The McDowell United Church Choir will be raising funds to purchase a Digital Piano for the Church. Donations in memory of or in honor of loved ones will be gratefully accepted. The McDowell United Church Trustee Board will issue receipts for all donations to this fund. For further information please contact Debbie Sellars at 598-2738.
The McDowell United Church Choir gratefully acknowledges a donation to the Digital Piano Fund in loving memory of parents Thomas & Constance Milley from Selby & Olga Milley and Selma & William Whiteway.
The Ocean View United Church Trustee Board have set up a
“Church Building Repair 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 “Church Building Repair Fund” and if your donation is in honour of or in memory of.
The Trustee Board of Ocean View United Church gratefully acknowledges the following donations in loving memory of Phyllis & Vernon Hollett from:
Ř William & Blanche Hollett
Ř Patricia Maunder
Ř Jean Butler
The Trustee Board of Ocean View United Church gratefully acknowledges the following donations in loving memory of Vernon Hollett from:
Wayne & Angela Cull Harvey & Hilda Snelgrove
Doreen Meadus Melvin Hollett
Myrtle King Barbara & Bradley Brown
Herbert & Joyce Moores Eric & Rosann Slade
Gerry & Judy Peach Phyllis & Harrison Trimm
Environmental Awareness
The United Church of Canada is involved in human rights and social justice initiatives. Your Mission and Service Fund gifts support them.
The Mining Working Group in the Maritime Conference is dedicated to raising awareness of the environmental impact of mines. It also defends the human rights of those affected by the mining industry in Canada and worldwide.
The Mining Working Group helped organize a gathering in 2008 in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, where speakers discussed the unethical practices of Canadian mining companies. For example, Canadian mining companies are in Honduras, which has rich mineral reserves and a business-friendly corporate tax rate, making it very profitable for multinational corporations to do business there. Small royalties are paid to the state and there are fewer ecological regulations than in Canada. The Honduran government, desperate for foreign money, protects foreign interests at the expense of its citizens.
In the production of gold, arsenic and cyanide are leached into the soil and enter the groundwater. Near these mines, people have high levels of heavy-metal contamination, miscarriages are common, cancer is increasing, and some children are so affected by arsenic poisoning that they are too weak to stand. Mining companies refuse to accept responsibility.
The Mining Working Group is committed to calling mining companies to account and to alleviating the suffering of all those affected by Canadian mining interests. Your gift to the Mission and Service Fund helps advocate for justice in the world.
We are a united church! When we give, work, and speak in a united voice more will hear. Give thanks for United Church groups working for social justice.
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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.
