Library Display

 The link for this week`s live streamed service is here

There is a library display in the hall to complement our study on The Celebration of Discipline. The topic of last week`s discussion was `study` so having more books to study seems appropriate. This Wednesday we`ll be thinking about `simplicity.` Anyone can join the discussion at any time, so if you skipped meditation and fasting, but would like to cogitate on simplicity, please come along either at 10:00 am on Wednesday or at 7:00 pm on Wednesday.

Speaking of simplicity, many of the congregation have been paring down their cupboards and closets in response to the request from the Compassionate Warehouse for items for Ukraine. Monetary donations -- always welcome -- can be dropped off at the church or given directly to CRW at   https://www.crwarehouse.ca/donate. 

As we are inundated with images of refugees, bombed out buildings and sobbing children, we want to `do`something. Donations of items is helpful to both those who give and those who receive.  

There were bags and bags and boxes and boxes of donated items` dropped off at the church over the last weeks, as well as a donation from the Jesus is Lord congregation who worship in our building.

In the end Brian and Vivien had their car packed to the roof with tokens of support for the beleaguered citizens of Ukraine. 

Those items will be added to the forty foot container being filled by the Compassionate Warehouse and sent overseas.

We have ended our collection for the Warehouse for now but we expect there will be another call for donations. So, if you missed this one, please keep your offerings for the next time. See here for the list of requested goods. 

    It was good to have the choir back in its place this Sunday. Rev. Irwin often says he feels lonely when the choir is on break over the summer. Imagine how he has felt for the past two years! We have a new member among the singers. Welcome Pam. More voices are always welcome. Practice is on Thursdays at 7:00 pm. With Good Friday and Easter coming up, it`s a good time to raise your voice in song and praise.

All the gardening work Linda did last fall is paying dividends this spring. Daffodils and heather are blooming in the front flower bed. Gardening and Christian living are almost synonymous. Both plant seeds in hope and faith; the fruits, some visible, some invisible,  are borne in another season.