Category: Themes
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Families Growing Together: Practice and Important Life Skills
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Practice makes perfect, or so they say. But what happens if you practice the same thing every day and you don’t get any better? I am sure there are parents who feel as though their daily routines are a grind and nothing seems to be improving. It is…
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Our Music: Sharing of Soul and Spirit is What Matters
by Susanne Maziarz, Music Director at Neighbourhood My role at Neighbourhood is one of both teaching and learning, shining and reflecting, supporting and standing tall. Because of my years of musical discipline, I’ve pushed myself to improve my skills in a way that a hobby musician may not. So I expect to hear music from…
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Families Growing Together: Can We find a Moment to Pause Daily?
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Involvement with youth and children on a deep level, whether parenting, fostering, or mentoring, has both its joys and also its frustrations. If I have spent time planning a spiritual learning opportunity for the children and it is not being received the way I had hoped, I feel…
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Our Music: Visiting Choir and Trio
by Susanne Maziarz, Music Director at Neighbourhood Musicking fosters compassion. We hear our own stories in song lyrics and our emotions give us a direct line to the composer’s soul. There are many opportunities to participate in music-making at Neighbourhood this month and feel the interconnectedness between us. . Friday, March 3rd, 7:30 pm: Talent…
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Families Growing Together: Welcome – Two New Advisors
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning March means March Break. This can be a stressful time for families who have to find childcare and appropriate activities. Attending service with your children will engage them in deep spiritual encounters and offer you an hour for the same. Please join us over the March Break when…
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Our Music: Let Love Continue Long!
by Susanne Maziarz, Music Director at Neighbourhood Love … the inspiration for so much great music! At Neighbourhood this month we will have the chance to hear and sing some of our favourites. The Spirit Band will be featuring some beautiful love songs by Paul McCartney and The Beach Boys. Our Spirit Choir will sing…
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Families Growing Together: Teaching A Child To Love
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Teaching young people to love is easy to achieve. It is easy for a child to love their mother or father, if they are given love. It is easy for a child to love a sibling, at least at first. How do you teach a child to love…
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Spirit in Action: Interracial Love, Marriage, Hope
… a timely and lovely short article by Margaret Hazlewood and Brett Matthews
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Our Music: I Am Looking For You!
by Susanne Maziarz, Music Director at Neighbourhood Written by Ghanaian drummer Sol Amarifio, Woyaya is the title song of a 1971 album by Oisibisa, a musical group of Ghanaian and Caribbean musicians. It was frequently heard in work camps throughout central West Africa in the 1970s and 1980s. The arrangement in Singing the Journey comes…
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Families Growing Together: Resilience Can Be Taught
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Resilience is a hard concept to teach to young people; truthfully, it is an illusive concept for many adults, too. I’ve read recently in Jonathan Haidt’s book The Happiness Hypothesis that some people are born more resilient than others. He calls this the “genetic lottery”; you win if…