January 20, 2019

In this Issue:

Worship Report

Morar’s Musings

A Word or Two from Mark

Reflections on Amalgamation

Reflections on New Beginnings

Church Women

Craft Sale report

Program opportunities

Announcements

What did Jesus Say? - Study

Good Neighbours

New Fitness Class

Christian Outreach

Future Planning Group

The Green Pag

Children’s Page

Movie Review

Calendar of Events

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Do you enjoy a friendly game of bridge? Please join us in the Merigold Room on the first Wednes-day of each month

from 1 to 4 p.m. for an afternoon of fun and friendship across the bridge table. Bring a partner if you can but if not, we will pair you with another single if possible. All levels of expe-rience are welcome! Refreshments will be served.

For more information, please con-tact: Peggy Forde at 905-823-8419 or pa.forde@gmail.com or Jan Hurley at 905-822-0470 or janhurley@rogers.com .

Pancakes, sausages and all the traditional fixins

Refillable coffee, tea and juice.

$10.00 per person, $25.00 per family.

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Volunteers needed to help serve, cleanup, run elevator, etc.

Please contact MaryEllen Richards @ mehern@cogeco.ca OR Mike Giguere @ mgiguere@arrayinc.ca to offer help.

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Centering Prayer

For an introduction to centering prayer, check out the videos at

https://maplegroveunitedchurch.org/ministries/centering-prayer/

“Lord help us to see your blessings in every change of our life”.

We are now in a New Year and an exciting new begin-ning with a New Church!

On September 2, we worshipped together at First Unit-ed. Rev. Ken MacDonald preached: “Finding meaning in Work”.

On Thanksgiving Sunday, we welcomed Rev. Dr. Morar Murray-Hayes as our supply minister. Her warm, out-going personality was an instant fit for our congregation.

The Stewardship program was launched on October 18 with a message from Morar entitled “How much are we worth”.

A combined service was held on November 4 followed by the amalgamation vote.

On the First Sunday of Advent, the Candle of Hope was lit by the Finley/Weber family.

The Candle of Faith was lit by the Fagan family on the second Sunday of Advent.

On the third Sunday of Advent, the Candle of Joy was lit by Nancy Rudderham. Bell Canto played “And the Glory of the Lord” from Handel’s Messiah as well as a piece called Joyance.

The Candle of Love was lit by the Keane/Campbell family on the fourth Sunday of Advent. Sharing their mu-sical gifts with our Chancel Choir were guest singers: Gillian Grossman, Aimee Gavin, Mary Lloyd Clifford, Mi-cheal Gaade and Jeff Bonnell as well as the Brass Quar-tet: Lim Jewis, John Jesavala, Shawn Moody and Rob Somerville.

Christmas Eve was celebrated at two services, a Con-temporary Candlelight service at 7:02 and the traditional Candlelight and Communion service at 10 p.m. During the month of Advent, people were encouraged to bring a white candle to be placed on the communion table. These were lit each week and by Christmas Eve there was a beautiful display of light which brought a special atmosphere to this service. Special music sung by the Chancel Choir and played by Bell Canto and the violins of Leslie Taylor and Alison Forde gave deep meaning to this night.

On January 6 and 13 we worshipped as one church family - on the 6th, at First United with Rev. Ken Mac-donald preaching and both choirs leading worship mu-sically in this acoustically blessed space. The hymn “Blest be the Tie That Binds” was very appropriate. We were especially impressed by the sound of First Church’s organ and Sandy Garraway’s prelude and postlude. A delicious luncheon awaited us in the Peter Jones Hall after the service.

The inauguration of our “New Church” was held on Jan-uary 13 at the Clarkson Campus (1700 Mazo Cres.). The “new” combined choir was directed by Leanne Piller and Joan Cobbold accompanied some hymns with bells. Morar preached "Love grows here" which was al-so the title of the anthem. Personal reflections on these two worship experiences, from members of both con-gregations, can be found on pages 4 and 5.

Karen Stangenberg

White candles gave light during the dark winter Sundays of

Advent (photo by Peggy Forde)

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What is God calling us to open ourselves to at 'New" Church?

• new ways of being with others • listening • trying things that we might not like the taste of • strengthening our spiritual lives • prayer • patience • appreciating others • trusting the unfamiliar- people and process

There are things at church that you cannot get anywhere else. Brené Brown says she wants: • to sing with strangers; • to pass the peace with people who six days a week she doesn't vote like, believe like, agree with, but on Sun-

day she wants to give them God's blessing and receive it back from them; • to break bread in communion with people I don't know.

These are the things she loves about church. I love that being in church makes me a better person. I want to sing like Kate, relate to kids like Mark, tell jokes like Helen, know the Bible like Ted, know you folk like Bob, manage property like Fred and Ken. Watching others, learning from them: being in church makes me a better person.

Right now, if you look back at the list of things that being in 'New" Church needs right now, perhaps, like me, you will see things that you would like to be better at in your whole life. This is a great time to practice these qualities; this is a time to become a better person. And this is a safe place to practise becoming that better person.

What do you love about church?

What a jam-packed Advent season we had here at the church! A big “thank you” to those who helped make our Children’s Christmas Pageant come to life. Greg for his help with rehearsals, Randi & Ruth for lending their voices on the night of, Mary-Ellen for the gorgeous stage design and costumes, and of course the parents and students who came each week to make it all happen. It was a fun, albeit different, evening from years past but the kids had a blast and it was well received by all.

As we put Christmas (and 2018) in our rear view mirror we now find our-selves looking ahead – to a new name, to a search for a new minister, to who we want to be as a church to the community, and ahead into the un-known. It can often be a time of fear, stress, and grief as we navigate the unknown, but as the great Corrie Ten Boom once said, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

In this season of transition my hope for us as a new creation is that we would come to know God in new and exciting ways, in order that we might be faithful, free and fearless, to trust in what our creator has in store. Keep in mind that trusting God does not mean things will be easy, or decisions unanimous, but it does mean that in spite of, and in light of, where we find ourselves, we know we journey with God and God journeys with us.

So here’s to looking ahead, forging ahead, and the work that is ahead – may we trust God as we journey together into the great unknown!

Christmas Musical cast (photo by Nancy Hori)

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I have been a long time member of Christ Church and have been working with the Amalgamation team, so was quite conversant with the process of what would happen and the fact that this was a new era for us. What I was not expecting was to be blown away by these first two Sundays.

On January 6, both congregations worshipped at the Port Credit Campus (First United Church) where Rev. Ken MacDonald preached to the large crowd of worshippers. Despite the very solemn meaning of leaving that beauti-ful place, the warmth and welcome the members of First United gave us from Christ Church as we stepped through the doors, was wonderful. The joint choir ener-gized us, the hymn singing was rich and full with the spe-cial acoustics of the building and the wafting sounds of the organ. We all agreed that we wished there were more verses to “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah”.

So the Covenanting Service at the Clarkson Campus (Christ Church), on January 13, had a hard act to follow. It was a day of coming together in the true sense of the words, as the time of greeting and welcome was loud and embracing. Led by Rev. Dr. Morar Murray Hayes, in both the 9:02 and the 10:30 services, we were reminded of the importance of the decision that has been made. The 10:30 service was a packed affair with over 170 peo-ple. Morar smiled and made us smile, she told us that we are all loved by God and we felt it at that moment. She told us that out of adversity and sadness this opportunity to share and raise our voices together in joyful praise was powerful and real. We also found out that it is not the end of worshipping in the graceful church on Lakeshore as plans are being made to hold the Good Friday Service there.

We know it will not be easy, our discussions about a new name afterwards illustrate how we may need many at-tempts at joint decision making to get it right, but so many from each service thoughtfully asked questions and put in ideas of what our name might be. We have to be able to move forward with one vision, one mission and it will take effort to align us under one banner. For me, for now, however, this is exciting and a huge oppor-tunity. A fresh start to enable us as people of faith to show who we are, who we want to grow to be, and how we can make a difference in South Mississauga.

Heather McGillis

The “New Church” combined service at the Peter St Campus was very moving with almost a full sanctuary, which gave one a warm and fuzzy feeling.

It was great to see so many people coming together to celebrate the next step in our history. Both congrega-tions joined to mark this momentous occasion as we move forward together to begin a new journey into the future. It feels like we are “one” already.

The service was uplifting and the church was filled with memorable music as the two choirs joined their voices together to present a wonderful anthem.

We honoured our minister from FUC, Rev Ken McDon-ald and wished him well in his retirement. We said a sad goodbye to Leanne Pillar FUC choir director and we said goodbye and hello to Christine Barlow as she moves from the Port Credit location to 1700 Mazo Cres. We are so happy to have her now at our new location.

Kay Cranston & Christine Whiting

The sanctuary of First United was full for the last regular service

at that location (Photo by Bob Warren)

Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things you cannot

change. Prayer is a conversation you have with

God about things God can change.

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On Sunday, January 13, the two congregations of First United in Port Credit and Christ Church in Clarkson gath-ered at Christ Church for the first worship service as an amalgamated “new” church.

I arrived about 10:00 am for the traditional service on the chance that some folk from First United might be more comfortable seeing my familiar face upon their arrival. In 2004-2005, during my retirement, I worked at First Unit-ed, supervising their staff of five while First United was undergoing a renovation. For most of that time, the office staff was re-located to an office building on Lakeshore Road East of Cawthra, and Sunday worship was held in the Chapel at Turner & Porter Funeral Home on Huron-tario. Just as I expected, within minutes of my arrival on the 13th, I was recruited as a guide for a tour of the Christ Church building for some First United friends.

The service was attended by over 170 people! How heartening it was to hear the hymns sung with a full con-gregation of enthusiastic voices. The choir was enhanced in numbers by a few recruits from the First United choir, and the liturgy was led by representatives from both congregations. Rev. Dr. Morar Murray-Hayes, who is serv-ing capably as supply minister, delivered a timely mes-sage on the theme of new beginnings (The lesson for Sunday was Jesus’ baptism, and the commencement of his ministry.).

Early in the service, she instructed everyone to find someone they did not know, and to learn about them. At the conclusion of the service, Morar indicated that lunch would be served in the auditorium, but that she was not elaborating on the usual instructions re the way there. Instead, Christ Church folk were invited to be the guides for the First United people.

It was a joy to see the auditorium filled with luncheon tables. Obviously, more people stayed than the planning committee had expected because an additional eight foot table had to be set in place at the last minute. During and after the sandwich lunch, table groups were instruct-ed to discuss the list of name proposals which had been offered by both congregations. After discussion, each table group submitted a short list of the names they pre-ferred. These will be reviewed further by members of the Communication Committee as well as the Joint Amal-gamation Committee.

It was a day filled with enthusiasm and smiling faces. I was impressed by the eagerness exhibited by the First United people as they mingled with the Christ Church people. (Mind you, it must be remembered that mem-bers of these congregations have always enjoyed social connections with each other, as there is no wall be-tween Clarkson and Lorne Park and Port Credit.) As Morar said from the pulpit, this is both an exciting and uneasy time for both congregations as the exercise of growing together in assimilation begins.

Bob Johnstone

Rev. Dr. Morar Murray-Hayes and Mark Chown lead the

congregation in a Covenant prayer as we celebrate our “New”

church (photo by Bob Warren)

This Port Credit business supports local churches. For every floral order for any occasion, For the Love of Art and Flowers will donate 5% of the sale to our church.

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The wonderful women from Peter Street are coming to-gether with the wonderful women on Mazo Crescent.

We are now three Units.

Dorcas: Meets the second Wednesday afternoon of the month

Seekers: Meets the second Thursday morning of the month

NOWW: Meets the fourth Wednesday evening of the month

All women are invited to every event and gathering, hosted by any Unit.

Fellowship, laughter, learning, service opportunities and ‘field trips’ await.

Pat Skinner and her Executive members will meet regu-larly, overseeing the Units’ varied events.

DO watch weekly bulletins and announcements for up-coming meetings and consider each your invitation!

In the coming months you will hear of Book Night, Paint Night, Book Review, Speakers, Games Afternoon, Wom-en’s Winter Lunch, Murder Mystery Lunch Outing and more. Ladies, you are welcome!

Our ninth annual Treats ‘n’ Treasures craft sale and ba-zaar was a great success, raising approximately $5,000. The auditorium was humming with happy shoppers al-most non-stop from the time the doors opened at 9:30 am until 2 pm when the tables came down. Many thanks to those who baked, crafted, staffed tables and sorted items for sale. And to those who helped set up and clean up, worked the elevator and provided security, as well as those who worked very hard in the kitchen. We very much ap-preciated our new friends from the Port Credit “campus” who helped in many ways!

On Jan. 10th, Sashen Guneratna, a Partner at Pricewater-houseCoopers, was invited to speak to Seekers about a project he has been working on for the past five years. Sashen described the project as follows:

Wataynikaneyap Power LP is an unprecedented First Nations-led partnership working towards connecting 17 remote First Nations communities in North Western On-tario to the Provincial Transmission Grid. These commu-nities are currently relying on diesel generation for their electricity needs which is expensive, damaging to the environment and unreliable. Sashen heads the team act-ing as Financial Advisor on this project.

This presentation and discussion provided a background on the project and how it is an example of First Nations leading the development and ownership of their own infrastructure.

Sashen Guneratna is also Marilyn Young’s son-in-law.

On February 14, at the next Seekers Meeting, Jessie Ken-nedy and Marg Shaver will give a presentation about re-cycling. All women in the congregation are invited to at-tend. Marilyn Young

Sashen Guneratna, Marilyn Young, Marie Bodrug, Primula

Lancett (photo by Kathie Black)

Photo by Nancy Hori

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On March 10 we will be serving in-home communion following Worship. If you would like to serve or know of any shut-ins who may like to receive In-home commun-ion please contact Mark - markchown@christchurch-ucc.com

One of the great new opportunities we have as a new church is to include a well-loved tradition of First United of having lay leaders act as weekly Liturgists. If you have a passion or skill for writing prayers, offering leadership throughout worship, or public speaking, please contact Mark – markchown@christchurch-ucc.com for more in-formation.

We are currently looking for youth and young adults to help serve as Sunday morning “hosts”. This is an hourly paid position that will help things move smoothly on Sunday mornings. Duties include unlocking the building, turning on lights & A/V equipment, making sure bulle-tins are where they need to be, helping with coffee and more! For more information about how to get involved please contact the church office – office@christchurch-ucc.com

On February 3, following worship, we will have the privi-lege of hosting a workshop on Power, Authority and In-fluence. This will be a great help to our council and members as we seek to create decision making process-es that are transparent, inclusive and just in our New Church.

This is a part of a program called United Fresh Start; de-signed for congregations in transition. it teaches minis-ters and congregational leaders critical strategies for working effectively together. Developed by the US Epis-copal (Anglican) Church over the past 20 years, it is based on the work of organizational leadership experts. Other workshops include topics like entering new sys-tems, conflict management, family systems theory, and adaptive leadership. Together, ministers and congrega-tional leaders gain a mutual understanding of leadership expectations, role clarity, and the use of power and au-thority. The program will help create a fresh start for our new church and prepare us for effective mission and ministry together.

We have received funding towards this workshop from Halton Presbytery. The leadership will be provided by the Rev. Allen Warren (Appleby United Church) and the Rev. Allison Playfair (St. Stephen, Burlington).

All council and committee members are urged to attend and members of New Church are welcome. Lunch will be provided. Please register by email office@christchurch-ucc.com

Do you live with, visit, or are you a friend of someone with short term memory loss, dementia, or stroke relat-ed symptoms?

In the spring we hope to offer sessions to help us all to communicate better, to give and receive support, and to offer hope to our members and our communities. This is definitely a series to invite friends and neighbours to.

In order to provide these resources to renew ourselves and our neighbours, you may consider acting as a host for one of these events.

All of these offerings are open to members, relatives, friends and members of the wider communities of Clark-son and Port Credit.

Please contact the church office for more information: office@christchurch-ucc.com

Matthew Foxall (director of the Neighbourhood Care Network, Kerr Street Mission, Oakville) and Sandra Onufryk (an intake coordinator and volunteer in the pro-gram) will meet with interested folk on Tuesday, Febru-ary 19 at 10 am to introduce this ministry whose purpose is to help families who have had a catastrophic event to regain a sustainable foundation. The Compass is interest-ed in participating in this endeavour. If you are interested in finding out more, please join us in the Merigold Room on Tuesday February 19 at 10 am.

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This is a social and fellowship group consisting of most-ly retired women and men who are members or friends of our “New Church”. We meet most months, often in the afternoon but sometimes in the evening for a variety of fellowship activities – games night, special speakers, etc. Two special annual events include a trip to the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake in the late spring and an organized all-day bus tour in the early fall. All are wel-come and we look forward to new participants and new ideas for activities. Our program for the next couple of months includes:

Tuesday, March 5 at 7:00 pm following the Shrove Tues-day Pancake Supper – a film or travelogue in the Meri-gold Room. Watch for details.

Wednesday May 15 – our annual trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake where we will see an old favourite musical “Brigadoon” in the Festival Theatre after lunch at Perkin’s Restaurant in St Catharines.

Wednesday, September 25 in the afternoon – a presen-tation by Lianne Harris in the Merigold Room.

Mark your calendars now for these planned events and watch future “Happenings” and church bulletins for more specific information on these and other future activities.

Join Ted Lutz on Monday evenings beginning March 11 at 7.00 pm

Even secular historians accept that the person known as Jesus of Nazareth really lived and, within a year or two, the dates of his birth and death are also generally acknowledged. But where does this information come from? Is it reliable? How do we assess it?

Apart from references to Jesus or his followers by two Roman historians, all that we know about Jesus comes from the Bible, mainly the first four books of the New Testament, commonly called the gospels. Here, we come face to face with one who so captivated a few of his contemporaries that their witness eventually culmi-nated in a world religion, Christianity.

For those of us who call ourselves Christian, it would seem beneficial, if not imperative, that we learn as much about this individual as we can. What he did impacts on what we believe he has done for us. What he said is what largely informs our behaviour among our fellow human beings.

But what did Jesus say? The gospel according to Mark, the shortest and the earliest of the New Testament gos-pels, was written forty years after Jesus’ crucifixion by someone who never knew him personally. His infor-mation comes from his community, who had received it from carriers of the tradition passed on to them by eye-witnesses, most of whom were no longer alive.

When we read a saying of Jesus in Mark, the question we need to ask is: Is this what Jesus actually said, or what the first hearers remembered, or what the earliest com-munities understood, or what the writer decided fit his theology best? Our task will entail an excavation of these outer layers in an attempt to reveal the authentic sayings of Jesus. The focus of this year’s Lenten Bible Study will be “the sayings of Jesus” in the gospel of Mark.

Erin Furlong will be offering Essentrics classes at reason-able rates starting in February (watch your weekly update for day and time). For further information, or if you have questions, email erin.furlong@sympatico.ca, or speak to Erin after church. You can also check out the Essentrics website: www.essentrics.com.

The creator of the Essentrics technique, Miranda Ed-monde-White, has had a fitness show on PBS called Classical Stretch for the last 19 years. Classical Stretch IS Essentrics with a TV name!

Essentrics is a dynamic workout that lengthens and strengthens every muscle in the body, resulting in great-er joint mobility and lean, long muscles. It is for people of all ages who: • Enjoy a dynamic workout with motivating music • Are looking to tone their body without weights • Want to increase flexibility and overall mobility • Are recovering from injury but still want to keep

their body active • Seeking a workout that will help relieve pain

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Our Christmas Mitten Tree was loaded with warm mit-tens, gloves, scarves and toques. They were delivered to schools in critical areas during the second week of January. The cash donated was used to purchase water-proof mittens. The schools’ office administrators, who so often face children arriving at school poorly prepared for our winters, were grateful that Christ Church continued this nine-year practice of reaching out to those in need.

The Open Door Christmas dinner and nativity pageant was held mid-December for over 250 clients. Bus tickets were provided to enable people to attend. Throughout the year, the OD team receives money to purchase retail gift cards, bus tickets and diapers for families who are facing difficult times. This ecumenical service has been available to the thousands of staff and shoppers at Square One since the mall opened 45 years ago!

Barb Lewis

In April, 2018, the FPG presented to the congregation its findings after an 18 month long process of information gathering from the congregation and the communi-ty. This presentation was the vision of the Three Pillars, the major pathways in which we as church wish to live out our life with Christ and in this community. Those Three Pillars are: Community Involvement, Strong Con-nection with Members, and Spiritual Engagement. We are now looking forward to taking the pillars and weav-ing these constructs into the vision for the New Church.

Immediately following this presentation, the FPG began a series of table talks, to provide an opportunity for you to suggest projects you might like to see done which live out these three Pillars. Our church now exists in a new reality. With the amalgamation, we are blessed with a larger church family. FPG now includes members of the First United community and recently met to contin-ue the work of defining projects for living out our mission in Christ. The current list of projects defined includes: • A Community Garden • A Youth Christian Development Project • Youth-led Worship • A Parish Nurse • A Speakers Series • Property Planning Group for the combined assets

of New Church • A Community Roundtables Series • The Welcome Back BBQ & Renters' Fair

The first FPG generated project, the BBQ & Renters' Fair was run in September 2018. Thanks to all the volunteers and the private donors who made this event possi-ble. Four rental groups attended, with several more indi-viduals from those groups present at the BBQ. On the whole, the Welcoming & Fellowship Committee was happy with these first results and the potential for closer ties with those non-church individuals in our communi-ty. W&F plans to run the Fair again this September.

There are currently eleven projects in development which FPG is making ready for our church's implementa-tion by several teams. This list is not exhaustive or exclu-sive. If you have ideas about how we can bring the vision of the Three Pillars to life, please feel free to send your ideas to the FPG, c/o Shawn Bausch at shawnbausch@hotmail.com. In addition, if any of these projects speaks to you and you would like to find out more about them, or get involved with them, please be in contact with Shawn.

im Ian Macdonald CPA, CA CFP

Personal Income Tax and Financial Planning

Email: ianmaccpa@gmail.com

Phone: (416) 566-7215

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Much is said these days about climate change and the condition of our environment and how we continue to pollute it. We are told to re-use and re-cycle and gener-ally to use less and to waste less. We have got so used to having every convenience and often forget that there may be a less polluting way. As Christians we promise to be stewards of God’s wonderful earth.

On this” Green page”, let’s exchange ideas on ways to minimize our environmental footprint.

How can we use less and save more?

How can we reduce plastic use and create less waste?

How can we save water?

Tell us some of the things you do to reduce waste and pollution. To get the ball rolling, I would like to mention a couple of ideas and share a vegetarian recipe.

In our household we don’t use bottled water. When buy-ing fruit and veggies at the supermarket we rarely use plastic bags. Bananas can easily be packed in your shopping bag as they are. The same with other produce such as oranges, cabbage, sweet potatoes, celery etc. When buying orange juice, we buy the small frozen containers and add water at home (why pay for water and carry it home in a large plastic container to throw away). In the same way we buy bouillon cubes and add boiling water at home to use in recipes calling for chick-en, vegetable or beef broth.

We have started to cook a vegetarian meal once or twice a week since raising poultry and livestock produc-es a lot of methane gas which contributes to climate change. We have found the recipe which follows in a cookbook issued by the Mississauga Food Bank.

Chickpea Stew and Rice (Recipe from: Healthier Steps Blog)

1 cup rice 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced ¼ cup red bell pepper chopped 1 tomato chopped 1 carrot chopped 1 cup canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed ½ tsp basil 1 tsp parsley 1 tbsp tomato paste 2 cups liquid from boiled chick peas or water

1) Cook rice according to directions on package 2) Heat oil in large saucepan on medium-high heat, add onions and cook until soft (about 4 minutes) 3) Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds stirring, then add bell pepper, tomato, carrot chickpeas, parsley and basil 4) Add tomato paste and water, cover and bring to boil; reduce to a simmer for 20-30 minutes or until thickened 5) Mash some of the chickpeas to thicken stew 6) Add salt and pepper 7) Serve with rice

Serves 4 Elisabeth Evans Please send me your ideas for “green living” to evans@pathcom.com

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(from Today’s Parent magazine) Materials: • Juice or milk jug or 2l pop bottle

• Non-toxic white outdoor spray paint (optional)

• Non-toxic colourful outdoor paint (optional)

• Small wooden dowel

• X-Acto knife

• Paintbrush

• Hemp or sturdy rope

• Glue gun

• Birdseed

Step 1: Rinse out an empty juice or milk jug. Paint over the jug’s label with the spray paint and allow it to dry. Paint the wood-en dowel with the colourful outdoor paint and set aside to dry. Very young children will need supervision.

Step 2: Use an X-Acto knife (adult supervision may be required) to cut out a shape 2 to 3 inches from the bottom of the jug. Paint a diagonal line across the jug with the outdoor paint, then fill in the bottom half and let dry. (Tip: If there are sharp edges, cover them with decorative tape.)

Step 3: Cut a small X just under the triangle and push the wooden dowel a quarter of the way into the jug. Use a glue gun to attach 3 or 4 lines of hemp across the top of the painted area, and around the tip of the wooden dowel.

Step 4: Cut a long piece of hemp. Wrap around the lid, gluing to secure, and leaving two long ends on either side. Fill the jug with birdseed to just under the triangle, then tie to a tree branch in your yard.

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As we arrived in the theatre, we noticed that it was nearly full. That was noticeably unusual for an early movie. How-ever, as we left the theatre after the movie, we comment-ed, “The word is getting around. What a great movie!”

“On the Basis of Sex” is a biographical drama based on the life and early cases of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ba-der Ginsberg. Born in Brooklyn (1933) into a first-generation American Jewish family, the movie begins when Ruth Ba-der Ginsberg is a first year law student at Harvard Law School. Her husband, Martin, is a second year student.

Overcoming many roadblocks in pursuing her law degree, Ruth graduates first in her class, but there is no law firm in NYC in 1970 which will hire her because she is a woman. So she becomes a professor at Rutgers Law School, teaching “The Law and Sex Discrimination”.

Her first break comes when she and her husband take on a case of perceived gender discrimination. Here is oppor-tunity for Ruth to challenge America’s gender-based laws. Ruth argues that the world is changing, and the law needs to change with it. Societal roles that existed decades ago no longer apply in the contemporary world.

Ruth finally finds her voice as a lawyer! She goes on to found the Women’s Rights Project which struck down many gender-based laws. In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsberg was appointed an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.

Felicity Jones offers a remarkable and highly commenda-ble performance as Ruth Bader Ginsberg in a dominant role that places her in front of the camera for much of the film. You will enjoy Sam Waterston (Law & Order) as the stiff unbending Dean at Harvard. Kathy Bates (Fried Green Tomatoes) succeeds admirably in a minor role as an activ-ist and civil rights advocate Dorothy Kenyon.

The movie stands admirably on its own, but to increase my interest, just a few days before, on CNN, I had watched the documentary film called “RBG” which had captivated my interest in this woman who continues to make head-lines as the long-serving liberal Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.

Bob Johnstone

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3 Workshop: Power, Authority & Influence—following 10:30 worship service

6 Mixed Bridge @ 1 p.m. in the Merigold Room

10 Combined worship @ 10 a.m. Semi-annual General meeting following worship

19 Neighbourhood Care Network information session @ 10 a.m.

5 Pancake Supper, 5:30—6:45 Good Neighbours’ Travelogue @ 7 p.m.—Merigold Room

6 Mixed Bridge @ 1 p.m. in the Merigold Room

10 Lent 1—clocks “spring” forward In-home communion HAPPENINGS DEADLINE

11 Lenten Study series begins, 7 p.m.

Reminder: Church School available at 9:02 service and Nursery Care available at both services.

Celia Parkes December 1, 2018 Luise Shimano December 1, 2018 (family only) Vincent Redmayne January 16, 2019

The Happenings is a limited circulation newsletter distributed to the members and adherents of Christ Church, The United Church of Canada, Mississauga, Ontario. It is published five times per year: September, November, January, March and May. Contributions for publication should reach the Editor as per published deadline date. Deadlines will be published in the weekly bulletin and via broadcast e-mail. Enquiries related to advertising should be addressed to the Office Administrator. All enquiries and hardcopy for publication should be delivered to the church office at:

1700 Mazo Cres., Mississauga, ON L5J 1Y8 Phone: (905) 822-9834 Fax: (905) 822-9871 E-mail: office@christchurch-ucc.com Or to the Editor: Peggy Forde at (905) 823-8419 or e-mail pa.forde@gmail.com. Articles submitted via e-mail should be in a non-formatted Word document attached to the e-mail. Photos should be submitted in a separate JPEG file not embedded in the article, please. The same e-mail is acceptable for both submissions.

The next Happenings deadline is SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2019

1700 Mazo Cres., Mississauga, ON L5J 1Y8