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Highlands United Church Program Guide
January to June, 2020
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Bridge Club Page 13
Winer Spring Program Guide Index Flea Market
Caring and Wellness Friday Fiddles Page 14
Caring and the Role of Highlands Quilters
Connection and Communication Page 4 Men’s Breakfast
Caring Ministry Shrove Thursday Pancake Supper
Hospital Visits Sunday Lunches
Visiting Ministry Senior Care Facilities Thursday Dinners Page 15
Highlands “At Home” Ministry Maundy Thursday Potluck & Seder Meal
Caring Packages Page 5 Women’s Breakfast
Circles of Accompaniment
Healing Hands Ministry Music Ministry
Prayer Shawls Ministry Genesis Too Choir Page 16
God’s Free Spirits Choir
Children, Youth & Young Adults Page 6 Hand Bell Ringers
Sunday Morning Children & Youth Program Re:Sound Chamber Choir
Youth Group Spirit Singers Choir
Young Adults
Maundy Thursday Stay Awake With Me Page 7 Reaching Out…Building Community
Impossible Spaghetti Dinner 15th Capilano Scouts Page 17
Saturday Lunch
Financial Stewardship Page 7
Shelter to Home
Grow and Learn Global Connections Page 18
Does Anything Go? Lenten Series Page 8 Local Connections including Community
Book Circle Partners First United, WISH, CCSS,
Christianity 101—a Starter Kit Page 9 Lookout and Camp Fircom)
Living in the Light: An Epiphany Volunteering at Highlands
Bible Study Seniors Ministry Page 19
Nine Faces of the Soul—An Enneagram
Workshop Worship
Drawdown: Reversing Global Warming Page 10 Sunday Morning 10:00am Worship Page 20
Reversing Global Warming: Intro to Drawdown Ash Thursday Messy Church
Drawdown Solutions: Getting into Action Highlands Online
Highlands United Growing Greener (HUGG) Maundy Thursday Potluck and Seder Meal
English Language Learning Page 11 Maundy Thursday Stay Awake with Me
Social Media Workshops Youth Vigil Page 21
Good Friday Service
Life Events Page 12 Easter Sunday Service
Baptism Sunday Morning Greeters and Welcome Hosts
Weddings Technical and A/V Team
Memorials Highlands Sunday Morning Fire Page 22
Evacuation Plan
Meeting Others Page 13
Highlands Medical Response Team
Badminton
Birthday Celebrations Highlands Staff Page 23
Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver, BC V7R 2P1
Ph: 604-980-6071 www.highlandsunited.org
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Welcome to Highlands United Church
Welcome to the Winter/Spring 2020 Program Guide for Highlands United
Church. In your hands is much of the information and background to the
rich and vibrant life of faith that so many enjoy at Highlands.
Whether you are new to the church and the Christian faith or whether you
have been active in the life of the community for generations, whether you
are confident and sure, or uncertain and questioning, I hope you find
something in the life represented here to move you along in your life and
faith.
There are opportunities for faith development for people of all ages.
There are ways to gather, learn, grow and express the joy of music for
every age and stage of life.
There is community and friendship possible for children, youth, adults
young and old, and a vibrant seniors ministry.
If you long to make a difference in the community and the world, pay
attention to the Caring Ministries and the Reaching Out… Building
Community sections of the guide.
If you are looking for a community of worship or are wanting to mark a life
event like the birth of a child, a wedding or celebrate the life of a loved
one, this guide is a good place to start.
New this winter in addition to all the regular events and groups will be a
Lenten Speaker Series called “Does Anything Go?” Come explore key
issues in contemporary life, ethics and faith. Also, you will find “Christianity
101: A Starter Kit,” a four evening core course and discussion series. You
will notice as we begin the season of Lent in late February that we are
messing with dates for our Pancake dinner and Ash Wednesday service.
The Drawdown education and inspiration events are in full swing. We
hope to ignite some interest in workshops in Social Media with Andria
Irwin, and finally we will be holding a workshop on the ancient spiritual
tool, the Enneagram, led by Allison Rennie.
To find out more, please check out the website www.highlandunited.org,
find us on Facebook, send us an email, or call the church office at 604-980
-6071.
To subscribe to our weekly email distribution list, send an email to
churchoffice@highlandsunited.org
Grace and Peace
Will Sparks
Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver, BC V7R 2P1
Ph: 604-980-6071 www.highlandsunited.org
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Caring and Wellness Hospital Visits
Tanis van Drimmelen and Colleen Blair are
trained, compassionate visitors and are designated
Hospital, Palliative and Hospice Visitors.
How can you help? If you or someone you know is
in need of a hospital visit, please call the Church
Office and Tanis and Colleen will be alerted
immediately. It takes all of us being aware to
ensure that everyone in the congregation receives
a caring visit.
Contact Tanis van Drimmelen through the Church
Office at: 604-980-6071
Caregiving and the Role of Connection and Or Colleen Blair at 604-980-6071 ext. 227,
Communication or colleen.blair@highlandsunited.org
Wednesday, February 26, 10 - 11:30 am
How do you visit and communicate with friends or Visiting Ministry – Senior Care Facilities
family members with dementia or impaired verbal When people move into Senior Care facilities it is a
and/or cognitive abilities? Members of the Visiting big adjustment and they often lose touch with their
Ministry team along with individuals in a caring or former faith community. We do not want this to
caregiving role, whether formal or informal, are happen! Therefore, our Highlands Caring Ministry
invited to an information training session on has appointed a visitor for each North Shore
connection and communication. Senior Care Facility & some Independent Assisted
In this interactive session, we will look at how Living Residences, which are home to a Highlands
visiting and volunteering are an expression of congregational member.
caregiving. We will discuss the role of connection These visitors connect at least once a month
and strategies for communication when interacting bringing news of church friends and ongoing
with people who may have limited verbal abilities. activities at the church, and offering some caring
There will be time for questions and participation! faith resources.
