“Sitting in God’s Garden” June 15, 2010
A Quiet Garden day offers a time and an area of beauty and peacefulness dedicated to quiet prayer and solitude. The day will include prayer, stillness, reflection, food and laughter. This opportunity is offered to ministry personnel in Kamloops-Okanagan Presbytery for spiritual refreshment and nurture.
The day will start at 10:00 am with coffee, baked goodies, and conversation. Introduction to the theme and flow of the day will take place at 10:30. Sustained individual silent times will be separated by group gatherings for short readings, shared reflections or prayer. A vegetarian lunch will be provided. The afternoon will include communion, and the day will end at 3:00 pm.
You are invited to bring along (if you wish) anything that quiets you – needlework, journal, art supplies.
The cost for the day is $10. The host/facilitator is heatherburton [at] telus [dot] net (Heather Burton).
If you live at a distance and wish to come the night before, there is a suite and a guest room on site that you can use in exchange for a donation to the M&S Fund.
The approval process for organizations to receive matching funds for donations designated for Haiti relief is not automatic. The United Church of Canada, along with the other Canadian churches and agencies that are members of Canadian Churches in Action (CCA), is submitting a detailed proposal to CIDA requesting that all donations be matched dollar for dollar by the Canadian government. We expect that this request will be approved-as it was in the case of the tsunami in 2004.