Summer Series: Noticing God, Part 2: The Unseen Presence.
This Sunday, we’re continuing our series on Noticing God, and this week we’re exploring the most challenging – yet rewarding place to encounter the Divine. It’s a practice that moves us beyond simple observation and into a way of living that can change the very fabric of how we interact with the world around us.
If you’ve been looking for a way to bridge the gap between your spiritual life and your daily reality, this is for you. We’re unpacking a practice that may feel impossible at first, but is perhaps the most subversive thing you can do for your soul. And it might be the very medicine our fractured world is waiting for.
If you’ve been a part of the Elevation community for a while, you’ll know that a usual Sunday gathering requires a lot of volunteers! A typical Sunday requires the time and energy of around 40-50 volunteers, and as we begin the summer season, we want to take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude to all who serve so faithfully.
We’ll be taking the two long weekends this Summer, June 28th and August 2nd, as community rest weekends. This means that there will be no Sunday gathering that day. This break is a small way of saying thank you and allowing everyone a chance to rest and reset.
This week, we invite you to join our June Service & Learning opportunities:
Thursday, June 11th, 2026:
Community Ministry Meal (5PM to 6:30PM)
Community Ministry, a group of people from some local churches, come together weekly to prepare and serve a meal at 22 Willow for those seeking a hot meal and a place to find community. We have the opportunity to join them the 2nd Thursday of the month to eat with them, build relationships and support the work of creating community.
15 people max
Sunday, June 14th, 2026:
The Worm Wrangler and Planting Activity (9AM)
Join us this month as we combine the Connection to Nature, Learning and Kit Assembling opportunities into one large group activity at 22 Willow. We have a guest speaker, Amanda Hunter, the Worm Wrangler, who will teach us about composting with the help of earthworms—called vermicomposting. This simple, powerful approach turns everyday kitchen scraps into living soil and is ideal for beginners and the compost-curious alike. Together, we’ll explore how worm bins work, what worms eat, and how to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot a healthy vermicomposting system. We’ll talk about some things you can do to improve the health of your soil in your gardens and houseplants weather composting is for you or you’re just interested in improving your ability to grow. Participants of all ages will meet the worms up close and learn about worm life-cycles.
Cooking for ABTC (9AM)
We will prepare meals in the kitchen at 22 Willow to be shared with our friends at A Better Tent City.
12 people max (Gr 1 and up require registration, younger kids are welcome to join with no sign-up required).
Baking for ABTC (9AM)
We are changing things up and are going to make Ice Cream Sandwiches at 22 Willow to be shared with our friends at A Better Tent City.
12 people max (Gr 1 and up require registration, younger kids are welcome to join with no sign-up required).
Making and Sharing Brunch at SHOW (10AM-12PM)
Our team will be making and sharing Brunch at SHOW as per usual! If you wold like to join this team, please send us a message!
We have the opportunity to serve at two Karis Disability Services group home locations. Tasks may include lawn and garden clean up (weather permitting), as well as other tasks that the Program Managers typically look after.
10-12 people per location.
Location Details:
Bridge Street (492 Bridge St., W. Waterloo, ON N2K 1L4)
Summer Series 2026: Noticing God, Part 1 – An Introduction.
As time goes on we can sometimes feel as if we have been missing God in our day to day. You may have learned practices you were told would guarantee a happy and flourishing spiritual life, but these practices now feel distant or simply never served you well. In our upcoming summer series “Noticing God” we will explore practices which have benefitted members of our community as they search for, live alongside, and experience the divine. Together we seek to offer hope, and invitation to each other as we explore ways of noticing God in our midst.
We’ll kick off the series with an introduction to the theme. Before the sermon starts, though, we’ll spend some time in Communion together.
We warmly invite you to join us for our June Service and Learning:
Thursday, June 11th, 2026:
Community Ministry Meal (5PM to 6:30PM)
Community Ministry, a group of people from some local churches, come together weekly to prepare and serve a meal at 22 Willow for those seeking a hot meal and a place to find community. We have the opportunity to join them the 2nd Thursday of the month to eat with them, build relationships and support the work of creating community.
Join us this month as we combine the Connection to Nature, Learning and Kit Assembling opportunities into one large group activity at 22 Willow. We have a guest speaker, Amanda Hunter, the Worm Wrangler, who will teach us about composting with the help of earthworms—called vermicomposting. This simple, powerful approach turns everyday kitchen scraps into living soil and is ideal for beginners and the compost-curious alike. Together, we’ll explore how worm bins work, what worms eat, and how to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot a healthy vermicomposting system. We’ll talk about some things you can do to improve the health of your soil in your gardens and houseplants weather composting is for you or you’re just interested in improving your ability to grow. Participants of all ages will meet the worms up close and learn about worm life-cycles.
Cooking for ABTC (9AM)
We will prepare meals in the kitchen at 22 Willow to be shared with our friends at A Better Tent City.
12 people max (Gr 1 and up require registration, younger kids are welcome to join with no sign-up required)
Making and Sharing Brunch at SHOW (10AM-12PM)
Our team will be making and sharing Brunch at SHOW as per usual! If you wold like to join this team, please send us a message!
We have the opportunity to serve at two Karis Disability Services group home locations. Tasks may include lawn and garden clean up (weather permitting), as well as other tasks that the Program Managers typically look after.
10-12 people per location.
Location Details:
Bridge Street (492 Bridge St., W. Waterloo, ON N2K 1L4)
