Light of the World is this Sunday!

Christmas in the City: Advent is Here

For advent this year, we are doing a series going through Zechariah called "Christmas in the City". After four years, our beloved stump is being retired as our advent wreath, to be replaced by something which befits our current city-centric focus during Advent and beyond. This pic is a sneak preview!

Forged to Follow Series Overview

Happy Friday! Here is an overview of our 8-week series on discipleship, which we've divided into two parts (The Disciple's Vision and the Disciples' Formation).

The Disciple’s Vision:
Sept. 27 // Forged in Spiritual Practice // Luke 18:1-14
Oct. 4 // Forged for Evangelism // Acts 8:26-40
Oct. 11 // Thanksgiving Potluck Communion
Oct. 18 // Forged for Kingdom Mission // Luke 4:16-21; 31-44

The Disciples’ Formation:
Oct. 25 // Forged by Learning and Doing // Matthew 28:16-20
Nov. 1 // Forged by the Mentoring Cycle: The Mentoring Process // John 14:13-31
Nov. 8 // Forged by the Mentoring Cycle: Healing Mistakes // John 21:15-19
Nov. 15 // Forged by the Sacraments // Romans 6:1-5, 1 Corinthians 11:17-26

New Series Sunday | Forged to Follow

Photo by: Armin Hanisch

This Sunday- September 13 | Commissioning

This Sunday, we're going to have an evening dedicated to commissioning the TILT community to their vocation. We'll be using a model based on a book called "Faith Goes To Work". It relates our vocation to God's character and work in this world. As the Church, we are the Body of Christ, and so we thought it most suitable that we commission one another based on how we reflect God's character in our work.

Read the summary through and reflect upon which type of work in which God has placed you to prepare for Sunday night Sept 13.

Stations from Sunday Night

We finished our "Shorts" series this sunday by doing stations for 2nd Peter.
Check the 'booklet' out of the stations under the teaching blog here.

Please continue to pray

Please continue to pray for some of the requests from Sunday night. You can find them here on the community boards.

Upcoming Four-Week Series!

We'll start a new series next Sunday, called "Shorts: the New Testament letters that get left out on the line".

Reminder | BBQ Communion Sunday!

Just a quick reminder that Sunday is BBQ Communion - in other words, we'll be sharing a meal over the grill and communion as a community. Hopefully we will be outside. We'll provide meat and buns, and if you can bring a salad, dessert or beverages, that would be superb. If not, don't worry about it and just come! If you have specific preferences meat-wise, feel free to bring your own.

See you Sunday!

Sunday Night's Meditation

If you are interested in watching the meditation video from Sunday night again, check it out here on the TILT art blog.

You can always view prayers done at TILT under the TILT daily blog, such as this one from a couple of weeks ago on Colossians 2.

I hope to catch up on teachings...soon...

Colossians

We have begun our series on Colossians!
This week we'll be reading Colossians 1:15-23.

Urgent Prayer Request!

As many of you know, Aindrea and Hannah have left for Uganda and have arrived safely. However, Aindrea has fallen ill. Please pray for her. Read Hannah's update on the community prayer board here.

Upcoming Sundays!

MAY 31	JUNE 7
Sunday is BBQ Communion - in other words, we'll be sharing a meal over the grill and communion as a community. Hopefully we will be outside. We'll provide meat and buns, and if you can bring a salad, dessert or beverages, that would be superb. If not, don't worry about it and just come! If you have specific preferences meat-wise, feel free to bring your own.

TILT Mission

We recently spent two Sunday evenings expanding upon and putting 'flesh' on the mission statement which had been drafted over the last few months. If you'd like to check out our mission statement, read it here.

New SERIES! TONIGHT!

Sunday Night | WHERE ARE WE GOING?!

About three months ago, the TILT leadership team gathered together to seek God's direction for us as a community. Since that time, we've been drafting a statement that speaks to who we are and where we are headed.

On Sunday night, when we gather together, we will be exploring this statement together and trying to put "flesh" on it - i.e. what will this look like for us as a community?

