Our next Youth activity will be baking "Bunny Cakes" on the 11th. (See sidebar for other upcomng events!)
To do this, we need to get to church an hour early to start baking th ecakes, and then stay after to decorate them. Please let me know if you will be coming for the event so I can round up enough pans for everyone!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Ask & Imagine Workshop
On our link list you will see "Ask & Imagine." Please take a minute to follow the link. Ask & Imagine is a week-long summer conference at Huron College, especially for Anglican Youth. The Conference will give opportunity to meet other youth, share ideas, and explore our faith. I hope we are able to start working toward sending at least one of our youth on a conference or similar event each summer.
If you are interested in going, let me know and we will work together toward getting you there!
If you are interested in going, let me know and we will work together toward getting you there!
Monday, March 1, 2010
PWRDF meets St. James
Well, Simon came, and spoke, and changed the way we see the world. Between his sharing stories of Child Soldiers and Slavery, and his discussion of stewardship of the earth and our resources, the Smarties he shared, and the challenges he gave, I think we all have new insight into the world we live in.
Now the challenge is on guys. How many Milk bags can we round up? I put a challenge out to my coworkers to round up as many bags as they can, and already, I have about 10. Lets set a goal of 100 bags each. I bet that working around school, your friends, family, and neighbours, each of you can do it.
We will have a shredding party on May 9th. We can round up some pop & chips, a good movie, and shred the bags into threads for crocheting into mats. Whoever brings in the most milk bags wins a prize. I haven't decided what yet, but I'll figure something out. It may involve pizza.
Happy Milk-bag hunting!
Now the challenge is on guys. How many Milk bags can we round up? I put a challenge out to my coworkers to round up as many bags as they can, and already, I have about 10. Lets set a goal of 100 bags each. I bet that working around school, your friends, family, and neighbours, each of you can do it.
We will have a shredding party on May 9th. We can round up some pop & chips, a good movie, and shred the bags into threads for crocheting into mats. Whoever brings in the most milk bags wins a prize. I haven't decided what yet, but I'll figure something out. It may involve pizza.
Happy Milk-bag hunting!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A Big Welcome to our Newest Members!!
You may have seen them around the church, hanging out with their folks, or nibbling cookies during coffee hour. We have a handful of folks who have been hiding in the shadows, and last week I decided they have come to St. James often enough that I am officially declaring them a part of our "Youth Family."
Marie-Claire comes every second week with her Dad. They have a cottage, so on the weeks she isn't with us, she is probably someplace really nice, wishing us happy thoughts.
Rhys and his brother Rolando came out for the Black History Celebration last week, but it wasn't their first time at St. James. I know I've seen them around before. Rhys likes snowboarding, and Rolando plays football. (Also, I think I spelled their names wrong).
Laura is the oldest in her family. We met while we were in line for roti and beans and rice. She has a great smile, and looks like she might give Lynne a real challenge at Jeopardy.
Please be sure to extend a hand to these new members of our family, and make sure they feel welcome!
Chris
Marie-Claire comes every second week with her Dad. They have a cottage, so on the weeks she isn't with us, she is probably someplace really nice, wishing us happy thoughts.
Rhys and his brother Rolando came out for the Black History Celebration last week, but it wasn't their first time at St. James. I know I've seen them around before. Rhys likes snowboarding, and Rolando plays football. (Also, I think I spelled their names wrong).
Laura is the oldest in her family. We met while we were in line for roti and beans and rice. She has a great smile, and looks like she might give Lynne a real challenge at Jeopardy.
Please be sure to extend a hand to these new members of our family, and make sure they feel welcome!
Chris
Thursday, February 18, 2010
PWRDF Coming to visit!
Simon Chambers, the youth facilitator for the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) will be coming to St. James to discuss opportunities for us to make a difference around the world. We hope you will join us!
Simon will be coming to St. James on February 28th and making a presentation on rehabilitating Child Soldiers in Burundi, and on the PWRDF's work in Haiti following the Earthquake. In preparation for this event, we suggest you think of opportunites to work to make our community and our world a better place, with a focus on Social Justice. Since I didn't know what social justice is, I went to Wikipedia to find out...
"...social justice is based on the concepts of human rights and equality and involves a greater degree of economic egalitarianism through progressive taxation, income redistribution or even property redistribution, policies aimed toward achieving that which developmental economists refer to as more equality of opportunity and equality of outcome than may currently exist in some societies or are available to some classes in a given society..."
That didn't clear things up much so here is my take on what social justice is. Social justice is seeing someone who is hurting, either economically, socially, physically, or emotionally, and taking the time to care. Really, its pretty simple. You think about the person, you imagine yourself in their situation, you ask how Christ would help them, and then you do it.
In the PWRDF there are a few groups that the church specifically tries to help, hoping that a concentrated effort with a few partners will have a greater impact than a scattered effort across many fronts. As youth we have the opportunity to help, and Simon will show us where we can make a difference. You can read about the opportunities ahead of time by going here: www.justgeneration.ca
See you on Sunday!
Chris
Simon will be coming to St. James on February 28th and making a presentation on rehabilitating Child Soldiers in Burundi, and on the PWRDF's work in Haiti following the Earthquake. In preparation for this event, we suggest you think of opportunites to work to make our community and our world a better place, with a focus on Social Justice. Since I didn't know what social justice is, I went to Wikipedia to find out...
"...social justice is based on the concepts of human rights and equality and involves a greater degree of economic egalitarianism through progressive taxation, income redistribution or even property redistribution, policies aimed toward achieving that which developmental economists refer to as more equality of opportunity and equality of outcome than may currently exist in some societies or are available to some classes in a given society..."
That didn't clear things up much so here is my take on what social justice is. Social justice is seeing someone who is hurting, either economically, socially, physically, or emotionally, and taking the time to care. Really, its pretty simple. You think about the person, you imagine yourself in their situation, you ask how Christ would help them, and then you do it.
In the PWRDF there are a few groups that the church specifically tries to help, hoping that a concentrated effort with a few partners will have a greater impact than a scattered effort across many fronts. As youth we have the opportunity to help, and Simon will show us where we can make a difference. You can read about the opportunities ahead of time by going here: www.justgeneration.ca
See you on Sunday!
Chris
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