Camp Douglas, BC
For 28 years a women’s retreat has been held at Camp Douglas, B.C., and this year’s event included: Paddy Eastwood (Guest speaker) Betty Siverns (Director) […]
For 28 years a women’s retreat has been held at Camp Douglas, B.C., and this year’s event included: Paddy Eastwood (Guest speaker) Betty Siverns (Director) […]
Churches celebrate the cycles of life and Trinity, Campbell River, B.C., notes the high school graduates every year (some People and Places addicts may recall […]
Anthony Chgahno, a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, Cape Croker, led worship at Knox, Kincardine, Ont., for National Aboriginal Day in June. […]
There’s having a cuppa and then there’s High Tea: what’s the difference, ask the uninitiated? Hats and China; and other dainty things. For more information […]
Make your own caption: West Vancouver got a new sign back in the spring. On it they declare, ‘A Sign of Our Faith,’ which is […]
Tough to choose the Cake of the Month this month: Here’s Deb Wood, new elder at Jubilee, Stayner, Ont., and a nice looking slab with […]
The last time Joseph MacLachlan was seen in these pages was when he had convinced the Record‘s Amy Sedlezky to change her last name. Well, […]
For its 154th anniversary service, the session of Knox, Wallaceburg, Ont., led the worship. Supply preacher Rev. David Maxwell (at the cake with long time […]
Braeside, St. Albert, Alberta, celebrated Tartan Day in April with 23 folks decked out in their favourite clans. Rev. Connie Lee’s (rear, right) Scottish roots […]
I snapped the attached picture from my front door – one of many fabulous sunsets looking west over Martin Valley in Penetanguishene, Ont., says Kathy […]
These six people – Jean Day, Myrtle Bennett, Margaret Carrington, Harold Culham, Lydia Olson, and Russell Tilt – represent 153 years of service to Richmond […]
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Laura Roberts (Rosedale, Toronto), Raquel Ramos (St. Columba, Montreal), Cecilia Lu and Jenny So (Chinese, Mississauga) were among nine young people who participated in this year's Youth in Mission trip. They visited the Bhil Fields and met Pauline Brown, as well as village health workers supported by PWS&D.
ENI – Faith-based organizations can play an important role in the response to HIV and AIDS if they abide by the best public health practices, says Dr. Julio Montaner, the new president of the International AIDS Society during the 17th International AIDS Conference held in Mexico City in August.
Rev. Dr. Richard Fee, General Secretary of the Life and Mission Agency, will be returning to his office this month after he was diagnosed with bacterial endocarditis with pulmonary edema in April and had to undergo operations on his heart which he describes in a notice of thanks in this issue of the Record (page 14) as "awe-inspiring and amazingly dedicated medical care."
INDIA. Those who have been there understand – they know the arduous task of conveying the tangible experiences of India. The overwhelming number of people, the colours, the sounds (the constant car horn honking, animal noises and religious services broadcast on loud-speakers in the larger cities), the smells, and especially the warmth of the people, stretched my senses to places non-existent in North America.
THERE HAVE BEEN ceilidh's and sub lunches, pampered chef fundraisers and congregational games nights at three churches in the Presbytery of London this year – all events to raise money for an exciting mission trip adventure for youth within our presbytery. At the end of July, 20 young people and eight adult leaders from four churches will be travelling to beautiful North Sydney, N.S., to lead a Vacation Bible School program. In the afternoons, we hope to serve the North Sydney community in other ways, by engaging in meaningful community mission projects. In the evenings, we plan on "singing for our supper" at local Presbyterian churches – a wonderful way to build bridges with our east coast brothers and sisters in Christ.
JESUS' INSTRUCTIONS: Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
IN THE FIRST chapter of Jeremiah, the prophet declares: "Do not say, 'I am only a youth;' for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord." Jer. 1:7-8
This summer, I had an experience that really changed me and how I see the world. I was a part of the Cape Breton Mission trip that was organized by the Presbytery of London. A year or more of planning went into the 10-day trip that took place from July 25 to August 3. We took 29 people – youth and adults – from three different London-area churches and got on a bus to go and make a difference in Cape Breton.