Camrose Church of God

Don’t miss your chance to attend the  Senior’s Banquet and Music Concert at the Deer Valley Meadows Camp, Wednesday, May 23. A bus will be leaving from the church at 4:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person Transportation, Banquet and Program are included. Call and reserve your spot before 9 p.m. on May 20: Laverna Grandfield: 672-8539 Phyllis [...]

PARABLITZ SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2012 10:30 A.M.  &  1:30 P.M. CAMROSE CHURCH OF GOD  “I will open my mouth in parables.  I will utter hidden things, things from of old—what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.”  Psalm 78:  2-3

Saturday, May 26, 2012, Camrose Golf Course 11:00 AM  – Registration Opens 12:00 PM  – Putting Competition starts 1:00 PM  – Shotgun Start  Lamb Ford Hole in One – win a car!  Royal LePage Closest to the Pin – win $100 cash at each Par 3 hole  Scotiabank Putting Competition (2 putts=$5) – win a New [...]

Mayor Marshall Chalmers and Reeve Don Gregorwich welcome you to the 2012 City and County Prayer Breakfast, hosted by Camrose and District Ministerial Association. Guest Speakers are Ron and Vivianne Grue. The event takes place Wednesday, May 23, from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. at the Norsmen Inn. Tickets are $20, or $160 for a table of eight, [...]

I’ve just finished reading through Jesus’ prayer book –the Psalms. I’m trying to learn how to pray, and I’m finding out just how much of a novice I am. At several points in my journey through the psalms I’ve been shocked at how honest and graphic the authors get. In my more self-righteous moments I’ve [...]

The word “farewell” is a shortened version of the wish, “Fare thee well.” It is not so much “goodbye” as a prayer for someone – “I pray that things will go well for you.” This prayer we offer on behalf of Colleen Breker who has served on our church staff for the past seven years [...]

For the past 2 weeks we’ve featured a series of statements in our teaching time that help us attend to the gnawing sense, “There must be more…” Many of you have asked about those statements. Here is a website you can visit and where you can take the assessment for yourself. Scan the home page [...]

New resolutions seemed full of promise last week. But some have already gotten lost in the ordinariness that takes over as the year gets under way. Prayer can be somewhat the same. It is sometimes energizing, sometimes even exciting, but often mundane, even boring. This should not upset us. The tones and colours of prayer [...]

The day after my father, an avid musician and band leader, passed away, my school choir was scheduled to compete at a local Music Festival.  But I had succumbed to grief, and felt numb and out of control.  After leading the children onto the risers, I raised trembling hands and nodded to my accompanist.  At [...]

I often chuckle at what some folks suggest I should be doing in my role as a volunteer hockey chaplain. Here are a just few examples: “You need to talk to those players about improving their power play…” or “You should go and fire them up between periods…” or “You need to pray for better officiating…” or “Pray they [...]