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Lifespan Programs
Below are many of the learning opportunities and social activities available at Don Heights Unitarian Congregation. We welcome new people

Don Heights Book Group
We meet in September on Sunday, the 19th, after the Sunday service. Our book for the month is Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. For the first 10 years of her life, Lily Casey Smith, the narrator of this true-life novel, lived in a dirt dugout in west Texas. Walls, Lily’s granddaughter and author of The Glass Castle, writes of Lily at the age of 15 becoming a teacher in a remote frontier town, marrying a bigamist, selling bootleg liquor during Prohibition, and becoming a rodeo rider and fearless breaker of horses, and a ruthless poker player. New members to our Book Group are always welcome. Mary Doucette

Book Bites (an occasional feature)
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery – 2009
A civilization lasts only as long as the topsoil which provides its food. Many past civilizations have abused their soil – and died. Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America and the American push westward. The author states “Economic systems of all stripes are biased toward using up finite resources and passing the bill on to future enerations…..Will modern soil conservation efforts prove too little and too late, like those of ancient societies?”
Jim Mitchell 

Sunday Services Leader Workshop
Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 12:30 pm
The sign up sheet is at the back of the main room. Please bring a brown bag lunch This workshop will go over suggestions for being a Sunday Service Leader and will include practice speaking at the microphone. The Sunday Services team Sharyn Devine, Beryl Hunter, Ellen Jamal, Bill Clelland, Murray Fulcher, and the minister’s speakers team, Margo Holland Matti Palonen and Judy Stoute are responsible for the fifty-two Sunday Services at Don Heights and wish to involve as many people as possible in these presentations. We have practical suggestions re: musicians, a standard order of service and planning a Sunday Service. Please join us.

Labyrinth Walk
There will be a Labyrinth Walk and Information Session on Sunday, September 26th, for anyone who is interested. We will leave Don Heights at 1:00 p.m., (after the Pot Luck Lunch), and travel via TTC to Holy Trinity Church behind the Eaton Centre. They have a wonderful outdoor labyrinth there that is a delight to walk. I am a trained Labyrinth Facilitator and would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Please let me know by September 19th if you are planning to come.
Margo Holland

Gatherings for Young Adults 18 to 35
Join other Unitarian Universalist and/or seeking young adults for food, fellowship, and fun. Together we’ll choose activities that interest us… in the past, we’ve had potlucks, played games, brought instruments and jammed, and visited another faith group’s worship event.
Contact Carly to be kept in the loop as sometimes we will meet offsite and/or at a different time, depending on what we’re doing.

Unicamp Young Adult Weekend September 17-19th
Join young adults from across Ontario at the 3rd Annual Young Adult Weekend. Unicamp is a Unitarian Universalist camp located near Honeywood, Ontario. Activities will include swimming, games, hiking, music, worship, campfires, and much more (other activity ideas are welcome)! The cost is approximately $66 per person, all inclusive except travel to and from camp. Subsidies are available.

For more information, look up “3rd Annual Unicamp Young Adult Weekend” on Facebook or contact Carly Gaylor

Transitions Workshops
Tuesdays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm October 26, November 2, 9, 16, 2010
And for my next act …Life presents natural moments of transition: leaving home for the first time; the birth of a child; the end of a career that structured the week; an important relationship comes to a close. Every transition awakens new possibilities, openings for growth. Using group discussion, personal reflection and a variety of modes for creative expression, this series of 4 workshops will help you discover your next opportunity awaiting.

Workshop Leader: Donna Morrison Reed, Unitarian Universalist Minister and Jungian-oriented Psychotherapist www.inthewater.ca Fee: $20 for all four workshops