Blog Entries tagged 'raves'

THE SALTSHAKER

admin@westhill.net — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The deadline for our newsletter, THE SALTSHAKER, is this weekend. Submit your articles about your committee, upcoming activities, report on past events, summer vacations, news and views. Our publisher, Terry Repol and editor, Andrea Rowan are anxious to hear from you. Please copy both of them on your submissions.

ANNUAL REPORTS

admin@westhill.net — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The 2009 Annual Report is now available on line. Being conscious of our environment and making wise use of our resources there will not be a distribution of printed reports. There will be a limited number of printed versions available upon request from the office. So relax, read all the interesting reports highlighting the activities of the past year. Bring any comments or questions to the Congregational Meeting on Tuesday, June 22.

Thank you!

dana.wilson.li@gmail.com — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0100

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank several people on the AV team. Their efforts in the month of May allowed the service to go smoothly and ensured we had a recording to post to our websites!

Thanks Kathleen, Gerald, Jane, Florence, Cathi and Joanne. And thanks to Hal who keeps us all on track!

Rebel Priest, Peter Kennedy

gretta@westhill.net — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:00:00 +0100

While in Brisbane, I was honoured to give the homily and preside at the Eucharist at St. Mary's in Exile with rebel priest, Peter Kennedy. Here, Peter Kirkwood of Eureka Street, posts his interview with Kennedy and a reflection on his first year outside the embrace of the Catholic church.

An email of thanks

dana.wilson.li@gmail.com — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The following note was sent to the webmaster@westhill.net address. It is reproduced here with John's permission.

Dear Dana

Please extend my personal feelings of gratitude and appreciation for releasing Gretta to travel to Australia. I met Gretta in the Brisbane section of her tour. Perhaps not so strangely, Gretta did not say anything that was all that unfamiliar but confirmed much of my own theological thinking. As Gretta stresses, relationships, cultivated and maintained by bonds o [...]

Kind of Christianity an atheist could believe in!

gretta@westhill.net — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Dick Gross writes an article on the Common Dreams, Kind of Christianity an atheist could believe in!, conference and gets it! (Well, most of it -- I think he thinks I believe in all the different things "god" means which, of course, would be somewhat crazy making!) And he loved Scott's music which, as we all know, holds our most inspirational moments.

So you buy green, but do you buy queer?

gretta@westhill.net — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

This amazing buyers guide will help you determine whether the companies you support also support the people you support. Put together by the Human Rights Campaign foundation in the States, an organization working toward achieving and maintaining rights for LGBTQ people across some of the most homophobic regions in North America, the guide indicates that despite tragic choices on the part of state legislatures, a very positive response to equality has been seen throughout the b [...]

YouTube competition: Vote Earth Charter International!

gretta@westhill.net — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100

As a signatory on the Earth Charter, we support the principles and aims it will be presenting at the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen in a few weeks. ECI brings together elements of climate change challenges that are often missed when discussions take place. It isn't just science that will save the planet. Economics and justice play a huge role in creating a sustainable world.

If you'd like to participate in the youtube competition and show your support for the Earth Charte [...]

Explored the Elements!

gretta@westhill.net — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100

It 's a great big pat on the back for the many presenters at the Explore the Elements conference last week who were from West Hill United! Participants were over the moon about the calibre of the presentations and the challenging perspectives they encountered during the weekend long conference held at the Crowne Plaza in Don Mills. Leadership was provided by

Trisha Bower walked participants through the grief process associated with the loss of foundational religious belief systems [...]

Dana Wilson-Li, a multitalented star in our midst

mfrench@rogers.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100

A great big THANK YOU to Dana for stepping up when a need identified itself and not only shopping for the new equipment needed to replace the video camera that was stolen recently, but also for figuring out the complicated technology, making it an easier system to use and for posting the PODCAST AND WEBCAST.

Yay Dana!!!!!!

Michael Pritchard turns filthy water drinkable. An amazing video.

janice.meighan@sympatico.ca — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Hammering for Habitat

gretta@westhill.net — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

It was a phenomenal day to hoist a hammer and make a contribution to the Habitat for Humanity build taking place in our community, just south of the church off Manse Avenue. One hundred and eighty women were gathered into house groups and then further divided into work groups as part of Toronto Habitat's first ever [...]

Rick Miller's HardSell

gretta@westhill.net — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Many of us have tickets to Rick's newest show, HardSell, for this coming Monday evening, April 20th. It's going to be an interesting night and will, through Rick's inimitably provocative style, be one we'll very likely talk about for some time to come.

Here are a couple of articles about the show. One from the Globe this past week. And one from the C [...]