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CASTLETON & GRAFTON UNITED CHURCHES
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Warm June 2016 Greetings!
Note the dozen or so bicycles the youth group has painted up, fitted with flowers and placed around Castleton Sunday there is the auction of one, https://www.facebook.com/Castleton-UC-Youth-Group-1582509922048218/ Thanks to Marshall Gummer, and a news article about it at http://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/6735310-castleton-youth-group-creates-colourful-bike-planter-project/ There are pictures at https://www.facebook.com/erich.bojarzin/posts/10207472476705095 The youth are also selling chocolate to finish funding the paint and flowers. Following their letter to a few politicians and stake holders for Attawapiskat, they have received a letter back from Lou Rinaldi.
David will be on summer break during July; Sunday services continue as below. For pastoral emergencies call Rev Darlene Keddy of Baltimore United Church at 416-876-3637 Mitchell Jackson’s tribute to Doug Deviney which he wrote and sang at the Celebration of life is found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFLvSibj96Y&feature=youtu.be along with a photo journey
Coming events for Castleton Grafton United Church
Service time: Grafton 9:15 Castleton 11:00 Sunday June 26, Canada Day services See the100 Mile Diet Booth in the Memorial Hall after the parade Sunday June 26, 10 am One bicycle hand-painted by the Castleton United Church Youth Group is to be auctioned off at the Gummer auction in the Castleton Town Hall, Thanks to Marshall. It is presently profiled in front of the Castleton church and in above links Sunday July 10, 11:00 Vernonville Anniversary Service -no service in Castleton or Grafton Sunday July 3, 17, &24, 9:15 Joint services in Grafton; no service in Castleton Sunday July 31 11:00 Joint service in Castleton; no service in Grafton With the new sitting area at the back of St. Andrew’s, there is a significant selection of books and tapes at the back for any wanting them.
Sponsorship We have applied for our second sponsorship family, this time in co-operation with Trinity Cobourg. There are envelopes at the back for contributions. -payment to Trinity United Church, noting that it is for Flight to Hope 2. The Syrian family presently in Lebanon is: Malik 35 -mother, Seham (Susue) 6 -girl, Mahair 14 -boy, Shahair 12 -boy, Samir 10 -boy.
The latest Column is in this weeks print version of Northumberland News but at send time is not yet online though may be here in future.
A few quotes and snippets: Don’t worry what people think; they don’t do it that often. ~ Unknown The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure. ~ Tibetan proverb Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. – Voltaire Look into your own heart; discover what it is that gives you pain. And then refuse, under any circumstance whatever, to inflict that pain on anybody else. – Karen Armstrong LGBTQ folks commit suicide 14 times that of the rest of the population. Jamie Watt Baptism is one's ordination into ministry. If you won't ordain women, why do you baptize them? ~ Leonard Sweet The sense of commonwealth, of shared sacrifice, of trust, so much part of American life, is eroding fast, spurred on and amplified by an amoral internet that permits a lie to circle the globe three times before the truth can get started. Ken Burns in his 2016 Stanford Commencement address. "Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fibre of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." -Franklin D. Roosevelt Re Canadian Billionaire of Panama papers fame getting honorary degree at York U -"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." Aesop Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. – Socrates "Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate." -Albert Schweitzer “God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.” -Thomas Keating I never told you to hate anybody. I don't care where they're from, what they look like, who dare in love with, or the worship, why is this so difficult? – Jesusish To those who perpetrate violence against the LGBTQ+ community with their violent discourse and their violent policies, We don't want your prayers. To those who refuse to say that black lives matter, We don't want your prayers. To those who blame our prevalent gun violence on the Islamic community, We don't want your prayers. Instead of empty prayers, give us compassion; give us equal rights. – Brittany Caine – Conley If one kid on a playground was hitting the others with a stick… Would you take the stick away, Or give every other one a stick? – Gun management now The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places. But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater. – JRR Tolkien Exercise is celebration of what your body can do, not punishment for what you ate. Timothy McVeigh, killed 168 American women, men, and children. He injured 600 more. He perpetrated the worst case of domestic terrorism in US history. He wasn't black or brown. He wasn't a Hindu or a Muslim. He was a White American Christian. – Worth considering when you hear anti-Islamic and anti-people stuff. I respect culture, tradition and religion, but they can never justify the denial of basic rights. – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself. Hate. It has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet. – Maya Angelou It's time to remember who you really are, not who others have told you to be. You are a powerful human being, stand in your power confidently. ~ Chantelle Renee Once a year, go someplace you've never been before. – Dalai Lama When Jesus comes back, I sure hope he doesn't land in America. Being a progressive rabbi from the Middle East, teaching a message that’s antiwar and anti-rich, while claiming the poor are oppressed, and that those who don't welcome immigrants will be excluded from his kingdom, Christian leaders would most likely have him deported. – Benjamin L Corey It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible. – Nicholas Sparks Truth is a force of transformation, which is why people fear the truth. Truth always causes change. There is no such thing as absorbing the power of the truth and having your life remain the same. You have to build up the stamina to manage the power of truth. – Carolyn Myss Always pray to have eyes that see the best, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and the soul that never loses faith. – Zig Ziglar It is surely an exercise of faith for us to see Christ in each other. – Dorothy Day "When toxic rhetoric and behaviour ... becomes normalized, it allows extremists to de-humanize women who don't agree with them on political matters, helps them justify their deranged actions,'' "In short, violent speech begets violent acts.'' ~ The Alberta Federation of Labour following death threats on Premier Notley What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson When something doesn’t work, it’s not a failure. It’s an experiment that gave you some data. The only way it becomes a failure is if you don’t learn what you can from it. ~ Charles Duhigg Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even when it might create conflict and tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe. At that very moment when things are difficult -at that very moment of panic or fear, that moment of loneliness or anger – that is actually the key moment for a person who is wishing to open their hearts and their mind, because these are moments where life can soften us. The difficulties of our lives can soften us, make us kinder to each other and make us more compassionate. ~ Pema Chodron Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day saying: I will try again tomorrow. I’ve never heard anyone complain that Christians act too much like Jesus. Even the hardest, angriest, most anti-God athiest will complain that the problem with Christians is that we don’t act enough like Jesus. ~ Karl Vaters Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory. – Dr. Seuss "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein Far too many people have no idea what they can do, because all they been told is what they can do. – Zig Ziglar Jesus did not come to suffer and die. Rather Jesus conceived of his mission as one of good news to the poor, the liberation of the captive, that is, experiences of liberation and abundance of life shared between those who had been on the underside of dominant systems of religion and state of his time… He did not seek to be killed by the powers that be, but rather to convert them into solidarity with those they had formerly despised and victimised. – Rosemary Radford Reuther If a man says I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God love his brother also. – 1 John 4: 20 Put your sword away, for those who take the sword will perish by the sword. – Jesus in Matthew 26:52 In solitude you will find that even silence is too noisy when you're not at peace with yourself. ~Caitlin Poster Cataract is the third biggest cause of blindness. Religion and politics remain the first two. Three things in life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. – Henry James Stop creating a life that you need a vacation from. Instead move to where you want to live, do what you want to do, start what you want to start, and create the life you want today. This isn't rehearsal people. This is your life. – Dale Partridge Most accomplishments were achieved by people who at first but no idea what they were doing. Brendan Burchard “My
friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear.
Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful
and optimistic. And we'll change the world.”
― Jack
Layton https://cannasos.com/blog/hot-news/jimmy-carter-medical-marijuana-cured-my-cancer http://qpolitical.com/1-bono-shares-heartbreaking-story-led-faith-jesus-christ/ http://news.stanford.edu/2016/06/12/prepared-text-2016-stanford-commencement-address-ken-burns/
For those who like poetry: https://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/133.html The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
The sun shines not on us but in us.
Tired
On the path of the others
Weep
Morning words from Mary Oliver -- Songs of the Builder
On a summer morning
a worthy pastime.
this way and that way.
it will always be
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