Each month, 100% of our offering plate collections (unless otherwise noted) are given to a nonprofit organization whose mission is in line with our values. We call this “Outreach”.
During the month of November, our Outreach Recipient will be Food Stash, a Vancouver-based nonprofit that collects over 100,000 pounds of food per month that would have gone to waste, delivering it to charity partners and households weekly. Learn more at their website: https://www.foodstash.ca/
We received an email letter from Rev. Shawn Gauthier (the Minister at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver) inviting our church members to participate in a Community Prayer Breakfast on November 18th at 8:00am in Surrey. You can read Rev. Shawn Gauthier’s letter HERE. See the Prayer Breakfast poster HERE or learn more HERE.
You’re invited to join us downstairs after the Sunday’s Service on September 15th for sandwiches provided by Dianne Hicks. (Suggested donation is $5 per person). A variety of options will be provided (including vegetarian).
We are planning a meeting for early in the new year — and you are invited: art makers, appreciators, writers, crafters, poets, movie makers, dancers, musicians, photographers and creative thinkers. . .
Please join us for a fun brainstorming session to create art related activities, shows and events at NSUC for 2024.
Watch this space (and the weekly eBulletins) for the date/time as the new year gets closer.
~Inga Puhlmann
Art Appreciation Team
Join Marcia Stephenson in the Sanctuary after church October 29th to find out more about the history of SeedChange (formerly the Unitarian Service Committee Canada) and the role played by founder Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova. Viewer Advisory: we will watch a CBC documentary that includes graphic historical footage of victims of war and famine.
Donations can be made directly to SeedChange or through NSUC this month.
October 16th was World Food Day. WATCH a SHORT VIDEO about World Food Day and Seedchange. Farmers and seeds are the lifeline of our food supply chain. But farming is also hard work that requires year-round investment. Without farmers and seeds, THERE IS NO FOOD.
You can donate directly to SeedChange, or through NSUC during the month of November.
After the services on most Sundays, we invite people who are new-ish to our church to stop by our new "Welcome Table" for coffee or tea. Board members will be there to informally chat, share, and answer questions you may have about us. Look for them downstairs in the Fireside Room, at a table with a white tablecloth.
~ Liz Moffitt, Board Welcoming Liaison
Alison Nixon and Bob Rentz are hosting a Ceilidh (pronounced “Kay Lee”) from 4:30 - 6pm on Saturday, November 25th — and the whole family is invited!
Come prepared for snacks, music, and dancing! Alison and her violin students will provide music, and Bob will “call” the dance steps. (No prior dance experience needed).
Suggested donation is $10 per adult (children are free); proceeds go to the church. Please bring finger food snacks to share with the group. Contact Alison with questions.
Do you remember the songs that marked the highs and lows of your life? Your first love? Nursing a broken heart? Mourning the loss of a friend? Gazing at your first child? I’ll bet there’s a song or two for each.
Guitar songs are the heart of our culture. Songs about love and desire. Songs of despair, hope, triumph. Songs for work, for play, for celebrating, protesting, and grieving. Songs of laughter and singalongs.
I’d like to start a new group that meets weekly or biweekly to play and discuss guitar songs of the past 50 years. I suggest we spend about half our time playing, and half listening and discussing. We’ll try playing songs in a standard jam format. Go around the circle, people suggesting, and if so inclined, leading the group in song.
I’m calling this a “guitar” group, but all stringed instruments are welcome (ukulele, harp, violin, mandolin, etc.) Sorry, no electronics, sticks, or keys.
The other half of our time will be spent listening to recordings (and each other!). Bring your laptop/iPad/iPod/Walkman with songs to share.
Introductory meeting: Wednesday October 18, 6 - 7 pm in the Sanctuary. Time and venue may change. The ONLY requirement is an interest in popular music in general, guitar songs in particular. No instrument necessary.
I’m stoked! Are UU?
Stay tuned. Kind regards, Paul Sungaila. Feel free to call me with questions: 604-785-6542
Join us in the Fireside Room following the service on Sunday, September 22 for a Soup Lunch arranged by Dianne Hicks. Suggested donation is $5 per person.
The Seniors Taxi ride program is continuing for at least the coming year (2023-24). This program has been funded under the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program — a federal grants and contributions program that supports projects led or inspired by seniors who are making a difference in the lives of others in their communities.
Seniors can use this program to pay for transportation expenses to and from church services and events. The bill for these rides go to NSUC.
Thank you to the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program for providing the original funding, which has made a significant difference in the lives of seniors in our community.
For more information on the New Horizons program, visit New Horizons for Seniors Program – Community-based projects.
To sign up for our Taxi Rides click HERE or pick up a sign-up form on the foyer table and return it to Janni in the Church Office. We will then contact you with more information.
