Sunday Service
You are invited to in person services at the church
or join us on Zoom.
Service time is from 11 a.m. to Noon each week
For Zoom, Click here or use the login information below
Zoom ID #: 765-216-352
Password: 030753
You can also join by calling the following number
778-907-2071 (check your phone plan for long distance charges)
and then entering the Zoom ID # and Password above.
Upcoming Sunday Services
To find the Sunday Service details any time, click here.
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Inspirational Explorations
by donation to the church
etransfer donations may be sent
to cotoffice2017@gmail.com
Click here for all Inspirational Exploration listings.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022: War and Peace: Poetry and Song Circle, 7 p.m.
November starts with the Day of the Dead, and then moves to Remembrance Day, a more somber Day of the Dead. Many of us who are oriented towards peace have very ambiguous feelings about this day. We want to respect heroism, bravery and sacrifice, particularly if we have relatives who died in war--yet we likely want to resist over-inflated claims for war, as epitomized in the claim that the First World War would be “the war to end all wars.” Not surprisingly, it was no such thing. And if getting a meaningful and spiritual attitude to external wars is complex, equally complex is dealing with our inner wars. Complete presence, complete individuation or enlightenment can be seen as the cessation of inner war, and we may get closer to this state as we get older, but not many of us, if we are utterly truthful, can claim to have arrived at such states. And what do we make of the fact that much art arises from the portrayal of external or internal conflict, that conflict seems somehow the dynamic that gets art moving, and that the arc from conflict to resolution seems built into at least the literary arts?
If you’re inspired by any aspect of these issues of war, conflict or peace, bring a poem, song or reading inspired by this focus. But, of course, as always, you are welcome to bring in something on a totally different topic, or just to come to listen and be nourished.
Facilitators: Hendrik de Pagter and Chris Bullock. Zoom host: Barry Hunt. Coordinator: Chris Bullock. Description copy editing: Hendrik de Pagter.
This session is on Zoom. Click on the Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89978468045?pwd=QnU2OUNqTng2eGozZVE2S0dmczlUUT09
Inspirational Explorations 2023
If you would like to share your talents, ideas, or skills with our community for Inspirational Explorations 2023 (Dates TBD) ~ please tell us more at cotweekly2018@gmail.com
We would love to hear from you!
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Financial Contributions
Donate to the church if you can.
Cheques can be mailed to Church of Truth, 111 Superior Street, Victoria, BC V8V 1T2.
E-transfers can be sent to cotoffice2017@gmail.com
Thank you for your support.
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Items posted here are the views of the contributor and not endorsed by the church.
Submissions welcome.
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Events and Happenings at the Church of Truth ~
Community of Conscious Living
- Friday, November 11th 1:30-3:30PM ~ Prayers of Gratitude with Sherry Morgan, Eco-Spirituality Guide
- Wednesday evenings September 7th - November 2nd 6:30-9:30PM ~ Contact Improvisational Dance Classes
- Mondays, September 19 – November 7, 7:00 – 8:15PM
Victoria Men’s Yoga with Loren Crawford, Yoga Teacher
For more info:
http://cotvictoria.ca/community-events/
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