PLEASE NOTE:
Dr. Rev. Candice Bist will be on study leave until June 14th, 2020 and her technology will be shut down. Therefore, if you have any questions or concerns, you can contact Communications by emailing communications@shelburneprimrose.com.
While Dr. Rev. Candice Bist is on her study leave, there will not be new Sunday Morning Podcasts recorded. The next podcast will be June 14th, 2020.
Dr. Rev. Candice Bist will be on study leave until June 14th, 2020 and her technology will be shut down. Therefore, if you have any questions or concerns, you can contact Communications by emailing communications@shelburneprimrose.com.
While Dr. Rev. Candice Bist is on her study leave, there will not be new Sunday Morning Podcasts recorded. The next podcast will be June 14th, 2020.
Both our church buildings continue to stay closed, in solidarity with the wellness of our community, but we offer the gift of spiritual reflection on our weekly podcasts. Take advantage of the fact that can attend church in your most comfortable chair, bring your coffee to service, stay in your pj's, and if the service isn't to your liking - you can just turn it off! On the other hand if you really like it, you can hear it again!
Please continue to stay home, stay safe, and stay well.
We wish you Sabbath blessings.
Sunday Mornings May 24th, 31st, June 7th
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Note from the Minister
As of this evening, I will be on three weeks of study leave. My technology will be shut down, but I leave you in the very capable hands of Megan at the head office and your two excellent clerks of session, Ann Mcalpine and Gail Brown. Megan will continue to send out weekly email correspondence to keep you in the loop of what is going on. And you can keep her informed by sending notes, pictures, updates, and videos you have watched that you think would be helpful to share. Megan will gather things together and send them out to the congregation so we can all continue to feel connected. Thank you to the leaders in the care groups and all the many of you who continue to care for one another in such kind ways. Every time you reach out to one in need, Jesus said, you reach out to me. The spirit of Christ is everywhere to be found in all kindnesses, and God is always present where there is love. Below please see I have given you some options as to what you might do for worship on Sunday. Each of you will have different preferences, and I encourage you to find the worship that best serves your needs. There is variety in life because there is variety in people. You can also, of course, listen again to all the podcasts we have done these last 10 weeks and read over any of the articles and links from our weekly mail outs. And there are endless resources to read, view and practice on our web site. All connections below. We will be posting the next new podcast for June 14th. 'Practicing Compassion' will resume on Friday June 19th. And the three wonderful zoom offerings will also continue to the end of May. Council meetings are all planned for the last weeks of June to determine our way forward over the summer and into the fall. Please continue to be well and stay healthy. I will be on a time of rest, but my prayers for all of you are always present. Love and Blessings, Candice |
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Turn, Turn, Turn
Sunday Morning Podcast
May 17, 2020
HERE IT IS!
You Can Change the World
Sunday Morning Mother's Day Podcast
May 10, 2020
HERE IT IS!
Rise and Resist
Sunday Morning Podcast
May 3, 2020
HERE IT IS!
On Line Zoom Gatherings for the Month of June
Our Gift to the Community,
with Love, even in the Midst of Uncertainty
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New 4-Part On line Mini-Workshop
Introductory SeriesJune 2, 9, 16, & 23rd8:30-9:30 pm on Zoom (6:30-7:30am available upon request)
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**THIS SESSION IS ON HOLD UNTIL
DR. REV. CANDICE BIST RETURNS** Friday June 19th 2020 at 7 pm will be our next session. Practicing Compassion, Frank Rogers Jr., Living Compassion. Andrew Dreitcer We often interpret compassion as the process of covering up poor feelings towards another person - or ourselves - and 'behaving kindly.' Our authors teach us to understanding those reactions/feelings and then allow them, through practice, to transform us, and from there, others.The practice of compassion hold the power of transformation. Please join us on Friday as we come to understand, and practice, this simple, straight forward path that is a profound part of the Christian tradition, but is not limited to it. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82671788158? . |
Successful Conference
The Eco-Commoning Project Virtual Conference
WHAT IS THE ECO-COMMONING PROJECT?
