Nouvelle adresse Aujourd'hui Credo sur le web

Pour des nouvelles de l'Église Unie du Canada en français, abonnez-vous à Aujourd'hui Credo. Dans le numéro courant, il y a des reportages du 43e Conseil Général de l'église qui est en cours à Oshawa. Il y a même un article entitulé Réimaginer les églises du quartier qui emploi une photo de la boîte à lettres colorée qui se trouve à l'extérieur de la Mission du Sud-ouest!

Visite des jardins collectifs/ Tour of collective gardens

Samedi 18 août  de 15-18 h , nous prévoyons faire une visite de nos  jardins collectifs.  Nos partenaires, contacts, et participantES sont invité à venir visiter le fruit du  travail de nos membres.
La dernière étape de la tournée ce fera au jardin sur le toit du Repaire Jeunesse Dawson.
Nous serions honorés de votre présence! 

Saturday August 18th from 3 to 6PM, we will lead a tour of Un plant de tomate's collective gardens in Verdun. Our partners, contacts and participants are invited to come and see the fruits of our members' labour!
The last stop on the tour will be at the rooftop garden at Dawson Boys and Girls Club.
We would be honoured by your presence.

Réal Bonneville | Coordinateur,
Un plant de tomate à la fois

SouthWest in the News/ dans les médias

As we mentioned two weeks ago, (see Blog post, Food on the Move for Seniors) SouthWest has received funding to begin expanding our Mini-market model into low-income housing projects in the area. Here's a link to a story about us in this week's Messenger (in French):

SouthWest a reçu une subvention afin de transférer le modèle de notre Mini-marché dans des HLM du quartier. Voici un lien à un article dans Le Messager de cette semaine qui parle de ce projet:

Mini-market August 1st

Yes, you heard right! After a 6-week hiatus the Mini-market returns to SouthWest Mission next Wednesday, August 1st. Hours are from 10:30 to 3:30 and don't forget that a cold lunch will be served at 12:30, thanks to chef Léonore - who is back from vacation - and a team of volunteers. Not going to lie, the space is still in some disarray from ongoing renovations, but we are coping! Check out the attached Mini-market price list and consider calling or e-mailing your order in in advance.

Oui, vous avez bien entendu! Après un hiatus de 6 semaines, le Mini-marché est de retour à la Mission mercredi prochain, le 1er août. Les heures d'ouverture sont de 10h30 à 15h30 et n'oublions pas qu'un déjeuner froid sera servi à 12h30, grâce à la cheffe Léonore - de retour de vacances - et à une équipe de bénévoles. Ne pas mentir, l'espace est encore dans un certain désarroi des rénovations en cours, mais nous faisons face! Consultez la liste de prix ci-jointe et envisagez d'appeler ou d'envoyer votre commande à l'avance.

St. Columba House needs you: bikes and school supplies

From Lisa Byer, Executive Director of Saint Columba House:

Bill's Community Bikeshop, a St-Columba House project, wants your old bikes! Here at Bill's we rely on donated bicycles to keep the community moving. Whether it's tuning up old bikes and getting them safe and rideable again for sale at affordable prices, or salvaging parts and components from bikes that are too tired to keep on riding, Bill's Community Bikeshop relies on your donations to keep offering the services many Point St-Charles residents have come to depend on. If you or someone you know doesn't know what to do with that dusty old bike in the garage, please consider donating it to a community organization! All proceeds go towards St-Columba House.

To speak with Mat, our Bikeshop coordinator / mechanic, please call  514-932-6202 ext. 232, email  social@saintcolumbahouse.org, or send a message on the St-Columba House Facebook page.

As of August 1st, St-Columba will also be accepting donations of school supplies. Suggestions include: scotch tape, scissors, glue sticks, HB pencils, pencil cases, Hilroy copy books, duo tangs, etc. These can be dropped off at 2365 Grand Trunk (Point St-Charles) as of next Wednesday.

Kahnawake PowWow this weekend

Join our First Nations neighbours in the 28th Annual Kahnawake Pow Wow | Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow Wow on July 14-15, 2018 at the Pow Wow Grounds on the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory only 10 miles south of Montreal, Canada on Tekakwitha Island. Rich in culture and tradition, this  is a unique opportunity to discover Native dancing, music, food and arts and crafts and celebrate with the Mohawks of Kahnawake and take part in the Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow Wow, also known as the Kahnawake Pow Wow.

Admission
$8.00 General Admission
5 & Under FREE
$4.00 Age 60+

Kahmawake Pow Wow Schedule (subject to change)
Saturday
9:00 a.m. Gates Open: Arts& Crafts & Food Booths Open
9:00 a.m.-Noon Dancer Registration
1:00 p.m. Grand Entry & Inter-Tribal Dancing & Competitions
5:00 p.m. Supper Break
7:00-10:00 p.m. Grand Entry & Inter-Tribal Dancing & Competitions

Sunday
9:00 a.m. Gates Open: Arts& Crafts & Food Booths Open
Noon Grand Entry & Inter-Tribal Dancing & Competitions, Hand Drum Finals
5:00 p.m. Awarding of Prize Money & Honoraria, Victory Dance, Retire Colors

Location
Kahnawake Pow Wow Grounds
Kahnawake Mohawk Territory
Routes 132 & 138 (off Mercier Bridge)
Kahnawake, QC J0L 1B0, Canada
10 miles south of Montreal; Public Transportation available.