The statement is as follows!
TILT will serve our city by fostering a growing, authentic, diverse community that will holistically encounter the mystery and healing of God together through worship and mission.

Easter Celebration

Thanks for a wonderful Easter gathering. Christ is Risen! May your week be filled with hope and renewal.

Also, let us know how your lenten journeys were! Did God reveal anything to you through your fasting? Check out the Lent board here.

EASTER SUNDAY

Easter Sunday Celebration!

Join us at 6:30 am for a Sunrise Celebration followed by a light breakfast. Spring Garden's morning gathering will happen at 10:00 am and our TILT "Stories of Life" will be at 6:30 pm.

On Sunday night, we'll be sharing with each other stories from our own lives where we have seen God alive, at work. Or it could be a new way God has revealed himself to you. Or perhaps you see the Resurrection story in a new light this year. We'd like those stories to be heard!

Sunday | STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Each year on Palm Sunday, we gather together to journey with Jesus through the final moments of his life. This week, our stations will focus on the last week of Jesus' life. Come and invite for your friends!

Oops!!

Our apologies for the gooey frozen gluten-free bread on Sunday evening for communion! I (Scott) take full responsibility for not taking the bread out of the freezer early enough in the day and forgetting to check on it...

Sunday Sampler

Tonight, Gene will be continuing our series "Famous Last Words". He'll be talking about "Living in the World", from John 13:36-38; 15:16-16:4; 16:31-33.

Sunday Sampler | Love for Each Other

Tonight, we continue our series "Famous Last Words". Our Scripture focus will be from these three passages:

John 13
12 After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? 13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am. 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. 15 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. 16 I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. 17 Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.

33 Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going. 34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

John 15
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.

What's Goin' On | March 4

Sunday Sampler: This Sunday's text is a long one, so read it on Bible Gateway here. The passages are John 14:5-14 and 15:1-17.

Doing anything for Lent? Share your Lenten journey here!

Teachings are up to date: Just click here.

New Series Sunday!

Ash Wednesday this Wednesday | The start of Lent...

The season of lent is upon us, beginning on Wednesday! We've created a forum where we can share our journeys to the cross - talking about what we have given up, perhaps why, what that is breaking us free from and how we are drawing closer to God through it.
Check out the forum here.

Typically, the Sabbath day is a day 'off' from whatever you are fasting from throughout Lent. If you consider Sunday your Sabbath, we would love to provide whatever you are fasting from! For example, if you are fasting from chocolate for Lent, it would be great to have chocolate for snacks at TILT for your Sabbath enjoyment! So, add a thread on the forum or let us know at TILT!

Sunday Sampler | Mark 5:1-20

Scott will be teaching on this passage on Sunday:

1 So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil[b] spirit came out from a cemetery to meet him. 3 This man lived among the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain. 4 Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones.

6 When Jesus was still some distance away, the man saw him, ran to meet him, and bowed low before him. 7 With a shriek, he screamed, “Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In the name of God, I beg you, don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had already said to the spirit, “Come out of the man, you evil spirit.”

9 Then Jesus demanded, “What is your name?”

And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.” 10 Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.

11 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby. 12 “Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”

13 So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.

14 The herdsmen fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. People rushed out to see what had happened. 15 A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. He was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid. 16 Then those who had seen what happened told the others about the demon-possessed man and the pigs. 17 And the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.

18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him. 19 But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.” 20 So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns[c] of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.

Website Resources

Check out the TILT Calendar by scrolling down on this homepage and clicking on the "TILT Calendar" link on the right side. (Or just click on TILT Calendar here)

You'll see the weekly schedule for who's doing TILT kids and who's on snack. If you sign up, now you can check when you forget what week you signed up for! And if you see a ?? by TILT snack, that means it's open for someone to provide. If you'd like to provide a snack on a certain date, just email tilt.toronto @ gmail.com or add a posting to the community boards (see community boards at the top right there? Scroll over it and then click on 'general) or click here.

We're all caught up! | Teaching

It's true. It's true. Teachings are back up and running! You can listen to the sermons from this series here, on the teaching blog.