Elizabeth Bishop, Coordinator of the Caregiver
If you know of anyone who has moved to a facility
Support Program with North Shore Community
& would like a visit, please notify Jacqueline Scott
Resources will facilitate.
or one of the Highlands staff, Will Sparks or
To register or for more info, contact Colleen Blair Colleen Blair. Also, if you would like to visit folks in
at 604-980-6071 ext 227 or by e-mail at: a care facility, or be on the sub/alternate visitor list,
colleen.blair@highlandsunited.org please contact Jacqueline Scott through the
Church Office at: 604-980-6071
Caring Ministry
Highlands has a strong lay-led Caring Ministry Highlands “At Home” Ministry
group that ensures support is available in the As people live longer and remain in their own
difficult patches of our life’s journey. There are homes, we have discovered that there can be
currently four components and volunteers are some acute loneliness in that decision. Visits and
invited to offer skills in the following ministries. friends are more important than ever. Doree Piercy
is the contact person for Highlands At Home
Caring Ministry and tries to ensure that people
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living alone get caring phone calls. Would you like purposefully, we will help each other “walk the mile
to be a caring contact for the At-Home people? and share the load.”
Contact Doree Piercy through the Church Office
at: 604-980-6071 Healing Hands Ministry
Healing Hands is a major outreach and caring
Caring Packages ministry. The Healing Hands Ministry within the
Twice a year the invitation goes out via Highlights Christian community follows the example given by
and e-mail for people to bake cookies so we can Jesus. It is an energy-based approach to healing,
deliver a small gift to say ‘hello’ to people in Care working with and restoring
facilities and in the “At Home” Ministry, as well as a balance to the energy fields that
few with special circumstances. This ministry surround you. Changes may be
requires bakers and volunteers who will deliver the experienced on a physical,
packages and have a caring visit. The packages mental, emotional and/ or
usually go out for Christmas and Easter. You can spiritual level.
volunteer through the Church Office or respond to The goal of a Healing Hands session is to awaken
the invitation when it comes. your body's innate healing powers, restoring
Contact Tanis van Drimmelen through the Church harmony and balance to your whole being.
Office at: 604-980-6071 Volunteer practitioners who have taken courses
offered by the Healing Pathway Society based at
Naramata Centre offer healing sessions to
Circles of Accompaniment members of the congregation and to persons in
“We are pilgrims on a the wider community. Appointments can be made
journey, fellow travelers on for Monday evening or Wednesday afternoon by
the road. We are here to calling Sharon Yetman 604-988-5827.
help each other, walk the Arrangements can be made for healings sessions
mile and bear the load.” at home, care centre, hospital or hospice by
contacting Sharon Yetman at 604-988-5827
Highlands Pastoral Care or Ross White: 604-770-0495
Team has identified a
niche of support needed
for individuals within our Prayer Shawl Ministry
congregation who might be going through a The Prayer Shawl group meets on Mondays at
temporary transition or challenging time. Within our 1:00 pm in the Choir Room and we welcome
caring and loving community, Circles of anyone who enjoys knitting or crocheting as well
Accompaniment are formed to travel with these as beginners who are interested in learning the
individuals. The objective is to provide systematic, craft. The door is always open and we welcome all
deliberate, and timely support within the who would enjoy knitting in an atmosphere of
parameters of the Circle members’ abilities. If you, friendliness, laughter and good conversation.
a member of your family, or someone you know in Our shawls are lovingly donated, usually by the
the congregation would benefit from this kind of Pastoral staff of the church, to those who are ill or
support, contact ministry staff, Will Sparks or in need of comfort as well as those experiencing
Colleen Blair, or one of the Program Leaders Ann joyful celebratory events like Baptisms or a new
Echols or Cheryl Irwin. birth.
It is the hope of our pastoral care team that as Contact: Joy Dancey at 604-924-1065,
fellow travellers on the road, collectively and jdancey@telus.net
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Ph: 604-980-6071 www.highlandsunited.org
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Youth Group For young people
Children, Youth and Families in grades 4+
At Highlands United Church, we exist to love and Come join us for a New Year of Youth Group:
be loved, to know and be known, to serve and be plenty of fun activities, outings, service projects
served, to learn, pray and grow together. We and biblical conversations to be apart of. We meet
believe that the future of our church lies in the faith on the 1st & 3rd Friday night from 7 - 9:00 pm,
of our children and youth, and we support this except for the month of January, or unless
journey in every way we see possible. We play specified. Friends are always
together. We adventure together. We laugh welcome!!
together. We worship together. We burn with a
January 10: “Minute to Win It”
desire to live the life Christ wanted for us — freely,
at HUC
with compassion and with great joy.
January 24: “Skating Night”
For information on all Children, Youth and Family
at Karen Magnussen
programming please contact Allie Keir at 604-980-
6071 ext 224 or by e-mail at: February 7: “Starburst & Aliens/Capture the
allie.keir@highlandsunited.org Flag” at HUC
Feb 21: TBA
Sunday Morning Children & Youth March 6: Bowling at North Shore
Programs Bowl
Registration is open for all, ages 0 through Grade April 3: “Chopped” Baking
12. Registration for Sunday morning programming Edition at HUC
is a vital part of the safety and security of your April 9 to 10: “Easter Vigil”
children and our staff. Please visit our website at overnight at HUC
www.highlandsunited.org to register your child or
April 17: “Movie & Games
youth, or see Allie or one of the Sunday School
Teachers on any Sunday for a hard copy. Night”
Sunday Morning Classes & Teachers
Nursery (0 to age 3): Alexa Villalpando
Preschool & Kindergarten: Georgia Keir,
Young Adults
Maddy Marchant, Anya Warren, Emily
Westwick This term, there will be plenty
of fun events for the young
Grades 1-3: Bella Kershaw, Emily Anderson, adults of Highlands United
Jamie Edel Church to do! Whether you are a regular
Grades 4 & up: Carl Steffens, Chris Madill churchgoer, an occasional visitor, or new to the
community, the Young Adult program welcomes
you to join in any upcoming events. If you would
like to find out more, contact Carl Steffens by text
(604-355-6588) or email
(carldsteffens@gmail.com) at anytime. Watch the
Highlights for event dates and times.
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Financial Stewardship
Highlands United serves a wide variety of people
both within the congregation and in the wider
community. The life and work of Highlands is
mostly accomplished through the financial support
and commitment of its members and community.
In addition to weekly donations, one-time financial
gifts and donations (e.g. special appeals or in
celebration/memoriam) provide for the general
Maundy Thursday “Stay Awake With Me” and ministerial expenses of the church including
Evening Vigil outreach initiatives.
