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May 14, 2021 TheWee Voice Newsletter namaste by Mark Lecuona May 2016 it is not to understand my meaning but to understand the point it is not for you to receive but instead to discover possibility for yourself for as you see my path it is not there for you to follow but instead to suggest to walk towards your own where we will walk side by side though we may part and we may converge but we will both know we are the same no matter our differences style or culture for we now understand meaning and how to honor each other so now i bow to you my beautiful friend COVER PHOTO “Namaste Buddha” Amber Lotus Publishing IS IT INSANITY? SEVENTH SUNDAY of EASTER This Sunday, May 16th, Sue Lynn Chong will “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over speak to us about her insights in to similarities again and expecting a different result.” among Eastern and Western spiritualities. Too Albert Einstein often, we see only difference because we're looking at the surface, but when we look more It’s that time of year again. Is this the year? deeply, we can see similarities. Sue Lynn's Of course, I’m talking about what any “true” parents were born in China, but Sue Lynn grew Canadian talks about in May - the Stanley Cup! up in Scarborough. She can see deeply in to both cultures. Here is Toronto we are nervous as H###! It’s been SEVENTEEN years since our beloved We hope you can join us, on Zoom, to hear Maple Leafs have won a playoff round. It has what Sue Lynn has to say. You can find a link to the Zoom meeting on the next page. been FIFTY-THREE years since they last won the Stanley Cup. Lose again this year and they will tie the Rangers for the record of longest Tina’s Hymn drought. Sing For the last three years we felt sure our time Keep enjoying the selection had come, only to see the team collapse. We of hymns on the list already had the talent, but couldn’t get it done. This year created - 72!! surely it will be different. Who cares what https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt8T0eq-qUqnJnWMsWUVqx5vdC60GUbO4 Einstein says. The first round is a classic, against the Canadiens whom, sorry Frank (Frank Saunders is a Habs fan), the Leafs have “owned” this year in the regular season - the last playoff match up was 42 years ago. I feel sorry for those who don’t like sports. They miss out on the excitement, the adrenalin rush, the hopes, the thrill, the passion............ My dad liked sports; my mom loved sports. Many hours were spent together watching football (dad’s favourite), hockey, baseball, golf, tennis (all mom’s favourites), usually cheering for the same team, always CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW for a laughing and having a good time. beautiful rendition of this classic Hymn sung by the choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields I hope the Leafs can provide the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpITJOShix0 euphoria this year! Tom Joyce Our Church Office Our church of fice is now open: Monday to Friday, Please help keep 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. everyone safe No one but Emily is allowed access into the office. by doing your Offering cheques can be dropped in the mailbox (call Emily and let her know). Please help support Emily as part !! we live the new life of self-distancing. WANT TO STAY Follow us and Like us on Facebook UP TO DATE? Donway Covenant United Church My Soul is SERVICES for Marching On! the EASTER by Paramahansa Yogananda SEASON Join us for Worship on ZOOM. Call the The shining stars are sunk in darkness deep, church office to be put on The weary sun is dead at night, our email list, or use the link below. The moon’s soft smile doth fade anon; May 16 7th Sunday of Easter But still my soul is marching on! 10:30 am “Yoga and East/West Spirituality” The grinding wheel of time hath crushed Guest speaker: Sue Lynn Chong Full many a life of moon and star, It doesn’t matter where you are - And many a brightly smiling morn; in Don Mills, or across the country, But still my soul is marching on! or around the world, The flowers bloomed, then hid in gloom, you can join us on ZOOM! The bounty of the trees did cease; The Worship Committee Colossal men have come and gone, But still my soul is marching on! Sunday Morning by Louis Macneice The aeons one by one are flying, Down the road someone is practising scales, My arrows one by one are gone; The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails, Dimly, slowly, life is fading, Man’s heart expands to tinker with his car For this is Sunday morning, Fate’s great bazaar; But still my soul is marching on! Regard these means as ends, concentrate on this Now, Darkness, death, and failures vied; And you may grow to music or drive beyond Hindhead To block my path they fiercely tried. anyhow, My fight with jealous Nature’s strong, Take corners on two wheels until you go so fast But still my soul is marching on! That you can clutch a fringe or two of the windy past, That you can abstract this day and make it to the week of time Paramahansa Yogananda 1893 ~ 1952 A small eternity, a sonnet self-contained in rhyme. Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian Hindu But listen, up the road, something gulps, the church spire monk, yogi and guru who introduced Open its eight bells out, skulls' mouths which will not tire millions to the teachings of meditation To tell how there is no music or movement which secures and Kriya Yoga through his organization Escape from the weekday time. Which deadens and Self-Realization Fellowship endures. May 16, 2021 10:30 am PLEASE JOIN US Eastern Daylight Time To join the service with audio only using your phone please dial: ZOOM WILL OPEN AT 10:00 am (647) 374 - 4685 or (647) 558 - 0588 To join the service with online video please You will be prompted to enter the following CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86226402105?pwd=Q3owVE5qek9pQTA5SnBTc3RBMHNQdz09 Meeting ID you enter 862 2640 2105# This link should take you directly to the meeting, Participant ID you enter # however if asked for the Meeting ID and (there is no participant ID for us) Password, they are as follows: Password you enter 444061# Meeting ID: 862 2640 2105 If you need help to get connected Password: 444061 please call David Hall at (647) 502-3867 Happy Memories of Allison Milburn We met Allison and Tom Milburn close to 50 years ago here at our Church. We met Mary and Cam Beaton around the same time. Allison and Mary were sisters-in-law. Mary and I became “kindred spirits” due to our love of Hospitality. Allison joined Mary and me in the Church kitchen along with other Church friends. We enjoyed many happy times together sharing our love of Hospitality with our congregation. Allison and Mary were “Home Economists” so they kept the rest of us in line. Allison loved clean, neat and tidy so the Allison Milburn, Lorne Booth, and Marian Childerhose kitchen was always sparkling clean at the end each Celebrating the “Kitchen Upgrade” Hospitality event. One of my favourite memories of our times Allison was a much loved member of our Church together was when we organized and hosted a “High family. Let's cherish our happy memories of her. Tea” for the ladies of the Church and friends. The May she rest in peace. auditorium was filled with happy guests. Some of us including Mary Beaton, Lorna Penwill and I dressed Marian Childerhose as fancy maids even wearing Lorna's hand crocheted doilies on our heads. Allison was “dressed to the nines” wearing a spun organza pink hat and CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW for looking like the Queen Mother as she merrily made Allison’s obituary. many, many pots of tea. Our cheeks were as red as https://www.echovita.com/ca/obituaries/on/toronto/allison-eleanor-milburn-12735633 apples. A great time was had by everyone. work as a new Canadian. Now a CEO, Mohamad Fakih he came here from Lebanon in 2000 and First, Canada welcomes struggled to find any work at all. thousands of refugees from Syria "It wasn't easy at all," he said. Most during one of the worst employers looked for Canadian experience, humanitarian crises in the world. something that a tiny fraction of Middle Eastern Second, the refugees settle in immigrants will have. "I wasn't prepared on how to Canada, including moving into write my resume," he said. permanent residence and getting a job. Part of his initiative is getting new Canadians ready for the job market. He hopes the employment That last part is easier said than done. But specialist can get Syrians job-ready. Paramount Fine Foods, a Middle Eastern restaurant chain, is trying to help, hiring up to 100 The idea came to Fakih during a recent trip to Syrian newcomers to work in one of more than 20 Lebanon with the organization Islamic Relief. In franchises across Ontario. addition to his initiative, he is calling on other entrepreneurs to hire qualified Mohamad Fakih, who runs newcomers. Paramount Fine Foods, thinks the Syrians coming into Canada should "There is a lot that needs to be an asset to the country's economy be done here and I will be and not a liability.