Thursday, March 28 @ 7 p.m.
Via Zoom (Scarborough Congregation)

​Come to the  Upper Room with Jesus and the disciples as we tell the story of that last meal, share in an agape meal, and pray together. Then journey with us to Gethsemane and rest in the garden

(*Remember to have your bread and 'wine' on hand as we share in this meal of love and fellowship.

WHEN: Saturday, April 20, 10 am to 3 pm
WHERE: Guelph Office, 355 Elmira Road North, Unit 129
Cost: $15.00 per person
Instructors: Pat Stoakley and Doug Bolger

This Seminar is designed for ordained priesthood who wish to be licensed to perform weddings and as a review for those currently holding a license. In order to apply for a license, the church is legally required to provide training. Each registered participant will receive handouts and resources including wedding service samples. Registration is limited to 12 persons. Preference will be given to new officiants.

The Seminar will address the following:

• Government and Community of Christ's requirements.
• Preparing
• What’s required of you
• Legal and administrative accountability
• Preparing for the Wedding Spirituality
• Wedding Preparation
• The Ceremony
• The Rehearsal including walking through a simulated rehearsal
• Sharing experiences

TO REGISTER:
Contact Melissa Freer
888.411.7537 ext. 24
Make cheques payable to Community of Christ
Bring a sack lunch

GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Robert McLeman
WHEN: Sunday, April 7, 5pm ET
WHERE: ZOOM Online Ministry 

Each year over 20 million people globally are displaced from their homes by floods, storms, droughts, wildfires and other extreme weather events that are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change. The World bank has estimated that, if no action is taken to curb global greenhouse gas emissions and foster sustainable development, over 200 million people may be displaced by the impacts of climate change by 2050. This webinar will review current science on the relationship between environmental change and migration and identifies pathways for action to avoid worst case scenarios from occurring.

Dr. Robert McLeman is an Environmental Professor at Wilford Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He specializes in research on the human dimensions of environmental change, with particular attention to the relation between climate change, migration, and security.
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He is currently a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, on Climate Change’s working group on impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation. A foreign Canadian foreign service officer, Dr. McLeman has lived and worked in Belgrade, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Seattle, and Vienna. He has advised UN agencies, the World Bank, and governments in Canada, the US, and Europe on issues related to climate change, migration, and security.

If you registered for a past webinar or conversation, you do not need to register again. Once registered, you will be sent a Zoom link before each webinar and activity.

​If not registered for this Zoom series, please register at https://cofchristclimatejustice.org/register

​Friends, we are saying goodbye to our beloved Dar this week. When we met with Dar as a leadership team here in BC in January, he was full of stories about his beloved grandchildren and his beloved pups (well, Shari’s beloved pups!). With so much in his life he could be proud of, it was the fact that his grandkids wanted to spend time with him and weren’t shy about expressing love in public that lit up his face with joy. He got it right!

​It's easy to say that he held the whole church in Canada but hard to understand. Four years ago when I became co-pastor in Vancouver, I ‘held’ more concern and care than before – perhaps you’ve had this experience too. Then three years ago joining the Mission Centre President Team: more concern and care – a continuous call to attention and response. Dar not only served as financial officer for both Mission Centres and as bishop of Canada, he also carried the Canadian Corp and was financial officer for at least five congregations. What a scope of care and concern and ministry! He encouraged us at our last meeting to increase our vision too so that we are not limited by local concerns but turn our gaze to supporting the mission of Christ wherever it may be arising – the big picture of service.

We are all touched by his passing. He was of invaluable service and support to us in the CWM, and as Gwyn just said, it’s hard to imagine him not in the picture with us. He kept the following words in his wallet to share in moments of grief. It is only fitting that we remember him through these words in our moment of loss.

​May you be held in love through your own process of remembering and letting go.

The Doris Hillyard Library at Toronto Centre Place has a mandate to preserve books and documents relating to the history of Community of Christ in Canada.  We are always looking for materials about the church published in Canada.  In addition, we serve as a research library for the study of RLDS history.  As such, we have the goal of collecting at least one copy of all books and periodicals published by the church and its printing houses.  

Fortunately, our collection of books published since World War 2 is very complete. Therefore, if you have a book published in the 1950s or later, we likely already have a copy and do not need another.  However, we are interested in most books published in the 1940s or earlier.  
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We do NOT need copies of:
• Any books published in the 1950s or later
• Heman C. Smith and Joseph Smith III, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (multi-volume)
• The Saints’ Hymnal
• The Hymnal (the gray hymnal)
• Scriptures published 1920 or later
 
We are looking for copies of:
• Church books and pamphlets published in the 1940s or earlier
• Manuscript books containing minutes of congregational meetings, branch histories, anniversary service bulletins

We are ESPECIALLY looking for copies of:
• Any church book or pamphlet published in the 1800s
• Historical photographs of the church in Canada
• The Gospel Banner (Independence 1894-1906)
• The Canadian Messenger (Stratford, 1903-08)
• The Canadian Mirror (London, 1909-11)
• The Bishopric of Canada (1909)
• The Journal of History (1908-25)
• Luff, Joseph, “Autobiography” (1894)
• R.C. Evans, “Autobiography” (1909)
• R.C. Evans, “Why I Am a Latter Day Saint”
• R.C. Evans, “Why I Left the Latter Day Saint Church” (1918)
• J.J. Cornish, “Cornish to Evans” (1919)

We thank you for helping us preserve the history of the church in Canada for future generations! 

Please email John Hamer if you are thinking for making a donation to the library: [email protected]

Our library is named in honour of Doris Hillyard, a lifelong member of the Toronto Congregation, who served for decades as the branch historian and book steward.