Thursday, April 9th at 7:30 pm – following G2 choir
For these one-time gifts, which sometimes mark a
rehearsal.
life event and sometimes are the result of a
Back by popular demand is our all-night prayer passion for a specific aspect of church ministry,
vigil on Maundy Thursday. This event is open to Highlands has established three primary channels
youth ages grade 4 and up and will include a through which contributions can be made.
traditional Seder meal, spiritual practices that lead
The Highlands Heritage Fund is a long term
us in the footsteps of Jesus towards the cross,
endowment fund where financial gifts are held
followed by the night time prayer vigil and prayer
permanently and the income is used for projects
stations. In the morning we will have breakfast
of an enduring nature.
together and then attend the Good Friday Worship
service in our jammies! For more info please The Building Reserve Fund highlights the
contact Allie Keir at allie.keir@highlandsunited.org opportunity to give specific donations to support
building upkeep and replacement.
The General Fund supports Ministry work and
responds to the congregational desire to focus on
the many important aspects of ongoing ministry.
Financial matters are closely managed throughout
the year under the direction of the Finance
Committee to ensure prudent use of available
resources. Donations to Highlands are eligible to
receive an income tax receipt, which is issued by
the end of February of the following year.
Highlands Annual General Meeting will be held on
Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 11:30 am following the
worship service.
The Impossible Spaghetti Dinner – Family
If you would like to make a donation or establish a
Event
program of regular giving: contact Carol Smith,
May 23rd 4-7pm (In the Gym) 604-980-6071 churchoffice@highlandsunited.org
Join us for this fun, family friendly event.
We will be playing a series of games, challenges,
and trivia to win your mystery utensils to eat your
spaghetti dinner with. Choose wisely or you may
end up eating spaghetti with a whisk!!
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How do we choose? How do
Grow and Learn we navigate our way with
health and integrity?
Does Anything Go?
Guest Speakers: Rev. Dr.
A four-part Lenten speaker series. Jason Byassee, VST Prof. of
Life is complicated. Every day we are presented Homiletics & Biblical
with moral dilemmas and we must make hard Interpretation AND Andria
choices. What is right; what is wrong; what is true; Irwin Online Minister at
what is false? And what is in between? How do we Highlands United Church
find the path of integrity? Join us as we hear from
and engage with leaders facing some of the most Living Well and Dying Well
challenging and fruitful ethical struggles of our time. Tuesday March 31, 7 - 8:30pm
Come and fine tune your moral compass. The landscape of medicine,
Drugs, Decriminalization and Safe Supply ethics and palliative care has
Tuesday, March 3, 7 - 8:30 pm changed radically in the last
We have tried prohibition and five years. Medical Assistance
criminalizing the use of drugs In Dying (MAID) has been a
and it has failed. What do we game changer for many
do now? people. How do we live well
and with integrity through the
Guest Speaker: Dr Evan Wood
end of life?
from the BC Centre on
Substance Use. Guest Speaker: Dr. Marylene Kyriazis, Clinical
Pharmacist and co-founder of the Paul Sugar
Palliative Support Foundation
Navigating Sex and Sexuality
For more information on this Lenten Series,
Tuesday March 10, 7 - 8:30 pm
contact Will Sparks at
The United Church has tried to
will.sparks@highlandsunited.org. Watch the
offer leadership in healthy
Highlights for opportunities to register.
relationships and healthy
sexuality for decades. The
landscape of sexuality, gender, Book Circle
and relationships at every Meets on the last Monday of each month (except in
stage of life is changing. What December, July and August). It is a welcoming
signs can guide our way? drop-in group, so come when your schedule
Guest Speaker: Anna White, permits or when you are interested in a particular
Director of “Camp Out” title. We gather at 7:15 pm in the Library and we
are usually finished by 8:30 pm. Books are chosen
Right and Wrong in the Information Age by voting on recommendations that individual
Wednesday March 25, 7-8:30 pm participants bring forward. Sharing our
We carry huge informational observations and opinions in this small group
power in our pockets. We are setting enables us to get to know a few others in
more wired and connected than our congregation at a deeper level.
ever before. But, it is not all If you have a book suggestion contact Phyllis
good, not all healthy. Ferguson, phyl_ferg@yahoo.ca
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and good conversation. No prior Bible knowledge
Christianity 101 – a starter kit
needed.
Finding our way into a deeper life.
Register by emailing Sandi at
This four part series sandi.parker@highlandsunited.org
of evening or sign up at the Action Table on Sundays.
discussions and
presentations invites
you to participate in Nine Faces of the Soul—An Enneagram
God’s life, God’s Workshop
presence and God’s
Saturday, May 30, 9am – 4:30pm
community more
deeply. We will An Introduction to the Enneagram led by Allison
create a common Rennie, Director of Leadershift and United Church
language to talk Regional Minister for Thompson Okanagan
about life in God as
“Why, in our
individuals and as a
encounter with Life,
21st Century church
do we keep running
community. We will explore how God draws us in to
up against ourselves,
a deeper life, changes our way of seeing and being,
instead of making a
and inspires us to live a transformed and
breakthrough to God,
transforming life. We will explore God’s story, to the Totally
Highlands story, and our individual stories all as a Other?”
part of a grand narrative of love in the world. For (Richard Rohr,
newcomers, old timers, the curious or The Enneagram: A
the committed…. Christian Perspective)
Tuesdays from April 21 to May 12 in the Fireside
Room, 6 to 8:30 pm includes a simple meal. Come and learn how the ancient tool called the
No cost but preregistration is required. Enneagram can support your spiritual
To register, send an e-mail to Sandi Parker at transformation. This dynamic symbol has ancient
sandi.parker@highlandsunited.org or contact the roots in the communities of practice and thought of
church office 604-980-6071 (or sign-up on-line) the Christian Desert Fathers and the mystical Sufis.
It can help us see and hear ourselves more
honestly, and encourage the ongoing formation of
Living in the Light: an Epiphany Bible Study our soul so we can fall “into the Great Self of God.”
