New Vision Notes for Thursday May 15, 2025

Welcome to a new edition of New Vision Notes! We are grateful to be reaching you each week. This coming Sunday is the Fifth Sunday of Easter, the Third Sunday of Asian Heritage Month and International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). IDAHOBIT is recognized every year on May 17. More information on IDAHOBIT 2025, including a summary of positive and negative legal changes for LGBTQ+ people around the globe, can be found here: https://ilga.org/news/idahobit-may17-the-power-of-communities/ Our service of worship will be led by Dixon, Jen, Miriam, Moraa, and other fantastic folks from our New Vision community.

We are having our first Newcomers meeting for the year on May 18, after the service until 2 pm. African food will be served.

This will be a mix of fun activities, a panel discussion and sharing.

* A panel of newcomers will talk about what helped them adjust to life in Canada on their first two years and how they prepped for their hearing.

* You will also have the opportunity to share in smaller groups with fellow newcomers.

Find out more about upcoming activities and how you can get involved.

This event is Organized by the Leadership Team of the LGBTQ Newcomers Fellowship group in collaboration with the NVUCC Council.

High Chai Liber-tea Fundraiser at The Music Hall on Saturday May 24th (from 1-4pm):

Join our friends from Mamas 4 Palestine for a delightful afternoon focused on culture, connection, and conversation. We will reclaim and decolonize the traditionally elite occasion for ourselves, providing opportunities to re-learn while serving a wide array of delicious food from global cuisines, a scrumptious selection of teas, accompanied by amazing goodies and even better company of like-minded people. More information, tickets (tiered admission pricing) along with some beautiful gift ideas can be found by visiting https://www.mamas4palestine.com/event-listings/high-chai-libertea

Wesley Case For Kids: The 34th Annual event will take place on Sunday, June 1, at Bayfront Park! Participants can walk, run, or ride(bicycle, scooter, etc.) at their own pace along the 1.5 km Bayfront Park pathway. Please reach out to Trisha or Jessica after church to join New Vision’s fundraising team and get involved!

A Song of Faith – A Song of Faith, adopted in 2006, seeks to provide a verbal picture of what The United Church of Canada understands its faith to be in the historical, political, social, and theological context of the early 21st century. It is also a means of ongoing reflection and an invitation for the church to live out its convictions in relation to the world in which we live. Please click here to view (and/or download) this important literature.

Would you like to try leading a worship service? Our worship team is looking for some folks to consider leading worship. It’s a fun and meaningful way to contribute to our faith community! Please reach out to Julie or Dan to learn more about putting a service together.

Enjoy Daily scripture readings from The Revised Common Lectionary: This three-year cycle of scripture readings is used by most churches in Canada and the US. Let the Word inspire you by visiting https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/daily.php?year=B#id79

You’re invited! Join us on Sunday mornings 10:30 am week to week either in person at 24 Main St. W. or on Zoom by clicking here. The link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/782292511. If you’re on Facebook, you may also want to consider joining our New Vision United Community Group , where we post updates and share with one another online.