ShineFest Canada is coming to COP on August 28th!!

Only a week to get your tickets for ShineFest 2010! Tickets are available at the gate, but the prices will be higher, so order your tickets today.

It’s a full-day festival event, with family-friendly performers including the Doodlebops, Fred Penner, pureNRG, Norman Foote, Bobs & Lolo, Cory Doak, Jon Bauer and more! Please note we are opening the gates at 10:00 am so you can get settled for the first Bobs and Lolo act at 10:30!

Tickets for ShineFest 2010 are now available online here and at our retail partners! Visit any Calgary Co-op Store, and you can purchase your tickets at Customer Service.

Anyone 18 months or younger as of August 28 get in absolutely free.

One of our sponsors, Virtual School of Music, is going to be giving away a Wii system in the Activity Area, so brush up on your Rock Band skills, as the system will go to the winning player!

What does your ShineFest ticket get you and your kids? We have been asked that a lot, so we thought we would just provide the answer here:

- Access to the full list of artists who will be playing throughout the day on the Mainstage with full production supplied by Axe Productions

- Full access to the great activities that Canada Olympic Park has to offer including:

- Eurobungy

- Climbing Wall

- Mini-Golf

- SpiderWeb

* throughout the summer, access to just these activities costs $27.00 per person per day!

- Opportunity to purchase and learn from our great line-up of vendors in the Festival Tent, including: Discovery Toys, Calgary Moms, Silpada Jewelry, Little Soles Shoes, Fifth Ave Jewelers, Tupperware, Lia Sophia, Pampered Chef, USC Education Plan, Calgary Authors, Scentsy Candles, Strider Bikes, Norwex, Usborne Books, Epicure, Stella and Dot, Beauty Control, Published Storybooks, Hoffman and Wolk Orthodontics, Mishu’s Baby Boutique, Bravo Health, Plush Beauty, Personalized Storybooks Canada and more!

- A large play area set up for kids of all ages, including an additional mini-putt course, 5 large bouncey houses, laser tag, petting zoo, and more!

So purchase your tickets today, and join us at Calgary’s Family Festival: ShineFest 2010!

Join the ShineFest Facebook Page for additional information on a daily basis.

August 22nd, 2010

Dear Journey Church,

It is with many mixed emotions that I submit my resignation today from the staff of Journey Church.  It’s not an easy decision to leave Journey, but Suzanne and I feel confident that it is the right one.  Journey is in the midst of transition into a much-needed new season for the church, and it is clear to us that God is stirring the hearts and minds of many Journey people with a calling and a passion for this next season of the church.  The time has come for us to move on and leave this church in the capable hands of those people, and more importantly, in the hands of God who has held us all through everything. We were so blessed and honoured to feel a calling by God to be part of the visioning and launching process the first time around for Journey 4½ years ago, but want to step aside now to make room for others God is stirring and calling to fill whatever holes that might be created by our departure.  Mesh has asked us to stay until the end of the year in December, and, aside from unforeseen developments, that is the plan.  In the next few months, while figuring out what the next season of life will look like for my family, I will be working hard to help make the transition for Journey ministry as smooth as possible.  Please know that I am resigning on good terms – there is no agenda here unbeknownst to you.  No one has asked me to leave or suggested in any way that it is time for me to move on.  This is a decision Suzanne and I have felt persuaded on by God alone.

We love the people of Journey more than we can ever express.  The relationships we have formed in the last 4 years, many in the heat of intense spiritual battles, are precious to us.  We care a great deal for this church and want to see it continue to grow deeper and wider, shaping people’s lives for the kingdom of God.  However, we think that our family moving on to a different part of His kingdom at this time is best for us and also for Journey.  Suzanne and I strongly feel that God is much better at arranging the parts of His Body than we are, and so we trust that Journey will be fine without us, just as we will be fine apart from Journey.  We celebrate what God has done in this partnership and will move on with very few regrets and every confidence that God will be faithful to Journey and our family, just like He always has.

Thank you for your passion for God, your love for my family, and your faithful prayers. God is good.

For the Kingdom,

Malcolm

Cerebral Palsy Association of Alberta

2010 Life without Limits Challenge
Volunteer Opportunities for Individuals, families, or groups!
Formerly known as the CP Bike-a-thon, the 2010 Life without Limits Challenge is being held in Calgary and Edmonton for persons of all ages and abilities. While each city offers different activities and challenges, the goal is one in the same - to raise money and awareness in support of the Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta. This year’s event will feature the Run, Walk n’ Wheel Challenge where participants can walk, run or “wheel” their way to the finish line (wheel chairs and adapted bikes are encouraged!). Also back by popular demand for all to enjoy are the Ability Challenge stations that will be sure to test your mind and body! Test your skills, and learn about living with a disability. Try our 5km race in a wheel chair. Are you up for the Challenge???

