Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, post-service in the sanctuary – we encourage you to bring your own mug! Coffee hour provides an important opportunity for people to connect with one another, welcome guests and feel part of Fairlawn.
UPDATE - Please note the change in dates for session 2 and 3. Family members struggling with addiction? Mental health issues on the TTC? A homeless person at the stoplight asking for money? With all that is happening in the world today, now is the time to focus on the power of kindness – to ourselves, to our families and to people we think of as others in our city - who might look, sound or act differently than we do. You’re invited to participate in a 3-part online series facilitated by 'on the ground' professionals who will help us learn practical ways to practice kindness in an unkind world. REGISTRATION REQUIRED -> Maximum registration for each series, evening or afternoon, is 12. Evening Series 7:00pm - 8:30pm Monday, February 5 How Can I Be Kind When Addiction Is Impacting My Family and Friends? Guest: Patrick Sullivan, Addiction Counsellor – Bellwood/EHN Canada Tuesday, February 20 How Can I Be Kind When Mental Health Is Impacting My Community? Guests: Diana Jugowiec, M.S.W. and Narot Kabasakal, M.S.W. – CAMH Tuesday, February 27 How Can I Extend Kindness In My Advocacy For Change? Guest: Joe Mihevc, Former Toronto City Councillor Registrants will receive the recurring Zoom login details via email on Thursday, February 1.
Amnesty International Group 65 invite you, after worship service, to learn about and sign urgent action petitions in support of human rights worldwide. Amnesty International is a human rights organization and global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign for human rights. They are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded by private individuals. They believe acting in solidarity and compassion with people everywhere can change our world for the better.
Tuesday Lunch Crowd meets online the second Tuesday of each month for a social gathering and to hear a presentation from various guest speakers. TLC is open to everyone, please join us on Zoom! ZOOM LOGIN.
Join us for Ash Wednesday service, February 14 at 7:00pm in the chapel. Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is always 46 days before Easter Sunday. Lent is a 40-day season (not counting Sundays) marked by repentance, fasting, reflection, and ultimately celebration.
We Are Closed Monday, Feb. 19 Family Day
Online Tuesday evenings 7:30pm - 9:00pm March 5, 12, 19 & 26 REGISTRATION REQUIRED We will be using material from the book “How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen” by David Brooks, as well as several video interviews with the author and of course our own lived experience. His book is a practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives. It is not necessary to have read the book but I know several of you have already read it and can assure you that it is well worth getting a copy. I provide weekly material to read, questions to ponder and always some poetry as well to help us in our conversation. As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.” And yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to? Come and join us in what promises to be a lively conversation about the importance of good questions, heart felt listening and the value of being truly known.
In-person Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm - 3:30pm March 6, 13, 20 & 27 REGISTRATION REQUIRED We will be using material from the book “How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen” by David Brooks, as well as several video interviews with the author and of course our own lived experience. His book is a practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives. It is not necessary to have read the book but I know several of you have already read it and can assure you that it is well worth getting a copy. I provide weekly material to read, questions to ponder and always some poetry as well to help us in our conversation. As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.” And yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to? Come and join us in what promises to be a lively conversation about the importance of good questions, heart felt listening and the value of being truly known.
Next Online Gathering: Monday, March 11 at 7:30pm to 9:00pm All readers of the print and online editions are welcome. Join us online for review and discussion of articles and features from the current issue of Broadview magazine. ZOOM LOGIN DETAILS
Celebrate National Affirming/PIE Day on March 14, 2024! Why PIE? PIE = Public. Intentional. Explicit. Those are the standards we hold ourselves and our welcome to when we seek to live into being Affirming, Welcoming, or Inclusive people and communities.
Plan on staying for coffee after the service on St. Patrick's Day, Sunday March 17. Doug MacNaughton will offer a Coffee Hour Concert (the first of what we hope will be more) featuring Celtic Music (of course!).
Quarterly online meeting of Fairlawn’s Governing Council. Governing Council is the body of volunteers elected by the Congregation to ensure that the Fairlawn Forward Mission expressed by the congregation is fulfilled in diverse and effective ways , and that the operations of Fairlawn Avenue United Church are carried out responsibly and in support of that Mission. The full Governing Council meet approximately four times per year.