You can always subscribe to the TILT Podcast as well!

Photo by: Nate Brelsford

Prayer | Not sure where to start?

When it comes to prayer, are you not sure where to start?

If you feel like you don't know how to pray, check out some of the prayers we've engaged in at TILT under the daily here.

If you feel like you don't know who to pray for, check out the community prayer board here.

Illustration by: Mariola Streim

Sunday Sampler | Mark 7:24-30

Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre. He didn’t want anyone to know which house he was staying in, but he couldn’t keep it a secret. Right away a woman who had heard about him came and fell at his feet. Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit, and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.

Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia, Jesus told her, “First I should feed the children—my own family, the Jews. It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”

She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”

“Good answer!” he said. “Now go home, for the demon has left your daughter.” And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone.

Sunday Night | Bill H | Luke 7

36Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. 37When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, 38and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

39When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner."

40Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."
"Tell me, teacher," he said.

41"Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,[a] and the other fifty. 42Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?"

43Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled."
"You have judged correctly," Jesus said.

44Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little."

48Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

49The other guests began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"

50Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

Prayer from last Sunday

Hey,

Check out the prayer liturgy from last Sunday here under the Daily.

This Sunday | Mark | Luke 19

Luke 19 - Jesus and Zacchaeus

Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. 2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. 3 He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.

5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”

6 Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. 7 But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.

8 Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”

9 Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

Wallpapers for your computer

If you are interested in using the images you see at TILT as your desktop wallpaper or screen saver, also check out the TILT art blog under the "design" label. Or click here or on the picture.

A New Series Begins!

Original photo by: Lukáš Patkaň

Communion Potluck Tomorrow!

This Sunday at TILT we are having our TILT communion potluck! As usual we are meeting at 6:30pm downstairs in the multipurpose room.

We don't assign food by name or anything like that, so if you are able to bring anything, please do. However, if you don't have time/money/whatever to prepare anything, don't worry about it! We always make extra and often those who need to take food home, we send some with them.

If you are able to come a bit earlier that evening to help set up (5:30pm onwards), that'd be great. If not, just come hungry :)

If you haven't been at a communion potluck before, a little background...the early Christian church celebrated communion over an entire meal, rather than just as part of a worship gathering. So, that is what we are doing at TILT - framing a meal together through the celebration of communion, so that the entire meal is communion.

Everyone is welcome -see you then!

This Sunday- January 4 08

This Sunday night we are going to be having a night of thanksgiving worship- thankgiving for who God is and what He has been doing in our lives and our community over the past year.

As part of our worship we are going to have opportunity to share stories of thanksgiving for where you have seen God work, so take some time to reflect on what you might like to share.
Also, because it is the first Sunday of the month we will have time for healing prayer and our caring and sharing offering.

Finally, January 11 we will be having a communion potluck, so mark it in your calendar

The Website

Hey friends:
Just wanted to say sorry that the website has not been its up-to-date self of late. I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things in the New Year.

Merry Christmas!
Your friendly web admin guy

Christmas Eve

Please note: the Multi-Purpose Room is downstairs in the church.

Light of the World | Sunday at 6:30!

A Regal Family Tree | Advent 2008

Original photo by: Lukáš Patkaň

THIS SATURDAY - HELP NEEDED!

This Saturday, a group of us are helping some youth who live in the Willowtree apartments clean and paint their resource rooms. We need as many hands as possible!

Details are on the practical needs community board here - call or reply on the board to let us know if you can make it.

Thanks!

Communion Potluck- This Sunday Nov 9th

This Sunday at TILT we are having our TILT communion potluck! As usual we are meeting at 6:30pm downstairs in the multipurpose room.

We don't assign food by name or anything like that, so if you are able to bring anything, please do. However, if you don't have time/money/whatever to prepare anything, don't worry about it! We always make extra and often those who need to take food home, we send some with them.

If you are able to come a bit earlier that evening to help set up (5:30pm onwards), that'd be great. If not, just come hungry :)

If you haven't been at a communion potluck before, a little background...the early Christian church celebrated communion over an entire meal, rather than just as part of a worship gathering. So, that is what we are doing at TILT - framing a meal together through the celebration of communion, so that the entire meal is communion.

