CWM Announcements Jan. 3/10

Last week the First Presidency requested the Council of Twelve to prayerfully consider if it was appropriate and timely for the legislation being considered at World Conference to be posted online. The entire leadership team recognizes the sensitivity and potential difficulty created by this action due to particular issues coming before the Conference.

The Council of Twelve supports posting the legislation online in English, French and Spanish and joins the Presidency in calling the entire church to prayer as we come together in April.

All World Conference legislation will be posted on January 4 at www.CofChrist.org/wc2010.

CWM Announcements Dec. 27/09

New this Week

New Life Events posted at CWM News. 

The designation for any UNDESIGNATED DONATIONS to Canada West Mission in the month of JANUARY will go toward the FAMILY CAMPING fund. This includes the Green Envelopes and post-dated cheques already received by Canada West Mission. An excellent way to make your regular Mission donations is by the Pre-Authorized Transfer. Forms for this are available by clicking on the CWM Downloads tab. We appreciate your prayerful giving to the programs of CWM.

CWM Announcements Dec. 20/09

New this Week

Peace and Justice Ministries Specialist A new Peace and Justice Ministries Specialist position has been created through the generosity of donors and the dedication of the First Presidency. At Vision Project events around the church, dynamic Peace and Justice ministry is a vision young adults have raised again and again with the First Presidency. This position is a tangible response to our Vision Project feedback! Young adults are encouraged to apply. Position Description and Application Forms Send applications and letters of interest to:
Community of Christ
Human Resource Ministries
1001 W Walnut
Independence, MO  64050  USA
Email:  HRM@cofchrist.org
Applications will be accepted through December 31, 2009.

New Life Event posted on CWM News.

Did you know? If you click on the small map at the bottom of any page on the web site, you can see all the places in the world that have accessed the website. They are represented by the red dots.

World Conference, April 10 – 17 registration  is now available online at Conference registration.

CWM Announcements Dec. 13/09

New this Week

Guidance to the Church:  Sunday, January 17 at 3 p.m. (CST) President Veazey will bring words of guidance and inspired counsel as the church continues to engage in prayer, discussion, and discernment about important issues. The church is invited and encouraged to participate through on-site attendance at the Temple in Independence, Missouri, and via live webcast at www.CofChrist.org.  Please join the World Church Leadership Council in prayerful support of Brother Veazey and the church as we continue our journey with God into the future. As the church prepares for the 2010 World Conference, April 10–17, Prophet-President Stephen M. Veazey is involved with the worldwide church in seeking the mind and will of God. This announcement is also posted on the CWM News page.

Don't forget to join in the Advent service from the Temple via live webcast, Sunday, 7:00 PM CST. The theme is "Follow the Star". Information and a printable bulletin are available by clicking on upcoming broadcasts.

New Life Events posted on the CWM News page.

This is week six of the new website announcements. I will no longer be sending an email to direct you to them. You need to sign-up to keep receiving the announcements directly in your inbox. You can do this at anytime . Don't forget to take time and check out all the features of the website.

CWM Announcements Dec. 6/09

Plan to participate in the Advent service from International Headquarters, Sunday, Dec. 13 at 7:00 PM CST. Click on live webcast for more information.

Navigating the new website 101: Click on the CWM Events tab to see all upcoming events for the year 2010. Notice on the right hand side a link that says "More Details". If you click on that, you will see extra info such as director contacts, registrars, guest ministry. If you're looking for forms such as camp registration, check CWM Downloads.

About 40% of the weekly announcement list has signed up to continue receiving them. If you are still interested, there is still time. Just fill in the box at the top of the screen (the one with red letters that says "enter your email address here"). You will receive an email from FeedBurner Email Subscriptions with a request to click on the link to activate. When you do this, a screen will open that says you are subscribed. Don't forget, once you register, if you don't see this email, check your junk folder. It may have gone in there. Please let Sandy Woynarski know if you have any problems.

CWM Announcements Nov. 29/09

New mailing address: The CWM has a new snail mail address. It is PO Box 10248, Airdrie, AB T4A 0H5. The phone number remains the same, however, the extension numbers have changed.

Navigating the new website  101: If you want to check out the CWM Calendar you can move from month to month by using the arrow keys at the top left. Events are colour coded- you can see what the colours represent by dropping the arrow down on the right, beside the word Agenda. This shows all the different calendars available.For example, if you just want to see Youth events uncheck all the boxes except Youth. If you can't read all the information in a date you just double click it and it will open.

