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Social Impact BondsPosted on: 01/21/2013 12:00When I was a child, milk was delivered to our home in glass bottles. The cream rose to the top and my mother poured it off for use in coffee or on cereal. The top of the bottle was stoppered with a paper disk with a tab attached. Later it was covered by a waxed paper label. Living in Montreal, winters were cold. Milk was delivered in the early morning and left on the front step. Often it was cold enough to freeze the milk and the cream popped the top off the bottle, creating a round frozen cylinder. The cream still had to be skimmed off, though. 
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Sunday School LiteracyPosted on: 01/21/2013 11:52One of the unique architectural features of several churches in our community is a semi-circular, two story church hall. You can find them in the old Knox United Church, Central Westside and Meaford United Churches. While the room style is less obvious at Central Westside, the open concept two story room with a balcony is very evident in the other two buildings. You might wonder why they were built that way. The reason is simple. Sunday School.
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 RevJamesMurray
Sermon for Jan 20 2013Posted on: 01/21/2013 11:45
The Integration of All Things. Text: Psalm36:5-10. John 2:1-11 Martin Luther King Sunday Preached By Rev. James Murray on Jan 20 2013. at Dominion-Chalmers United Church.
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 Rev. Steven Davis
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Finding my Straight and NarrowPosted on: 01/18/2013 00:53Today was another one of "those days". I guess technically it started last night around midnight, when I should have just gone to bed but instead stayed up until about 6:30am and begrudgingly woke up at 4 in the afternoon. Living alone, there's no one around to keep me on the straight and narrow. No one around to get me out of bed, or for that matter get me to go to bed.
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DKS
It Takes A Community to Say GoodbyePosted on: 01/13/2013 21:31I was on my way out to conduct a funeral, when the conversation around the church office stopped me. Several folks were taking a tea break from some work in the sanctuary. They wanted to know who had passed on. When I told them, one of them said "I went to school with..." and another "I know one of the kids." It led to a few stories which I later shared with the family. But the conversation quickly turned to something else. They asked my thoughts on the hew hospice.
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Rev. Steven Davis
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RevJamesMurray
Sermon for Jan 13 2013 Baptism of JesusPosted on: 01/12/2013 21:46
“Shining the Light” Text: Luke 3:15–17, 21–22 . Baptism of Jesus Sunday, January 13 2013 Written by Rev. James Murray, Dominion-Chalmers United Church.
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DKS
Watching Much Hockey Lately?Posted on: 01/11/2013 10:40Watching much hockey lately? The labour dispute in the NHL between the players and owners has changed a lot of our society. Saturday nights are no longer Hockey Night in Canada. I grew up when they were. We bought our first TV in the late 1950's when my father wanted to watch the hockey game. The antenna was a strip of aluminum foil, folded over a string run across the attic, with wires paper-clipped to it. The wire ran down the outside of the house and into the den where the TV was.
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DKS
Idle No MorePosted on: 01/11/2013 10:38I read the Twitter from a friend about 12 hours too late. It announced that there would be an Idle No More protest gathering at the four corners at Springmount. Everyone was welcome. The gathering would last about an hour or so. If you haven’t been watching, Idle No More is the latest cycle of First Nations protests over their relationship with the Government of Canada.
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