A Message from the Minister’s Messy Desk
Today the weather is changing. The wind is rustling and the sky is grey. I heard this morning that there were rain warnings for parts of the island with nearly 100mm of rain! But even on a day like today October is my favourite month. In the iconic book Anne of Green Gables she exclaims, “I am so glad to live in a world where there are Octobers.” I couldn’t agree more. I pray that as the season transitions we are reminded that God is with us throughout the transitions of our lives. Sometimes our days are filled with bright colours, like those on the maple and oak trees in the church parking lot, and sometimes our days are filled with dark clouds and blowing wind, like this morning. Yet, God is in and with it all. At this week’s Bible study we read a portion of the Living Faith (one of the PCC’s statements of faith) where it says, “Jesus understands us. He felt the joy of friendship, the pain of rejection, and died a human death.” This helps me to know that no matter the kind of day I am having that Jesus knows what it’s like. As thanksgiving approaches and we are all aware that it will feel different this year I encourage you to give thanks for all that brings you comfort and joy.
Angela Hope, our Pastoral Care Assistant, sent me this wonderful statement about gratitude. Gratitude is known to reduce pain, improve sleep quality, aid in stress regulation, reduce anxiety and depression, reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness and strengthens the immune system
May it remind us all to give thanks!
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a
friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today
and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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Melody Beattie
Thank you to Maryka and Corinne for this beautiful thanksgiving display!
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR Oct 11th
A reminder to elders that we have a Session meeting via zoom this tuesday, Oct 13th at 7pm
The annual Child Haven Dinner will look different this year. Child Haven International is a registered Canadian charity that assists children and women in developing countries who are in need of food, education, health care, shelter and other supports.
Instead of the usual sit down meal this year the Datt family are offering take away meals by e-transfer.
Child Haven International 2020 Fundraising Event
Friday, October 16, 5 PM
DUE TO COVID: in lieu of the
17th ANNUAL CHILD HAVEN DINNER We will be selling a
FULL VEGETARIAN INDIAN DINNER FOR TAKE AWAY
from the 3rd street side of the
COURTENAY LEGION 367 CLIFFE AVENUE
Up the covered ramp: physical distancing will be practiced
DINNER FOR 4 $50
PAYMENT BY E-TRANSFER
For more information, contact Heather at
