Monday, June 09, 2008
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Good-bye Helene, God bless.
HAYEK, Helene (nee Garraway) April 19, 1965 June 6, 2008 Helene passed away peacefully with her family by her side after a courageous two month battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her mother Helen Garraway. She is survived by her loving husband George Hayek, daughters Abigail and Rebecca, father Lyle Garraway (Mary), twin sister Renee Kelly (Paul), and brothers Dale and Bernard Garraway and Neil Antolin (Karen). Helene was born and raised in Victoria....
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Note: Helene loved God. She'll be okay. Please continue to pray for friends and family...
Friday, June 06, 2008
Samson: Just Dessert.
You may wish to read from Judges 13:1 - 16:31.
Sunday's message is on 16:23-31.
Sunday's Bible Study starts with Judges 1o:6 (Japhtheth)
From the DTES to NE SASK...week one
Week one is almost done for Meagan and Jessica.
It has been great having them here.
They have been involved in minstry/outreach in Tisdale and Nipawin:
praying with people
going to the courts
visiting at the trailer parksupervising visitations
AA/NA
Bible studies
Praying for events and people
Warriors' Song Cafe outreach
Updating prayer and visitation lists
Meeting the newpaper
Food bank and family services
Camp outreach
Kids Klub
Visitation
Soccer
etc...
The Lord uses His servants for His work...
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Peace and War Room
Hat Tip www.armybarmy.com
Friday, June 06, 2008From the War Room Blog...
Today our morning prayers were a little late, as there was a fight going on outside the garden. It was a matter of drug money not being paid off, and one man was set to beat up another man.
What do you do in that case? Do you ignore it, just keep on praying? Do you call the cops, or just assume it's someone else's problem?
We couldn't. We got involved. I don't know how much we helped, and we very nearly got beaten up. I'm also pretty sure we made an enemy of a local dealer who was very upset that we were interfering with his business.
But how can you pray to the God who hates violence while ignoring violence happening a few feet away from you?
One of our guys stood in the way of a rock being thrown at another man. To me, that is living out what we are praying.
So then we prayed: "O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?...But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the LORD because he is good to me." (parts of Psalm 13)
Hope and trust in the midst of violence and pain.
Grace,
Aaron (614 Vancouver)
Friday, June 06, 2008From the War Room Blog...
Today our morning prayers were a little late, as there was a fight going on outside the garden. It was a matter of drug money not being paid off, and one man was set to beat up another man.
What do you do in that case? Do you ignore it, just keep on praying? Do you call the cops, or just assume it's someone else's problem?
We couldn't. We got involved. I don't know how much we helped, and we very nearly got beaten up. I'm also pretty sure we made an enemy of a local dealer who was very upset that we were interfering with his business.
But how can you pray to the God who hates violence while ignoring violence happening a few feet away from you?
One of our guys stood in the way of a rock being thrown at another man. To me, that is living out what we are praying.
So then we prayed: "O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?...But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the LORD because he is good to me." (parts of Psalm 13)
Hope and trust in the midst of violence and pain.
Grace,
Aaron (614 Vancouver)
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Province takes over Catholic school board
From the TorStar.
Louise Brown EDUCATION REPORTERS
Is this okay?
Education Minister Kathleen Wynne has appointed veteran school finance expert Norbert Hartmann to seize the financial reins of the beleaguered Toronto Catholic District School Board, saying she has "no confidence in trustees’ ability to continue to manage their affairs."
The move comes on the advice of an investigator Wynne sent in last week to review the board’s books after ... a failure to balance their budget two weeks ago.
read more from TorStar: http://parentcentral.ca/parent/article/436840
Louise Brown EDUCATION REPORTERS
Is this okay?
Education Minister Kathleen Wynne has appointed veteran school finance expert Norbert Hartmann to seize the financial reins of the beleaguered Toronto Catholic District School Board, saying she has "no confidence in trustees’ ability to continue to manage their affairs."
