Here is a reminder of our virtual Celebration of Life for Ron Dodge. I hope, if you wish to, you will be able to tune in at 2:00 on Saturday, June 13th so we can watch it together. Use this link if you would like to own the movie and download it into your own …
Coming soon – Watch for an invitation to join a Zoom book club led by Outreach members that will focus on a book that deals with racism, plus links to the United Church website and other resources.Your Outreach Committee
A Message from Cathy Dodge-Smith May 9th came and went with no Celebration of Life for Ron.I have decided to do a virtual event rather than wait until we can safely gather in person. We are in the planning process now. The Remembering Ron event will go ‘live’ on June 13th at 2:00 p.m. I hope you …
A Message from Maple Grove Council Andy King was all about people, poetry and passion: his larger-than-life greetings to all who came into the church, his wonderful way with words and his enthusiastic singing voice all will be sadly missed by so many of us at Maple Grove. Our Church Council would like to receive …
In 2014 an 11 year old Yezedi girl was captured and sold into slavery by ISIS fighters in Syria. This past April this now 17 year old young woman was found and released. Her mother had been captured at the same time but had found freedom earlier and was part of a group of Yezedi women who …
George Floyd, Terence Crutcher, Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin, Michael BrownThese are only five names, but the complete list would consist of thousands of names of black people incarcerated, maimed or killed because of the colour of their skin. Where do we stand? What should we do? Is this someone else’s problem or is it our …
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https://www.united-church.ca/news/church-leaders-acknowledge-racism-their-midst Published on: June 2, 2020Last modified on June 2, 2020 In response to the demonstrations across the United States and Canada in the wake of the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Anglican Church of Canada, and The United Church of Canada have issued …
Social Spacing From a distancewe’ve beenpracticing safespace —at least two meterswhenever possible. No contact communication,no contact interaction,no facial contactwhen we’re out beyond home,for our ownhealth and protection,and for everyoneelse’s.The current Covid-19social contract.Yet there are somewho violate that,who don’t take itseriously,who believe they areinvulnerable,not susceptible,not contaminable.That’s like playingRussian roulettewith risk. “We are in this together” meansbehaving with …
Unfortunately due to the pandemic, many of us haven’t spoken for a bit so it is time for an update from the search committee. We have completed our initial review of candidates and, for a variety of reasons, have not found a candidate that we can recommend to the congregation. The current pandemic has had …