The Eco-Commoning Project is a partnership project between Community Innovation Hub and Eco-Commons. The Project aims to shift the social, political, economic and spiritual mindset from an individualistic-capitalist system of thought to a relational; or eco-commons way-of-life . The Eco-Commoning Project lifts up the values of local, cooperative, equitable and sustainable in order to envision communities of faith as radical Changemakers and Innovators in this area.
Here are all the resources to connect and inform you about the wondrous vision that was presented at the visual conference. You can see the conference in full, hear the key note speakers and presentations.
The Eco-Commoning Project is a partnership project between Community Innovation Hub and Eco-Commons. The Project aims to shift the social, political, economic and spiritual mindset from an individualistic-capitalist system of thought to a relational; or eco-commons way-of-life . The Eco-Commoning Project lifts up the values of local, cooperative, equitable and sustainable in order to envision communities of faith as radical Changemakers and Innovators in this area.
Here are all the resources to connect and inform you about the wondrous vision that was presented at the visual conference. You can see the conference in full, hear the key note speakers and presentations.
Evergreen Brickworks & Community Hubs
Virtual Conference last week
Evergreen Brickworks out of Toronto, is doing wonderful work commenting communities of all kinds in an effort to see how cities might function in a friendlier, more efficient and more environmentally responsible way. One of their many projects is Future Cities, where they have embarked on the ambitious, but very worthy, endeavour of building a collaborative infrastructure that gathers together a "diverse and growing network of partners from across sectors – universities, governments, foundations, organizations, private partners and more – (to) harness the collective energy needed for true transformative change." This last week they hosted a webinar with faith-based community hubs. Some themes from this conference included, outside-of-the-box collaborative opportunities with faith-based spaces, and re-defining the concept of investment, not from finances or ROI but around investment in community & commons, in long-term partnership, and in the unknown potential. Dr. Rev. Candice Bist gave a great talk about our "You Belong Here" Room, a space in the church that is used for many different activities, that welcomes everyone! This room is our idea of forward-thinking in the church that helps change the space from a typical worship building, to a community hub. Click here to find out more about the many projects/webinars that Evergreen is imagining, that we might all learn to live more collaboratively together.
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Many United Church communities of faith are live-streaming Sunday Worship services during the COVID-19 pandemic. EDGE/UCC has created an interactive map with links to these services. Most if not all, will be recorded and available to you to watch at your leisure to view a variety of services. Sometimes, if you are struggling to make sense of things, it is a good thought to simply watch someone else who offers steadiness, until your own faith returns in strength. |
Pandemic
What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath--
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.
And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.
Promise this world your love--
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.
--Lynn Ungar 3/11/20
What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath--
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.
And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.
Promise this world your love--
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.
--Lynn Ungar 3/11/20
The Shelburne/Primrose Pastoral Charge partners with
Partera Peace Builders International, The Shelburne Farmer's Market,
First Line for Syria, Soup Haus, KAIROS, and the Quiet Garden Movement.
We support the work of the UCC Mission and Service and are part of the
Dufferin Moves initiative in Dufferin County.
We are supportive of the work of Streams Community Hub
We continue to look for partners and friends who are offering a
compassionate presence to the community and an uplifting and creative spirit.
Call or email if we can be of any help to you.
shelburne.primrose.uc@gmail.com / 519 925 2233
Partera Peace Builders International, The Shelburne Farmer's Market,
First Line for Syria, Soup Haus, KAIROS, and the Quiet Garden Movement.
We support the work of the UCC Mission and Service and are part of the
Dufferin Moves initiative in Dufferin County.
We are supportive of the work of Streams Community Hub
We continue to look for partners and friends who are offering a
compassionate presence to the community and an uplifting and creative spirit.
Call or email if we can be of any help to you.
shelburne.primrose.uc@gmail.com / 519 925 2233
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