For More Information: 450-632-8667 info@kahnawakepowwow.com

Official website: http://kahnawakepowwow.com/

Food on the Move for Seniors

At SouthWest we have a long tradition of working with vulnerable seniors. Our traditional pastoral care has evolved over the years to take in community members with no church affiliation. SouthWest Mission Food on the Move for Seniors project will be part of our In-Touch Ministry and Outreach programs working in collaboration with SouthWest Kitchens and SouthWest partners. The model is inspired by the experience of our annual SouthWest Boxing Day Turkey dinner.  We were blessed with the reaction and response this past Christmas: over 290 meals were prepared with the majority served at the Mission. A record 61 meals were delivered to seniors in their homes and residences, including 3 senior residences and 3 HLM’s in the borough. We have seen the need. Our seniors are vulnerable to isolation and poor nutrition.  Increasing access to healthy, local food and improving food security works best when communities are able to develop their own solutions, based on local knowledge, assets and needs.
To serve our seniors more effectively and efficiently we submitted a project proposal to the Good Samaritan fund (Quebec Presbytery) and are happy to report that $7,050.00 was granted to SouthWest for the SouthWest Mission Food on the Move for Seniors project, which will start in the fall 2018. I look forward to your support, participation, blessing, prayers, whatever I can get to initiate this project as we live out our Vision:

“Providing a table for all, with food for body, mind and spirit,”

and Mission:

 “At SouthWest, our sense of community is inspired by our Christian faith. We partner with individuals and organizations to address issues like food security, poverty, education and wellness. Our programs and activities encourage and inspire all of us to realize our potential as uniquely gifteand Mission;d individuals in our families and neighbourhoods.”

- Darlene

Minister's Message: A Quiet Moment

There are precious moments of rest, of watching the garden grow, of not rushing to do anything, of staying in the present and living today as a gift.

There is a meeting this Sunday at SouthWest that seeks to prepare us for our future. Two motions, one about selling our property and the other to share my ministry with another congregation. That’s a lot to think about. I am learning these last few months that discerning the future is very different than making a decision. The latter can come more easily if we take the time to do the first. We have been through so much these last years, many changes and challenges, there is not much that has stayed the same. 

As I discern my changing role and we collectively discern how to continue serving our neighbours as a community of Christian faith I pray we stay rooted in this moment and in a living faith. 

I pray we all have the wisdom to believe that God is with us in every change we live. And that the address, or the setting of our worship is less important than the joy we find in praying God and being together in joy and celebration. 

Here’s a summer hymn that invites to a quiet moment:

Come and find the quiet centre
in the crowded life we lead,
Find the room for hope to enter, 
find the frame where we are freed:
Clear the chaos and the clutter,
clear our eyes, that we may see
all the things that really matter, 
be at peace and simply be.   

                (Shirley Erena Murray, 1989, VU374)

See you Sunday.

Rev. David

Simple Summer Lunch Été simplicité

Our two-week closure is almost at an end. As of next Wednesday, July 18th, our Community lunches will continue in a simplified form: Every Wednesday from the 18th of July to the 29th of August at 12:30 we will serve up an informal salad lunch in the Mission yard out front. Voluntary contribution. 
Indoor, full-menu Welcome Wednesday lunches will return September 5th.

Notre fermeture de deux semaines est preque terminé. À partir de mercredi prochain, le 18 juillet, nos repas communautaires reviennent en format simplifié. Tous les mercredis à 12 h 30 du 18 juillet au 29 août nous vous servons une salade-repas sans prétention dans la cour de la Mission. Contribution volontaire. 
Les repas communautaires Mercredi m’attend reprendront le 5 septembre.

Offre d'emploi: AgentE de développement

SouthWest, in partnership with several other community organizations, has received funding for a project that is close to our hearts. The Marché Mobile Verdun Mobile Market will take the model of our Mini-markets - which have operated successfully at the Mission for almost two years now - into several HLMs (low-income housing developments). The funding received is to hire a Project manager or Agent de développement. Although English is an asset for this position, fluent French, spoken and written, is a requirement.

En partenariat avec plusieurs autres organismes communautaires, SouthWest a reçu des fonds pour un projet qui nous tient à cœur. Le Marché Mobile Verdun Mobile Market transférera le modèle de nos Mini-marchés - qui fonctionnent avec succès depuis près de deux ans à la Mission - dans plusieurs HLM (logements sociaux à loyer modéré). Le financement reçu servira à embaucher unE agentE de développement. Ça vous intéresse. Cliquez pour en savoir plus: