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Threshold Choir chapter launching in the Valley The Comox Valley Threshold Choir has launched as an official chapter of an international network. However, singers have been practising the repertoire for nearly a year. Threshold Choirs practice gentle songs that comfort those who are seriously ill, dying, grieving, or in transition. In groups of three, they sing quiet, harmonious melodies such as lullabies and chants. This “song bath” is soothing and comforting and can have a powerful physiological effect on the body, heart and mind. Threshold singing is not a performance: It is an act of presence. Jill, one of the local leaders, loves this refrain: “We are all just walking each other home.” The Comox Valley
and have no religious affiliation. If interested in inviting a group of these singers to support you, a family member, or a friend, contact Jane
Fox (janefoxincomox@gmail.com) or Jane Sigurdson (250792-5993).
Threshold Choirs practice gentle songs that comfort those who are seriously ill, dying, grieving, or in transition. Photo courtesy of Faith Echtermeyer Threshold Choir is one Canadian chapter in a network founded in California in 2000. The a cappella (voices only) choir purpose is “to sing for and with those at the thresholds of life.” CVTC formed last fall under the direc-
tion of Wendy Nixon Stothert and Kazimea Sokil but now has member leadership. After the official launch, the local choir will be listed on the Threshold Choir International website, with its own link: thresholdchoir.org/
comoxvalley The mission statement of the CVTC is: With a calm, focused presence and gentle voices we use song to make kindness and compassion audible to those near end of life. We sing at bedside, vigils and memorials.
Our aim is to gently enter into someone’s life, to share our music and hearts, and then to softly take our leave. We seek to create moments of grace in difficult times for clients, families and caregivers alike. We honour all spiritual paths
Find your natural potential at book launch You’re invited to join Courtenay author David F. Buckland for the launch of a new book, Our Natural Potential: Beyond Personal Development, The Stages of Enlightenment. There will be a short talk and book signing at the Courtenay Library, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. We are in a time of unprecedented numbers of people having profound shifts in their sense of self and the
world. Like Eckhart Tolle before them, many have no background to support this or are unfolding in unexpected ways. Also, a growing number of scientists have begun to explore this field but lack a robust model.
What’s missing is a broader understanding of the underlying process, a vision of our potential, and the major variations in experience. Our Natural Potential tackles the issue by proposing a framework of seven
stages of enlightenment based on ancient descriptions. These are brought into modern language and tested against the experience of many people going through these transformations. This includes residents of
Special benefit performance at the Sid
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On Oct. 10, Courtenay Little Theatre in arrangement with the Sid Williams Theatre will present a special performance of Evelyn Strange by Stewart Lemoine, CLT’s current production. The net benefits of this performance will go directly to Red Cross programs for families affected by the recent fires in many parts of British Columbia. Tickets, $25, can be obtained at 250-3382430, the theatre box office, or at sidwilliamstheatre.com.
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the Comox Valley. This event was made possible by the Vancouver Island Regional Library and the Comox Valley Writers Society. For more info visit davidya.ca
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