$3 Worth of God

I read this in my textbook last night - it was about 2 pages before I started nodding off. I flipped down the corner of the page so I'd remember to share it with you. "I would like to buy $3 worth of God - not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup or warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don't want enough of God to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant. I want ecstasy, not transformation. I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birth. I want about a pound of the eternal in a paper sack. I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please." (Wilbur Reece) Wow. How many of us think that way without realizing how wrong it is?

Thank you Souls...

Thank you Soul's Harbour Rescue Mission for allowing us to serve you. May the work we did hauling garbage, painting over graffiti, and prepping for paint be an encouragement to you and help you as you prepare the building to be a place of ministry. Thank you BS, DK, CS & CS, RS, KJ, MB, JC and whoever else came from Westhill to participate with the larger chruch body. Your sacrifice was noticed and appreciated. God is good and is doing wonderful things in our city!

I can't help you!

Someone said something to me this week that really stood out. Across the Lewvan from my house is a Bible School that very generously allows me to borrow books to use when I need to work on papers for my own schooling. I had been there the other day and picked out a few books for this next monster of a paper, and the librarian had stepped out for a moment; another teacher tried to help me out, but I was just a community member - I'm not surprised she couldn't figure out the system. That was no big deal, I would just go back later. A few days later I went to rescue my books from cluttering the shelf behind their desk, and waited a few minutes for the librarian, who was nowhere to be seen. The library was full of students, and then their teacher showed up, walked over to me with a shake of her head and before she even got to the desk said, "I can't help you!" I immediately felt guilty for putting her in a position of such anxiety! I didn't expect her to know how to use the system; maybe she might have known the answer to a simple "Do you know when the librarian might get back?" which, yes, would have been helpful. I felt sorry for this lady who maybe I just caught at a bad time, but who apparently didn't know that TRYING to be helpful even if you couldn't actually help makes life quite a bit nicer for the people in your path. Moral of the story: A smile and a "Can I help you?" goes a long way. Even if you don't work there.

JUNE

Here's the mass email I just sent out to everyone on our young adult list. If you are not on it and would like to be, email us at westhillcc@hotmail.com. 7 PM, Saturday, June 6 & Sunday June 7 Comedy Night!!! The youth mintrip fundraiser is always great - lots of laughs are guaranteed. We're going Saturday; tickets are still available for both nights. Let me know if you want me to save a ticket for you. Tickets are $10 and that includes dessert. Friday Evening, June 12 & all day Saturday, June 13 LADIES - GIFTED & CALLED It's a ladies retreat / seminar that will be well worth taking in. The course is designed to help you understand your giftedness and calling from God; to give you tools and confidence and competence. See new possibilities, be alert for new ministry needs, creatively come up with new ways of doing traditional ministries... $40 - let me know asap if you want to come so they don't cancel for lack of #'s. Saturday, June 20 (9:30 start) City Wide - come and SERVE - hang out with friends and new friends. Make a difference in North Central by helping get Soul's Harbour Rescue Mission's new building ready for ministering in the core. Dewdney & Athol; lunch will be provided. Wednesdays WWF - Westhill Wednesday Frisbee Ultimate Frisbee at the Legislative Buildings. Bring a friend. Run around. Meet at 7 PM in front of the Leg (east side). Carolyn PS - I have a lead on a full time summer job as an office assistant in a ministry setting. Call me if you're interested in the details. 775-1616

WWF - Westhill Wednesday Frisbee

WWF - Westhill Wednesday Frisbee WHAT: young adults and sr. high are invited to come on out and play some Ultimate Frisbee. WHEN: Wednesdays at 7PM (Weather permitting) Any time the weather seems sketchy check here (on FB) to see if the night is cancelled, cancellations will be posted by 5PM WHERE: Meet in front of the Legislative Building in Wascana Park WHAT TO BRING: Perhaps clothes that you don't mind getting grass stains on. Perhaps money if you feel like going to some sort of ice cream selling establishment after. PS - If you would like to be added to our email list and get all the info as it breaks, send an email to westhillcc@hotmail.com and we'll set you up!

Mentoring

Question for you: Have you ever been mentored? Have you ever been a mentor? How was that experience for you? Let me start: I have been more often on the mentor end, and in one experience had a helpful guideline of what to cover. We had a clear start and end date, and met regularly. It was a really good experience for us both. The other ones were not so clearly defined and while we had some good meetings, they usually did not go quite so regularly nor did I feel content that we completed anything.

Where do you go for inspiration?

We spend a lot of time online... ok I do. What I'm wondering is where do you go online for inspiration? Do you have a daily devotional email you subscribe to? Blogs you follow? Sites that consistently have good stuff? Share that with us. Leave a comment.