Grace United Church
6215 104 Avenue T6A 0X9 Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Hurricane Eta update: The United Church has sent $10,000 from the Mission & Service fund to support the Moravian Church of Nicaragua in response to urgent needs on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, where Hurricane Eta first made landfall. #UCCan

When I was growing up, one of the phrases that I remember connected to Remembrance Day was "Never again." Armed conflict comes all too often, and yet I still h...old hope that we can work for a world where governments only reason to deploy our Armed Forces is to help one another, rather than fight one another. Perhaps that is naive, but it is what Remembrance Day challenges in me, each time I stand at a cenotaph and hear spoken the words, "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them." --- God of all times, God of all places, God of the war-torn, God of the great peace... on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, time stops, for a minute, or even two, with the weight of Remembrance. That minute, or even two, when we stop, when the silence that fills my ears (and my heart) is the quiet of the grave. The silence of lives lost, and the lives changed - in service, in wartime and peace time, by the people of the Canadian Armed Forces, and others, the world around - shouts loudly in those minutes... and I remember place names, like Ypres and Dieppe, and Kapyong, and Kandahar... and I remember people's names like Choi and Casey, Miron-Morin, and Smith and Templeton, and on and on... fallen in service, remembered and loved. I remember. In the weight of this silence, I remember, too, the innocents - the civilians caught in the lands of death - that war claims as its own. And, as I remember, I reach out my hands to grab the torch tossed from the fields of Flanders - and commit myself, again, to be someone who do all that I am able (and more) to work for a world of justice and hope, a world where war is not, where everyone can sit 'neath their vine and fig tree, at peace, and unafraid. In that two minutes, (and in the days that follow,) I remember - and remembering, I grieve their deaths, I give thanks for their lives, and I commit myself, anew. God of all times, God of all places, God of the war-torn, God of the great peace, hold me to my commitment, and hear my prayer. Amen.

WARM CLOTHING URGENTLY NEEDED! People experiencing homelessness and accessing the 24/7 temporary emergency response accommodation at the Edmonton Convention Cen...tre are in dire need of warm winter clothing. With the recent temperature drop and snowfall the needs of the community are specific and URGENT. Clothing items needed: - Adult Men’s clothing - Adult Mens and Ladies long sleeve tshirts - Adult Gloves - Buffs/neck cowls - Men’s & Womens Long John/tights, leggings & sweat pants - Thick warm socks - WINTER BOOTS & SHOES - ALL SIZES Other needed items: - Razors (no shaving cream) - Lip balm - Body Lotion PLEASE DROP OFF AT THE BISSELL THRIFT SHOP/DONATION CENTRE: 8818-118 Avenue. Business hours: 10-5pm, Monday to Sat. *Closed Sundays. PLEASE NOTE: The Bissell Thrift Shop will be CLOSED on Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Remembrance Day. **DO NOT DROP OFF AT EDMONTON CONVENTION CENTRE, YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY. THANK YOU, your donations are greatly appreciated!