News & Views

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.

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The monthly VISITORS AND TRAVELLERS LUNCH is being held this Sunday, September 5. After Gretta brings us inspiration at the 10:30 service stay for a delicious lunch and interesting conversation. Everyone is welcome. See you then.

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 Tickets are selling quickly. Buy your tickets soon for ANNE WALKER IN CONCERT at the church on  Saturday, September 18. Tickets only$20.00. All proceeds to West Hill United Church. The Curtain Call Café will be selling refreshments. Contact the church office to purchase your tickets. Bring your family, friends and neighbours, reserve a table ot two!

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There will be a bike ride on Sunday Sept. 5, 1:00 p.m. in memory of Colin Hanson, a West Hill member who died in a car accident on Sep 3, 2009. Colin was an avid outdoorsman and  cyclist.  All are invited for this memorial ride.

 

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There was some good initial discussion yesterday around unpacking the statement "Everything happens for a reason" and its implications.  Anything to add?  What does that statement mean to you?  Is it positive? Does it give you hope? Or does it infuriate you?

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"It is with a deep sense of awe and joy that we acknowledge the wonder of life in all its dimensions."

Religion is sometimes described as the institutionalization of what were profound and inspirational moments in the lives of individuals or groups.  In their efforts to share what they had come to know, they passed along their experiences with the implication that if you did what they described, you'd get the same experience.  It sometimes left people feeling inadequate if they didn't get that experience or the inspiration they'd been expecting.

Have you ever experienced wonder and been so blown away you just had to share it, but the person with whom you did so didn't have the same response? What was sacred for you was humdrum or insignificant for them? If so, how did that make you feel and did it make you feel differently about the person?

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Beginning June 6th and running for six weeks, we'll be examining the VisionWorks (2009) document that was embraced by the congregation a year ago. Exploring how we interact with ourselves, each other, and the world and how our relationships can be supported, challenged, and enriched by the principles in our VisionWorks (2009) document, we'll engage in conversation here, on our Facebook page, and in person.  Join us as we  wrestle with our ideals and discern how to apply them as a community and as individuals.  Questions will be posted here regularly throughout the next few weeks!

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Thank you to Carolyn Cook for passing on some info about an important free event:

Faith in Action: A Dialogue with Your City
Opportunities for Creating More Affordable Housing

Hosted by the Multifaith Alliance to End Homelessness, the evening consists of a Keynote address by Councillor Joe Mihevc, a panel discussion, and discussion groups. Participants will have an opportunity to voice their ideas: faith communities have historically played a critical role in addressing social issues such as homelessness and housing affordability. Each table will have a facilitator to prompt discussion on ideas to be considered by faith communities for development of affordable housing.

When: Thursday April 8th, 2010 | 5:45 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: City Hall, Members Lounge | 100 Queen Street W., Toronto

To register for the event, click here. For more information, visit the MATEH website or see Carolyn Cook.

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After claiming that the absence, in the publication of the new study guide for immigrants, of reference to Canadian equality rights as they pertain to gays and lesbians was the result of an oversight , homophobic Immigration minister, Jason Kenney, is found to have personally wielded the red marker that struck sections on gay equality and marriage from early drafts.

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Join us for an exciting evening.  Stimulate your senses with aromatic coffee blends and help us choose the perfect blend and roast for West Hill.  Our Fair Trade coffee selections are roasted by Alternative Grounds. Then stimulate your mind with an incredible new play by Munroe Scott, performed by Rick Miller and based almost entirely on interviews with the Great Infidel himself, a.k.a. The Orator, Robert Ingersoll.  February 23, beginning at 7:30.

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