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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
October 13 2019
Happy Thanksgiving!! On the weekend in which family and
friends gather around tables to share time and food, we gather to
return our thanks for the gift of life, for all that has brought us to
the present moment, and the one who makes and remakes us.
Gratitude opens us up.
Come join in.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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
Sunday, October 13 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 Re:Sound Chamber Choir Rehearsals, Choir Room Monday, October 14 Thanksgiving Monday (STAT) – Office Closed 7:30 pm Badminton, Gym 7:30 pm Healing Hands Appointments, Choir Room and Chapel Tuesday, October 15 8:30 am Flea Market Setup, Lower Hall and Gym 9:30 am ESL/ELL Class, Room 201 and 202 7:00 pm The Ridiculous Journey (will resume on October 29) Wednesday, October 16 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast, Cora Breakfast and Lunch 8:30 am Flea Market Setup, Lower Hall and Gym 10:30 am The Future Beckons Seniors Group, Welcome Space Thursday, October 17 8:00 am Women’s Breakfast, White Spot (Pemberton) 8:30 am Flea Market Setup, Lower Hall and Gym 9:30 am ESL/ELL Class, Room 201 and 202 9:30 am ESL/ELL Discussion Group, Choir Room 12:00 pm ESL/ELL Speakers, Room 201 5:30 pm Thursday Dinner, Cancelled 6:00 pm Genesis Too Rehearsal, Sanctuary 6:00 pm GFS Activity/Program, Choir Room 6:30 pm God’s Free Spirit Rehearsal, Choir Room 8:00 pm Spirit Singers Rehearsal, Sanctuary Friday, October 18 8:30 am Flea Market Setup, Lower Floor 7:00 pm Youth Group Gr.4 and up Sleepover and Baking, Youth Lounge/Kitchen Saturday, October 19 9:00 am Highlands Gigantic Flea Market, Lower Floor 1:00 pm Saturday Lunch at North Shore Neighbourhood House Sunday, October 20 9:30 am Coffee/Tea in the Welcome Space 10:00 am Sunday Worship Service, Sanctuary 11:15 am Coffee & Hospitality, Welcome Space 11:15 am October Birthday Celebration, Fireside Room 11:30 am Re:Sound Chamber Choir Rehearsals, Choir Room
October is Stewardship Connection Month!
We are passing the pouch from home to home in October as we focus
on Living Generously. As you consider what you can pledge to
Highlands for 2020, we hope you can make an increase of 5% to 10%
to support all the programs and outreach.
Don’t forget to sign-up for our annual Upside Down Lunch on October
27 (when you get to eat dessert first!) See Sing-up sheets n the
Welcome Space or register on-line at www.hightlandsunited.org
SOCK AND PONCHO APPEAL FOR FIRST UNITED
There is an ongoing need for men’s and women’s socks and for
ponchos in the Downtown Eastside community.
First United Church offers a foot care program and
the clients receive a new pair of socks after each
treatment. As well, many needy and homeless
folks turn to First United daily for clean, dry socks
and for ponchos on rainy days.
Our Local Connections Committee is again asking for your support in
providing these needed items. Each year we have exceeded our
targeted 1000 pairs of socks. You can participate by donating socks -
men's and women's in any colour and/or light weight vinyl ponchos or by
donating money toward the purchase of these items. We will happily do
the purchasing.
Members of the Local Connections committee will be at the Action Table
each Sunday until Nov. 3rd to receive and record your donations (which
will be included for tax purposes with your annual statement).
Contribution cheques can be made out to Highlands United Church –
please note “Sock and Poncho Appeal” on the memo line.
Flea Market Week
October 15-19 A Highlands Tradition!
The Flea Market started in 1976 and 40+ years later is still a wonderful
community builder. The Sale raises over $30,000 annually for Highlands and
the church’s Outreach Ministries. Nothing goes to waste, since anything not
sold goes to other non-profit organizations.
While the gathering, sorting and pricing happens on Tuesdays from January to
the week before the big event, there is a need for a sizable cast of volunteers
that last week to move everything into position. On the actual sale day,
volunteers are needed to staff the sale, manage parking, host the lunch room
and coordinate the cleanup.
and so much more!
Flea Market Week
How can YOU help???
About 250 people are needed to run
the Flea Market spread over 35
departments – so there is always
room for new volunteers!
Tuesday, Oct. 15, starting at
9:30am, stay until you need to leave.
Join the chain gang as we unload the
mountains of accumulated treasures
from storage throughout the church
into the Gym, Lower Hall, Narthex
and Welcome Space.
Wednesday & Thurs, Oct. 16 & 17
Join the core staff to help unpack and
organize everything onto tables and
displays in most of the departments.
Volunteer time is flexible.
Thursday, Oct. 17, 3:45 to 6:00 pm
Join another group effort to move
furniture in the Preschool and bring in
boxes of toys, children’s books and
electronics from storage areas.
