THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 2009 - Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly and Leave the rest to God.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, 2009 - Vince and Heather Chappell will be performing at this year's ARTWALK festival. They will perform on the outdoor stage at 11:00 am. The stage has been moved this year to the south lawn of the Artscape Wychwood Barns. The Barns are located on the East Side of Christie Street, just south of St. Clair Avenue.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 2009 - Rev. Matt McKay leads us in worship at 10.30.

NOTE: Please be aware that Queen Street East will be closed due to a marathon from 7:00 am - 1:00 pm. The street will be closed from Kingston Road to Neville Park. There will be police at major intersections to aid in directing traffic north and south. Lee Avenue and Wineva.

MISSION CAPSULES: Our gifts to Presbyterians Sharing ... support Action Refugies Montreal (ARM) in downtown Montreal. ARM works in solidarity with refugees and refugee claimants by matching vulnerable refugee women with volunteers, facilitating the private sponsorship of refugees to Canada, and visiting people held in an immigration detention centre near Montreal. These are some of the worlds most vulnerable people, fleeing violence, conflict and poverty. Let us pray for this vital ministry as it brings hope to refugees seeking justice and safety in the greater Montreal region.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2nd - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 2009 - Beaches Women's Retreat at Ganaraska Woods. Friday 7:00 pm to Saturday 7:00 pm. Our day away will be led by Rev. Emily Rogers-Bissett. Please consider joining us for this fun time away - a time for reflection, study, laughter, prayer, junk food plus some healthy food in a very relaxing country setting. Babies are welcome. Email Mary Rae Shantz for information - mrs_504@hotmail.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 2009 - 7:30 pm - The Lost Pilgrims concert at Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church.

NOTE: The Lost Pilgrims in concert - are coming to Beaches November 7th, 2009 FYI


One more Good Answers:

There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt the United States has done? They have sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the Tsunami victims. What do they intend to do, bomb them?"

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3000 people three meals a day; they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"

Have a good week. MB