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Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd. North Vancouver, BC V7R 2P1
604-980-6071 [email protected] www.highlandsunited.org Rev. Will Sparks, Lead Minister
HIGHLIGHTS
August 4, 2019
Praying
It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds on a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway
into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.
- Mary Oliver
Highlands Upcoming Events and Programs
This list does not include rooms booked for outside rentals (Scouts, AA, Alanon etc).
Highlands Event Calendar can be viewed on our web site at: www.highlandsunited.org
Summer Office hours
Monday July 22 to Friday, Aug 16: weekdays 9:30 am -2:30 pm
Monday Aug 19 to Friday Aug 23: Church Office closed this week
Also, during the last three weeks of August, contractors and volunteers will
be here performing repairs and yearly maintenance projects including floor
washing, painting and gym floor resurfacing.
Sunday, August 4 9:30 am Coffee/Tea in the Welcome Space 10:00 am Sunday Worship Service, Sanctuary 11:15 am Coffee & Hospitality, Welcome Space Monday, August 5 – BC DAY (Office Closed) 7:00 pm Healing Hands, Chapel Tuesday, August 6 9:00 am Adventure Vancouver Camp Wednesday, August 7 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast, Cora’s Restaurant 9:00 am Adventure Vancouver Camp Thursday, August 8 9:00 am Adventure Vancouver Camp 6:30 pm Leadership Board Meeting, Faith Room Friday, August 9 9:00 am Adventure Vancouver Camp Saturday, August 10 1:00 pm Saturday Lunch at North Shore Neighbourhood House Sunday, August 11 9:30 am Coffee/Tea in the Welcome Space 10:00 am Sunday Worship Service, Sanctuary 11:15 am Coffee & Hospitality, Welcome Space 11:30 am BBQ Fundraiser, Courtyard 7:00 pm Singing Hope and Justice – Strathdee Concert, Sanctuary
A Message from Highlands
Shelter to Home Team:
There has been a large parade of clients visiting
the Shelter to Home storage room in the past
10 days. Once all the chosen furniture is
removed, the place will be quite bare.
We currently have 5 clients who need things we
do not have. We recognize that we have let our church family know our
needs, over and over again. But we're hoping all of you can spread the
word that "the cupboard is bare".
We have:
no beds (and need 4),
no dining tables and chairs,
no coffee tables,
no dressers.
no TVs and TV stands
no microwaves
no pots
few electrical appliances and kitchen utensils
Thanks for your ongoing support of this outreach ministry.
Ruth
To donate to Shelter to Home, contact 778-331-8465
Highlands Book Circle
All are invited to our gathering in August - a chance to discuss
dystopian novel, published in 1953, which has stood the test of
time.
Date: Monday, August 26th
Time: 7:15pm
Title: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The novel presents a future American society where books are
outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found.[5] The book's
tagline explains the title: "Fahrenheit 451 – the temperature at
which book paper catches fire, and burns..."
Come for the discussion and to recommend books which we will
vote on to choose for the autumn months.
Any questions? Contact Phyllis at [email protected]
Men’s Breakfast
For the next two weeks, our usual meeting place will be closed.
Accordingly, the Men’s Breakfast will be gathering at Cora’s
Restaurant.
Date: Wednesdays, August 7th and 14th
Time: 7:30 am
Location: Cora’s Restaurant
801 Marine Drive (corner of Fell and Marine)
See you there!
Experience the healing of touch this
summer……
The Highlands Healing Hands ministry team is offering sessions of
healing at Highlands Church on Monday evenings in July and August
Dates are July 8, 15, 29 and August 5, 12
Times are 7:30 and 8:15
All are invited to come for relaxation, easing of pain, or emotional or
spiritual companionship. Please call Sharon Yetman 604-988-587 for
an appointment.
The Healing Pathway practitioner serves as a vessel or conduit of
God’s grace and healing energy. Practitioners are not the source of
the healing energy; they are merely the instrument. The aim of
healing is to restore balance and harmony within the energy system
and thus enable the self-healing of the individual.
The foundation of the Healing Pathway program lies in the long
tradition of healing within the Christian faith. Healing is not just
something Jesus and the early Christians did, it is an expression of
the deeper realities of faith, compassion, forgiveness and caring for
one another. The intention to be fully present with another in God’s
unconditional love creates the opportunity for healing. For early
Christians, healing was part of what it meant to be a follower of
Jesus, and the Healing Pathway is built on those ancient roots.
Christmas in June
By Lisa Madill
When Ruth Kershaw suggested that the Highlands community donate
food to the North Shore Lookout Shelter in June, I had an idea, an idea
that lead to a beautiful gift. I took the idea of Christmas in June to my
Grade 3 class at Blueridge Elementary. I explained that there are over
200 homeless people on the North Shore and that many of them don’t
have enough to eat. As we talked, the excitement began, and they
wanted to help.
The idea to started out as a small class project…every student would
bring in one food or non-food item each day for a week. If all went well,
we would have 95 items to donate to the North Shore Lookout Shelter
by the end of the week. Quickly, word go out and the entire Blueridge
community wanted to pitch in. If every child brought one item in, we
would collect 320 cans of food/non-food items.
My class created posters to put up
around the school, put up a huge
thermometer to show our progress, and
created a life size letter to Santa asking
him to bring the things on our list. My
students set up a table every day for a
week outside the school. They wore
Santa hats, rang jingle bells and sang
Christmas carols.
Ruth came in to visit my class and
shared stories and explained what the
lookout shelter does. She was very
impressed with our efforts. She was
touched by the fact that children were
working hard to help adults;
strangers they would never meet.
Needless to say, the Blueridge
community pulled through and we
collected well over 540 items for the
North Shore Lookout Shelter. On
Friday, June 21 five parents and
seven students went to drop off the
donation. They were treated to quick
tour around the facility and met some
of the people they had worked to
hard to help. There were many
lessons learned that week.
Lessons of compassion, citizenship,
and community.