Notice to contributors of the Blackhead – Western Bay Pastoral               Charge.

Effective January 1^st, 2009, the minimum contribution to the      Pastoral Charge budget (to be considered a paid contributor) isincreased from $180.00 to a minimum of $205.00

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    Pastoral Charge Budget minimum contribution     $205.00

     Church & Cemetery minimum contribution                40.00                                                                                               $245.00

Some contributors make one total contribution and include the full amount in their Pastoral Charge budget white envelope and assume the Treasurer will forward $40.00 to the Local Treasurer for their Church and Cemetery fee. Please specify if you wish for this to happen because the Treasurer cannot assume you want $40.00 of your total contribution forwarded for your Church and Cemetery fee or if you will be paying your Church & Cemetery fee separately.

For information concerning our Food Bank you may contact:

Bonnie Crummey 598-2803 Sophie White  598-2595  Rev. Cole 598-  2943

Please forward items for the Church News to Darryl Butt by Thursday of each week.

The Trustee Board of Ocean View United Church gratefully acknowledges the following donations in loving memory of Phyllis L. Trickett from:

Winston & Joan Trickett                                  George & Daphne Penney

Jim & Janice Sheppard                                   Violet Gillingham

Cyril, Debbie & Joyce Whalen                        Milton & Joan Peach

Roy King                                                         Roger Butt

Gerald, Winnie & Paul Butt                            Violet White

Will & Carol Ann Slade                                  Oscar Parsons                       

Gerry & Patricia Landreau                            Gerald & Judy Peach

Allan & Barbara Somers                                Gloria Delaney

Bob King & Faye Joyce                                  Robert Moores

Clarence & Violet Crowley                             Eric & Rosann Slade

Donald & Sherry Howell                                Marie Hollett

Frank & Lorraine Crummey                           Lewis & Pearl Cole

Glen & Tracy King                                         Jake & Violet King

Darryl & Beverley Butt                                   Matthew & Dorothy Slade

Jody & Tracy Clarke                                       Jean Milley

Lillian Peach                                                   Winston & Edith Parsons

Evan & Brenda Flight                                     Walter & Sarah Reynolds

Melvin & Daisy Peach                                    Melvin & Barbara Sellars

John & Louisa Delaney                                  Harris & Doreen Penney

Allister & Nellie Penney                                  Murray & Pamela Hudson

Jack & Nina Butt                                             Gary King

William & Shirley Riddle                                 Derrick & Patsy Kelloway

Mildred Whalen                                               John & Patricia Roul

Ervine & Rosalind Mulley                               Gary & Michelle Peach

Mary Snook                                                     Josephine King

Debbie, Nikki & Michael Maillet                     Raymond King & family

Glen & Beverley Trickett                                 Marcel & Tina Burden

Boyd & Pearl Whalen                                     Zena Burden

Wilfred & Rosalind Burden                             Judy Krill

Herbert Trickett                                               Edward & Phyllis O’Leary

Elvira Glover                                                  Gary & Norma Slade

Patrick & Pauline Wheadon                           Myrtle Burden

Linda Dawe & Edward Slade                         Ross Butt & family

Duncan & Daphne Blundon                           Harold & Laura Slade

Shawn & Sherry Trickett                                 Marie Oliver

Continued……

William & Jean Loveys                                   Terry Trickett

Nelson & Mary Burden                                   John & Jean Peach

Joe & Leona Sellars                                        Ralph & Lynn Slade

Sadie Gover                                                    Ruth Reynolds

Frank & Theresa Taylor

April 5, 2009

Unmasking Human Trafficking

The minister had never heard the term “human trafficking.” Nevertheless, he knew something was wrong in his community on the border with Nepal in northeast India. “On Fridays, Nepali girls are coming to the bazaar; then we never see them again,” he told a representative of the Church of North India (CNI). That’s when he learned that those young women were probably being “trafficked” into slave labour in New Delhi, Mumbai, and other Indian cities.

This practice can happen in other ways too. The failing tea economy means many families are desperate for new sources of revenue. They are vulnerable to the false claims of traffickers who demand a fee to get jobs for their daughters in restaurants or as house maids in the city. Instead, the young women end up in brothels or in abusive domestic service with no way to escape.

The CNI representative urged the minister to talk about the threat of human trafficking during the Sunday service and gave him posters to raise awareness of the threat. Prompted by the information campaign, people in the congregation and the wider community came forward to say their daughters had disappeared after being offered work in the city. Eleven of the missing girls have since been found in brothels, and the CNI is raising funds for their rescue and rehabilitation in a safe haven.

The Church of North India is a partner of The United Church of Canada and receives M&S funding. Your contribution to the Mission and Service Fund helps CNI and ministers and congregations in the front lines along the India/Nepal border unmask the presence of traffickers in their communities.

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