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iWonder offers an opportunity for relationship-building conversation about our beliefs, perspectives, and understanding of life.

Based on the interactive discussion experience of WonderCafe.ca, iWonder uses a multimedia approach to help spark conversations in your congregation and community about faith issues and offers the occasion to explore a range of perspectives. 

iWonder discussions take place on WonderCafe discussion threads, through on-line video, and face-to-face using iWonder postcards (free to United Church congregations, while supplies last).

This video montage collects samples from iWonder video interviews done in Hamilton, Ont. this fall. Participants are offering their responses to iWonder's current slate of questions, including:

This is so cool. 1Hope is a United Church-related group of outreach ministries in Winnipeg. 

From the YouTube post:

Hope and harmony came together in Winnipeg's core when hundreds of people gathered for a Flash Mob to raise awareness for 1Hope Winnipeg.

The Flash Mob took place at Portage Place over the lunch hour and featured local hip hop artists Sadie and Bubba B, who teamed up to sing 'My World' - a song they've gifted to 1Hope Winnipeg. You can purchase the song at http://1hopewinnipeg.com/myworld/

Help create change in your city - one step at a time. Together, we can give hope.

Take a look at the trailer, or "sizzle reel", that WonderCafe is pitching to media outlets in hopes of making a full-length documentary on the positive spiritual based street art movement happening around the world.

Brought to you by Wondercafe.ca and First United Church Mission, the Paint Your Faith project hit the city of Vancouver in April 2010 with a stunning display of contemporary street art.

Working as collective, four internationally acclaimed aerosol artists -- Faith47 (South Africa), Titi Freak (Brazil), Peeta (Italy), and Vancouver's own Indigo -- brought their own expressions of faith to a unique and inspiring mural on the city's Downtown Eastside. As it was being created, the mural became a sign of hope for the DTES, bringing together the community in new and surprising ways.

For more information, see www.paintyourfaith.ca, or you can visit the Paint Your Faith Vancouver mural at 55-57 W. Hastings Street, across from the Woodwards Building.