The move comes on the advice of an investigator Wynne sent in last week to review the board’s books after ... a failure to balance their budget two weeks ago.
read more from TorStar: http://parentcentral.ca/parent/article/436840
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
We Believe God Desires Peace in their Land as in Ours
- World Council of Churches
...We believe that The Canadian Forces should focus on enhancing protection of vulnerable Afghans rather than on aggressive engagement with insurgents in areas where the local population is suspicious or alienated from the central government...
read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/Manley%20Report%20CCC%20ENG.pdf
Canadian peacebuilding organizations are calling on the Government of Canada to recognize that the insurgency in Afghanistan cannot be solved militarily. The Group of 78, WFM – Canada and CPCC suggest that Canada needs to shift the focus of its efforts to the facilitation of Afghan-led political negotiations and reconciliation.
read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/Manley78WFMCPCC.pdf
We must re-orient the focus of Canadian aid in Afghanistan. The humanitarian and development needs are extreme throughout the country, said Dave Toycen, President and CEO of World Vision Canada. The current uneven distribution of aid to the areas of insecurity in the south and east is creating grievances in other parts of Afghanistan.
read more (Care, Oxfam, World Vision): http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/Manley%20CARE_Oxfam_WorldVision.pdf
Peace-building has to address these causes at the community and political level, and not by investing ever more in the combat mission, says Barr. A peace process aimed at reconciliation and creating and building trust in institutions of governance, justice and human rights is the key to security for Afghans, and for our troops.
read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/ManleyCCIC.pdf
The people of Afghanistan want peace. We hope this conviction will be central to the deliberations by the Parliament of Canada. Political and electoral considerations must take second place when it is a question of human lives and a people's future. We would invite the members of Parliament to put aside any predetermined stances, recognizing that the truth will involve concerted efforts...It is hardly possible to imagine that in an atomic era, war could be used as an instrument of justice. - Canadian Council of Catholic Bishops
read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/ManleyCCCB.pdf
...We believe that The Canadian Forces should focus on enhancing protection of vulnerable Afghans rather than on aggressive engagement with insurgents in areas where the local population is suspicious or alienated from the central government...
read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/Manley%20Report%20CCC%20ENG.pdf
Canadian peacebuilding organizations are calling on the Government of Canada to recognize that the insurgency in Afghanistan cannot be solved militarily. The Group of 78, WFM – Canada and CPCC suggest that Canada needs to shift the focus of its efforts to the facilitation of Afghan-led political negotiations and reconciliation.
read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/Manley78WFMCPCC.pdf
We must re-orient the focus of Canadian aid in Afghanistan. The humanitarian and development needs are extreme throughout the country, said Dave Toycen, President and CEO of World Vision Canada. The current uneven distribution of aid to the areas of insecurity in the south and east is creating grievances in other parts of Afghanistan.
read more (Care, Oxfam, World Vision): http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/Manley%20CARE_Oxfam_WorldVision.pdf
Peace-building has to address these causes at the community and political level, and not by investing ever more in the combat mission, says Barr. A peace process aimed at reconciliation and creating and building trust in institutions of governance, justice and human rights is the key to security for Afghans, and for our troops.
read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/ManleyCCIC.pdf
The people of Afghanistan want peace. We hope this conviction will be central to the deliberations by the Parliament of Canada. Political and electoral considerations must take second place when it is a question of human lives and a people's future. We would invite the members of Parliament to put aside any predetermined stances, recognizing that the truth will involve concerted efforts...It is hardly possible to imagine that in an atomic era, war could be used as an instrument of justice. - Canadian Council of Catholic Bishops
read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/ManleyCCCB.pdf
Monday, June 02, 2008
DR Was goes to College?
The new repackaged blogger style format of DR WAS went up two years ago yesterday with this comic and daily readings:
Proverbs 19-21 and Romans 13
http://drwas.blogspot.com/search/label/JuneThe War College students have arrived!
Welcome Meagan and Jessica. You've trained in the DTES now are you ready for the streets of Nipawin ?! (Tisdale and Melfort too)
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