2012-06 hpc newsletter

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CONTACTUS: (604) 467 1715;[email protected];www.haneypreschurch.org;Minister: Gerard Booy [email protected]; Youth Minister: Paddy Eastwood [email protected]

In This Issue:

Our Groups and Activities

Planning for the Fall

In our fall Bible study, well be reading and studyingAmos.

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Amos , writesWalter Brueggemann. Amos is an interesting character.He is a visionary who saw the message of the Lord. His hometown, Tekoa, is 5 miles south of Bethlehem on theedge of the desert. There he worked as a shepherd and acaretaker of sycamore fig trees. His prophetic ministry isassociated with the sanctuary in the north, Bethel, andthe Northern Kingdom.

Historically, Amos ministry took place around 760-750B.C. This was a time of great prosperity for both theNorthern and Southern Kingdoms. But it was also a timethat saw disastrous practices of injustice andexploitation, and flagrant abuses of religion.

His message is stark. The Lord roars like a lion from Zion.His message, like the mighty roar of a lion, sendsshockwaves through the night and chills down the spine.Amos message afflicts the comfortable. He testifies

against the corruption that sets in when people forgetthe Lord; when they use the Lords name to legitimizetheir sin. Will the shepherds message save us from themouth of the lion?

Reading the prophets is not necessarily easy or pleasant.But without it we may just have a false sense of security.

In the roar of the Lion from Zion we also discoversomething else: Gods compassion for the oppressed;Gods own justice; Gods desire for his people to be a

people in whose lives justice will roll down like watersand righteousness like an everlasting stream. (5:24)

Come listen with me to the roar of the Lion in the wordsof the shepherd.

Thursday evenings from 7:00 8:30 pm,starting September 13, 2012

Gerard

Some of you may have heard of The Goon Squad, but you may wonderwho or what it is. Well, it is a group of four men who get together mostSaturday mornings and sometimes during the week, to do repairs andmaintenance to the Church. Other jobs they do are the garbage,recycling, tending to the roses and shrubs, keeping the parking lot clearof litter, setting up for Sunday School and many other odd jobs toonumerous to mention. In offering their services these men are servingGod as well as saving the Church a considerable amount of money!

A HUGE THANK YOU to Dick Lyster, Don Thain, Bill Groves and Ernie Streifel
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2/13

A few days ago I happened on this verse from

Psalm19:14 which reads: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable

to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. As so often happens when I read a passage of scripture

it raises questions in my mind. This time was no different and I began to think about how we, i.e.,

Haney Presbyterian Church worship God on Sunday mornings.

The Psalms are sometimes called the Hymn Book of the Bible so they seemed to be a good place to

start. Psalm 92 starts off: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Mos

High It is surprising (though I suspect it shouldnt be) how many times the words praise and

thanksgiving occur in the Psalms. Got me to thinking about what a difference it would make if

everyone came to the worship service with nothing on their minds but praise and thanksgiving.

But how do we give praise and thanksgiving? Well, the Psalms have something to say about that

too. According to Psalm 98:4 we are to Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all

the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. The following verses

give some idea as to how this is done: Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,

with the lyre and the sound of melody, with trumpets and the sound of the

horn... Psalm 68:3 says ...Let the righteous be joyful; let them exult beforeGod; let them be jubilant with joy. My dictionary says that jubilant means to

shout with joy. Psalm 47:1 affirms this approach: Clap your hands, all you

peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. Psalm 81:1-3: adds to this:

Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. Raise a

song, sound the tambourines, the sweet lyre with the harp. Blow the trumpets

on our festal day. And then Psalm 150:3-5 says Praise him with trumpet

sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance;

praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

I can hear some one saying: Wait a minute! Dont forget we are Presbyterians! We dont do loud

shouts of joy, and our hand clapping, if it sometimes happens, is pretty subdued (and even so, sure

to bring a few frowns). And I am not sure about this joyful noise business. Sounds pretty loud anddisruptive to me and we cant have that. Besides, someone is sure to complain if it gets too noisy.

And all those instruments! And clashing cymbals!? (next thing you know someone will want to play

drums) And dancing? In the church?

But that is not all. Psalm 134:1 says lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the Lord. And in

the first letter to Timothy the writer gives the directive that in every place the men should pray, lifting

up holy hands without anger or argument. (2:8) Raise our hands? In the church? (thats okay at a

hockey or football game) Someone might think we are getting carried away in our enthusiasm and

we certainly cant have that. If we get too carried away someone might think we have something to

celebrate! Or even worse, getting too religious.