Everyone is welcome -see you then!

A Call to Fast

This past Sunday we shared how we'd like to fast this week on behalf of Debbie. She is currently homeless and, particularly as the weather becomes increasing colder, we wanted to take the time to intentionally bring her before God as a community and pray for her housing situation.

We're beginning the fast tomorrow (Wed. October 29th). It can be a one day fast (or whatever you are comfortable with) from food. For those who would be fasting from something else that may not be significant over a mere 24 hour period (eg. television, facebook), an idea is to begin tomorrow and go through until Sunday. Then Sunday night, as part of our prayer time, we'll take time to pray for Debbie together.

Even if you aren't able to fast this week, please join with us in prayer through the day on Wednesday as we lift our friend up to God.

Light of the World Dec 14 2008 | YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

As many of you know, each year we have an evening called "Light of the World"- on December 14 this year - it's a fun evening of singing funky Christmas songs arranged by Greg (K). There are amazing desserts. It's an event that you can bring any and all of your friends to. Check out last year's invitation here and story here.

For the past couple of years, we have read Christmas stories from Stuart McLean with accompanying visuals. This year, we'd like to write our own story...of YOUR STORIES. We're going to do a compilation of short stories that you send us. A small disclaimer: We won't necessarily be able to use all of the stories we receive and we'll have to edit them (in part) to fit in the script, flow and time of the evening.

So, we would love to hear some of your humourous, fun, bizarre, sorrowful, significant or meaningful Christmas stories. It might be about shopping, crazy meals, hilarious gifts, weird parties, good family times...whatever comes to mind that you want to share. Of course, we'll keep the stories as anonymous as you'd like. Please send them to this email address!! We need your stories by November 16th...

If you have any questions email Scott at scottgmoore [at] mac [dot] com or Matt at fattamatta [at] yahoo [dot] com.

Prayer from Sunday Night

Our focus on Sunday Night was on Celtic Spirituality and specifically the Celtic Prayer of Protection, known as Lorica Prayer. There are many of them. Find the one from our prayer time under the daily.

Spiritual Habit Resources

As you know, the TILT website has resources you can use for fostering spiritual habits in your life.

Check them out on Urban Monks.

What is an urban monk? Find out here.

Thank you, TILT'ers!

Good morning everyone...a few thank yous are in order...

(1) Thanks to everyone who was able to come on Wednesday night to Kate and Scott's. We hope you had a blast!

(2) Thanks to Jeremy and Tracy's small group for hosting the night and making so much great food.

(3) Read a heartfelt thank you from Mark and Naomi here.

Series Image | Rublev's Icon

As Scott mentioned on Sunday night, under the daily, there is a full explanation about the icon we are using are part of our set up for our series on Spiritual habits. Check it all out here.

And you can find the Divine Offices Calendar here.

TILT Social | This Wednesday!!

This Wednesday, September 24 at 7:00 pm will be having a relaxing evening at Scott & Kate's house, at 58 Stuart Avenue. Just bring yourself! We'll have some light food, a couple of games and good conversation.

GST Event!

Yes, this Sunday is Spring Garden's Good, Services and Talents event. Things will get rolling around 11:15 or so.

Read and view the catalogue to understand what it's all about.

A 2 week series starting tomorrow....

What's Goin' On | September 2

School's IN! For most of us this is the start of a new year...We hope and pray you have a wonderful first week to the 'new' year.

As always, monthly resources for prayer, meditation, reflection are in the urban monks blog here.

Pray for one another using the community boards here.

Communion BBQ on Sunday

Sunday is BBQ Communion - in other words, we'll be sharing a meal over the grill and communion as a community. Hopefully we will be outside. We'll provide meat and buns, and if you can bring a salad, dessert or beverages, that would be superb. If not, don't worry about it and just come! If you have specific preferences meat-wise, feel free to bring your own.

See you Sunday!

Photo by: Tom Franke

Last Sunday of Psalms!

