Commons in Marda Loop.
A Church is meant to belong to a neighbourhood.
Join us for our first Sunday — September 20.
This September, Commons Church is opening a new parish in the heart of Marda Loop.
For more than a decade, Commons has gathered people around the life and teachings of Jesus in Calgary. Now we're taking the next step—becoming a church rooted not just in one place, but in neighbourhoods across our city.
Our Marda Loop parish shares the same approach to teaching, vision, and values as our Kensington community while becoming a local gathering shaped by the people, rhythms, and stories of this neighbourhood.
Whether you've been part of Commons for years, you're exploring faith for the first time, or you're simply looking for a community to belong to, we'd love to welcome you.
Bobbi Salkeld joined the Commons team in 2016 after 15 years of pastoral ministry in San Francisco (East Bay) and Vancouver. As part of our Senior Leadership Team, she oversees the Marda Loop parish with a passion for preaching and the arts. A prairie native at heart, Bobbi loves being an auntie, officiating weddings, and life with her husband, Jonathan.
Marda Loop Parish
A church rooted in the neighbourhood.
The Marda Loop Parish is the second neighbourhood community of Commons Church.
For more than a decade, Commons has been exploring what it means to follow Jesus together in Calgary. Along the way, we've come to believe that church is at its best when it is deeply rooted in the life of a neighbourhood—sharing its joys, carrying its burdens, and becoming a faithful presence over time.
That's why we've planted a parish in Marda Loop.
As part of Commons Church, the Marda Loop Parish shares the same teaching, vision, and values as our Kensington community while growing into its own local rhythms, relationships, and opportunities to serve. We are one church expressed through neighbourhood communities, believing that the way of Jesus is most fully lived in places where people know one another, care for one another, and seek the good of the places they call home.
Whether you've been part of Commons for years, have recently moved to the area, or are simply exploring faith for the first time, there's a place for you here.
Life Together
Church is more than a Sunday gathering.
It's meals shared around tables, conversations over coffee, children growing up together, serving neighbours, praying with one another, celebrating life's joys, and carrying each other through seasons of loss. We believe faith is formed through ordinary life lived in community, and we're excited to discover what that will look like as this parish takes root in Marda Loop.
Our Neighbourhood
Marda Loop is one of Calgary's most vibrant and diverse neighbourhoods—a place where families, students, professionals, long-time residents, and newcomers all find themselves sharing the same streets and stories.
We want to be a church that contributes to the flourishing of this neighbourhood. That means listening before speaking, serving before expecting, building friendships, partnering with local organizations, and joining in the good work already happening here. We believe following Jesus always draws us toward the places and people around us.
Part of Commons Church
Commons Church is becoming a network of neighbourhood parishes across Calgary. Rather than gathering everyone into one larger campus, we're committed to cultivating local communities that share one vision while taking root in different neighbourhoods.
The Marda Loop Parish is one expression of that vision, alongside our Kensington Parish. Together we share leadership, teaching, and a common mission while each parish develops its own relationships, character, and presence within its neighbourhood.
If you're looking for service times, directions, kids programming, or what to expect on a Sunday, we'd love to help you get started on our Plan Your Visit page.
Church has always been about more than sermons and information, it breathes in conversations as we invite each other deeply into our lives. So join in, share what you have and take a piece of what others around you are offering. And when you're ready, take your next steps.