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HAVE a LOVELY …. WHEN IT ARRIVES the Seasons Are a Changin' Knob Hill United Church, 23 Gage Avenue Scarborough, ON, M1J 1T3 Email: [email protected] Vol. 10 No. 1 Rev. Hannah Lee 416-431-5054 Knews and Knotes, the official newsletter The Seasons Are A Changin’ of Knob Hill United Church congregation, I love this time of the year. The morning air is crisp is published five times yearly. We welcome and cool, the sky is a brilliant blue, the vibrant and varied fall any submission of interest. foliage transform our landscape with hues of red, orange and yellow. And change is afoot, not only in nature. In various Index ways, our part of the world is preparing for a changing 1. The Seasons Are A Changin’ season. It means closing up the summer cottage, settling in to 2. Activities – Picnic, Summer Birthdays; a new school routine, preparing our gardens for the snow, Worship; Truth & Reconciliation (TRC) putting on our winter tires. We are right in the midst of a 4- 6 General Council News –CRTG passed; season of transition and change. Jordan Cantwell Installed as Moderator; Images from 42nd General Council 7. Letter from Rev. Margaret Collard 8-9 Welcome Back Corn Roast & Upcoming Events -Fellowship Trip; Jingle Bell Fair 10 -13 Getting to Know Our New Moderator 14-15 A Word To The 42nd General Council 16. Thanksgiving; Federal Election 17. Prayer Nuts 18. Halloween Crossword Puzzle HAVE A LOVELY …. As a church, we are also in a time of transition and change. The United Church of Canada held its 42nd General Council in Corner Brook (NL) in August. Hedy and I participated as Commissioners. We discovered that, right across the country, our local churches are changing. The same “tried, tested, and true” methods of serving our community and sharing our ministries that WHEN IT ARRIVES have worked in the past no longer work today. This is no big surprise, however. The world we live in is not the Editor: Hedy Baker-Graf same as fifty years ago, twenty years ago, or even five Photographer: Lorraine Hullachan SUMMER ACTIVITIES years ago. The way we communicate or travel, the lifestyle we live is different. We We shared summer worship with Church of like our microwaves, our washing machines, the Master and Birchcliff Bluffs UC. KHUC our flat screened televisions, etc. Just as hosted the first three weeks. we’ve left behind the hand-cranked washer wringer, we have naturally adapted to the changing times. It’s time for us as a church community to do the same. We will continue to do what we do best – be a generous, caring, and welcoming family that loves to laugh, sing, share, and support each other. We are also engaging in blossoming new ministries: a basketball youth group, and community Picnic after July 12th outdoor service theatre. We have the gift of love, a deep- rooted story and cherished tradition, a gospel message of hope, and are driven by God’s mission. Through and with God’s grace, we are empowered and called to share these gifts with all. This is a time of transition and change. The uncertainty can be scary, but if we put JulyJ our trust in God, if we are willing to let the Spirit work in and through us, something amazing can happen. In fact, something is happening in our midst. God is doing a new thing. We can choose to say “yes”, to put our trust in God and join God in this adventure. We can choose new life! The choice is ours. Will you say “yes” and join in the journey? Blessings, Birthday Celebration in July Rev. Hannah Lee Joan Veillands(above) & Birchcliff visitor Elizabeth (below) joined in celebrations. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Other birthdays acknowledged included: Editor’s Note: We too at KHUC can expect changes Linda Dalton, Bill Erz, Ted Devenish, as nd a-plenty after this summers’s GC 42 meeting held well as Doris & Harold Bent. in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland as a result of the recommendations of the CRTG . Major structural changes will occur if upcoming remits are successful. Photographer: Lorraine Hu Summer Worship (cont’d) Hannah during Baptismal Service Guest Soloist and Jamie Baby’s Parents Socializing at Church of the Master Birchcliff Bluffs’ Coffeetime ============================================================= THE TRUTH and RECONCILATION COMMISSION (TRC) We have described for you a mountain. We have shown you a path to the top. We call upon you to do the climbing. Justice Murray Sinclair After six years of touring the country, collecting painful testimonies from coast to coast to coast, Justice Murray Sinclair released a final report in May 2015 containing 94 recommendations for changes to be made in order to improve the relationship between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada. As the United Church played a central role in the residential school programs, one of its goals is a continued focus on “ living in right relations.” http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/06/02/canadas-residential-schools =========================================================== 42nd GENERAL COUNCIL PASSES COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW The General Council [supported] a revised version of the (CRTG) recommendations. The omnibus motion, moved by Cathy Hamilton, who chaired the CRTG, and seconded by Larry Doyle, who co- chaired the CRTG Sessional Committee, passed with 95 percent of commissioners voting in favour and 4 percent against Highlights of the proposal include: • a three-council model consisting of communities of faith, regional councils, and a denominational council. There will also be less formal clusters and networks. • approval of the CRTG’s original recommendations regarding Aboriginal Ministries.. • Governance and support services will be funded by the denominational council assessing communities of faith. The details of that assessment are still to be developed. • The denominational council will not hold large meetings with representation from each community of faith. Regional councils will elect representatives to attend denominational council meetings every three years. • There will not be a college of ministers. Instead, there will be a denominational office of vocation comprised of staff and nominated elected representatives. A working group will consider the idea of establishing an Association of Ministers. • A precise method of assessments, the number of regions, membership of regional councils and executives, are to be developed, informed by principles approved by General Council 42. Authorization of a category 3 remit to presbyteries and pastoral charges regarding these changes • In addition, the General Council waived the requirement for 24 months of study before the remit return date for the category 3 remits arising from the Comprehensive Review. Council also advanced the date of the regular meeting of the 43rd General Council from 2018 to some time in 2017. It also approved that test projects for the three-council structure and the office of vocation begin immediately; also that provision be made for the participation of youth and young adults in all three councils. Adapted and reprinted from the GC42 website Jordan Cantwell Installed As Moderator vest with abalone shell buttons by Jim White of Bella Bella, BC. In her brief sermon, Cantwell spoke of the biblical story of the miraculous manna in “We believe that Jordan is worthy! Glory be to God!” Those words rang out loud and clear as the whole General Council spoke joyously with one voice in response to the question, “Dear friends in Christ, do you believe that Jordan, by God’s the wilderness for the children of Israel (Exodus grace, is worthy to be installed as Moderator?” 16) and the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 (Mark 6:33-44). The installation of the Rt. Rev. Jordan Cantwell as the 42nd Moderator of The United Church of Canada was a buoyant, joyous, and intercultu- ral worship celebration that concluded the GC 42nd meeting, and capped off what had been a long day of business. Cantwell was presented with several symbols Children helping during Communion Receiving a Clan Vest The new Moderator co-presided at Holy Com- munion with the Very Rev. Gary Paterson, the of the office of Moderator: a stole, a talking outgoing Moderator. stick, a piece of cloth, a bowl, and a prayer shawl. She was also given a Heiltsuk eagle clan Adapted from posted material on the GC42 website: August 15, 2015 by Jim Cairney POT POURRI of GC42 images Thursday in Black 12 candidates for Moderator’s position Plenary session National Chief Perry Bellegarde e Celebrating Partnerships - USA, Korea, Phillipines Global, ecumenical, and inter-faith guests Amongst Fellow Commissioners Jellly Bean Row Houses I visited in St. John’s 804—100 Queen Street North, Kitchener, ON N2H 2H6 Home phone: 519-741-0538; Email: [email protected] You are receiving this information because you are my family, my friend, my colleague. I successfully sold my property in Owen Sound on August 14 and moved to an apartment in Kitche- ner. It was not easy to make the choice to sell my property in such a beautiful area where I looked out front over Georgian Bay each morning after getting up, and enjoyed the antics of wild life and birds, looking toward my backyard, while I drank my morning coffee, but the time was right to sell and I have no real regrets (except for missing the comfort of my cork flooring in my kitchen which was so friendly to arthritic legs). Many members of my family live in Waterloo Region and so it was logical to return to that area after 17 years of being absent. Now as I sit on my balcony on the 8th floor overlooking the tree tops, and drink my morning coffee, while watching the birds in my neighbours trees I enjoy watching the city come to life. I live in a heritage district, the street signs say (a lot of beautiful Victorian homes), many of which are law offices, or apartments now and some are still single family dwellings.
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