Saturday, May 8th – 5:00 pm – the Ocean View United Church Trustee Board will be having their annual Flipper Supper. Limited number of tickets is available for either take-out or eat-in. Please contact Darryl Butt at 598-2532 or Eric Slade at 598-2949 or any other Trustee Board member to arrange your ticket. Cost is $10.00 per supper. Take-outs will be available at 4:30 pm.
Advance Notice – Saturday, May 22nd – the Ocean View United Church Trustee Board will be having their annual cold plate take-out. Cost $6.00 each. Suppers will be delivered by 12 noon. A representative will be contacting you for your support.
The Ocean View United Church Trustee Board have set up a
special “Repair the Church Building Fund” to receive donations
to carry out some planned work on the Church building.
Donations may be made to this fund in honour of or in memory
of. Please forward your donation to Mr. Eric Slade, Treasurer of
the Ocean View United Church Trustee Board. Please indicate on
the envelope “Repair the Church Building Fund” and if your donation is in honour of or in memory of.
Minutes for Mission
M&S Supports Green Efforts
It was not surprising to see a satellite image of China partially obscured by a dense blanket of brown smog. The United Nations
had released a report titled “Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Regional Assessment Report with Focus on Asia.” A brownish haze, sometimes more than 1.6 kilometres thick, and clearly visible from airplanes, stretches from the Arabian Peninsula to the Yellow Sea.
It often covers Cairo, New Delhi, Tehran, Bangkok, Seoul, and Beijing. Sometimes it drifts as far as California.
The UN report identifies four causes of the smog:
• automobiles
• slash-and-burn agriculture
• wood-burning kitchen stoves
• coal-fired power plants
The smog has dramatically reduced sunlight in many Chinese cities. The UN also reports a 5 percent decline in the growth rate of rice harvests across Asia since the 1960s.
Amity, a United Church partner in China, is working to help:
• building and distributing solar-powered kettles and ovens
• installing bio-gas systems for cooking and for lighting sheep and cattle farms
• publicizing solar-powered cooking by holding tasting competitions
Your Mission and Service Fund donations are being used to create a cleaner China and a cleaner world. M&S supports partners who are knowledgeable and passionate about caring for God’s creation.
We are a united church! Today, say a prayer for our denomination’s continuing work with partners to care for creation.
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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 Church News to Darryl Butt by Thursday of each week.
