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coming events
There is so much to see here. So, take your time, look around, and learn about all of our upcoming programming! Click the button below or scroll down to check out our "Announcements" section with posters and detailed information about our programming, or, keep scrolling to see our full list of upcoming events!
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YOUTH GROUP: ESCAPE ROOM - Friday, June 12
Our youth have decided to end the 2025-2026 season with an escape room excursion! Youth are reminded to RSVP by Monday, June 1 for reservation purposes.
Email Kim at education@armourheights.org for more details.
JESUS' SERMON ON THE MOUNT 3-PART STUDY - Wednesday, June 10, 17, 24 | 7:30pm In Person and Online
Jesus said and did many things and there are four gospel accounts that provide their own perspectives. But if you had to zero in on the core of Jesus' teaching and how he embodies it, what would that be?
Matthew's gospel puts all of that together in three key chapters known as: The Sermon on the Mount. Jesus as the new and greater Moses speaks the truth of God to people and to the world on a mountain. Rather than tablets of stone as Moses receives them, Jesus himself is the Word of God in what he speaks. Are you interested in engaging all this? Plan to join us.
Speak to Dr. Harris for more info.
HEALING & RECONCILIATION SUNDAY - Sunday, June 14 | 10:30am - with Special Guest Adrian Jacobs
Join us for Healing & Reconciliation Sunday on Sunday, June 14, at 10:30am with special guest, Adrian Jacobs, Indigenous Elder, teacher, artist, writer, advocate, and Christian. Adrian will join us in our worship service and also offer a presentation after worship.
Adrian will sepak on the theme, "Linking Arms Together - A Haudenosaunee Vision of Peace": A peacemaker helps warring people end violence and process trauma through to healing with the help of mothers and listening sons. Women in the life of Jesus and men who listen well are keys to the impact of Christianity. There is hope in this time of war and turmoil.
For more info on Adrian Jacobs, CLICK HERE.
FATHER'S DAY BBQ - Sunday, June 21
Following worship on Sunday, June 21 everyone is invited to stay for our Father's Day BBQ. There is much to celebrate this Sunday so we hope you will join us. Please look for the sign up sheet in the Scott Duncan Hall and consider bringing a dish along to share with others.
ARMOUR HEIGHTS BOOK CLUB "Finding Flora" by Elinor Florence- Tuesday, June 23 | 7:30pm Online via Zoom
Scottish newcomer Flora Craigie jumps from a moving train in 1905 to escape her abusive husband. Desperate to disappear, she claims a homestead on the beautiful but wild Alberta prairie, determined to create a new life for herself. She is astonished to find that her nearest neighbours are also female: a Welsh widow with three children; two American women raising chickens; and a Métis woman who supports herself by training wild horses.
While battling both the brutal environment and the local cynicism toward female farmers, the five women with their very different backgrounds struggle to find common ground. But when their homes are threatened with expropriation by a hostile government, they join forces to “fire the heather,” a Scottish term meaning to raise a ruckus. To complicate matters, there are signs that Flora’s violent husband is still hunting for her. And as the competition for free land along the new Canadian Pacific Railway line heats up, an unscrupulous land agent threatens not only Flora’s livelihood, but her very existence.
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.
PRIDE PARADE - Sunday, June 28 | 1pm
Join Armour Heights and Presbyterians across Ontario for our Annual Pride Parade at 1pm! All are welcome! To register, please speak to Erin Stone, or email estone@armourheights.org.
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!