Tuesdays In this introductory workshop you will have an
Jan. 21 to Feb. 18 opportunity to begin to see yourself in the nine
1 - 2:30 pm psycho-spiritual profiles which form the basis of the
Join Sandi Parker Enneagram.
for an exploration Cost: $25 includes lunch
of the scripture and refreshments
readings for the
upcoming Sunday Allison Rennie is currently director
over a cup of tea of LeaderShift and a Regional
Minister for the Thompson
Okanagan for the Pacific
Mountain Regional Council.
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Drawdown: Reversing Global Warming Drawdown Solutions: Getting into Action
The book Drawdown, the environmental best- A four-week course of workshops
seller in 2017, offers 100 answers to the question Tuesday, May 19 to Tues, June 9, 7 - 9 pm
“What can we do about climate change?” The presented by Sandi Goldie and Jim Bronson, this
Drawdown Project uncovered a path to roll series is designed to support you in identifying and
back global warming within 30 years. Since launching your unique and doable contribution to
Highlands HUGG group introduced Drawdown reversing global warming. It is recommended that
workshops to BC in 2018, there have been 13 participants have already taken the ‘Introduction to
workshops offered at Highlands and at least that Drawdown’ workshop, offered in April in North
many at various other locations around BC. Vancouver, and also online; see https://
Participants report reduced climate anxiety and a www.pachamama.org/engage/drawdown
desire to get involved in action. For more
information visit http://bcdrawdown.org/
Highlands United Growing
Reversing Global Warming: Introduction to Greener (HUGG)
Drawdown The goal of this group is:
Tuesday April 14, 2 - 4 pm and repeated in the - To understand, clarify and act on our role in
evening 7 - 9 pm faithful stewardship of God's world;
Facilitated by Ross White and - To encourage and facilitate environmental and
Jon Carrodus, this workshop is climate change awareness and responsibility
based on the book Drawdown: among Highlands United Church's congregation
The Most Comprehensive and the local community.
Plan Ever Proposed to For more about our activities, check out our web
Reverse Global page http://www.highlandsunited.org/social-action/
Warming, edited by Paul highlands-united-growing-greener-hugg/
Hawken. We usually meet on the first Sunday of each
month, for potluck lunch after worship. Watch for
For more Drawdown information see more information in the weekly Highlights or speak
http://bcdrawdown.org and click HERE to register to Jon Carrodus at 604-987-2595, or e-mail
jcarrodus@shaw.ca.
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English Language Learning
North Vancouver has become a vibrant
multicultural community including many for whom
English is a second (or third or fourth) language.
This program at Highlands offers an opportunity
for students to practise their English in an informal
setting, meet new people, learn about life in
Canada, share stories and have conversations
about spiritual matters.
Interested in Social Media Workshops?
We are gauging the interest in a series of
workshops on Social Media practices. This could
include security and fraud protection, general
usage and how-tos, or trouble-shooting sessions.
Email Andria.irwin@highlandsunited.org if you
would be interested in participating with what your
specific interests are and dates will be announced
through the Spring.
A dedicated team of fifteen teachers/leaders take
turns facilitating the classes. Teachers and senior
students work as a team to support these
newcomers to Canada.
The class groups meet Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 9:30 am to noon with the first hour focused
on general conversation and the last hour spent
with conversation of a more spiritual nature. We
now have both a Beginners class and
Conversation 2 class, with total enrollment of 45
students.
A Speakers Group meets on Thursdays from
12:30 - 1:30 pm for the more advanced students.
New this year is our Conversation & Coffee group
for people who are comfortable talking in English
and just want a place to meet up for English
conversation facilitated by an English speaking
volunteer. This group meets Thursdays 10:00 am
to noon.
The Winter term is January to March and the
Spring term runs April to the beginning of June.
Please contact Judy O'Neill through the Church
Office 604-980-6071.
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Life Events the congregation or not; whether you have been
married before; whether you and your partner
have different religious backgrounds; whether you
Baptism at Highlands
are different genders. We welcome you!
Baptism has been called
The staff at Highlands United Church would be
the sacrament of
pleased to assist with coordinating your wedding
belonging. It is a public
service. To prepare for your ceremony, Highlands
declaration of intention
will provide you with a marriage workbook to guide
for you or your child to
you through a standard ceremony and provide you
explore a spiritual path,
with wording options that most closely complement
and receive the support
the type of ceremony you are seeking.
of Highlands in your
Christian formation. We For more information, check out our web site
feel honoured when you www.highlandsunited.org or contact Will Sparks at
entrust Highlands with will.sparks@highlandsunited.org
this initial step. Adults being baptized will also be or speak to Carol Smith in the Church Office.
confirmed into membership and will attend a New
Members group to explore this path. Parents who
Memorials
wish their children to be baptized attend a meeting
on the meaning of baptism and a preview of the Highlands can provide
baptism service. This is a good time to get to know help and comfort in
each other and to ‘rehearse’ the act of baptism. your time of loss,
even if you are not
For more information, check out our web site
part of the Highlands
www.highlandsunited.org or contact Will Sparks at
congregation, by
will.sparks@highlandsunited.org
supporting you and
or speak to Carol Smith in the Church Office.
your family as you
grieve, and by
Weddings assisting with
arrangements that
Weddings are wonderful celebrations! A church
involve Highlands
wedding performed by a minister is similar to a civil
Church and its
wedding performed by a marriage commissioner—
facilities.Highlands staff can help you plan a
both services must meet
memorial service or funeral that best reflects your
the legal requirements of
wishes, honours the life of your family member or
the Province of British
friend, and acknowledges your loss. We can help
Columbia and must be
you choose scripture readings, music and prayers,
registered with the
discuss the eulogy or words of remembrance and
Department of Vital
help your family and friends determine all aspects
Statistics. But in a church
of the service.
wedding the spiritual
dimension of marriage is For more information, check out our web site
as important as the legal. www.highlandsunited.org or contact Will Sparks at
will.sparks@highlandsunited.org
You are welcome to be
or speak to Carol Smith in the Church Office.
married at Highlands
whether you are part of
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“notable” bridge performances. To be part of this
Meeting Others social ministry, either with a partner as a regular,
or to be put on the list of “spares”, please call
Badminton Sylvia Frazer 604-988-1439 or Dave Ball at
The Badminton group meets on Monday evenings 604-987-5432.
from 7:30 - 9:30 pm until the end of June. All are
welcome.