And then there is Psalm 149:1 (and others) that instruct us to Sing to the Lord a new song A newsong? When everyone (or most everyone) knows that the old familiar hymns are the best? Never

mind that some of those old hymns are rather dated and have strange ways of saying things as well

as being, in some instances, very poor theology. Something new too often moves us out of our

comfort zones and makes us think and we cant have that in the church. We would rather be

comfortable and dont like to be challenged or disturbed. Thats not why we go to church.....is it?

God, forgive us.

Submitted by

R. Dorne Cornish


3/13

The Board of Managers is responsible for the temporal and financial affairs of the congregation. The Boardconsists of 9 elected members, 1 from session, the Minister and the Treasurer. It meets the third Monday of themonth at 7:30 from September to June. Meetings during July and August are called by the Chairman whenneeded. The Board works closely with Session.

Church roof: If youve parked along the side of the church at the beginning of June, you would have noticed apile of shingles. We finally managed to get the leaky roof fixed. Weve replaced the large low-slope part of the

roof over the sanctuary with a torch-on roof. We still have to replace the stucco on the tower (where theskylight is) with siding. And the ceiling will be painted, probably during the summer. The paint has beengenerously donated to us. The cost for the work and material for the roof amounted to $3900

Pre-Authorized Remittance: You now have the option of giving your monthly offering by means of pre-authorized remittance (PAR)/automatic withdrawal. The system is up and running and the first remittancesshould go through in June. Pamphlets and registration forms are available in the narthex. You could also speakto Larry Eastwood or Susan Reaveley if you want to find out more. We hope that this would give us a steady,reliable stream of income over time.

Youth Minister Fund: The balance in our youth minister fund at thebeginning of the year was $18091, enough to cover about 2/3 of thestipend for the youth minister for this year. We are drawing on the fund

at the moment, but when the fund runs out Paddys stipend will justbecome part of our normal budget. And from next year on her wholestipend will be paid for out of general funds. It will be a big jump. Wedont have a formal pledge campaign at the moment, but we have anongoing commitment to financially support this ministry which isinvaluable for our church as a whole. Some people kept up their extragiving when the pledge campaign finished, but many didnt. We arewriting to encourage you to keep that in mind when you plan yourgiving to the church. Please help us to keep our commitment and togrow this ministry for the glory of God and the good of our children andyouth.

We have 14 elders who, together with the two ministers, are called the Session. The elders are called byGod, elected by the congregation and ordained by the church to provide leadership and exercise spiritualoversight over all the members and ministries of the congregation.

Our monthly meetings include an extensive time for pastoral care where we pray by name for the peoplein our congregation and for various the ministries of the church. We have recently started with circlediscussions where we discipline ourselves to listen carefully to the wisdom of one another. We hope that

building the Session up in this way will enable us to lead with wisdom and vision.One of our elders, Richard Newman, was commissioned by Presbytery as an elder representative to the2012 General Assembly in Oshawa. Another one of our elders, Dennis Howard, is a student at VST inpreparation for ordained ministry. Dennis is doing summer ministry in Winnipegosis, Manitoba.

We are waiting to receive the final report of the church visitation, and will share the findings of thePresbytery visitation with you when it is available. One of the comments that we have heard is that somepeople do not know who their elders are. We are working on an attractive way to display photos of theelders with the names of the people in their districts.

Our priorities over the last two years have been to get our youth ministry established (with theappointment of Paddy) and also to establish a cell-church ministry to enhance our discipleship and fosterspiritual growth through relationships. Well continue to work with you to grow our youth ministry and towork towards the time when we can call Paddy as an ordained minister to the congregation.


4/13

The Mens Group meets for breakfast every

second Saturday of the month in the lowerhall.

The breakfast is prepared by the men. The

men start gathering about 8:30 for coffee

and conversation, with breakfast being

served at 9.

We start with an opening prayer. After

eating we sing a hymn and then have a

devotional prepared by one of our members.

Following this the men discuss the content

of the devotional.

We then go into our business meeting, where

we discuss Garage Sales, Golf Tournament,

Mens Retreat and any other item brought

forth by the men.

The funds we raise from our different

activities go to supporting our Youth

Ministry and Camp Douglas.

I would like to begin a theology reading group inSeptember where we could read and ponder great worksof theology. Does this sound too serious for you? Considerthis. Theology is best done in congregations by people who live daily in the tension of being Christian in the world. Theology iliterally just words about God, and it is far too important for us to consign it to the so-called professional theologians of ourtime. It is our spiritual work.

