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| UCV Centenary in Review
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UCV is now into its second century! Thanks to the involvement of individuals and church committees, our 100th year was marked in many ways:
• Development of the UCV Centenary logo and slogan and its use on brochure stickers and in all UCV communication methods
• Four Centenary-specific worship services and historical material for three other services and the annual canvass
• Adult Religious Education series on UCV History • “Honouring our Elders” oral history project
• UCV history in words and music delivered at the Chalice Choir’s spring concert
• The planting of fruit trees
• Memorial Wall dedication
• Eight separate photo displays
• Weekly history snippets in the Orders of Service
• Many photos and ten Centenary Insight articles for the Bulletin
• Centenary information on the UCV website
• Centenary Outreach Lecture with David Suzuki
• Centenary theme for Thrift Sale and the Library’s tribute tea for Nancy Lagey
• Historical page and Centenary logo in the Refugee Committee Cookbook
• And of course, the delicious Centenary Feast and entertaining Soiree attended by 140 church members And all this was done for the grand total of $2,143.66! Funds over twice that amount were initially requested and received from the Koerner, Cunliffe and Archives Funds, but with careful management and the participation of UCV committees, the Choir, and other groups and individuals, Centenary event and celebration costs were kept to a manageable level. Sales of wine and food considerably defrayed expenses for the Feast/Soiree. Thank you all!
The Oral History Project will be completed by spring 2010, as will the Arts Committee’s Centenary Mosaic, which will be mounted on an exterior wall of the Church.
By this summer, the Centenary Committee will have compiled a booklet containing all Centenary materials prepared and delivered in 2009. This booklet will be placed in the library and archives and copies made available at cost for those who wish them.
Our goal was to make UCV’s rich history visible and lively to all in our Centenary year. Thank you to Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson for his quiet guidance; to Minister Emeritus Phillip Hewett, especially in gaining David Suzuki’s involvement in the Outreach Lecture. We’d also like to thank Elizabeth Campbell for her Feast work; Debra Thorne for Soiree direction; Donna Brown and Elliott Dainow for their inspired musical offerings; and all those individuals and committees who responded to the call to “Think Centenary” in planning their regular and special events throughout 2009.
—Patience Towler & Diana Ellis, Centenary Co-Chairs
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| Mosaics Project Unveiled Soon
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Keep a lookout for our Centenary Mosaic Creation made from glass mosaics. (Some are Smalti pieces purchased in Venice 40 years ago!) The mosaic will be hung on an outside wall of the church.
New art shows have been organised for most of 2010. We look forward to your comments regarding the shows in the sanctuary.
—Chris Pearce, Arts Committee Co-Chair
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| Broken-Hagen
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We have art in order not to die of the truth. – F. Nietzsche
Copenhagen was a disaster. Any success at all might have bought some time — for a miracle. Total collapse could happen by 2050, forty years away. Therefore, I grieve. I feel guilty that my comfort is committing our children to short, brutish lives. In theory, we could do otherwise. We could stop the tar sands’ flow to the US military/industrial complex, stop the new “Gateway” from Edmonton to Kitimat to China. Oil to China for plastic to Deltaport. I grieve, because healthy grieving will help me return, emotionally, to the task at hand. You can’t go over grief, or around it; you have to go through it. So what has been lost?:
Hope—There are two kinds of hope: Fundamental hope based on faith—that is still rock solid. Then
there is the rational, practical kind. Until the Amazon turns to savannah, I have hope that some combination of sacrifice (2% of world GDP?) and technological miracle (carbon capture and storage?) will pull us back from the edge.
Time —Every time the nations (UN Annex I, G8, G20) postpone the bold investment of resources required, the price goes up. Canada’s annual per capita carbon footprint is growing bigger. Each second we wait makes the required effort more urgent and more difficult.
Options—Every nation can still do a lot without an international treaty. But will Canadians elect a government that will cut back fossil fuel production and consumption while supporting the most vulnerable? Unless a weaker dollar (for a safer future) becomes popular, business-as-usual seems more likely, right over the cliff. Putting SO² in the upper atmosphere to reflect incoming solar radiation, and 3rd/4th generation nuclear energy to replace coal, may be the only options left — in spite of the risks — if we are to postpone complete collapse.
Providing for our children—The party’s over. Let’s sober up. The kids will be up early.
[Three weeks later] I feel better.
Grieving is good. Back to work, playfully.
The Environment Committee meets the second Sunday of every month. Our next meeting is at 12:30 on Sunday, February 14.
—Karl Perrin, Chair (604.872.7326)
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