The Outreach and Mission annual BBQ took place on July 25th under glorious sunny skies,unlike last year's soaker. Our guests from Evangel Hall, Portland Place, our Boarding home and Glenview's congregation arrived in great numbers. We enjoyed a mountain of food, an inspiring worship service and another thought provoking play by the Portland Place Players. more
Glenview member Mike Watt is teaching english in Turkey this summer, and blogging about his experience. He's participating in a program run by AIESEC, an international youth run organization that focuses on developing leadership opportunities both locally and abroad.
On Sunday, April 18 the Pastoral Care Ministry Team hosted a seminar, "Transitions". The changing roles as parents age and the support needed for those who have responsibility for them was discussed. The presenter was excellent. Questions and comments were welcome and resource material was available. Although many of the points covered were familiar, the fact that they were all put together and in proper perspective made the presentation relevant to all.
Our Ministry Team worked well together and had some welcome help on the day from some not even on our "team". In planning, we looked at who would find this type of information most useful. We expected that those who have responsibility for aging parents would be the ones who attended. As it turned out, it was more the seniors, themselves, who came. One comment heard at the end was, "Our kids should have been here!"
If you have suggestions for a talk such as this in the future please speak to Mary Walker.
This September, Glenview will publish it's first Program Guide. We are asking all ministry teams, and groups at Glenview to finalize their plans for programs and activities for the fall / advent season at Glenview.
The deadline for submission is May 9th.
You can download an early rough draft of the Program Guide, to get a sense of what the publication will look like.
Shrove Tuesday saw a continuation of the 2010 Olympic competition at Glenview. Following a marvelous meal of pancakes and sausages. The Great Pancake Race of 2010 took place in the church Hall. View the pictures below to witness the daring and skill required by the stuffed participants to compete the demanding course.
Our thanks to chefs David and Martha and the dedication of the Congregational Support Ministry Team for organizing this wonderful event.
Please help our church school with its efforts to raise money to buy soccer balls for our friends in the Shauri Yako community in Kenya. We've even put together a video explaining our efforts. Read more
Glenview celebrated its 85th anniversary on January 23rd weekend with fine dining, songs, Scottish Country dancing and an inspirational worship service on Sunday. more
Bible study on the only two books in the bible named after women. You're invited to learn about Ruth and Esther and to explore the power of their stories to inspire and empower us as women and men living in the 21st century.
Join the Rev. Dr. Emily Bisset and the Rev. Mary Campbell on Monday afternoons from 1:00 to 2:30pm January 11th to February 8th, 2010.
To register, speak to Mary or email her, or call the church.
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