My idea is that we meet on the 4th Monday evening ofevery month in the church library around a cup of coffee/tea and atheology book. Well gradually work our way through each book at a pace that we all can manage. For the fall, I would like us toread The Jesus Wayby Eugene Peterson. I have benefitted greatly from Eugenes wisdom over the years and would like to share

some of that with you. Eugene is a pastor theologian whose passion is that everything in the Scriptures should be liveable.The Jesus way is one of the books in his series of conversations on spiritual theology. In this book, Eugene writes about that whichis unique to the Jesus way. He looks at the ways of those who came before Jesus Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, and Isaiah and how they revealed and prepared the way of the Lord. And he compares Jesus way with the ways of his contemporaries -Herod, the Pharisees, Caiaphas, the Essenes, Josephus, and the Zealots. He calls into question common ways followed by thcontemporary North American church, showing how what we have chosen to focus on consumerism, celebrity, charisma, andso forth obliterates what is unique in the Jesus way. (from the back cover)

Please let me know if you want to participate so I could order copies of the book.

Gerard

8:30am 3pmBCIT Woodlot Training Centre

Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge

Speakers: Trevor Connor, Craig Mitchell

Theme:

Goals: Examine self through the Scriptures, Develop strategies for walking in obedience, Enjoy victories when trials strike and Breaking habitual sin cycles.

Program Outline:

There will be 3 sessions, each approximately 1 hour induration that will engage participants through rank

and reason activities, mining for spiritual gold,storytelling, self-assessment and testimonies.

include lunch and refreshment breaks.Retreat brochure and registration form will be

available at the end of July.

For further information contact John Bell, Retreat

Planning Committee Coordinator, at 604 467 8538or e-mail [email protected]
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5/13

The Missions Committee meets every second Tuesday in the library at 1pm for

approximately one hour. Our purpose is to encourage our congregation to beinterested in and support worthy ministries that reach beyond our churchfamilys needs.

Some of these outreach projects are in our communinty and some are further out, even overseas. Wemonitor carefully how the funds are spent and make monthly reports to the committee. Eachindividual in our group is responsible for an aspect of our ministry and program. We would like towelcome more members to join our group and add their vission to what we are trying to do.

Alice Chambers (Chair)

Come and meet Daniel and learn about his adventuresin Babylon, visit the many shops like the Astronomyshop or Hanging Gardens, participate with your tribein fun games and much more!

To register or for more information, contact:Paddy [email protected]

or Sue [email protected]

There is a lot of help needed during the week (forexample people to serve as shop keepers andtribe leaders), but also to help with preparation.
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6/13

Join our team and help

expand the minds of tomorrow.

Our inventive team method of teaching

means your services are required

four Sundays in a row

three times per year.

Please consider this as we are in real need

of more teachers and helpers

for the 2012-2013 Church School Year.

Thank you!

Contact Lynda Gaudiuso

at 604-463-9454 oremail [email protected]

Jesus told his disciples, You are the light of the

world (Mahew 5:14). Well, I tell you, this group of

young teens have been the light of my world on

Sunday mornings.

This year saw our rst run at a new church schoolclass for 11-12 year olds. We met early on Sunday

mornings (from 9:00 am to 9:45 am). Kudos for the

parents who brought them faithfully and got them

early out of bed!

Why do we have this class? These young teens are at

an age where they ask many quesons about their

world, life, and God. They are starng to form their

own opinions and oen make important decisions

about faith and lifestyle in this period of their lives.

Many adults today would tell you that they rstheard Gods call when they were young teens. Their

spiritual formaon requires more solid food than

what we can give them during regular Sunday school

where they are mixed in with all the lile ones. And

they are also at an age where they desire to be

integrated more fully into the worshipping

community of the church. Worship will be a major

part of their ongoing Chrisan journey.

Together we are on a journey to discover WHAT WE

BELIEVE. The basis of our study is the Scriptures but

we highlight Reformed doctrines in a deliberate way,

drawing on catechisms which summarize the faith.

Essenally we want our children to think more about

what we believe about God, about humans and

about the relaonship between God and humans.

How does it work? This semester they met on

Sundays from 9:00 9:45 am in the Upper Room;

rst for a class with Gerard about aspects of our faith

and then for 15 minutes with Paddy to help them

prepare for worship. Paddy also took them out

during the last part of the worship service for asermon discussion.