Flea Market
Contact: George or Sharon Parton at:
604-988-4488 This annual event marks our church as a recycling
and reusing centre in the community. The next
Flea Market Sale will be on Saturday, October 17,
2020 from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.
Birthday Celebrations
Come for cake and celebration during your
birthday month or save it up till the following
month. The candles are lit from the Christ Candle
to represent that the blessing of Christ continues
through the blessing of each person alive – light
coming from light. Birthday celebrations usually
take place on the first Sunday of the month in the Everyone is encouraged to get involved in this
Fireside Room after the 10:00 am worship service. community booster. There is an ongoing
Upcoming Dates: February 2, March 1, April 5 opportunity to help sort on Tuesday mornings (any
time between 8:45 - 11:15 am) with openings in all
For more info or to donated cakes, contact
departments so please contact Chris Robertson if
Wendy McNaughton, wendymcn@shaw.ca
you are able to help in this way. This sale raises
between $25,000 and $45 000 for the work of the
Bridge Club Church but it takes many hands to make it happen
and the best part of the whole process is the
The Highlands Bridge Group meets on the first
socializing with all the other members of the
Friday of the month November through May in the
sorting team!
hosts’ homes in groups of eight people for about 3
hours. Each couple hosts twice during the season. For regular weekly sorting for the Flea Market,
The first round is in November with a wind-up speak to Chris Robertson 604-988-5483 or
event at Highlands in June. We start with a light e-mail: chris@fuel.ca
dessert, coffee, tea and conversation as a group. For opportunities to assist with the Collectibles
Then we break into two groups of four, re-mixing & Antiques Sale, contact: Susan Hughes by
after each six hands of bridge, so that we get a e-mail: susan@bcadaptive.com
chance to chat with everyone. Bridge skills range For opportunities to assist with set-up, clean-
from basic up to instructor level. Each “regular
up and the actual Flea Market Sale in
player” pays $5 to join, which covers the cost of
October – watch the Highlights for contact info.
the desserts served at the wind-up session at the
Church in June, as well as some nice prizes for To volunteer as a Flea Market sales staff,
contact Bonny Ball at: bdball@shaw.ca
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Friday Fiddles
We are a small group who like to play our 'fiddles'
at a slower pace, focusing mostly on the Celtic
style of music. We meet most Fridays 10:00 am -
12:00 pm in Room 201 from September to June.
Contact: Chris Robertson, chris@fuel.ca
Highlands Quilters
This group has been in existence for about 40
years but currently. we are a very small group who
work together around a large quilting frame to
finish off the quilts for others who have prepared
the colourful pieced quilt tops. The completed
quilts are either donated to charitable causes or
returned to an individual. We really need some Shrove Thursday (!) Pancake Supper
extra folk to help us so if you can do a simple
Traditionally celebrated on the last day before the
running stitch, do come and join us Monday
beginning of Lent, this year we will be holding this
mornings at 9:30 am in the Choir Room. Come for
event on THURSDAY February 27. A traditional
a visit or come to sew; we would love to see you!
pancake supper (pancakes (gluten free options
Contact: Chris Robertson 604-988-5483 available), sausages, fruit, toppings and coffee
and tea) followed by activities for children (and
adults!)
The cost is $5.00 per person or $20.00 for a
family. No charge for children 4 years and under.
Thursday, February 27—pancakes served any
time between 5:00 and 6:15 pm with activities
and a short ‘Ash Wednesday’ time of reflection to
follow. See more information under ‘Ash Thursday
Messy Church’ in the worship section.
Click HERE to go directly to the on-line sign-up
sheet or sign-up on Sundays at the Action Table.
Men’s Breakfast Sunday Lunches
This group meets every Wednesday at 7:30 am at Join us for lunch on any or all of the following
Cora’s restaurant at Marine Dr. @Fell.. We gather Sundays with lunch beginning about 15 minutes
for fellowship, support, and discussions about after worship ends. Enjoy the cheerful
issues of importance to our community and companionship of lunch in community. If your
church. Breakfast, including beverage and ministry or program group would like to host a
gratuity, is approximately $10 lunch on a Sunday (and do the shopping, cooking,
and cleanup and keep the proceeds), speak to
Contact: Hugh Creighton, 604-980-3556,
Sandi Parker sandi.parker@highlandsunited.org
hugh_creighton@shaw.ca
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February 2: An old-fashioned Potluck Lunch. No April 2: Regular Thursday Dinner 5:15 - 6:00pm
charge but bring a dish to share (should serve April 9: Maundy Thursday Potluck and Seder
enough for your family plus a couple extras!) Cold Meal for all ages Thursday, served at 6:00 pm
foods encouraged but items that can be gently
Join us for this special Maundy Thursday meal that
warmed or brought in a crock pot are
through symbols, ritual and celebration helps us
welcome. Suggestions: chili, salads, fresh
understand the last Passover meal Jesus shared
breads, loaves and rolls, appies, veg, fruit trays,
with his disciples. Please note there will be no
cheese plates, squares and cookies. Think
regular Thursday dinner this night.
abundant! In the gym at 11:30. To give us an
idea of numbers and what might arrive, sign up April 16: Regular Thursday Dinner 5:15 - 6:00pm
HERE or at the action table. April 23: Regular Thursday Dinner 5:15 - 6:00pm
March 15: Sunday lunch hosted by the Watch the Highlights Newsletter for pot-luck sign-up.
Guatemala Discovery Group folks. Lunch by For information contact Sandi Parker at:
donation with proceeds going to “The Seniors’ sandi.parker@highlandsunited.org
Lunch Program” of the non-profit organization,
“Funda Maya,” in San Jorge Guatemala.
Women’s Breakfast
May 24: BBQ $5.00/per person $20.00 per family
On the third Thursday of each month at 8:00 am,
women of the congregation are invited to gather for
Thursday Dinners breakfast at the White Spot Restaurant, #107-1226
Thursday evenings are wonderfully energetic at Marine Drive (near Save-on-Foods) North Van.
