Spring 2019
FAC's very own Storyline Magazine, designed to tell stories of hope, transformation, and life-change! Written by volunteers and members of FAC Calgary.
FAC's very own Storyline Magazine, designed to tell stories of hope, transformation, and life-change! Written by volunteers and members of FAC Calgary.
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a note from<br />
Pastor James<br />
As we approach the Easter<br />
season, we start a series called<br />
Looking through the Cross. Like<br />
a lens, the cross helps us to<br />
look at some huge questions<br />
we struggle to make sense of<br />
in life. Each week leading up<br />
to Easter, a snippet from Jesus’<br />
journey to the cross will open<br />
up a window onto our journey<br />
of following Jesus as we take up<br />
our own cross. In 4 weeks, FAC<br />
will journey through ...<br />
The Cross & Identity: The cross and what it represents serves as a lens<br />
that brings focus to the big questions of life — the seen and unseen<br />
wrestlings of all our lives. What does it show us about who we truly are?<br />
The Cross & Ambition: What does ambition look like through the lens of<br />
the cross? What can we learn from all Jesus accomplished on the cross<br />
and throughout His journey toward it?<br />
The Cross & Failure: Failure is, in some measure, part of life ... If we’re<br />
not failing, we’re not learning. So how do we frame failure in a way that’s<br />
not so much a dead end as a launch pad?<br />
The Cross & Evil: In the light of the gap between our imperfection — our<br />
selfishness, our weakness, our humanness — and God’s perfection, how<br />
do we make amends? How can we even begin to?<br />
April 19 (Good Friday) – The Cross: How does this brutal structure of<br />
death become a symbol of redemption and life? Today we shift our focus<br />
from looking through the cross to intentionally looking at it.<br />
April 20/21 The Cross & Life (Easter Weekend): The cross ... An<br />
inescapable symbol of Easter and the approach to Jesus’ sacrificial death<br />
... and a lens that brings focus to the big questions of life — the seen<br />
and unseen wrestlings of our individual lives. What does the victory of<br />
the resurrected Jesus mean for our daily lives? Our nitty-gritty, messy,<br />
complicated, often painful lives? He is risen ... Now what?<br />
Will you join us on this journey to the cross? See you at FAC on the<br />
weekend or join us online at faccalgary.com/watch.<br />
Have a great Easter!<br />
- Pastor James<br />
Connect with me!<br />
A platform for stories to be shared here<br />
at FAC: stories to make us smile, cry,<br />
laugh - and ultimately guide us towards a<br />
transcendent hope in Jesus in the midst of<br />
a broken world. This quarterly publication<br />
uses the talent of volunteer photographers,<br />
graphic designers, and writers. Storyline<br />
is a publication of First Alliance Church,<br />
Calgary, Alberta of the C&MA in Canada.<br />
our team<br />
Editor In Chief<br />
Heather Wile<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Briana Southerland<br />
Graphic Designers<br />
Deon Watson<br />
Janina Resus<br />
Jared Hair<br />
Julie McPhail<br />
Peggy Xia<br />
Photo Editor<br />
Sam Campo<br />
Photographers<br />
Daron Young<br />
Quinn Hystad<br />
Story Editors<br />
Cheryl Siebring<br />
David Nadeau<br />
Storyline Writers<br />
Terry Schmidt<br />
Rachel Curle<br />
Erik Freiburger<br />
Jeremy Dyck<br />
Marlis Sabo
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