The newsletter.
Here's Why Commons Makes Kids Curriculum
We sat down with Ashley and Patricia to find out more about why Commons is developing its own kids curriculum, how the first few series have gone, and how this affects the whole Commons community.
How We Feel This Advent
Scott reflects on how the season of Advent creates a healthy reflective space by inviting us into the profound emotion and need that saturate the stories of Christ’s arrival, which turns us toward the depths of our personal stories, memories and longings.
Why I Love Halloween (Hint: Liturgical Days to Remember the Dead)
Bobbi reflects on Halloween and what it means in the context of the following All Saints and All Souls Days.
Can Short-Term Groups Lead to Long-Term Connection?
Laura reflects on her short-term group experiences in 2022 and the paths to connection these opportunities have the potential to send us down.
Volunteering Can Be So Much More
Teams are a big part of the culture at Commons, so we asked Kevin to talk a little bit about how he thinks about Teams and what they mean to this community.
The Practice of Invitation
Why you should invite people to do cool stuff with you this summer!
Why Commons?
Jeremy reflects on what it means to be Commons, and our commitment to sharing life with our neighbourhood and our city.
Music & Memory
Scott reflects on how an embodied experience of music shapes our memories and our experience of the sacred.
Holding Vigil
As we head towards Easter, Bobbi looks at the importance of sitting in the darkness before the dawn.
The (First) Newsletter
Bobbi explores meaning-making in the Between Sundays podcast, season III.