
This isn’t about fixing people or mastering techniques. It’s about learning to notice one another again, and choosing connection as a lived, everyday expression of loving our neighbour well. And for some, loving ourselves in the process.
If you’re tired of tension you can’t quite name, conversations that keep circling the same drain, or feeling alone in rooms full of people - this series will give you practical tools you can use immediately. You’ll learn how to respond instead of react, how to de-escalate conflict before it spirals, and how to build relationships that actually feel safe, steady, and life-giving. If you want less chaos and more peace in the relationships that matter most, this is for you.
Join us as we start the practice of relationships Detoxification.
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