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  Birchcliff Bluffs Buzz 

Friday, April 14th, 2023

 Open Hands, Reach Out, Make a Difference
In Person Worship Service Sundays at 10:30am.

Please feel free to bring your own beverages to enjoy during the service.

Masks are optional.

 
Worship services will also be streamed live at 10:30 every Sunday morning.
A notice will be sent Sunday mornings with a read along bulletin.

A recorded version of the service will also be posted to the BBUC website following the service.

Contact
bbucoffice@bellnet.ca if you need to sign up to receive the notice.

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FROM THE MINISTER'S STUDY


What’s the Buzz …
tell me what is happening …

 
Wherein lies our hope...



Is our hope built on the faith we receive
in community?
How is our hope tested?



 
Lectionary for This Week


Contact the Church office to RSVP: bbucoffice@bellnet.ca


NEW YOGA CLASSES

Wednesday Evenings  6:30-7:30
At Birchcliff Bluffs United Church

Join in community as we care for ourselves and each other to balance our nervous systems with breathwork, slow Yin stretches, meditation, and movement.
This is suitable for any level of experience.

Please bring a mat and either a bolster/cushion/block or possibly a blanket that you can fold to sit on.

4 weeks for $80 or $25 for a drop in. 

Register in advance via email or text or feel free to drop in.
Heather Brownridge, RMT, RYT, RM


hbrownridgermt@gmail.com
416-670-9363
COMIC RELIEF
If anyone has a cartoon or amusing funny they would like to see in the Buzz, please forward to the church office. bbucoffice@bellnet.ca
Thanks


 
Dorothy’s Place is looking for a
Program Coordinator Click Here  to review the Position Description and contact the church office if interested.

 
TOBY'S PLACE EVENTS



 
E-MAIL TOBY'S PLACE

 

Acoustic Harvest is pleased to present: 


the CD Release concert for
APRIL VERCH & CODY WALTERS


https://aprilverch.com/
 
 
WHEN: Saturday, April 29, 2023 8pm (doors open 7:30pm) 
WHERE: St Paul's United Church, 
200 McIntosh St. Scarborough, ON
TICKETS: $30 Advance or $35 cash at the door, No Refunds
 
Click here for tickets and more information
 
 

Online Chat Time with Ellen!

Ellen will be hosting a Zoom chat time every
Tuesday morning from 10 to 11am.

An e-mail with the Zoom link will be sent every Tuesday morning.

If you need to sign up, please contact the church office.

bbucoffice@bellnet.ca

 
TOBY'S PLACE


Toby's Place is OPEN on Mondays
between 3:30pm and 7pm!


Toby’s Place is a drop-in program for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth 13-23, questioning youth 13-23, and their allied friends 13-23, living in Scarborough and The Greater Toronto Area.

Join us for community, arts and crafts, food, and board games!
 
No registration required. Masks are mandatory.

Snacks and dinner will be provided, and vegetarian options will be available.

If there are any concerns about allergies, or other dietary restrictions, please contact
tobys.place33@gmail.com


 
Dorothy's Place

Rainbow Tea Time

Virtually on Zoom

  Mondays @ 11:30 am.


E-mail revcarmenllanos@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the Zoom e-mail list.


 


 
This programs is far more than a zoom meeting once or twice a week and they do so much work in the surrounding world to support the seniors in the 2SLGBTQI community within it.
 
The Bluffs Food Bank is OPEN with service to clients on
Thursdays from 12:30 to 2:30 pm
Clients should bring their Daily Bread registration number. 
They will be provided with a hamper full of nutritious groceries.
Appointments are not required."

 
Life & Work of the Church
for Sunday Services.

If you have any announcements or events that you would like to have included in the Life & Work of the Church portion of the Sunday service, please submit the information to the office by the Wednesday prior to the service and we will arrange to have it presented.

If you would like a slide prepared for the service Powerpoint, that can be arranged but the information/photos would need to be submitted the week prior to the service you want it included.


Please contact the church office at 416-694-4081 ext. 1 or e-mail at bbucoffice@bellnet.ca.
SPIRITUAL CARE SUPPORT
If you, or someone you know, would like spiritual care support,  please phone 416-694-4081, Ext 2.
If you are not able to come to the church yourself, here are ways you can submit your offerings:
  1. Send an e-transfer from your bank using the finance email address. Contact the church office for information. Money received at this email address is automatically deposited into the church’s bank account.  Any amounts received in this way will be included in your tax receipt at year end.
  2. Make your donations using PAR (Pre-Authorized Remittance).  The United Church of Canada will withdraw an amount you specify from your bank account once each month - typically on the 20th of the month.  If you are interested in going on PAR, please complete and sign the PAR authorization form.  Send the form, along with a void cheque to the following address:  The United Church of Canada, c/o Rose Cambourne, 8 Switzer St., New Lowell, Ontario, L0M 1N0.
  3. Mail a cheque (not cash) or a series of post-dated cheques made payable to Birchcliff Bluffs United Church and stating where the offering is to be distributed (e.g., General), to the church at 33 East Road, Scarborough, ON, M1N 1Z9.
  4. Drop off an envelope with your offering (cheque only, not cash) in the secured mailbox on the front door of the church entrance.  Envelopes are retrieved during the week.
  5. Go to Canada Helps to make a donation:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/4051.  Canada Helps will issue a tax receipt for any amounts received.  Or give online by visiting the church website at  www.bbuc.ca/donate.
Thank you for your ongoing generosity and support during these difficult times.
BBUC CHURCH OFFICE
BBUC's office is open Tues/Wed, 9am til 4pm. Thursdays 9am til 3pm.
Please try to call ahead if you are dropping by.
If you require any administrative assistance, call 416-694-4081 ext. 1 or email us at bbucoffice@bellnet.ca and we’ll be happy to assist you.

BUZZ - SUBMISSION OF ANNOUNCEMENTS
To submit an item for the upcoming Friday Buzz, email your item to bbucoffice@bellnet.ca by Wednesday at noon.
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Birchcliff Bluffs United Church · 33 East Rd · Scarborough, ON M1N 1Z9 · Canada