Remember to write your February Celebrations on the piece of paper on the library door.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
February 28, 2010
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Remember to write your February Celebrations on the piece of paper on the library door. |
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The February edition of Mandate Magazine is available at the back. |
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Please let Rosanne know if your e-mail address has changed in the last year so that we can ensure you receive the church e-mailouts. |
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A reminder to Everyone that the deadline for Bulletin Announcements is Thursday at noon. We cannot accept announcements after that time as the bulletin is printed on Friday morning. Any late announcements will go into the following week's bulletin. Thank you for your consideration. |
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There will be Taizé style worship in the sanctuary on Wednesday, March 3rd at 2:00 pm. |
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Men's Breakfast: Thursday, March 4th, |
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Adult Christian Development:
The study of John Shelby Spong's new book, Eternal
Life: A New Vision continues upstairs:
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Thursdays,
March 4th, 11th, 18th at 7:00 pm
Fridays, March 5th, 12th, 19th at 10:00 am
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Next Sunday, March 7th at 11:30 am
after the service, The KAIROS
component of our Social Justice Committee is staging an appeal to CIDA,
(Canadian International Development Agency) to restore the funding to KAIROS.
The funding was cut in November 2009. |
The Appeal will take the form of a
large banner being displayed surrounded by as many people as possible from our
congregation, other Churches and the supportive general community. The Driftwood
will take the photo and publish with an accompanying article the following week.
This will be forwarded to CIDA and
the Federal Government.
We are asking for your support of this appeal. Weather
permitting it will be outside our Church and take 10 to 15 minutes to arrange.
Thank You,
The KAIROS Committee
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Centennial United Church is celebrating the 95th Anniversary of CGIT in Canada on Saturday, April 24th, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. (lunch provided). They are inviting all CGIT alumnae in BC to this event. Bring any memorabilia (with your name on the item) you may wish to display at the celebration. If your group would like to make a presentation about your time in CGIT, there will be an opportunity to sing, dance, or give a skit. Info: Lesley Crassweller, 250-386-7713, leskenc@shaw.ca |
MINUTE FOR MISSION
Called
to Live Beyond Security
In June 2009 about 150 people gathered in Toronto at the North American Stewardship Conference (NASC) to listen, learn, and discuss ways to move their lives and their churches’ lives beyond security. To live beyond security we have to recognize the many illusions we have about guaranteeing safety.
Weapons, walls, and other ways to shut out people do not bring safety. Participants learned that hope and love are the true remedies for fear, hate, loneliness, dis-ease, anger, blame, and guilt. God inspires us to move beyond security to live among those we are called to serve.
The NASC was augmented by honest and hopeful words, joyful
singing, prayer, and laughter. Those gathered were urged to always remember that
“we are
not alone.”*
To keep the ideas alive after the conference, learning circles were created so participants could connect by meetings or conference calls and share with their churches and communities what they had learned and experienced.
The NASC and the learning circles are supported in part through The United Church of Canada’s Mission and Service Fund. Your support of the Mission and Service Fund provided people from churches across North America with a place to learn and teach one another as the body of Christ.
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from “A New Creed”