Friday, Oct. 18 – This is the final day
to set up for the Flea Market.
Volunteers are appreciated -
especially in the pre-school area
rooms.
To volunteer for set-up week
contact Gill Irwin at
Saturday – Oct. 19 SALE DAY!
Many volunteers return year after
year, but newbies always needed:
8:30-11:30 am – First staff shift
11:30-2:30 am – Second staff shift
2:00-4:00 pm - Clean-up Crew
To volunteer for Flea Market Day,
contact Bonny Ball [email protected]
or by phone at: 604-987-5432
Why Volunteer???
It’s a great way to connect or
reconnect!
It’s a great way for new folks to
connect with longer term Highlands
folk and for seasoned volunteers to
meet newcomers.
Young and old build connection as
they work together – teens and
their parents, aging parents and
their adult children. People who
have otherwise lost connection to
Highlands still faithfully volunteer
for the Flea Market.
It provides $30,000+ for both
Highlands and for the Highlands
projects listed below.
It’s fun and it helps the
environment- “reduce, reuse,
recycle”
Through the Flea Market Sale, we
also support other non profits:
Food, Clothing and Financial
Support for First United in
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
WISH—Women’s Info & Safe
House
Capilano Community Services
Saturday Lunch Program at the
North Shore Neighbourhood
House
Shelter to Home Program
Covenant House and Camp Fircom
AA, Alanon, Scouts and Girl
Guides
A message from our Flea Market Team
Phew! We made it!
Thank you to everyone who donated items for this year’s Flea
Market. We are now closed for further donations so please hold
onto your saleable items until we resume sorting in mid-January.
We hope to see everyone helping out next week in whatever
way you are able.
Thank you for your continued support!
The Flea Market Team
And a reminder that, as we are preparing for the Flea Market
this coming week, there will be no Thursday dinner
on Thursday, October 17th.
Birthday Celebrations
JOIN US THIS SUNDAY
October 13th
for
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS!
Fireside Room 11:15 am
Are you celebrating a birthday this month?
Join us for cake (or fruit option) and fellowship
after the worship service in the Fireside Room.
For more information speak to Wendy McNaughton.
Do you have questions about Stewardship,
the Passing the Pouch process—After this Sunday’s
service, check out this excellent video made by some
of the smaller members of our congregation.
Visit our website and click on the image above.
Thank You for Your Generosity
Once again our church's Saturday Lunch Program has been the
beneficiary of generous
financial support from the
North Shore Tai Chi Spirit
groups and their leader, Sifu
Josie Loehrich. Recently a
much loved Tai Chi instructor,
Lynne Cove, died of cancer at
age 87. She was an
inspiration to many people,
instructing Tai Chi classes on
the North Shore, for 35 years,
right up until the day before
she was diagnosed with
cancer. Josie and Lynne
taught together for 17 years.
Lynne was part of the reason
that Josie was invited to teach
Tai Chi at Highlands United
Church in 2008.
As in her life, in death Lynne contributed to the community, and
specifically to Saturday Lunch. Josie was gifted with a collection of
Lynne's Tai Chi DVDs. In return for a copy of her DVDs in Qigong
and Tai Chi, students from five
locations of the North Shore
Tai Chi Spirit & Chinese Health
and Medical Qigong, donated
money. That money, a total of
$1010, is being given to the
Saturday Lunch Program. Our
gratitude for this gift is
profound. It will cover the cost
of the Saturday Lunch Program
for 5 weeks. Additionally, It is
a great encouragement to our
volunteers.
Thank you for Living Generously...
New arrivals in the Highlands Library
Books for Children
God's Very Good Idea: A True Story about
God's Delightfully Different Family by Trillia Newbell & Catalina Echeverri
This picture book celebrates our diversity!
When God made You
by Matthew Paul Turner
This book inspires young readers to learn about
their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s
divine plan as they grow.
Also, six news Board Books:
All Day Long, God Loves Me
Thank You, God, for Loving Me
My Little Book About God
Loved: The Lord's Prayer
God Gave Us You &
God Bless You & Good night
The Universal Christ
by Richard Rohr—Explores what it means that
Jesus was called “Christ,” and how this forgotten
truth can restore hope and
meaning to our lives.
Prayer: Finding the Heart's
True Home
by Richard Foster—Opens the
way for readers to increase their
understanding and develop their
practice of prayer.
Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife
of a Medieval Saint
by Andre Vauchez—First published in France,
where it was awarded the Prix Chateaubriand,
this is a masterful new
biography of Francis of
Assisi.
Psalm 23: The
Shepherd & His Sheep
by Dr. Randall D. Smith and Jennifer Rothchild
A 7-week study [with DVD] that brings new
meaning to the 23rd Psalm.
Books for Adults