Looking for Accomodation...

A friend of Mark and Naomi's, Nardeen, is looking for a room to rent!! Please see a few more details on the community boards here.

This Sunday | Psalms of Imprecation

This Sunday | Psalms of Confession

Photo by: Dan Shirley
Background by: Ali Farid

Psalms Stuff

Here is last night's video on the TILT art blog.

If you missed Scott's story last week, read it here. Write your own Psalm 73 using this as a guide.

If you write anything during our Psalms series, we'd love to be able to put a book together to make the "TILT Psalter". Don't worry, we won't publish names or anything. We would love to have something as an expression of our prayers as a community.

Photo by: Dan Shirley

This Sunday | Psalms of Lament

What's Goin' On | July 28

Here's the latest stuff on the web:
Read about the Moose Deer Trip. Look at Moose Deer Photos.

Print off the Divine Offices. Or just read them online.

Use the handout from Sunday night here to continue writing your own Psalm for the "Tilt Psalter".

Watch the video of Psalm 73 from Sunday night here.

Pray for one another and also add your own prayer requests!

This Sunday | Psalms of Wisdom

Owl illustration: Kelly McNutt, http://kellymcnutt.blogspot.com/

Moose Deer '08

Read the latest here! (including Day Four update)

Moose Deer '08 | Day ONE Report

The Moose Deer Day Camp has begun! Follow their journey all week on the urban monks blog here. And check out the pictures.

Divine Offices | Praying through the Psalms

As we are journeying through the Psalms, we thought it would be cool for as many people as possible to pray through the Psalms for the next six weeks. As you hopefully know, we have the Divine Offices set up online - which consists of 8 readings a day, 7 of them Psalms. In the span of a month, you will read through all the Psalms, one bit at a time.

Check out the Divine offices online here. OR, print them out for the month here.

Moose Deer | Update Monday Morning

Good morning!

We have awoken to a torrential downpour. The Moose Deer team has headed off and we are unsure of plans from here. Pray for the rain to stop, and for the team to stay encouraged and upbeat!

Photo by: Dan Shirley

Check out the video from last year:

Starting THIS SUNDAY....

TILT Snack | FILL THIS BOWL!!

We don't want to serve an empty bowl for snacks on Sunday night...
If you are willing and able to provide some food, of any nature, on Sunday night, please sign-up. We need someone for THIS Sunday! You can use the community boards here to sign-up by replying to the thread.

Photo by: Marcelo Gerpe

Jonah Teaching

If you missed any of the teachings on Jonah, they are all up on the web now on the teaching blog here.

Get Involved in the Building Campaign!!!

As you hopefully know from our recent annual ministry meeting, Spring Garden Church is undertaking a building campaign to improve our facilities in order to better connect and engage with our neighbouring community. If you want some information: Read the latest newsletter here. View the latest PowerPoint about the building plans.

HERE'S ONE THING YOU CAN DO:
We are putting together a 'coupon book' full of services that we will sell to one another, with the proceeds going to the building. Babysitting, painting a portrait, washing a car, renting a cottage, cooking a gourmet meal, going for a motorcycle ride, fitness lesson...anything! What are you good at? What do you enjoy doing? Submit your idea to tilt.toronto@gmail.com along with a suggested value and we'll add you to the book. Also, if it's a service, note how many times you'd be willing to do it (so you're not babysitting every night for the next three years, etc.).

Photo by: Tory Byrne

Monthly Resources

Sorry they are late, but you can find this month's resources on the urban monks blog here.

IDEAS NIGHT | Building Campaign

It's your opportunity to lend your creativity to the building campaign...

Plan on attending the Building Campaign Ideas Night on July 8th @ 7:30 in the lounge.

This evening will be an opportunity to brainstorm together how we can move forward in planning and raising funds for the building campaign.

