Faith Briefs

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-- Faith Bible Church of Winnipeg meets Sundays, South Chapel, CMU, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd. Sunday morning prayer meeting 9:15 a.m., Room C11. Adult Sunday School 9:30 a.m.: Living for Christ series -- Sept. 23 and 30. Worship service at 10:45 a.m. Sermon series on the Revelation of Jesus Christ, www.faithbiblechurch.ca .

-- Winnipeg's Congregation Shir Tikvah high holiday services for Yom Kippur, Sept. 25-26, Viscount Gort Hotel. Tickets: congregationshirtikvah@shaw.ca or Sharon Bronstone, 204-338-5064.

-- Our Lady of La Salette Pilgrimage, Sept. 22-23, St. Mary Roman Catholic Church.

-- Introduction to centring prayer, six Thursdays, Sept. 22, St. Benedict's Retreat Centre. Centring prayer is a silent, wordless prayer of the heart. In this series, learn the background and the practice for a deeper spiritual life. Register: www.stbens.ca or 204-339-1705.

-- St. George's Anglican Church, Crescentwood Choral Evensong, Sept. 23, 4 p.m. Commemorating Sergius, Abbot of Holy Trinity (Moscow). Music will include: Responses -- Bancroft. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis -- Stanford in B flat. Anthem -- Abendlied (Rheinberger).

-- His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America public presentation, Orthodox Church in North America, Past, Present and Future, Sept. 24, 7 p.m., St. George Orthodox Church, 121 Harvard Ave. E., Sept. 23. Information: 204-269-3743.

-- Jesuit Community of Winnipeg offers Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Tuesdays, Sept. 25-April 13, 7-8 p.m., St. Ann's Parish, 271 Hampton St. This spiritual retreat (which consists of 24 one-hour prayer periods over eight months) provides an introduction to the practice of contemplation and meditation as well as spiritual discernment. $40 for material. Information: Fr. Jeffrey Burwell at burwell@lycos.com .

-- Churchill Park United Church presents a presentation and discussion of the book With Love, Lydia, by Rev. Patricia Wotton, Sept. 25, 7-10 p.m., 525 Beresford Ave.

-- Crossed Hands Refugee Committee benefit concert with Canadian internationally known country singer Tia McGraff, Sept. 28, 8 p.m., St. Paul's Anglican Church. Tickets $20 at McNally Robinson Booksellers or 204-475-7549.

-- CMU opening program, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., Loewen Athletic Centre, 500 Shaftesbury Blvd. Features CMU alumni and student choirs, student sharing and president's address. Information: www.cmu.ca/fallfest .

-- A Service for the Blessing of Animals, Sept. 30, 3 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 580 Victor St. We ask that all animals be on a leash or in a carrier or cage.

-- Little Britain United Church 160th anniversary service, Sept. 30, 2 p.m., 5879 Highway 9, Lockport.

-- Eckankar worship service, How God's Love Comes to Us, Sept. 30, 10:15 a.m., Canad Inn, 1824 Pembina Highway Information: 204-233-4281 or www.eckankar-mb.ca .

-- Immanuel Pentecostal Church, in partnership with the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba and Living Room, is offering a faith-based support group for persons living with mood disorders, Sept. 30, 5-7 p.m., 955 Wilkes Ave.

-- CMU hosts Bruxy Cavey speaking on Getting, Giving and Living the Gospel, Oct. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., CMU Chapel, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd. Cost is $35, $40 at the door. Information: www.cmu.ca/pdfs/Bruxy_Cavey.pdf .

-- Winnipeg Depression Recovery Program, Oct. 4, SDA Church, 1314 Henderson Highway. Information: 204-774-1402.

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 22, 2012 J14