The format and me may change a lile in the fall.

We would like to include 13 year olds in the group,

and would contact the parents with children in this

group to nd out what day and me would suit them

best.

Watch out for the next WE BELIEVE experience when

we dive into Gods work.

For young children we offer the following

during the Worship service:

For babies and toddlers (downstairs)

Following the children s story, children ages 5 10 go to the

gym downstairs to learn about God and the Bible.


7/13

Each Friday night between30 and 40 children and youth meet

at Haney Presbyterian,

participating in four different groups: for girls aged 6-8 for boys aged 8-12 for girls aged 9-13 for boys in high school

The programme for the two boys groupsincludes bible study, snack and games.The two girls groups have a bible study,

crafts, snack and games.

The fall will kick off with theon

and then regular meetingswill start on September 21st ,

Friday Nights 5 7 pmWed love to welcome new members!

If you have any questions, contact Paddy.

The Youth and Young Adults Group is forhigh school and university students.

The fall will start with a visit to theCorn Maze on Friday Sept 14th and our

regular meetings will startSunday September 16th.

We meet for lunch and then bible studyeach Sunday 11.30-1.30.Other activities include

Fast for Change in October,a monthly games night,

leading occasional evening worship

services and attending SS7(Second Sunday at 7pma youth and young adult evening worship

service held at St. Pauls Mission).

New members are always welcome!

Contact Paddy for more information.

Dont let anyone put you downbecause youre young.

Teach believers with your life:by word, by demeanor, by love,

by faith, by integrity.


8/13

HPCs Youth and Young Adults held its secondannual Camp Douglas Work Party and Mini-Retreat on May 25-27.

Fourteen youth from Haney, Richmond andLangley were joined by more than 50 volunteers(including several from Haney) on Saturday tospruce up the camp ready for the summer. Whenyou have that many hands working, you get a lotaccomplished! All in all, 26 different chores werecompleted.

It was a wonderful weekend. It was satisfying toaccomplish so much for the camp and when wewere not working, we were able to relax at abeautiful ocean front camp.

I hope you can join us next year:

May 24-26, 2013 for the youth,

May 25 for everyone else!

PADDY EASTWOOD

Mowing the field and grounds

Repairing the ramp on Cedar

cabin (Haney Presbyterian

adopted Cedar a few years

ago and is responsible for

maintaining it)

Painting the bunks, walls and

floor of Cedar cabin

Removing the moss from the

roofs of six cabins and Lone

Pine

Removing ivy

Protecting the pipes in the

stream with a rock cover

Trimming trees, bush-whacking

and weed-whacking

Replacing the lid on the creek

water tank


9/13

During the school year, the book club generally meets on the last

Thursday of the month at 6 : 15 pm for about an hour and a

quarter.

The majority of the year, we pick a Christian non-fiction book on a

relevant topic, or a biography on an individual; and the remaining

time we pick a fiction book that has issue's which can lead to a

good discussion in the group. Occasionally, we watch a short video

and then discuss it.

Everyone in the group is free to offer recommendations for the book choice and we try to

share books and get the best price for them when we need to buy them. Sometimes we areable to borrow them from other libraries.

Over the summer we plan to read a fiction book by Lynn Austin and meet in September for

the first discussion.

At present there is a group of 6-7 of us meeting regularly, but we welcome anyone who loves

a good read and a chat. If you are interested, please talk to Susan Reaveley in the church

office.

Susan Embree

The purpose of a church library is to promote

the Spirits work in the lives of people through

the written word. Christian literature ought to

be an active, viable ministry within the life of achurch.

Reading entertains, admonishes, consoles and

comforts, instructs and edifies its readers.Gayle Howard and I have been purchasing

current and relevant books to enhance thecollection of our church library. We invite youto partake of this literary feast!

In a multipurpose room we are trying to

emphasize the library aspect of this room by

creating more shelf space and a display area for

new titles. We would like to create morestructure to the borrowing and lending of bookssuch as, for example, having a three or four week

borrowing period as does the public library.Many books have been borrowed for such a

length of time that they have been declared

missing. We are willing to put book reviewsor author reviews in the bulletin or newsletter to

pique your interest and would encourage other

readers to do this too.

We have removed childrens video tapes from the

library and would like to gradually replace them

with DVDs, though this is expensive. In this

area, donations would be appreciated. Actually,the childrens section is used very little so we

would encourage parents to bring their childrenwith them and to make use of this resource as a

family.

