It was quiet Thanksgiving Sunday as some of our youth offered their services in the nursery and for others, well, the cold & flu season is upon us. We send our thoughts and health and wellness wishes out to all those suffering with seasonal ailments or otherwise!
The Canadian Unitarian Council Annual Conference and Meeting in Victoria, British Columbia will take place May 21-24, 2010. “Have you ever considered running your very own workshop? Sharing what YOU love with adults and youth from ALL OVER CANADA?! I know, it's insanely exciting, what you've always dreamed of doing, right? Right! Well, have we ever found the perfect opportunity for you! Apply to run a workshop during the ACM this year but the deadline is quickly approaching - proposals must be submitted by NOVEMBER 1st. Go to http://cuc.ca/conference/proposal.htm to submit your proposal!” Tamara Brown and Micah Champagne ~ CanUUdle X Co-deans
Dates to remember:
1) Deadline is fast approaching to register for
Sr. OWL in Ottawa November 26 – 28. Pick up the forms in our youth room or click the following link and register online:
http://www.firstunitarianottawa.ca/learn/owl.html 2) Climate Change Day of Action taking place in Ottawa on Parliament Hill on Saturday, October 24 from noon to 3:30 pm. Contact Christina Duvander or Ivy Trudel.
3)
“Stand Up and Take Action” to Make Poverty History - October 16, 17 and 18, millions of people around the world will “Stand Up and Take Action” to demand that world leaders end poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For more info, click the link:
http://www.makepovertyhistory.caSpecial Thanks to Rhiannon Horan:
One of our previous youth who has now bridged into Young Adults, Rhiannon Horan, came to speak about her travels to Uganda. Last year she decided she would travel to Uganda as an act of support and statement for social justice. She came to speak about where she was going and what she hoped to do there and promised us a follow-up upon her return, and indeed, Rhiannon delivered.
She was stationed in a small village in Uganda where she and the group with which she traveled painted the small school where children were being taught how to read. She showed pictures of the village, the various people and how they lived - and how little they had with which to survive.
Rhiannon said that in a place that has such few resources, the people have learned to make ANYTHING from ANYTHING. Even the children have the skills to make important tools and everyday necessities from whatever is available. For example, Rhiannon passed around a pair of shoes that had been carved out of a tire. They looked similar to our “Crocks” but were handmade from discarded tires. She also showed us a beautiful necklace handcrafted out of paper. The beads looked just like something you'd buy from the store but were actually made from paper picked from the garbage and rolled into beads.
Rhiannon would like to continue her support and fight for social justice and equality for this small village by organizing a literacy project at the Unitarian Church of Montreal. She is asking people to donate books to the church for a book sale. The money generated will be donated to the village in order to help with their literacy program. So, please support the cause by bringing in your books and replenishing your selection with books that others have donated.
Please contact Caroline Balderston Parry, Director of Religious Education, for more information.
Don’t forget the YuteGrup’s “SUPERIOR SOUP SUNDAY” this Sunday, October 18.
