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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 

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. 

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): There is still time to share your thoughts with your MP. Due to the pandemic the federal has extended making changes to MAID legislation to December 18, 2020. Click here for more information.  

Educating for Complexity, Change, Uncertainty, and Resilience: Lessons from a Pandemic: Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 7:00 – 8:30 pm via zoom. Join Dr. Peter Mahaffy, Chemistry professor at The King’s University for a conversation re-examining education in the face of a pandemic. Many educators have reflected on how to teach and learn online or in hybrid modes, but there has been much less deep reflection on what we teach and learn, especially in light of the massive disruptions caused by the pandemic.  Should we “get back to normal” as quickly as we can once a vaccine is widely implemented, or are there fundamental ways we should re-examine education to better equip students for resilience and thriving in the midst of uncertainty, fear, complexity, and change?  This lecture will draw on and extend reflection on these questions in the domain of science education. Click here for more information and to register 

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. 

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: THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GROWING IN CHRISTLIKENESS - The gospel of John points its readers to Jesus’ glory through its faithful account of Jesus’ teachings. Join Groundwork as we study John 14:15-17:26 to discover how we can grow in Christlikeness as his disciples today. Listen now at GroundworkOnline.com and subscribe to Groundwork’s weekly emails for future episodes.
Today: The new Today booklets are available at the church!  
The Banner: The November 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