Photo by: Daniel Wildman

Mark began his teaching by calling himself just some guy at TILT, apparently he's just some guy who likes to look at God's word. Listen here

Annual Meeting + TILT Communion Potluck = Family Time

Spring Garden Church's (that includes TILT!) annual ministry meeting will be THIS SUNDAY at 5:00 pm in the Multipurpose Room (where we usually have our potluck dinners). The evening will include a discussion on building plans - if you don't know anything about this, now's the time to find out!! Although you have to be a member to vote, a significant part of the meeting is discussion and everyone is welcomed and encouraged to participate in the discussion.

After the meeting at 6:30, we will have our TILT communion potluck! We don't assign food by name or anything like that, so if you are able to bring anything, please do. However, if you don't have time/money/whatever to prepare anything, don't worry about it! We always make extra and often those who need to take food home, we send some with them!!

If you haven't been at a communion potluck before, a little background...the early Christian church celebrated communion over an entire meal, rather than just as part of a worship gathering. So, that is what we are doing at TILT - framing a meal together through the celebration of communion, so that the entire meal is communion.

we began a (shorter) journey into the story of Jonah last night. Listen to the teaching here.

The Wrap-up of Acts is up and on-line, listen to it here

The Series has begun...

Original photo by: Glenn McAnanama

CAT Team Opportunity | July Service Project

Refresh 2008 is an exciting event co-sponsored by Toronto City Housing Corporation CHU 18 and Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene. Volunteers will work together with residents of the Sheppard-Yatescastle Community to paint the inside and landscape the outside of each unit. At the same time CHU 18 Maintenance workers will be on site to bring the maintenance of each unit up to date.
The purposed of the program is more than painting, landscaping and repairing the units of the Sheppard-Yatescastle residences.
It is about working together. It is about strengthening the community. It is about doing something to make the world a better place.
Come join the team of volunteers who will make Refresh Festival 2008 a success.


What: We would love to send a team from Spring Garden/TILT to join in this amazing project and to learn how we might be able to serve in the housing communities in our neighbourhood.
When: July 6-9, 2008
How: email tilt (dot) toronto (at) gmail (dot) com if you are interested!

The Continuing Story | Acts Video

Check out Sunday's video of Acts: the Continuing Story on TILTart.
Haven't checked out any videos lately?
Remember our series of the Kingdom of God? On the Incarnation? On Abraham's Covenant? Good times at Light of the World? Check out all of the videos on the website.

The Daily

If you haven't been around the TILT website much, or even if you have, you may not have explored it in all of its profundity and depth (a small joke). One such area is 'the daily'. What is the daily?

Well...If you want to bike like Lance Armstrong, or score like Sydney Crosby, or paint like Vincent Van Gogh, or write like Margaret Atwood, you’d probably do a lot of training, and practice over and over, right? Yet, most of us who want to live like Jesus Christ of Nazareth do none of the things he practiced in his life, or any of the things any great leaders of “the Way” have practiced over the last 2000 years. In his letter to Timothy, Paul writes, “train yourself to be godly”. Enter “The Daily”. Continue reading here.

If you come to our times of gathering, you'll know that we spend a part of each evening together in silent meditation, often using ancient Christian practices. Our hope is that these will become of a part of your daily life, just like eating cereal for breakfast (or whatever else you might eat). So, check out the daily and let us know if you find yourself aware of God's presence in new and exciting (or old and normal) ways.

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Last Chance! Children's Med Supplies

As you hopefully know, Aindrea Kiss is heading to Uganda and would absolutely love to take a truckload of children's medical supplies there with her. This can be anything: children's tylenol, bandaids, multi-vitamins, anything that will help kids. Please drop them off at the church or bring them to TILT. If you have any questions, email tilt (dot) toronto (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Acts | The Grand Finale

Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment you hopefully haven't all been waiting for...
THE LAST SUNDAY GATHERING OF OUR JOURNEY THROUGH ACTS!
Tonight...
Also, since it is the first Sunday of the month:
(1) We receive the caring and sharing offering - all of this money goes towards helping people in our community (and people you know that are in need). If you ever have a need or know of someone in need, please let anyone in leadership know. You can always bring non-perishable food items to fill our food cupboard as well.
(2) We have an intentional time of prayer for healing during the gathering.