A technical glitch has caused some members of the United Church's health and dental plans to drop off the coverage list for Green Shield.

Green Shield is aware of the problem, as well as Ministry and Employment unit: thanks to the members who called us right away to alert us to this error.

So you’ve resolved to go on a diet. After a year of church dinners, I’m with you! But have you considered putting your church on a diet—an energy diet? You’ll be in good company if you do.

Wilmar Court Goes Solar: On April 23, Wilmar Court, a seniors apartment building developed by the former Wilmar Heights United Church congregation in Scarborough, had the official launch of their rooftop solar panels. That same night, Wilmar Court received the Energy Conservation award at the Green Toronto Awards presentation.

For more information about the solar project, check out http://www.globesolarenergy.com/. For more information about the Green Toronto award, check out http://www.toronto.ca/greentorontoawards/2010/finalists.htm.

Mary Ann Hodge, the Chair of the Environment Committee of First-St. Andrew’s United Church of London, Ontario, was kind enough to send along her news release this week describing how they at First-St. Andrew’s have taken up the Moderator’s challenge. In their words, they have

While preoccupied with death on another thread, I started to surf the web for an image of a shroud.  Lo and behold I discovered this website and I was really glad I did.

http://www.naturalburial.coop/about-natural-burial/

Well, the predictable happened.

The world worked up its hopes that its primary institutions would do the responsible thing and stop the threat of destruction of our beloved civilization.

It failed.  Did we have to go to political science and history classes to see it coming?  The nature of the beast, shown to us repeatedly over the centuries, but we lived in 'hope' that the beast was something that it is not.

An illusion squashed by its own demonstration.  We are so disappointed our hope turned from illusion to its actual reality.

Rider green has pulled off a first place win in the finals for the Rider nation tonight.

Green is the colour.

What do you say Sighsnootles?

I've been inspired - if that is the word, maybe driven over the edge would be more accurate - to radical, subversive prophetic action by Geez magazine, Bruce Sanguine and a number of thoughts and impulses that have been tumbling around within me for a long time.

I'm going to sell my car.

April 22, 2009

Right Honourable Stephen Harper PC MP Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa ON K1A 0A3

Prime Minister Harper: