Deer Park Announcements for the Week of November 9, 2014

Deer Park Announcements for the Week of November 9, 2014
Monday:
9:00-10:30am Tai Chi (continuing)
10:30-noon Tai Chi (beginner)
6:30-8:00 pm Parkland Scouts
Tuesday:
Office Closed
Wing and a Prayer o/s
Wednesday:
9:30-11:30am Women of Spirit
4:00-6:00 pm Afterschool Program
6:00 pm Celebrating Families dinner
Thursday:
6:55 Choir
7:30 p.m. AA Meeting
Friday:
7:00 – 9:00 Deer Park Youth
There is a monthly newsletter for Deer Park available in the foyer.
Developing a common vision for our church community
At the request of Council, a small group has been meeting since spring to discuss a
vision as we move forward in our church life. We would like to meet in small
groups with any or all who attend this church, to receive your input. We want to
ask you three questions:
 What brings you here?
 What are we doing right?
 What are we missing? What can be changed or added?
There will be various opportunities to be involved. For now, you can send your
thoughts to Denise Penfold: denisepenfold@dpuc.ca. Thank you for helping shape
our church for the future.
Other upcoming events:
$25
Remembrance Benefit Concert Sun. Nov. 9 from 3–5
Barry Luft, Richard Harrow and Cara Luft. Proceeds to support Wounded Warriors.
The Annual Turkey Supper will be Saturday, November 22.Two sittings are
available at 5:00 and 6:45pm. Tickets are available at the church office during the
week or after church on Sundays:
Seniors: $15
Adults: $20
Child:
(6-12): $10
Child under 6: free Family 2 (adults and 3 children): $50
Volunteers are needed for providing food donations, preparation and cleanup. Sign
up sheets will be in the Narthex for the period leading up to the event. This week
for the turkey supper, the focus is on time and talent. There are opportunities
available for set up of the hall, servers, desert servers, and kitchen helpers and
clean-up for the dinner. The Silent auction also has opportunities for set up on the
Friday, and a variety of positions for Saturday. Please see the sign up boards at the
back of the Narthex. There will be a silent auction at the same time and donation
information will be up coming.
Silent Auction: Saturday, November 22nd. Join us for a fabulous
opportunity to support our Deer Park Community while you enjoy our
annual Turkey Supper by also participating in the simultaneous Silent
Auction. Our Silent Auction Committee are valued volunteers who invite
you to seize the opportunity to support their work.
How can you help???
1. Attend the event and invite your friends and neighbours to come along.
2. Bid on the action items.
3. Donate auction items which could include, but is not limited to:
- hosting home dining event(s) for specified number of guests
- tickets for theatre, concert, sports or other community attractions
- gift certificates for restaurants and shops
- vacation time at your cottage, cabin, condo or time share
- jewellery and other luxury items
- gift baskets of fine foods & personal care items
- sporting goods & quality household items
Please drop off your donated AUCTION items to the church, Monday to
Thursday, November 17 – 21sts, from 9 -12 and 1-4 or on Thursday evening.
To assist our team or donate, call the Church office or Bernadette O'Connor
(403-271-7500)
The property department of DPUC church is looking to generate a list of folks
who have technical skills
These Skills would encompass everything from plumbing right through to fine
carpentry and computer skills
What this list would give us is not a labour pool but a source of information to
draw on when the church needs to go outside to employ contractors. The people on
the list would serve as advisors on the scope of work and review the estimate.
Please send you name into the church office along with your field of expertise "
Photography contest: for ANWC website: Deadline November 12.
www.albertanorthwestconference.ca
See bulletin board.
Ministry of Worship and the Arts
Ushers and Greeters: If you can volunteer from time to time to be an usher or
greeter, please call Donna Black at 403-256-2435.
HymnSing. Next HymnSing is Nov. 23rd at 9:45. You will find the Signup sheet
for your requests on south bulletin board.
Ministry of Community
Kitchen Committee If you have questions about kitchen operations, a new
Kitchen Manual is in place where you will find the answers. Look for a well
marked 3 ring blue binder on the kitchen counter near the phone. Please let us know
if you have suggestions or additions. Thanks to Barb Savidant for her work on this
project.
Following food events, we are required to LABEL and DATE items left in the
refrigerator. Labels and a pen are in a clear container in the fridge. To avoid us
having to throw out undated foods, please share the food amongst your group to
take home or notify an incoming group that the food is for their consumption.
Unnecessary waste of edible foods can be avoided this way.
Thank you for
your help.
Ministry of Social Justice and Outreach
M&S Enthusiast: If this opportunity is of interest, contact the office.
Ministry of Health and Healing
Conversation Bench We are getting underway with the Conversation Bench,
which will be located at the front right corner of the sanctuary. This is to be for
making connections with one another, meeting those we don’t yet know and
generally providing another way of allowing people to get to know one another. If
you feel called, please help us keep tabs on who might like to make a connection
there. Phone Marj Hansen, 403-203-3280, for more information.
Ministry of Spiritual Formation
Spiritual Formation Event: Move from self-limiting beliefs and embrace an
effective code of personal conduct that will change your life. A study based on The
Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz will take place on November 19 and 26 and
December 3rd at 7:00 pm at Deer Park United Church., led by Rev. Tom Melvin.
All are invited to attend.
Other Churches and the Community
See ‘happenings’ bulletin board for more information
STOP BULLYING – a presentation by Tad Milmine. Using his own story, Tad
has made it his mission to help others. Please note that the presentation is not
suitable for children under 11 years of age. Donation accepted. St. Thomas UC
Tues. Nov. 18, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Seniors Secret Service: We are urgently looking for people willing to brighten up
a grey Christmas. This season, our volunteers will deliver Christmas gifts to
thousands of seniors across Calgary who are living in loneliness or isolation, but
hundreds more are still waiting to be matched with his or her own Secret Santa.
Seniors Secret Service is a Calgary-based registered charity that has been delivering
Christmas gifts to solitary seniors almost three decades. We match Secret Santas
with seniors who live in over 80 area care facilities and seniors’ residences as well
as isolated seniors living in their own homes. These seniors are identified by a
partner senior service agency, and our seniors have no close family or friends, so
the gift from their Secret Santa is all they receive for Christmas. Call 403-257-8339.
Northminster UC: Christmas Craft Fair on November 15 from 9 am to 3 pm
Free admission
St. David’s UC: Evening Compline: Sun. Nov. 16 @ 7:30 pm Meditative organ
and choral music in a serene and prayerful service.
Fall Speaker Series – presented by the Southwood UC Caring Ministries.
November 21, 1-2:30pm: Brain Gym, presented by Patricia Elford, licensed Brain
Gym Instructor. Join us for lunch and/or speaker by registering through the
Southwood UC church office (403.253.2979). Free will offerings are gladly
received.
FCJ Centre: November’s list of events taking place can be found on the
bulletin board.
McDougall UC: Healing Pathway, Phase 1 – Introduction to the Healing Pathway.
Learn to develop the gift and skill of healing hands within the Christian tradition.
November 14-16.
Friends of Fish Creek: November speaker series – Writing-on-Stone Provincial
Park…where history, stories and dreams become one. Thursday, November 20
from 7 pm – 8 pm. Registration: www.friendsoffishcreek.org/event/wos
Epiphany Explorations 2015 – an annual conference that invites you to live out
our faith, love our God and celebrate each other while singing our hearts out. Since
2003, First Metropolitan United Church has invited clergy and laity from across
North America for an eclectic mix of presentations, music and visual arts.
Presenters for Epiphany Explorations 2015 (Jan. 22-25) include (but are not limited
to)
 Gary Paterson – Moderator of the United Church of Canada on the changing
church, “How can church model a different kind of community so that people
want to be part of that.”
 Lois Wilson – former Moderator and former Senator on the “spiritual but not
religious” among us
 David Felton – one of the founders of the pro-LGBT clergy group, No Longer
Silent/Clergy for Justice and director of the Arizona Foundation for
Contemporary Theology
For more info and to register http://epiphany.firstmetvictoria