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A most profound yet most mis-read and mid-understood book, Job has much to offer those who invest in discovering its true wisdom. Among the many ways it has opened doors to understanding and transformation for the spiritually hungry, here are three:
1) While much religion and especially imperial and colonizing religion is about learning and teaching obedience, submission, acceptance and surrender, Job is also about the empowerment of questioning, dissent and protest. Does your spirituality have a meaningful place for questioning, dissent and protest as much as acceptance and surrender?
2) While so much of life involves loss, grief and traumatic experiences of crisis, there is a whole new literature which is discovering in Job deep riches for therapeutic healing toward a more resilient wholeness. How fully have you experienced inner healing and how well may you be equipped to transmute crises in your life into transformative ways of living grace, abundance and peace?
3) While different authors may be responsible for crafting different parts of Job making it read in contradictory ways as if Job is a split personality, more profound readings recognize that contradictory experiences and emotions are very much part of the development of a rich spiritual life not closeted from the real world of vulnerability, pain and periods that can feel like chaos. How full-orbed is your spiritual and emotional life as you live it with eyes and heart wide-open?
If any of this stirs your soul, the book of Job, rightly read and absorbed, is inner medicine that can open up new spiritual arteries flowing through your being.
Join us, beginning Wednesday, September 25, 7:30pm, as we begin our journey through Job.
Ways you can participate:
1) Notes will be sent out ahead of the sessions along with readings from Job.
2) Each session will be recorded should you miss any or want to listen to parts of it again.
3) You can join our discussion group in person or online.
Any questions? Speak to Dr. Harris
Join us, in person or online, Wednesday, November 27 at 7:30pm for another session of "Practicing Healing Prayer." As we offer up our hearts in prayerful compassion for the healing of others, we ourselves experience healing love pass through our hearts. Come and join us and see how it works. CLICK HERE for some notes on the kind of prayer we actually practice.
In the charnel house that was Europe in the Second World War, there were few instances of shining moral courage, let along secular sainthood. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and Nazi resister was the exception. This emblematic figure risked his life--and finally lost it--through his participation in a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and topple his regime. Saints and Villains gives us this exemplary life in a sweeping narrative that is bold in conception and utterly convincing in its power of imaginative reconstruction.
Whether you will have read the book or not, join us for the discussion Tuesday, November 26 at 7:30pm in person or online. If you need assistance getting a copy of the book, speak to Erin Stone.
Would you be interested in hosting or sponsoring coffee hour? You can participate as an individual or as a team! The coffee itself is made every Sunday by Jim Nasmith, all we need help with is coordinating setting out some food and clean-up. We would be so grateful for any help you are willing to offer. You can find a sign-up sheet just outside the kitchenette if you would like to add your name. For details, speak to Barbara Thomas, or anyone on the ministry team.
Thank you for considering this wonderful fellowship opportunity!
Sunday, November 10
Remembrance Sunday
Intergenerational Band Rehearsal
Monday, November 11
Dance fitness, 10:00am
Wednesday, November 13
"Where Is God in the Face Of Human Suffering & Injustice? The Biblical Book of Job: A Study" 7:30pm
Friday, November 15
PA Day Camp
Sunday, November 17
Anniversary Sunday
Intergenerational Band Rehearsal
Monday, November 18
Dance fitness, 10:00am
Friday, November 22
Mosaic Event: The Holiday Festive Showcase, 6-9pm
Sunday, November 24
Intergenerational Sunday with special guest: Guy Smagge, Executive Director of PWS&D (Presbyterian World Service & Development)
Monday, November 25
Dance fitness, 10:00am
Tuesday, November 26
Literary Society Discussion, “Saints and Villains” by Denise Giardina
Wednesday, November 27
Practicing Healing Prayer, 7:30pm via ZOOM
Friday, November 29
Youth Group, 7pm-9pm
Saturday, November 30
The Great Armour Heights Baking Club: Christmas Cooking Baking, 1pm
Sunday, December 1
Advent 1 / Holy Communion
Congregational Meeting to discuss "sound dampening" project for our hall
Wednesday, December 4
How can the real Christmas story in the Bible inspire how you can celebrate Christmas this year?, 7:30pm discussion in person and online
Sunday, December 8
Advent 2 Sunday
Presentation after worship by special guest: Steve Teekens, executive director of Na-Me-Res (Native Men's Residence) on: homelessness, healing and reconciliation (in person and 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.
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!