Volunteers Opportunities for this event include:
•    Race Marshals
•    Ability Station helpers
•    Friendly registration table volunteers
•    Parking/Traffic control
•    Food assistants
•    BBQ tent enthusiasts
•    Clothing donation and Beverage container  table helpers
•    Cheerleaders
•    Prize/raffle table
•    Set up/take-down
Join CPAA staff, members and volunteers at Fish Creek Park, 14404 Bannister Rd. S.W., Calgary, on Saturday September 18th, 2010 Volunteer roles vary in times throughout the day between 8am and 3:30pm.
Register a team, or become a Sponsor!!! Call Marci, CPAA Volunteer Coordinator at 403-219-3610 or E-mail marci@cpalberta.com for more Information!!!
To Volunteer contact Hilary Turpin @ 403-257-3703
or rhsturpin@shaw.ca
www.lifewithoutlimits.ca

Hey all,

One of the things that has always been fun about daycamp has been setting the stage. In the past, we’ve had a science lab complete with bubbling beakers and colorful test tubes. Last year, we turned a regular old circus tent - if a circus tent can be “regular” - into a swamp straight out of the Bayou. This year, we’re adding pirates and ships and going on a high seas adventure.

This is not a job that one person can do alone and so we’re looking for all hands on deck to help with creating the set for day camp 2010. We will be building a pirate ship, painting critters (you know those cut outs that you can stick your head through? yup. those) and making signs. And just in case you’re wondering, this is not “decorating.” This is construction…light construction but construction none the less. Men and women welcome.

Kate Herring has been planning and creating for months and is ready to open her home for two dates to build and create. Plan to be at Kate’s on

June 23 from 7-9 pm
and
July 6 from 7-9:30 pm.

Please RSVP to Stacey at stacey@journeychurch.ca prior to the date so that Kate can have enough projects and supplies ready to go for us to get all the work done.

Each year we’ve done this, we’ve had a ton of fun and actually been quite productive. It would be great to have a bunch of you join us. Many hands make light work.

CROPportunity for Kids is a charity scrapbooking event giving
special needs children from Grit Society and sponsored children
the opportunity to attend Journey Day Camp this summer.
This is a special evening event being hosted by Chain Of Love.
We are offering a 4 hour-long crop along with four amazing ‘Make
& Takes’ designed and taught by talented designers in the
industry.  Each of these ‘Make & Takes’ are generously sponsored
by local scrapbook retailers and scrapbook manufacturers:

Pam from ‘PaMS Photographs and Memories Scrapbooking’
Liz from ‘Craft & Glitz’
Laura from ‘Stampin’ Up!’
Teresa from ‘Chain of Love’

Door prizes and light dinner provided!
All proceeds from the sales of crop seats and any other products
offered will benefit special needs children attending Grit
Calgary Summer Camp, and sponsored children attending Journey
Day Camp this summer!
We hope you’ll join us to give children the opportunity of
attending camp this summer!
Date: June 11, 2010 from 5:30-9:30pm
Location: In-Definite Arts (8038 Fairmount Dr. SE,
Calgary)Fairview Community Centre

Investment: $30 includes light dinner, coffee & tea, door
prizes, and four ‘Make & Takes’
Event Registration DateBegins: May 7, 2010
Please note, seating is limited.  Call early to avoid
disappointment.
Please register at  PaMS __
Photographs and Memories Scrapbooking
#5 7204 Fairmount Drive SE
Calgary, AB  T2H 1Z1
www.PaMScrapbooking.ca
403 984 4490

We are pleased to be able to offer a first aid recert. If you already have first aid training, but need to recertify, this is for you!

Two days: Tuesday, May 25 and June 1
6-10 pm
Cost: $70 (free if you are involved with Journey Kids)

Please contact Stacey Sparshu, Children’s Minister (Stacey@journeychurch.ca) by May 20 if you are interested in participating.

Family Camp 2010

The smell of campfire, the laughter of good friends, kids running around, late night games and the challenge to live our lives with God. Many of us have great memories of camp, and this year’s family camp is going to be an exceptional one! Our theme this year is “The Community of God ~ The God of Community.” It goes botyh ways and our lives can be so much fuller when we live in the community of God and follow the God of community.

Family camp is always a wonderful time to relax and visit with old and new friends! For those looking for great activities while they do that, there will be campfires, scavenger hunts, a sandcastle building contest, ski boat (and tubing in May) and, of course, the annual ball game.

Adult, teen and children’s programming available.

For more information and registration go to www.pinelakechristiancamp.com or call 403-886-4661