In short, this library belongs to all of us, as achurch family. We covet your support andencouragement.

Read, learn and enjoy!

Marla van Hilten


10/13

MEXICAN TRAIN:May 28th was our last night for the summer, wehave had a very good year. There has alwaysbeen enough of us for 2 tables, sometimes 3.

We will resume again onMonday Sept 24th @ 7pm.Hope you all have a good

and safe summer.See you in September.

The Banner Group meet every Wednesdayat 9:30am to around 11:00am.

Some days we just discuss future plans otherdays we are in the midst of making a bannerso are very busy with all the componentparts.

At the moment the members are MargaretPeck, Shirley Lyster, Janne Van Noort andFlora Thain.

We will be finished at the end of June andstart up again in early September. This past

year we have been meeting on Thursdaynights occasionally with Ellen Lewis on aproject for the balcony and hope to havethat finished soon.

The Soup and Sandwich luncheon is served on the last Wednesday of the monthat noon. Anyone is welcome to come and many of our Church members bringfriends.The luncheon is by donation and the resulting funds are used for manyof the smaller items that are needed in the day to day running of the Church.

They also fund the Banner Group. We do not serve lunch in July, August or

December.

Flora Thain

Our name says it allwe meet Monday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. (except onholidays) upstairs to work on crafts which are sold at the annual Haney PresbyterianFamily Bazaar.

After our summer breakJuly and Augustwe will start up again September 11.Anyone is welcome. The fellowship is great. We always welcome new ideas and skill levelis not a requirement.

Theres always something for everyone.
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11/13

We meet thefirst Tuesday

of every month fromSeptember to June

in the fellowship/libraryroom of the church.

The Ladies Evening Fellowship has been an integral part of Haney Presbyterian Church for many years. The membership

is open to all ladies of HPC. We meet the rst Tuesday of every month from September to June in the fellowship/library

room of the church. We meet for fellowship and we also meet to pray, discuss and make decisions as to where the Lord

wants us to serve. We plan projects of many kinds because

1. We like to organize2. We like to be busy and3. We feel this is an important ministry in the church.

We are involved simply because we want to be. We are all appreciated for what we

share of our me and our talents. The fun and fellowship that we share is truly amazing

and there is a special bond that cant be matched. The gi of Gods presence calls to us,

unites us and supports us. We work hard throughout the year. We all contribute

according to our capabilies, we are proud of our accomplishments and the sense of community that is encouraged.

During the past year we sponsored our successful Family Bazaar last November, the

Congregaonal Christmas Dinner in December, and the Irish Stew Dinner in March. We

invited all ladies of the congregaon to a social evening to watch the DVD Bad Girls of

the Bible. In May we prepared and served the dinner for people aending the regiona

Presbytery meeng. We arranged Memorial Teas when requested. We assisted with

the Soup and Sandwich Wednesday every month; we helped the Mission Commiee

with preparing and serving refreshments aer their concerts. We cleaned the kitchen

we made pies, and we took our turn at Coee Hour aer church. We have a specia

dinner meeng in December and June lled with fun, food and fellowship and the spirit

of God who dances among us and calls to us to appreciate and enjoy life.

Since 2003 through the proceeds from our Bazaar, the LEF have contributed over $54,000.00 to vital church projects

With a donaon of almost $43,000.00 we helped the congregaon to pay o the Synod loan and the church mortgage

which now leaves us mortgage free. By paying o the mortgage early, the church was refunded the interest of

approximately $12,000.00 . We have also given over $11,000.00 to assist with renovaons to the washroom facility in

the narthex, to purchase a new refrigerator for the church kitchen and to pay for a new boiler for the church.

During the summer we slow down considerably and recharge our baeries. But you will nd reminders and subtle hintsthat the Bazaar will be here before you know it and summer projects will be encouraged for any member of the

congregaon who would like to help. You will nd many of us volunteering at VBS where we are needed the most. And

if an emergency comes up that needs aenon, Rev. Booy knows he just needs to telephone or email one of us and we

are more than willing to rally round to assist.

Having said all that, by September we will be geng itchy feet and will want to be busy again. Many of the acvies

menoned at the beginning of this report are tradional events in the life of HPC and so we will once again be organizing

the Family Bazaar, the Christmas Dinner, and looking forward to 2013 projects.

