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Official Board and Session Schedule 2011- 12 Either the Official Board or Session will be meeting on the second Wednesday of every month from September 2011 to June 2012 at Oxford School Community Room.
 Celebrating the Freedom to Love. St John's congregation members showed their pride at the Annual Gay Pride Parade in Halifax on Saturday July 23, 2011. Penny's Sermons 
Our student minister Penny Nelson would like to share three of her sermons she prepared for St John's this past year."Paulo Freire, a Brazilian teacher, once asked: What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human? Let me repeat that: What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human? When I first read this quote, I was floored." Read more "When Grace Slick, one of the lead vocalists for the rock band Jefferson Airplane introduced her band on the 2nd day of Woodstock, she said All right friends, you’ve seen the heavy groups, now you’ll see morning maniac music, believe me. It’s a new dawn with the regular guys. Well, friends, it is indeed a new dawn with the regular guys." Read more "This is a picture of my dad on January 26th, 1985. At this moment, he’s the happiest and most peaceful man alive. In his arms, he’s holding a tiny, newborn baby — one Penny Lorraine Nelson, his firstborn child." Read more Please Protest Board of Education Cuts. We are greatly concerned about the recent cancellation of the Pathways and Youth Transitions programs, as well as cuts to Breakfast programs. St. John’s United has had close association with these and has observed first hand the difference they make in the lives of children and youth. We encourage you to protest these Board of Education cuts to both the Pathways/Transitions programs and the Breakfast programs. Send your email message to educmin@gov.ns.ca, or send/drop off a letter to: 
David CameronHalifax Regional School Board 33 Spectacle Lake Drive Dartmouth, NS B3B 1X7 READ: How a Child’s Breakfast can Improve Health in Old Age From The Globe and Mail, Published Wed Jun 08, 2011 God's Love Colours Outside the Lines Read Pat De Méo's May 22 sermon on Transgender: Reflections on Transgender Issues (pdf) Excerpt: "I would invite you for a moment to rest in simple awareness of yourself and your body. Are you a woman with a woman’s body? Does this feel deeply right to you?  Are you a man with a man’s body, and does this feel right to you? Most of the time, nature gets it right and our
sense of gender identity matches the body we were born into. Now imagine yourself in a body belonging to the opposite sex. You’re probably thinking,
“Oh, my gosh – what is that?!” This is how transgender folk feel. They have a profound sense that they were born into the wrong body and that they simply
cannot live with integrity trapped inside this body that betrays their sense of who they are."A Questionaire About Your Neighbourhood: Community Assessment for St John's St. John’s is undertaking this project to build a better understanding of the neighbourhoods that make up the community around the church. We would appreciate your help with this process! Who knows your neighbourhood better than you? If you live on the peninsula in the area between (and including) the Hydrostone/Windsor Park in the north and Coburg Road/Spring Garden Road in the south, please help us by filling out the questionaire as best you can. Feel free to either fill it in right away or use the summer to take a closer look at your neighbourhood, talk with others and observe what happens. Our deadline is SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3, but it can be submitted anytime.  You can get the questionaire back to us by dropping this off at the church, or or mailing it to: c/o Anne Muecke 6233 Willow Street Halifax NS B3L 1P1 or send it by e-mail to anne@griffithsmuecke.com Questionaire (Word doc) Questionaire (pdf version) Community Assessment Newsletter  Spirit Place on CBC News. October 19, 2010: Our Spirit Place Development Project was featured on CBC News Nova Scotia at 6. Included were interviews with Spirit Place Board Member Louisa Horne and Lynn Murphy of the NS Rainbow Action Project. Gay Seniors Complex Urged for Halifax site: from CBC News docs/CBC NewsGay seniors complex.pdf
Click Here to download the audio file of CBC Radio's Maritime Magazine documentary on St John's which aired in February 2009.  You need Real Player installed on your computer to hear the program. After we announced our intended relocation to the Maritime Conservatory late last year, Reverend Linda and our Implementation Team Leader Brian Jay were inundated with requests from individuals outside the congregation to make documentary films, videos and photo essays of the relocation/redevelopment process. There were many concerns about their intentions, privacy issues and the amount of time they would require from our already overburdened clergy, staff and volunteers. Still, we knew that our redevelopment story is an inspiring one, and inspiring stories must be told. The Communications Team approached Pauline Dakin, a broadcast journalist and a member of our congregation about the possibility of CBC doing a radio documentary about St John's. Pauline enthusiastically embraced the idea and got to work! Would you like to find out what is happening in our very active, vibrant church on a weekly basis? Please send your e-mail address to Marilyn Peacock at the church office- stjohnsunited@hfx.eastlink.ca ...We will add you to our mailout list and you'll never have to miss the news! | ||||||||||
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