Please continue to subscribe to receive the announcements in your email. Just fill in the box at the top left of this screen. some of you have subscribed but have not responded to the activation email. If you subscribed but are not receiving these announcements directly in your inbox, you probably didn't activate.

Don't forget to check the CWM News page periodically. Items that are not announcements will appear on this page.

CWM Announcements Nov. 22/09

New this Week

Please keep signing up for the automatic weekly announcements in your email. You can do that right now by clicking Subscribe to CWM Weekly Announcements by Email. If you have already signed up but didn't get these announcements, you didn't return the activation email that came. If anyone is unsure how to sign up, please don't hesitate to contact sandy@communityofchrist.ca.

Priesthood who have a current license to marry in the Community of Christ and are looking for a good “Marriage Preparation” class to share with their couples-to-be, Enrich Canada http://www.enrichcanada.ca/) is offering a course in St. Albert (Edmonton area) on Dec. 2.

The designation for any UNDESIGNATED DONATIONS to Canada West Mission in the month of DECEMBER will go toward the YOUTH fund. This includes the Green Envelopes and post-dated cheques already received by Canada West Mission. An excellent way to make your regular Mission donations is by the Pre-Authorized Transfer. Forms for this are available by clicking on the CWM Downloads tab. We appreciate your prayerful giving to the programs of CWM.

World Accord is looking for a Program Officer. If interested in the requirements for this position contact World Accord waccord@worldaccord.org. The deadline for applications is Nov. 30.

Check the CWM News tab for new Life Events.  If  you receive the announcements by signing up, you will see this weeks posting right in your email. You can click on the link at the bottom of the announcements that says you are subscribed to CWM Weekly Announcements to take you to the website to find the tab for the news etc.

CWM Announcements Nov. 15/09

New this Week

Many of you have taken the opportunity of signing up to get the weekly announcements. Don't forget that you have to respond to the verification email that comes to you. This ensures you were the one who actually signed up. Please take a minute to sign up now to continue to receive the announcement notification. Just click on Subscribe to CWM Weekly Announcements by Email and watch for the verification email in your inbox.

SPEC 2010 is coming. Information is available from Naomi Moor nkmoor@shaw.ca.

Click on the CWM News tab on the left side of the page to view new posted Life Events.

CWM Announcements, Nov. 8/09

New this Week

The big news this week is the launch of our new website. Please take time to check out all the great features and ease of finding things. As you will probably notice it's very different and it will take awhile to get used to and if you can't find something that was on the previous site let us know. There's still work to be done but it's almost there. The announcements will be handled differently in the future. You will need to subscribe your email address as explained in the Welcome information below or you can click Subscribe to CWM Weekly Announcements by Email right now to be subscribed. I will continue to send out the weekly email announcement reminder for a number of weeks to give you a chance to sign up if you want to continue receiving the announcements. The CWM News page will contain information that is time sensitive that needs to be published before the Weekly Announcements come out. It will also contain life events such as deaths, baptisms and ordinations. So be sure to check out the CWM News link to see new postings.

Needed: Pictures of Hills of Peace Campground and Samish Island Campground (reunion 2009). Please send to Dan Woynarski dan@communityofchrist.ca .

Welcome to the CWM Weekly Announcement Blog

This blog will be used to replace the current weekly email newsletter sent by Sandy from the CWM offices.

You can receive this information in one of three ways - choose whichever way is most convenient for you:

1. Regularly use your web browser and come to the CWM Weekly Announcements page under the "Canada West Mission" tab.
2. If you use an RSS-reader, such as Google Reader, you can use the RSS feed on the CWM Weekly Announcements page. [If you haven't a clue what that means - it won't apply to you!]
3. You can subscribe to receive the weekly announcements in your email. This is similar to what happens now, and is what most people should choose. You can go to the CWM Weekly Announcements page on the website, and enter your email address in the subscription box at the top. NOTE: before you can be added, you will receive a subscription confirmation email and you must click on the link in that email to confirm that you want to receive the weekly post. If you don't see the email in your Inbox, look in your spam/junk mail folder.
   
   Also note that if you change your email address, it is your responsibility to go and sign up again with the new email address!

There are several important benefits to this new approach, including:

• By self-registering to receive the email posts, that means nobody at the CWM office has to constantly maintain and update email addresses.
• You can receive the information in several different ways.
  
• The mission centre email domain was continually being "blacklisted" by Hotmail, Yahoo and others, because it looked like we were sending spam emails. This means a lot of extra (and unproductive) work by someone in the mission centre office.