Community Corner

in healthy, realistic, and life-giving ways. We’ll post links that have good, credible information about the journey our world is on. We’ll help each other explore the question of how God is shaping us in this time, and how His Spirit may be changing us.

And recipes. Or resources for kids. Or (tasteful!) humour. Whatever you want – this is your space – where you can talk with one another and ask one another questions and ask for prayer, or, whatever! Sam Chaise is the “Moderator” for the group and will post some stuff, but really, it’s up to the Group members to decide how they want to have conversations in this space!

To request to join “Spring Garden Church Community”, log into Facebook, and search for “Spring Garden Church Community”. This is a private Facebook Group, visible only to members of the Group. This is different than the “Spring Garden Church” Facebook Page, which is visible to anyone on Facebook and is the public face of our church in the Facebook space.

We recognize that our children and youth also need online connections, so if you would like this for your child/youth, please email Jeremy@springgardenchurch.ca.

EVENTS WE WILL UPDATE YOU IF THESE EVENTS CHANGE OR GET CANCELLED

Day Camp 2020 - 4 Weeks of Fun!

We do not know if this will occur. Please keep checking our website for more details. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jeremy at jeremy@springgardenchurch.ca.

MORE POSSIBLE EVENTS (click to see more info online):

Virtual Bike Blessing - June 7, 2020 Spring Garden Camping Trip - July 9 - 12

Discipleship Ministry Update: In light of the current pandemic, we are taking steps to continue our ministry to both children and youth. We are still figuring this out and appreciate your willingness to venture with us as we navigate this time together as people of God. Here is what we have for May!

Wednesday (Online) Hangouts!: We are continuing to meet each Wednesday online using Zoom. We have changed our time to 7:30pm. Parents and caretakers, please use this link http://tiny.cc/ SpringKids to help kids get online with us.

As we are now entering our second month of social distancing, we have some updates on our youth ministry flow detailed below. Sunday Life-Groups - We have decided to move our youth life groups to Sundays. We will be gathering online after worship using Zoom to meet and catch up with one another. We will then split off into online breakout rooms for our lifegroups. Youth are encouraged to watch and take part in the Sunday morning Livestream at 10am. Link - http://tiny.cc/SGCYouth Time: Sundays 1pm-2pm Youth Events: Galatians Study: May 1st, 15th - We will be

participating in a study on the book of Galatians starting on May 1st. Youth are encouraged to create a profile on the Bible app and join our study using this link http://tiny. cc/SGCBibleStudy

Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm

May 8th: Art Night - We will be meeting online and engaging in different forms of artistic expression, including a guided drawing. This event is designed for everyone to participate in, so that those not artistically inclined can just have fun and participate.

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

May 28th: Adventures From Home - We will be meeting online to play a few bigger games together from the comfort of our own homes.

Time: 6:00pm- 9:00pm **Meetings May End Earlier depending on online activities**

Online Engagement: Minecraft Server We are trying something new during this time of isolation. We will be hosting a minecraft server until the current pandemic subsides. For those who may not know, minecraft is a popular video game where players can build a world using in-game resources. More information of the game can be found through this website: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/about-minecraft In hosting a minecraft server, we are able to create a safe/ monitored online space for youth to meet and interact with each other virtually. This form of online engagement is optional and will only be accessible for youth who have purchased the game. If you would like more information on this please contact Jeremy. If this is something your youth would like to participate in, or if you would like more information on this please contact Jeremy (Jeremy@springgardenchurch.ca) for further details.

Staying Updated: To stay up to date on what is happening for your youth, please visit our Google calendar which has all our planned events. http://tiny.cc/YouthCal 16