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Church Notes January, 2019!

1/1/2019

Church Notes January, 2019!
Happy New Year to All! And especially we wish all the blessings of a bright new year to our Syrian family, Mohamad, Mariam, Tasneem and Khalil. The family are in Vancouver right now, having spent the holiday with family, and spending some time exploring their options as they launch into a new life in Canada. They have been gracious and grateful for all the effort our volunteers have put in to help them acclimatize in this new land. But in the end, they will do what they need to do to ensure a secure and prosperous future for their family. We’ll keep you posted.
Christmas Tea and Bake Sale, UCW was as usual, a huge success! Thanks so much to all who contributed baking and other support, and to all who took home that tableful of goodies! Hope you had a great Christmas.
Christmas Concert – all music service: This was also a very successful event with generous donations received for the Food Bank, First United in Vancouver, and the Mission Boat Society. Many thanks to the musicians who generously donated time and talent, and to Pete Stiles who looked after the donation table, and to all who contributed to our lovely lunch!
Texada Healing Circle Healing Sessions…will once again be available starting in January, from 9AM Fridays. Afternoon appointments are also offered. These sessions are available to all adult residents of Texada and are offered as an energy healing outreach to the community. There is no charge, but donations are welcome. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 for an appointment. Deep relaxation and pain relief are often attained during the session.
Prayer Group: Please call Rikki Kooy, 604-243-8097 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Movie Night: well – afternoon really…“The Shack” – Sunday, January 20 at 1pm. There will be light lunch available..
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All welcome – please come and bring a friend! Love to see you there!
Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Acting Board Chair: Dale Rinehart, 604-486-0050
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes Sept 2018

9/1/2018

Breaking news! Our Syrian family are settling in to life on Texada! Thank you all for being so welcoming – I do believe they really appreciate all your smiles and good wishes. Please do help them practice their English when you have the opportunity. Mariam and Mohamad are doing so well with regular English lessons thanks to our amazing volunteer tutors!
Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…are now available starting at 9AM Fridays. Afternoon appointments are still available. These sessions are available to all adult residents of Texada and are offered as an energy healing outreach to the community. There is no charge, but donations are welcome. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 for an appointment. Deep relaxation and pain relief are often attained during the session.
Prayer Group: Please call Rikki Kooy, 604-243-8097 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Annual Church Yard Sale and Fall Fair: October 27 this year. Mark your calendar and start setting aside your gently used treasures and samples of your fall harvest!
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All welcome – please come and bring a friend.
Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Acting Board Chair: Dale Rinehart, 604-486-0050
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes August 2018

8/1/2018

Breaking news! Our Syrian family are in Vancouver! We will welcome Mohamed, Mariam, and children Khalil and Tasnaim to Texada on Monday, July 30 at Texada Airport. We are very excited and hope you will help welcome them. Watch for details : Texada Message Board, and posters.
Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…are now available starting at 9AM Fridays. Afternoon appointments are still available. These sessions are available to all adult residents of Texada and are offered as an energy healing outreach to the community. There is no charge, but donations are welcome. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 for an appointment. Deep relaxation and pain relief are often attained during the session.
Prayer Group: Please call Rikki Kooy, 604-243-8097 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Muffin Break – is on hold for the summer.
Milestones: Died: Henry Maurice Liebich, July 1, 2018, and Beryl Christiansen, July 9, 2018. Our deepest condolences to family and friends.
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All welcome – please come and bring a friend! (NB – no regular Service on August 12 – Please come to Sunrise Service at Shelter Point, near Concession at 8am. Then join us for Pancake Breakfast at the Community Hall)

Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Acting Board Chair: Dale Rinehart, 604-486-0050
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes for June, 2018

6/1/2018

Church Notes for June, 2018
Something to ponder: Our Syrian refugee family arrives on Texada very soon! It’s been 2 and a half years of waiting and the young couple now have two children under 2 years old. We know Texada residents will welcome them with open hearts and arms, and we will be reaching out to you for needed items and support. Please call Karen at 604-413-0994 for more info or donations.
Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…are now available starting at 9AM on Fridays. Afternoon appointments are still available. These sessions are available to all adult residents of Texada and are offered as an energy healing outreach to the community. There is no charge, but donations are welcome. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 for an appointment. Deep relaxation and pain relief are often attained during the session.
Intuitive Explorations, a healing workshop with Catherine Awai. Catherine has more than 15 years experience in the energy healing field and is a qualified instructor in Healing Pathways, Healing Touch, and the Intuitive Mind Program. June 8 & 9. Registration is limited, a very few places left. Cost is $50. Please call Karen to register at 604-413-0994.
Prayer Group: Please call Rikki Kooy, 604-243-8097 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Muffin Break – Saturday, June 30 – 10-12 noon. Free coffee, tea and muffins and great conversation. Come and meet your neighbours! All welcome.
Milestones: Died: Teresa Hall, April 24, 2018. Paul Blanchet, May 3, 2018, Scott McCuish, May 12, 2018. Our deepest sympathies to all families and friends.
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All welcome – please come and bring a friend!

Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Board Chair: Dale Rinehart, 604-486-0050
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes for May, 2018

5/1/2018

Church Notes for May, 2018
Something to ponder: Our Syrian refugee family arrives on Texada May 25! It’s been 2 and a half years of waiting and the young couple now have two children under 2 years old. We know Texada residents will welcome them with open hearts and arms, and we will be reaching out to you for needed items and support. Please call Karen at 604-413-0994 for more info or donations.
Shepherd’s Pie Dinner! May 6 at the Legion. See ad elsewhere in Lines for details! Hope to see you there.
Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…are now available starting at 9AM on Fridays. Afternoon appointments are still available. These sessions are available to all adult residents of Texada and are offered as an energy healing outreach to the community. There is no charge, but donations are welcome. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 for an appointment. Deep relaxation and pain relief are often attained during the session.
Prayer Group: Please call Rikki Kooy, 604-243-8097 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Muffin Break – Saturday, May 26– 10-12 noon. Free coffee, tea and muffins and great conversation. Come and meet your neighbours! All welcome.
Battle of the Atlantic Service – May 6 at 1:30 at the Royal Canadian Legion.
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All welcome – please come and bring a friend!

Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Board Chair: Ann Carlson, 486- 7263
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes for March, 2018

3/1/2018

Church Notes for March, 2018
Something to ponder: “Through this deceptively simple book, Morwood offers an invitation to all believers to reflect, pray, discuss, and grow so that they too might experience God, Jesus, and the Spirit more deeply and profoundly.”
Our Lent/Easter Book Study: Faith, Hope, and a Bird Called George by Michael Morwood. 2011 by Twenty-Third Publications.
Lent/Easter Book Study – starts Saturday, March 3 at 10am at the Church in Van Anda. (book is Faith, Hope, and a Bird called George, by Michael Morwood, and will be available for purchase. Please register, call Karen at 604-413-0994)
Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…are now available starting at 9AM on Fridays. Afternoon appointments are still available. These sessions are available to all adult residents of Texada and are offered as an energy healing outreach to the community at no charge. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 for an appointment. Deep relaxation and pain relief are often attained during the session.
Prayer Group: Please call Jenny Duker, 604-486-7564 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Muffin Break – Saturday, March 31– 10-12 noon. Free coffee, tea and muffins and great conversation. Come and meet your neighbours! All welcome.
Milestones: Died: Stanley Beale. January 21, 2018. Brian Gooden, February 3, 2018. Our sincere condolences to family and friends.
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All welcome – please come and bring a friend!
Easter Schedule: Feb. 18 – Lent 1, Feb. 25 – Lent 2, Mar. 4 – Lent 3, Mar. 11 – Lent 4, Mar. 18 – Lent 5, Mar. 25 – Palm Sunday, Mar. 29 – Maundy Thursday (pot luck and service at 6pm at the church), Mar. 30 – Good Friday, April 1 – Easter Sunday.

Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Board Chair: Ann Carlson, 486- 7263
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes for February, 2018

2/1/2018

Church Notes for February, 2018
Something to ponder: “We are creating our reality. We are creating each new collective reality every moment. Our thoughts and feelings and actions are far more powerful than we could ever imagine. For the most part, we have thus far taken little or no responsibility for them. That is changing, changing so quickly that a whole new possibility never before dreamed of is emerging.” -by Bob Frissell in … Nothing in This Book is True but It’s Exactly How Things Are. (1994 – Frog Ltd, Berkely, California.)
Lent/Easter Book Study – starts Saturday, March 3 at 10am at the Church in Van Anda. (book is TBA but will be available for purchase. For info or to register, please call Karen at 604-413-0994)
Movie Night & Pot Luck! Travel with us thru the Holy Land. This travel documentary looks compassionately at both sides of a country divided. Sunday, February 11 at 5pm for dinner – movie to follow.
Community Christmas Dinner at the Legion was a huge success again this year! We had a great dinner, a lot of fun, and we thank you all for your donations of time, supplies, labour and money. Hopefully we will do it all again next year!
Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…are now available starting at 9AM on Fridays. Afternoon appointments are still available. These sessions are available to all adult residents of Texada and are offered as an energy healing outreach to the community at no charge. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 for an appointment.
Prayer Group: Please call Jenny Duker, 604-486-7564 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Muffin Break – February 24 – 10-12 noon. Free coffee and muffins and great conversation. Come and meet your neighbours! All welcome.

Milestones: Died: Darlene Gussman, January 10, 2018. Our condolences to family and friends.
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All welcome – please come and bring a friend!

Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Board Chair: Ann Carlson, 486- 7263
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes for November – 2017

11/1/2017

Church Notes for November – 2017
Something to ponder… “Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.”
-Abraham Heschel

Christmas Concert and Carol Sing: Sunday, December 10 at 10:30. Festive lunch to follow. Mark your calendars!

Movie Night and Pot Luck Dinner – November 26 at the church. Dinner at 6, movie to follow. All are welcome.

Reminder…Community Christmas Lunch at the Legion. Details in December Express Lines.

Christmas Sunday School – please call Karen at 604-413-0994 if you are interested in having your children attend. Ages 5-12

Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…are now available starting at 9AM on Fridays. Afternoon appointments are still available. These sessions are available to all adult residents of Texada and are offered as an energy healing outreach to the community at no charge. Please call Sherodann Kristofferson at 604-486-7434 for an appointment.

Prayer Group: Please call Jenny Duker, 604-486-7564 for prayers or information re prayer group.

Muffin Break! November 26 – Saturday, 10-12 am at the church. Free muffins, coffee, tea and great conversation! Bring a friend and join us.

Milestones: Wow! Wow! Wow! We are having a Baby Boom! April 30 to Carly and Morgan Robertson, Baby Freyja, May 18 to Michael and Vanessa Comtois, Baby Owen, October 1 (?) to Kim and Rob, Baby Sean, and October 3 to Tara and Justin, Baby Isaac! Congratulations and best wishes to you all.

Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All are welcome.
Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Board Chair: Ann Carlson, 486- 7263
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, DLM 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes for October – 2017

10/1/2017

Church Notes for October – 2017
Something to ponder… “The Bible is full of stories about how our beliefs trip us up…..Our maps are always under revision. Whether the subject is science or religion, our beliefs are always challenged by our experience, which begs us never to put the lid on truth.
This is the definition of faith I want to go forward with: a radical openness to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be.” –Barbara Brown Taylor. The Luminous Web p.63
Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…no charge, donations gratefully accepted. All sessions are confidential, and non-invasive. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 to book your private appointment. Starting in November, morning and afternoon sessions will be available for booking. Brief sessions will also be offered just prior to church on the 3rd Sunday of each month.
Prayer Group: Please call Jenny Duker, 604-486-7564 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Muffin Break! October 28 – Saturday, 10-12 am at the church. Free muffins, coffee, tea and great conversation! Bring a friend and join us.
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays. All are welcome.
Thanksgiving Service: Sunday, October 8 at 10:30.
Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Board Chair: Ann Carlson, 486- 7263
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, DLM 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca

Church Notes for September – 2017

9/1/2017

Church Notes for September – 2017
Jesus said: Jesus was asked, “When will the kingdom of God arrive?” He replied, “You won’t be able to see the kingdom of God when it comes. People won’t be able to say ‘it’s here’ or ‘it’s over there.’ The kingdom of God is among you.”
-from The Lost Gospel of Q: the Original Sayings of Jesus (Ed. Marcus Borg, Intro by Thomas Moore).
Kids for Saving Earth Eco-daycamp for Kids! We had another successful camp for our kids in August, with great support from the community as usual!   Many thanks to all who contributed in too many ways to mention here.
Make a Joyful Noise! Annual summer all-music service – benefit for Food Bank was very well attended, and was thoroughly enjoyed by us all! Thanks to all the musicians, and to all you singers who came out to participate. We raised some $$ for the Food Bank and collected a lot of food items. Your generosity is appreciated.
Healing Pathway Healing Sessions…are free, confidential, and non-invasive. Please call Barb Wells at 604-486-7677 to book your private appointment. Brief sessions will also be offered just prior to church on the 3rd Sunday of each month.
Prayer Group: Please call Jenny Duker, 604-486-7564 for prayers or information re prayer group.
Annual Church Yard Sale –Saturday, September 23 at the Community Hall. Bake Sale, lunch, gently used treasures, door prizes. Mark your calendars!
No Muffin Break this month! Join us for lunch at the Yard Sale!
Weekly Services: 10:30 Sundays.     All are welcome.
Milestones: Died: Ollie Craggs, August 22,   Mandy Elliott’s mother: Thelma, August 15, 2017. Our deepest condolences to families and friends.
Minister’s Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-2pm at the church. Need to talk? Coffee’s on!
Minister: Karen E. May, 604-413-0994 (for info re weddings, baptisms, funerals) email: karenemay3@gmail.com
Board Chair: Ann Carlson, 486- 7263
Legion Chaplain: Karen May, DLM 604-413-0994
Website: www.texadaunited.ca