We are a congregaon that is fortunate to have

people from many naons. We have been

contemplang an Internaonal Pot Luck Dinnerwhere we could come together to share our naonal

dress, our culinary speciales, our tradions, our

music and dance. We will let the congregaon

know when this dream becomes a reality.

To all ladies of our congregaon, we extend a sincere

invitaon to join us for devoon, fellowship and the

sharing your me and talents.

International Potluck Dinner?

Sharing ournational dress,culinary specialties,traditions, music,

dance...


12/13

Hello all you Newcomers! Guess the initials and you too will be asked to contribute timeand things on November 17. Just about everybody in the church is involved in somecapacity. And the summer is a good way to get a head start for the Haney PresbyterianChurch Family Bazaar. Oh dear, I gave it away.

Well now that youve circled the dateon your calendar, its time to consider what to dothis summer.

We always have a:

1. Silent Auction: New or exceptionally good items. So you got an almost new bike takingup space in your garagewait a few months. Well take it off your hands. And thatantique mantle clock with the chimes that drive you crazy? Have we got a deal for you!

2. Bake Table: Picking berries or fruit? Freeze a few extra bags to bake up some muffins orcontribute to the ladies who make the pies.

3. Knitting and Sewing: We often put donated materials in the craft box in the narthexor just create things from what you have at home.

4. New to You: Planning to clean up the attic this summer? We can always use good useditemsespecially those with a Christmas theme. But please box them up and hold on tothem until November.

5. Books, CDs, DVDs and Records: will be needed.6. Christmas Crafts: Make them at home or come on Monday

mornings to our craft groupstarting up again in September.7. Woodcrafts: We love those!!!8. Jams, Jellies & Preserves: what are summers for?

Therell be more information in the fall - but for now - well, wehope this will keep you from getting bored this summer. And oh,

yes, did you remember to circle that date on the calendar? Its

Saturday, November 17.

1. All those envelopes and pre-paid postcardsare worth money to the Ladies EveningFellowship. Instead of throwing them out,collect the ones that are pre-paid with aCanadian address on them, and bring themto the church. Put them into the lovely

basket on the right hand credenza in thefoyer (narthex) and the LEF group will be able to get a % refund on the postage. Now thats easy!

2. Save-On-Foods has re-started its gift certificates for till slips. Every time you shop at Save-On-Foods, saveyour till slip and bring it to the church. Put it in the same basket as the pre-paid post-cards. When we have$2,000.00 worth of slips, we get a $50 gift certificate which helps keep up the kitchen supplies.

3. And dont forget to save the stamps from your letters and put them into the blue stamp box above the coatracks. The women teachers group Karin belongs to uses them towards money raised for 3 scholarships forhigh school students.

Now Thats Recycling with a Purpose!


13/13

We were founded when several women in the church believed that God called us to reach out to ourcommunity with the Good News. Our sole purpose is to host 2 womens breakfasts each year on a Saturdaymorningone in spring and one in the fallwhere we can invite women from Maple Ridge and PittMeadows to enjoy a morning of fellowship with music, one or two speakers, and a light breakfast with

friends.We are a loosely connected group of women volunteering their time to plan, invite, prepare, serve andclean up. Many women from our church have been part of the Harmony Workers, giving a morning or acouple of hours of their time, sharing their ideas, their gifts and their service. There is no long termcommitment. We meet twice before each breakfastmeeting time is printed in the bulletin a week or twoin advance; women decide what they would like to do and then do it.

If you would like to participate, come to our first planning meeting Tuesday, September 18 at 10:30 a.m.or come earlier and join in the Tuesday morning coffee group for a cup-a before the meeting. Imornings dont work for you, e-mail Karin [email protected] you will be included in all mail-

outs including job-openings. If you dont have e-mail, phone Karin at 604-460-0182.

On Sunday September 23rdwell have an OPEN HOUSEwhere you could interact with the cell-group leaders and sign up for a

group of your choice.

About 16 people have come forward to participate in the Leaders-in-Training group. They will

meet weekly as a cell-church during the months of June, July and August after which theyl

make the choice whether they want to continue as leaders of their own groups or not.

Cell-church ministry is something new for us. The idea is not that it replaces existing groups. Itis just another ministry opportunity for those who want to be part of a small group of believers

who get together regularly to study Scripture, pray with one another, and serve one another in

the love of God.

Our hope is simply to bring people together in Christian relationships to foster discipleship and

spiritual growth. We believe that it would positively enhance every aspect of our church life

We also hope that there would be daytime as well as evening groups so that everyone who wants

to can participate.
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