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WHO IS JESUS, WHO ARE YOU? The Gospel of Matthew Fall Adult Study - Weekly on Wednesdays, Starting September 16 | 7:30pm, In Person & Online
Jesus is the founder of Christianity. But do we really know who he was and what he taught? Well, the place to start has to be the gospels. But which one? Do they all give us the same Jesus?
Matthew’s gospel is the first one in our New Testament. And this is no arbitrary choice. Matthew’s gospel was the most well-known and shared of the gospels for the first 100 years of Christianity.
And while each of the gospels offers us unique perspectives on Jesus and what he taught, Matthew’s concern above all other concerns is to reveal a Jesus who seeks to get to the heart of a person beyond all the pretenses and facades we all take on to live in this world of ours. Do we ever feel safe or free to expose our naked selves beneath all the layers of protection? Before whom would we feel totally safe and totally loved to be so exposed?
The Jesus of Matthew’s gospel invites such an encounter with people, a veritable journey of dying and discarding of layers built on sand, in order to call forth a more authentic building up of a wholeness rooted on solid rock.
And so, beginning Wednesday, September 16, 7:30pm, we begin a journey through Matthew’s gospel account seeking to discover the true Jesus and ourselves more truly by entrusting ourselves to the Jesus we will meet on the journey. Will you join us?
THE PCC COLONIZATION & RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS - Listening, learning and working for reconciliation - with Katharine Sisk - Sunday, September 27 | 12:00pm In person & Online
In marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it is important to understand the church’s role in the harms of colonization and residential school. Why was it important for the church to apologize? What is reconciliation? What is our role?
Sunday, September 27 is Orange Shirt Day/Truth and Reconciliation Sunday. Following worship (12 noon), we will share lunch as we take in a presentation with conversation led by our own Katharine Sisk, who is Senior Program Coordinator of the Justice Ministries of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Plan to join us, online and in person.
ARMOUR HEIGHTS BOOK CLUB "Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature" by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian- Tuesday, September 29 | 7:30pm Online via Zoom
Growing up, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian felt most at home in the swamps and culverts near her house in the Hudson Valley. A child who frequently felt out of place, too much of one thing or not enough of another, she found acceptance in these settings, among other amphibious beings. In snakes, snails, and, above all, fungi, she saw her own developing identities as a queer, neurodivergent person reflected back at her—and in them, too, she found a personal path to a life of science.
In Forest Euphoria, Kaishian shows us this making of a scientist and introduces readers to the queerness of all the life around us. Fungal species, we learn, commonly encompass more than two biological sexes—and some as many as twenty-three thousand. Some intersex slugs mutually fire calcium carbonate “love darts” at each other during courtship. Glass eels are sexually undetermined until their last year of life, a mystery that scientists once dubbed “the eel question.” Nature, Kaishian shows us, is filled with the unusual, the overlooked, and the marginalized—and they have lessons for us all.
Wide-ranging, richly observant, and full of surprises, Forest Euphoria will open your eyes and change how you look at the world.
Whether you will have read the book or not, join us for the discussion Tuesday, June 23 at 7:30pm online via zoom. If you need assistance getting a copy of the book, speak to Erin Stone.
ongoing programs and projects
Exercise & Falls Prevention Online!
We are pleased to inform you that Circle of Care is now offering their exercise classes online through ZOOM! Circle of Care provides free exercise and falls prevention classes to older adults living in the community. The Falls Prevention program is led by an Occupational Therapist, and the Group Exercise Classes are led by trained fitness professionals. Classes are designed to help participants increase mobility, relieve pain and reduce the risk of falls by building strength and improving balance. Classes are funded by the Central Local Health Integration Network (CLIN), and are offered to eligible participants free of charge.
The classes have received RAVE reviews from our Armour Heights Community and run daily at 10:30AM, Monday to Friday! Each class offers a variety of options to challenge participants of all fitness levels. To view the full schedule and register for classes, click the button below.
If you have any other questions, please contact Erin Stone for details.
Milk Bags Into Mats & Egg Cartons for the Food Bank!
We have just received an update from Gillian MacCausland that in 2023 we have collected 592! Each mat for an adult takes 500-700 bags. CLICK HERE or the button below to learn more about the program. If any youth or other participants might be interested in getting involved by sorting or counting bags, let us know!
We also collected 459 egg cartons in 2023! Visits to the food bank that we are sending the egg cartons to have gone from 4,000 families each month at the first part of the year, to 7,500 this summer. We also continue to collect bread tags. Thank you for keeping the food bank in good supply! Keep it up!
If you are also able to supply diapers, baby formula, feminine hygiene products, general personal care items (soaps, toothpastes, shampoos etc.) or any items that can take a chunk out of a limited budget, they would be gratefully received as the cost for these items continues to rise. If you have any questions, speak to Erin or Gillian.
Many thanks again to Gillian MacCausland for piloting this project that serves our community and our planet!