Minister’s Musings:
Do any of these sound familiar?
- One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short. (Eleanor Roosevelt) GRATEFUL
- This is a wonderful day, I’ve never seen it before. (Maya Angelou) BLESSING
- Don’t be afraid, my love is stronger. My love is stronger than your fear (MV90) UNAFRAID
- The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, to your community around you, to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. (Mitch Albom) DEVOTED
These are the four quotations used during the Stewardship campaign. Perhaps in the months to come when all the Sunday services have mixed together in your mind (or you’ve forgotten them altogether) these quotations will still help you stop and think about what it means to be grateful, to be a blessing and receive a blessing, to be unafraid to stand in your faith, and to be devoted to God and to each other.
I have another quotation for you. It is stuck with tape beside the light switch in my church office so I see it every time I leave. It says (and I don’t know who wrote it): THE MOST COURAGEOUS THING WE CAN DO IS STAND IN THE LIGHT AND BE SEEN AS WHO WE ARE.
I pray this past month has helped us all find the courage and confidence to stand in our light because we have been reminded, or learned for the first time, what a solid foundation Highlands is in our lives and the community; and what a solid foundation it offers us to go and spread the love of God in this world.
Julie.
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To Everything There is a Season
Wednesday, November 2nd at 10:30 in the Lower Hall. As part of the To Everything There is a Season series, Connie Jorsvik will be with us again to share her considerable knowledge and experience in navigating the health care system related to accessing various home care services as well as residential care facilities particularly at a time when the health care system is in crisis. RSVP to Colleen Blair if you plan to come. And please, come at around 10:20 so we can begin the presentation promptly at 10:30!
Connie Jorsvik, Advance Care Planning educator with Patient Pathways, will be putting on a free three-part webinar series. If you want to attend, simply click here to join at any of the dates and times below:
- Thursday November 3rd from 6:30 to 8:30 pm: Understanding Advance Care Planning.
- Thursday November 10th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm: Navigating the BC Healthcare System with a focus on home care and residential care.
- Thursday November 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm: Choice of End of Life and Understanding Medical Assistance in Dying.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85668080912pwd=eGhVaGN3TWNLenZPT0lQb0pPOFczUT09
Meeting ID: 856 6808 0912
Passcode: 174714
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Advent Festival
“ There are many ways to be involved in this year’s Advent Festival - from loaning Nativity Scenes for display, volunteering on the day, setting up and decorating or spreading the one in your neighbourhood. Check the email sent to the Highlands List serve on Thursday for more details and to volunteer, or send an email to sandi.parker@highlandsunited.org Don’t miss this annual event!
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Healing Pathway
The Healing Hands ministry will be offering sessions at 12:30pm and 1:15pm on the second Wednesday of the month. The next session will be on Wednesday, November 9. If you'd like to book a session, please call Lorraine Elliott at 604-985-4502.
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Hello Highlands folks,
Highlands feels like home to me and that is a big reason why I volunteer my time and I pledge each year to support the church.
Whether I am there in person or participating online, I feel that people care about me and I am challenged to deepen my connection with God. The music lifts me up, the children running around in bare feet make me smile, and having opportunities to donate to programs locally and around the world help me to make a difference.
During this Stewardship season as we consider what Highlands means to us, I hope you can spend some time to consider how being part of this community enriches your life.
Sincerely,
Robin Rivers
Highlands member for 25 years.
Here are all the links you will need to pledge for 2023:
Stewardship Brochure
Online pledge form
Printable PDF pledge form
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Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity
Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushing humanity towards a cliff. Today the world recognizes that we are now at the cliff edge: Earth has crossed multiple planetary boundaries while widespread inequality is causing deep instabilities in societies. There seems to be no way out.
Earth For All is a survival guide to help steer humanity away from ecological and social catastrophe. A leading group of scientists and economists from around the world present five extraordinary turnarounds to achieve prosperity for all within planetary limits in a single generation:
• Poverty Turnaround-- Saying Goodbye to Poverty
• Inequality Turnaround: "Sharing the Dividends"
• Empowerment Turnaround: Achieving Gender Equity
• Food Turnaround: Making the Food System Healthy
• Energy Turnaround: "Electrifying Everything"
• Economic Turnaround: From "Winner Take All" Capitalism to Earth4All Economies
Earth For All is available in our church library, and soon to be available in DNV libraries. Its authors are: Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Owen Gaffney, Jayati Ghosh, Jørgen Randers, Johan Rockström, Per Espen Stocknes.
See Earth4All website here.
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Shelter to Home
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Please sign up here to let us know if you are coming to the dinner on December 1st, so we can plan for quantities and special dietary needs.
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The Affirming Process
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Children, Youth & Families News
Thursday G2 (Youth choir grades 4 to 12) will meet 6 pm to 7:30 pm in the sanctuary.
Gods Free Spirits ( age 4 to grade 3) will meet 6:00 to 7pm in the choir room.
For more information please contact Allie Keir or the church office.
Sunday children's programs this Sunday, please ask your children to follow Allie after theme time.
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ELL News
Sign up by clicking HERE or the poster for Intercultural Conversations and Speakers Group, for more detail please contact Judy O'Neill or Diana Bomford
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Companion Adventures
Have you ever wanted to go somewhere like the theater, Grouse Mountain, a restaurant or a movie but not wanted to go alone? Why not link up with others who enjoy the same activities and who would like some company. Sign up here and add your ideas, someone will be in touch either by email or phone to connect you with another person who has the same interest as you. Together we can make it happen!
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We Welcome All!!
- Starting in September on Mondays at 1pm in the choir room, the prayer shawl group is growing to include crafters and sewers.
- As well our prayer shawls and toques projects we are excited to included needle crafts.
- No need to be alone with your projects join our group for laughter, friendship and conversation.
- contact Joy Dancey to join the group or learn more about the projects. email- jdancey@telus.net
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HUC Book Circle
Last Monday of the Month Book Circle:
The following meetings will be held on the Last Monday of the Month either at the church or by Zoom depending on the public health recommendations at that time.
November 28th - Our Homesick Songs (2019) by Emma Hooper
- siblings in a Newfoundland semi-ghost town in the 1990s.
January 30th - Cloud Cuckoo Land (2021) by Anthony Doerr
- "a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflects our vast interconnectedness - with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us and with those who will be here after we are gone."
**************Both "Our Homesick Songs" and "Cloud Cuckoo Land" are easily available from the Book Club sets at the NVDPL*************
Thank you
Phyllis
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Highlands Church Office
Opening Hours - Tuesday to Friday 9 am to 3:30 pm
Telephone number - 604 980 6071
Email address - churchoffice@highlandsunited.org or melissa.wilkin@highlandsunited.org
If you have an emergency outside of office hours please call
Will Sparks on 778 968 7718.
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