HUC. Family logistical planning on this evening is The Winter/Spring term dates are: January 16,
an art, especially with many kids and parents February 20, March 19, April 16, May 21, & June 18
participating in one of our four choirs. Each
To get your name on the monthly Women’s
Thursday evening we will offer a hearty, simple,
Breakfast Reminder Email List, please contact:
family-friendly meal between 5:30 and 6:15 pm
Cheryl Irwin at: irwincheryl@hotmail.com
and, whether you’re a family of four or a senior on
your own, all are welcome. And given the family
style, communal nature of the event, we happily
encourage your assistance with clean up!
If anyone would like to volunteer to participate on a
particular Thursday night team, please contact
Sandi Parker.
Schedule for the Winter/Spring term:
Jan 16: Regular Thursday Dinner 5:30 - 6:00pm
Jan 23 to Feb 20: Thursday Dinner 5:30 -
6:00pm
Feb 27: we’ll be pretending that Thursday is
Tuesday and holding a ‘SHROVE
THURSDAY PANCAKE SUPPER’ served
between 5:00 - 6:15 pm
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Hand Bell Ringers
Music Ministry The Hand Bell Ringers perform during Advent, the
Christmas season and Easter Sunday. Rehearsals
occur for a few weeks prior to each season. Those
interested must read music well.
Contact: Roz Hollett, 604-929-6925
Re:Sound Chamber Choir
A choir for those aged 16-36(ish), Re:Sound
Chamber Choir is an ensemble for people looking to
make friends and sing challenging music.
Rehearsals are held Sundays after worship service.
Genesis Too (GII) Choir
Contact: Heather Soderling,
is for young folks in Grades 4 to 12. Rehearsals heather.k.graves@gmail.com
are on Thursdays from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. GII sings
on the second and fourth Sunday of each month,
from September to May. The choir goes on a trip Spirit Singers Choir
and presents a special service in the Spring. This This group sings every Sunday in worship from
year we will be travelling to Sechelt on May 1 - 3 September to June, and practises on Thursdays from
and repeating the service at Highlands on Mothers' 8 to 9:30 pm. We are presently also working on a
Day, May 10. Stay tuned for details in the weekly service called “Seed to Sow” which will be presented
Highlights. Contact: Geordie Roberts, 604-980- in worship at Highlands and in Penticton in June.
7349 geordie.roberts@highlandsunited.org Contact: Gillian Irwin at:
gillianlucasirwin@yahoo.com
God’s Free Spirits Choir
is for children in kindergarten to the end of Grade
3. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings from 6:30
to 7:00 pm. We sing once a month in church and
continue until the middle of May. Contact: Bella
Kershaw: bellakershaw16@gmail.com
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CMHA and Hollyburn Family and Seniors
Reaching Out…Building Services, we supply furniture and household
goods to people on the North Shore who are
Community establishing a home after a period of
homelessness, or who are living on low, fixed
15th Capilano Scouts income and experiencing furniture poverty. Our
Weekly activities and programs for young people, team of volunteers screens, collects, transports,
male and female, with the aim to help develop well sorts, and stores donations, and works with our
-rounded youth, better prepared for success in the clients to provide them with enough furniture and
world. household items to make a comfortable home.
Beavers (5-7), Cubs (8-10), Scouts (11-14), You can help by being a donor of funds or goods.
Venturers (15-17), Rovers (18-26). Please drop small items in one of our bins in the
Those 18 and older are welcome as leaders. Lower Hall or the courtyard. To donate furniture
please call 778-331-8465.
Contact: Eleanor Oakley, reoakley@shaw.ca
Funds can be donated through the Highlands
website, by specifying “Shelter to Home”. Tax
Saturday Lunch Feeding Ministry receipts are provided for donations over $25.
The Saturday Lunch Feeding Ministry provides a You can also give the gift of your time and talent
healthy, abundant meal every Saturday at 1:00 pm to this ministry. To learn more, contact Ardis
at the North Shore Neighbourhood House, 225 2nd Nelson at ardisjulian@hotmail.com
Street East at St. Georges in Lower Lonsdale.
Each week we serve up to 50 guests. Most of our
guests are living on limited incomes and enjoy the Global Connections
warm, respectful community we create. Many of The goal of the Global Connections Committee is
our guests are seniors. You can help by being one to raise awareness in the congregation and
of the three cooks, from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm, or by community of global issues and realities and the
being one of the five to seven server/greeters, mission of the church, and to encourage
from 12:20 - 2:30 pm. There are always an involvement.
experienced Lead Cook and Lead Server-Greeter We do this through:
leading the team.
growing our partnership with the Artesana
If you're in High School and need community Collective in Guatemala and supporting Healing
service hours, this is a good place for you to Hands trips to Guatemala
volunteer. For more information about this ministry
promoting awareness during worship, including
and how you can help, see the volunteer schedule
on our web site at www.highlandsunited.org. Minutes for Mission, prayers, “reports”, and
appeals for emergent global crises
Contact: Kumu Navaratnam, kumu@shaw.ca
supporting groups or individuals going on
“discovery tours”
Shelter to Home maintaining the Action Table
Shelter to Home is an Outreach encouraging the congregation to support the
Ministry of our congregation. Mission and Service Fund and other church
Working with clients referred partners, such as Habitat for Humanity.
from North Shore agencies, like
Lookout Shelter, Sage House,
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Do you have a passion for these or other global
justice issues? We invite you to join us in our work.
For information contact Sharon Yetman,
sharon.yetman@shaw.ca 604-988-5827
Or Jon & Simone Carrodus, jcarrodus@shaw.ca,
scarrodus@shaw.ca 604-987-2595
homeless, while they participate in programs.
Donations of warm jackets, socks, underwear,
boots, blankets and toiletries are collected and
given to people in need. In the Fall, we have a
“Sock Appeal” for First United when over 1500
pairs of socks & 150 rain ponchos are collected
and during Advent, we have a special appeal to
support the work at First United Church. In the
past, we contributed sandwiches made by our
church ladies, to feed the hungry year round.
Community Partners / Local Connections
Our facilities allow us to reach out to groups and
provide meeting space for many organizations
whose goals are in line with our vision. Some of
these groups include Rovers, Venturers, Scouts,
Cubs, Beavers, Guides, AA, Alanon, and Tai Chi.
Through the work of the Local Connections
Committee, Highlands reaches out to help people Wish Drop-In Society is a partner in the
in need in and around our community. The Local Downtown Eastside that provides a safe place for
Connections Committee meets every two months women in the sex trade. With our support of
to review where the most need is in our community clothing, toiletries and financial donations, they
– new members are always welcome. We partner provide education, retraining, a health clinic, a
with the following groups on the Downtown night van for safety and meals for these women.
Eastside (DTES) and the North Shore. We Volunteers are always needed.
contribute support to these partners through On the North Shore,
volunteer and financial contributions. Capilano
First United Church is our Community
main partner in the Downtown Services Society
Eastside. We help with has been another
volunteers to assist with their partner of Highlands
programming for the vulnerable Church since its formation over 50 years ago.
people of the Downtown Eastside. Volunteer jobs CCSS provides counselling and after-school social
consist of coffee servers, welcoming people, foot activities for Youth-at-risk, as well as weekly
washing, help with writing letters or cards to shopping trips for isolated Seniors, medical rides
friends or family of the homeless, etc. Financial and social activities. CCSS shares their bus with
support from Highlands helps to run the programs Highlands for our seniors’ activities. We also
and buy bulk food for the food bank or for provide volunteers for drivers and board members.
community meals, support the storage facility that
stores the only precious possessions of the
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The North Shore Lookout Shelter receives
financial donations from Highlands for bus passes
Seniors Ministry
for their clients to get to job interviews or medical Seniors from Highlands and the
appointments. Our Shelter to Home program community at large, generally
supports many of the shelter clients. meet on the first and third
Camp Fircom Wednesday of the month from
is also a 10:30 am to 1:00 pm, for a fun, informative and
Highlands engaging experience. The event begins with 15
partner. We minutes of chair exercises, followed by a guest
provide support speaker and a hot lunch. Each session offers
for the organic opportunities for continued learning, access to
farm and a information and resources, and the sense of well-
campership for being that comes from being in relationship and
a child who could not afford a week at camp. connecting with others. The cost per session is
Volunteers from Highlands & other churches $10 and signup in advance for each event is
assist with work parties & board duties. required.
For more information about our community For further information, to participate as a
partners and the work of the Local Connections volunteer, or to register,
Committee, contact Sheila Durward, Contact: Colleen Blair, 604-980-6071 ext 227,
ddurward1@telus.net colleen.blair@highlandsunited.org
Please RSVP by noon on the Sunday before any
given program day, so that we can confirm
numbers for lunch!
Volunteering at
Seniors Connection Schedule
Highlands January to March 2020
January 8th…. Morning walks in Italy; a photo
There are many ways to journal. Join Geordie Roberts for photos and a
volunteer at Highlands, reflection on his time spent in Italy this past year.
providing opportunities
January 22nd…. Child Sex Trafficking in BC. A
to connect with others,
form of modern day slavery, child sex trafficking is
make a difference in the
amongst the fastest growing crimes in Canada
church or community
and the world. Cathy Peters, BC anti human
and using or developing
trafficking speaker and advocate will educate and
your skills. If you are
share what it will take to end this exploitation of
interested in volunteering in any capacity, please
children.
complete a short ‘volunteer expression of interest’
form (available at office or the action table in the February 5th…. Identity Theft and Fraud
welcome space. Someone will follow up with you Prevention. Sergeant Peri Mainwaring of the
within two weeks of receipt of form.) North Vancouver RCMP will discuss identity theft
& cybercrime, the resources involved in
combatting it, the most common types of scams
and how to protect yourself. Come learn how to
protect yourself from becoming a victim of fraud.
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Worship Services
Sunday Morning 10:00 am Worship
The Sunday service at Highlands is inspiring,
inclusive and thoughtful. The theology is
progressive and looks for the metaphor in our
scripture that relates to today. Worship begins at
10:00 am and concludes with coffee time. You are
invited to come as you are, to bring your questions
and your opinions.
February 19th…. Travel to Uzbekistan with Dave Contact: Gillian Irwin, Chair of Worship
and Bonny Ball! The mosques and minarets of Committee, gillianlucasirwin@yahoo.com
Uzbekistan’s ancient Silk Road cities rank among
the most glorious of all Central Asia. Come to see
and hear about the fabulous architecture along Ash Thursday Messy Church Experience
with the people, economy and culture of a country Thursday, Feb. 27th at 6:00 pm.
that only gained it’s independence from the We begin our Lenten journey immediately after the
Soviet Union 28 years ago. Shrove Thursday Pancake Supper with a moment
to mess around in ashes, oil, water and other
March 4th…. North Shore Hospice and Palliative
symbols of this precious, short, beautiful life we
Project. Join Eleanor Campbell and Jane Jordan
have. Check the weekly Highlights for details.
to learn about hospice and palliative care, what it
means, and how to access the program along
with the Every Day Counts Programme which Highlands Online
provides physical, practical and emotional
Our online congregation meets every Sunday at
support.
10:00 am to worship along with our Edgemont
Bus Trip…. April 22nd Lunch followed by a two Congregation. You can attend services by visiting
hour tour of Vancouver International Highlandsonline.org or visiting the Highlands
Airport. Watch the Highlights for details! The United Church website at highlandsunited.org.
Anything Goes musical will be in full swing this We encourage you to sign up for a Livestream
week so our usual meeting place will be filled with account so you can join the chat, or to leave
actors, props and sets! comments on our YouTube posts. This is a
wonderful way to meet others in our online
Friendly Drivers Needed!
congregation, to seek prayer, and to stay involved
The Seniors Connection events offer folks the in the community, no matter where you are.
opportunity to get out and visit with one another
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact
and keep in touch socially, physically and
our Online Minister, Andria Irwin at
spiritually, but they need to be able to get here!!
andria.irwin@highlandsunited.org
If you would be interested in picking up folks for
any of the Wednesday programmes or Sunday
morning worship, your efforts would be truly Maundy Thursday Potluck and Seder Meal
appreciated and many blessings would be for all ages Thursday April 9 at 6:00 pm
bestowed upon you!
Join us for this special meal that through symbols,
Contact: Colleen Blair, 604-980-6071 ext 227, ritual and celebration helps us understand the last
colleen.blair@highlandsunited.org Passover meal Jesus shared with his
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disciples. Please note there will be no regular Sunday Morning Greeters and Welcome
Thursday dinner this night. Hosts
Watch the Highlights for pot-luck sign-up. For Sunday Greeters and Welcome Hosts are an
information contact Sandi Parker at: essential part of the Highlands experience. Many
sandi.parker@highlandsunited.org people who come to Highlands return because of
the warmth and interest shown them when they
first arrived at Highlands, and during the pre-
service and post-service coffee times.
If you are passionate about meeting people and
helping newcomers and long-time participants to
feel welcome and to experience a sense of
belonging, please contact: Colleen Blair. And if
you’re a newcomer yourself, greeting can be a
lovely way to get to know people and to take a
step into becoming involved in the life of the
church.
For more info, contact Colleen Blair at
Maundy Thursday “Stay Awake With Me” 604-980-6071 ext 227 or by e-mail at:
evening Youth Vigil Thursday, April 9, 7:30 pm colleen.blair@highlandsunited.org
Back by popular demand is our all-night prayer
vigil on Maundy Thursday. This event is open to Technical Team / Audio Visual
youth ages grade 4 and up and will include a The technical team at Highlands is doing a great
traditional Seder meal, spiritual practices that lead job keeping up with the ever-growing media
us in the footsteps of Jesus towards the cross, requirements for our innovative ministry! Every
followed by the night time prayer vigil and prayer Sunday we air our worship services live, and they
stations. In the morning we will have breakfast are being viewed from far and wide: from England
together and then attend the Good Friday Morning to Australia, Korea to Africa, Lions Gate Hospital
Worship service in our jammies! to Capilano Care, many people around the world
For more information please contact Allie Keir at: are enjoying worshipping with Highlands. We have
allie.keir@highlandsunited.org three trained technicians onsite every Sunday
morning, managing the camera operation for our
Good Friday Service: Livestream audience, operating the PowerPoint
Friday morning, April 10, at presentation shown on the Sanctuary screen, and
10:00 am, gather with the staying on top of the audio quality with our state of
Re:Sound Chamber Choir to the art Soundboard to provide our congregation
honour God's deep with the best live and recorded experience
commitment to us and this possible.
world, even and especially in
We also stream our video feed directly to the
brokenness witness in the
Welcoming Space TV, so you can experience
cross.
what our remote congregation sees! Visit our
Easter Sunday Service: home page and click on the “Link to Sunday
April 12, 10:00 am. Come celebrate resurrection Service Videos” to connect to the on-line feed or to
and new life. Followed by special Easter view past services.
Refreshments in the Welcome Space.
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If you would like to be a part of the technical team Highlands Medical
that runs the A/V on Sundays, with on-call Response Team
opportunities to run media for additional events
What you should know if a
and conferences hosted at Highlands, please
medical event occurs during
contact Doug Irwin at dirwin44@yahoo.com or
worship. Highlands has a Medical
604-838-8457, and we will schedule you in for a
Response Team that will respond
to medical events that occur
during worship services or large
congregational events. Your role as congregation
Highlands Sunday members - what you need to know:
Morning Fire If you become aware of someone requiring
Evacuation Plan medical assistance, PLEASE stand up and call
What you should know in the out to advise one of the worship leaders that there
event of a fire: is a medical event.
In the event of a fire during Alternatively, advise Colleen Blair at the back of
worship or other congregational event in the the Sanctuary, or a Greeter who will go up and
Sanctuary, the congregation will leave the building speak with the worship leader.
through the main doors facing onto Edgemont The worship leader will ask the Medical Response
Boulevard. Team to respond.
Our assembly area is immediately south of the A Defibrillator is located in the main office
church (in the direction of Edgemont village) on area, on the wall adjacent to the brochure rack
the corner of Edgemont and Connaught Crescent, and elevator
and stretching down into Connaught as A First Aid Kit is located in the Welcoming
necessary. Space on the left hand side of the shelf over
The Sunday School teachers for the children and the coat rack
youth programme and the nursery caregiver, all A wheelchair is located in the cupboard in the
have a protocol for the safe evacuation of the Welcoming Space
children and there is at least one practice fire drill
with the children over the course of the year. A Naloxone injection kit for use in the event of
a drug overdose, is located on top of the
defibrillator in the main office on the wall
adjacent to the brochure rack and elevator
It would be worthwhile for congregation members
to familiarize themselves at some point, with the
location of the defibrillator, first aid and naloxone
kits in the event they are asked to bring these
items to the Medical Response Team member.
If you have current first aid or medical training and
would like to be on the Medical Response Team.
Please contact Colleen Blair at 604-980-6071
ext 227, colleen.blair@highlandsunited.org
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Highlands United Church Staff
Will Sparks, Lead Minister, will.sparks@highlandsunited.org
Sandi Parker, Minister for Community Development , sandi.parker@highlandsunited.org
Colleen Blair, Minister for Seniors and Hospitality, colleen.blair@highlandsunited.org
Allie Keir, Minister for Children, Youth and Families, allie.keir@highlandsunited.org
Andria Irwin, Online Minister, andria.irwin@highlandsunited.org
Carol Smith, Administrator, churchoffice@highlandsunited.org
Ken Irwin, Lay Worship Leader, irwinken@hotmail.com
Geordie Roberts, Music Director and GII Choir Director, geordie.roberts@highlandsunited.org
Gillian Irwin, Spirit Singers Choir Director, gillianlucasirwin@yahoo.com
Bella Kershaw, God’s Free Spirits Choir Director
Tatina Lee, Administrative Assistant, tatina.lee@highlandsunited.org
Roz Hollett, Accompanist and Hand Bell Choir Director
Tech Team / Audio Visual:
Doug Irwin, AV Coordinator, dirwin44@yahoo.com
Elliott Best, Corey Hollett, Noel Hollett, Fiona Whyte, Aiden Roberts,
Liam Roberts and Andrew Yetman
Youth Leaders:
Carl Steffens, Chris Madill and Maddy Keir
Sunday School Teachers:
Nursery (0 to age 3): Alexa Villalpando
Preschool & Kindergarten: Georgia Keir, Maddy Marchant, Anya Warren, Emily Westwick
Grades 1-3: Bella Kershaw, Emily Anderson, Jamie Edel
Grades 4 & up: Carl Steffens, Chris Madill
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