To learn more about recovery from mental health, read Out of the Shadows at Last. Go to http://www.homestoheal.com/.
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Did you hear the CenturyMen at St Andrews Wesley? If so, send us your review of the Concert. We want to show our appreciation to the CenturyMen for an excellent Concert and for helping us to end homelessness in Vancouver.To read the reviews, go to http://www.endhomelessnessnow.ca/how-you-can-help/reviews/. Send your comments to otto2002@shaw.ca. Thank you. Otto Toews (Ph. D.) Web Manager email: otto2002@shaw.ca May 25, 2010As you are aware, ending street homelessness is one of Vision Vancouver’s top priorities. Today, our city moved a big step closer to reaching our goal of ending street homelessness by 2015. You can make a differenceThe first round of third reading debate on Bill C-304 – draft legislation to create a new national housing plan for Canada – has been postponed from its scheduled start on Wednesday, May 5th. The bill has already passed first and second reading in the Commons, and has been amended at committee. The start of the third (and final) reading debate is now expected in June. The start of third (and final) reading debate is now expected in June. Advocates pressing for the bill say that the delay in third reading debate gives an opportunity for supporters to contact their Members of Parliament and urge passage of the long-overdue and much-needed national housing strategy. For more information, go to http://www.endhomelessnessnow.ca/facts-faqs/bill-c-304-at-critical-stage/.
Location: St. Andrew’s-Wesley United ChurchDate: July 16, 2010 Time: 8:00pm
Sponsored by: End Homelessness Now & First Baptist Church The CenturyMen, established in 1969, is an auditioned men’s chorus of professional Christian musicians who are Ministers of music, Concert artists, College Faculty members and one pastor across America and Germany. The CenturyMen assemble annually from across the United States and Germany for a concert tours in different areas of the United States. Every five years The CenturyMen makes a tour abroad as a concert/ mission tour. Overseas tours have included the nations of England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Switzerland, Israel, Brazil, the People’s Republic of China, Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The CenturyMen concert is open to the public. For further information, please contact: Don Evans, First United Church (Mission) Phone: (604) 681-8365 Ext 105 Cell: (604) 505-5921 Fax: (604) 681-8928
COPE is sponsoring a day-long discussion about SOLUTIONS to these problems. What can city government do? What can neighbourhoods do? What can non-profits do? What should we expect from the private sector? What about co-ops? What are the new and creative SOLUTIONS to the housing crisis? Saturday, May 8 – 9:30-3:30 – 411 Seniors Centre, 411 Dunsmuir St.
Friday, April 23rd 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Tenth Avenue Church, 11 West 10th Ave, Vancouver
Presentation Dave Witt, Team Leader, True City Andrew Zantingh, Pastor, First Christian Reformed Church of Hamilton
Q & A and Discussion moderated by Jonathan Bird, City Gate Leadership Forum There is much to do and no better time than now to begin: the flame of caring for the least among us can burn long after the Olympic flame has been quenched. For more information, go to http://www.endhomelessnessnow.ca/facts-faqs/olympic-catalyst-for-social-justice-cbm/. Bill C-304 has now been reported to parliament. The first hour of debate of the Bill has been scheduled for April 28th, though this could change. Civil society groups are planning to hold a press conference on April 27th in Ottawa. To learn more about Bill C-304, go to http://www.endhomelessnessnow.ca/facts-faqs/bill-c-304/.
“Myth and Spirituality in A Fair Country”Tuesday, 7:30 pm March 30, 2010 John Ralston Saul will speak in the UCV Sanctuary. Saul is current President of International PEN, and an award winning essayist and novelist. He is the author of, among other numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada. (Epperson thinks this is the most important book on Canada he has ever read.) This is an extraordinary opportunity for UCV and the wider Vancouver community to hear one of Canada’s most important and influential public intellectuals. Please spread the news and bring your friends! (A collection will take place to support UCV’s “Our Children’s Table,” a pre-school literacy and nutrition program.) Co-hosted by North Shore Unitarian Church
Share the Gold invites you to help link the worlds within our city by creating a human chain along Hastings Street.
A Half-Hour Stand in Solidarity as together we create A Human Chain to Share The Gold
Our vision is of a golden chain of individuals standing 3m apart along either side of Hastings Street for 3 blocks from First United, past Carnegie Community Centre and InSite to Pigeon Park On February 24th (4.45pm to 5.15pm) Please wear a yellow scarf – or obtain one at First United at 4.15 pm The Olympic Safe Haven Project is based on a “Block Parent” style of providing refuge. Any agency, organization, club, church or group is welcome to participate. We will post signs in our windows clearly visible from the street for the duration of the Winter Olympics. If you have any questions about this project, please contact Bill Briscall at 604-215-3047 at Rain city Housing.
MP Hedy Fry will be hosting a community forum on mental health issues on Tuesday, February 9th, from 6:30- 8:30 pm at St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 1030 Jervis St.
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Update on new City Shelters
Reverend Dr. Steven Epperson and “End Homelessness Now” would like to invite you to a meeting on Thursday, January 28th from 6:30pm – 9:00pm at the Unitarian Church, 949 West 49th Street (Oak & 49th), Vancouver. Refreshments and Networking at 6:30pm, Program begins at 7:00pm.
The purpose of the meeting will be to:
1. Provide an update on new City Shelters. What new Shelters have opened up? What other Shelters are planned? Do these new shelters need support? Are people already involved?
2. Look at organizing Neighborhood Hubs. Who is willing to work with other Faith Communities in their area? Are there Faith Communities willing to adopt a Shelter?
3. Feasibility of establishing an Interfaith Alliance to End Homelessness. What will this look like?
4. Discuss strategies to have a City Wide Plan to End Homelessness. What is the role of the Faith Community in prompting government to develop and monitor this plan?
We welcome new members from the faith community who were unable to attend the meeting before Christmas. We encourage you to send a representative if you are not personally able to attend. Nancy Hall will facilitate the meeting. Nancy has years of experience in community development and in facilitation of strategic thinking towards improving community health.
Please RSVP if you are able to attend. Thank you.
Amanda Trimble
Administrative Coordinator
First United Church (Mission)
320 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1P4
Phone: (604) 681-8365 x126
Fax: (604) 681-8928
Email: atrimble@firstunited.ca
Web: www.firstunited.ca
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