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Special Offering - World Renew Hunger Campaign: This month our special offering is to support the work of World Renew as it helps to put food on tables around the world. World Renew has the plans, the systems, the partners, and the people to come alongside communities experiencing hunger. We are excited to join this program as a faithful response to the God who can accomplish abundantly more than all we ask or imagine. See Every Table: World Hunger 2020 for more information. 

Just Faith Forum: This month you are invited to learn about the underlying roots of the global hunger/refugee crisis. One group of people that are refugees due to religious persecution are the Rohingya of Myanmar. Read this World Renew article about the Refugee Camp Conditions. In addition, this AlJazeera Report from October that gives some helpful in-depth reporting about this continuing crisis. Click here for more info. 

Public Lecture - Christian University Education in Times of Pandemic: Monday, Nov. 2, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm via Zoom. There is a deep commitment to justice that runs through our veins as an institution and as a community of learners. If you have been following the public lecture series, justice is more than righting wrongs (which is important). It speaks to the very core of how we experience life together as a university community. So, how do we understand justice in a university context? How do we know we are on the right path, particularly in this time of pandemic and in our present context? Each university has its own culture and language. Much of which is implicit and needs to be examined from time to time. In this lecture, we will explore how justice is understood at King’s, and ways we are pursuing our vision to help build a more humane, just, and sustainable world. Presenter: Dr. Melanie Humphreys, President of The King’s University. Click here for more information and to register. 

Contact for Online Bulletin: If you have anything to add to the bulletin, please email carissa@willoughbychurch.com

Contact Council: If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email the council at council@willoughbychurch.com 

Thanks for Giving on Disability Sunday - The CRC Office of Disability Concerns would like to thank you for offering up your tithes and prayers on October 18. If you did not have a chance to give, please consider donating to this special ministry online here: crcna.org/Disability.

BEIRUT RESPONSE UPDATE:  World Renew would like to extend thanks to Canadian churches and individuals who responded in love by giving to the Beirut response—over $500,000 has been received and many gifts are having double the impact with the Canadian government's match. In the immediate,  6,000 hot meals have been provided to families affected by the blast. World Renew is committed to a longer-term response of providing food vouchers, hygiene kits, COVID-19 informational leaflets, and winterization supplies (blankets, warm clothes, stoves, and fuel) to vulnerable families. Pray for our Lebanese brothers and sisters. Want to stay update? See: International Disaster Response  
GROUNDWORK: CHRIST GLORIFIED: LOVE AND HUMBLE SACRIFICE - The Gospel of John dedicates five full chapters to Jesus’ teaching in the Upper Room. Join Groundwork as we study John 12-14:14 to study what Jesus teaches his disciples about the true work and purpose of their long awaited Messiah. Listen now at GroundworkOnline.com and subscribe to Groundwork’s weekly emails for future episodes.
The Banner: The October edition of the Banner is available at the church! You can also access a copy online at The Banner. The annual Banner donation appeal was disrupted by COVID and may have been missed altogether. To keep the Banner community conversation going and make up for lost time, give online now at www.theBanner.org/Donate