Events from September 23, 2025 – December 11, 2025 – Chinook Winds Region

Reel Theology: Train Dreams

abcfolio — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Join us for this FREE event as we gather for the next seven weeks to watch a movie that will set the theme for our Sunday Worship Service.

If possible, please bring a potluck snack to share during the movie.

A concession will be available.

No registration required. Hope you will join us!

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Reel Theology: O Brother Where Art Thou

abcfolio — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Join us for this FREE event as we gather for the next seven weeks to watch a movie that will set the theme for our Sunday Worship Service.

If possible, please bring a potluck snack to share during the movie.

A concession will be available.

No registration required. Hope you will join us!

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Reel Theology: Ratatouille

abcfolio — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Join us for this FREE event as we gather for the next seven weeks to watch a movie that will set the theme for our Sunday Worship Service.

If possible, please bring a potluck snack to share during the movie.

A concession will be available.

No registration required. Hope you will join us!

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Reel Theology: Dogma

abcfolio — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Join us for this FREE event as we gather for the next seven weeks to watch a movie that will set the theme for our Sunday Worship Service.

If possible, please bring a potluck snack to share during the movie.

A concession will be available.

No registration required. Hope you will join us!

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A Prairie Spirit Home Fundraiser

abcfolio — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Join Prairie Spirit Pastoral Charge for a traditional roast beef dinner, silent auction, and bake table as we get ready to welcome Rev. Dinah Chirwa and her family to southern Alberta from Zambia. Funds raised will support their transition to Canada. Everyone welcome—United Church communities, friends, neighbours, and anyone who would like to celebrate and support this exciting new beginning. Save the date. Ticket sales open soon.

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Reel Theology: Queer Shorts

abcfolio — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Join us for this FREE event as we gather for the next seven weeks to watch a movie that will set the theme for our Sunday Worship Service.

If possible, please bring a potluck snack to share during the movie.

A concession will be available.

No registration required. Hope you will join us!

Queer Shorts: Take Me to the Prom (2019), A Friend of Dorothy (2026), Night Ride (2023)

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White As Snow: A Black Queer Exvangelical’s Poetic Memoir

abcfolio — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0000

White As Snow – Calgary Premiere!

After a successful run in New York City this spring, comedian Rose-Ingrid Benjamin is bringing their powerful solo performance to the prairies. Told from the perspective of a Haitian, Queer, eldest immigrant daughter, former worship leader and missionary, White As Snow is a tender reckoning with faith, family, identity, and the ways we come home to ourselves. Presented by Affirming Connections in partnership with Black Pride YYC and cSPACE.

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Calgary Citywide Pride Interfaith Service

abcfolio — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0000

The 8th Annual Citywide Pride Service is proudly presented by Affirming Connections and Calgary’s Network of Affirming Faith Communities! We celebrate the intersections of faith and 2SLGBTQIA+ identities, affirming that you can be ALL parts of yourself. Our theme is Water + Light, the ingredients for a rainbow. Water and light are fundamental to life itself – a reminder of our responsibility to nourish, support and protect one another. All are welcome.

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Peace Team Training

abcfolio — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Communities are facing hostility, harassment, and threats to their safety, and a lot of us want to show up for the people and places we love but aren’t sure how. This training is the how. Over two evening sessions online and an optional full day in Calgary, you’ll learn practical skills in nonviolent action, de-escalation, and community-led safety, taught by Nonviolent Peaceforce.

VIRTUAL: Sept 9 & 16, 6:30pm-8pm

IN PERSON: Oct 3, 9am-5:30pm, Calgary

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Then Let Us Sing Concert/Event

Chinook Winds Region — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Save the dates and heads up choirs! The Calgary South and North Clusters are organizing an exciting introduction to Then Let Us Sing on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 7 pm. Will be a wonderful spectacle of praise music with band, choral and organ. Invite your choirs and other singers to be part of the evening’s massed choir. The choir rehearsal will be Thursday, September 3, 7 pm, also at McDougall. To participate in the choir, email the McDougall Office.

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