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Welcome to the Southdale Chaplaincy Website! |
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Exciting things are happening! The London Community Chaplaincy is announced! After much discernment, thought, discussion and prayer, the Southdale Chaplaincy is unifying with the Limberlost Chaplaincy. Throughout the month of March our operations will begin to merge. This unification will strengthen the ministries of both organizations to create a stronger voice for families living in poverty in London. The new organization will be called the “London Community Chaplaincy”. We believe the benefits of the two chaplaincies coming together will be; · Better services and broader range of services for community members and the wider community, as planning will be done jointly and learning from each community would benefit the other · A more effective organization with strong governance, leadership, staff and volunteers · A cohesive organization better able to attract funding and other resources as well as incorporate best practices, reporting and accountability · Stronger bridges between congregations and the unified chaplaincy and the communities that are served · An increased public profile and perspective better able to speak with a unified voice about the issues that matter most to members of both communities. As a unified organization with the ability to pool our resources, we are able to hire some new full time staff as well as a bookkeeper. Please see job postings here (insert link) As part of the unification process we are also forming a new Board of Directors. Three previous Directors for each of the Southdale and Limberlost Boards are moving to the new Board for the London Community Chaplaincy, along with four new Board Directors. In particular we are looking for new members who have financial and legal expertise. If interested, please click on the link to fill our the online application. The deadline is March 18th. https://www.research.net/s/LondonCommunityChaplaincy But we know, not everyone wants to be involved in a governance Board, so we have also created volunteer committees who will continue to provide volunteer support to each individual site. “The Friends of Southdale”, and the “The Friends of Limberlost” will be the volunteer committees who will see some of our current Board members continue their association with the Chaplaincy as they continue to offer their time and support for things like community BBQs and Christmas Parties. Please contact the office if you would be interested in joining the “Friends of….”
We are grateful to our many supporters and count on your continued prayer and support as we respond to God’s call to begin this new phase of our journey together! Stay tuned as we provide updates here! Kate continues to be available to speak to your congregation or group to provide you with greater detail of our work and ministry. Please contact the office at Southdale 519-685-2771. Fall Programs
Barb McGill is back as our Conductor for the SING Project. Barb’s skills and teaching abilities lead our Southdale Children’s Choir to the Kiwanis Festival in the Spring of 2012, where they won their class! They were also invited to sing at the Gala Festival of the Stars Concert at Centennial Hall! To see their performance, go to:
This is what is happening when:
Mondays: Drumming
and Rhythm - Lead by Barb McGill
Tuesdays: Drop in
Homework Helps Program – Lead by Emily Off, Teacher
Wednesdays: Vocal
Program – Southdale Chaplaincy Choir – Lead by Barb
Thursdays: Sr.
After School Program, Grades 4-8, Lead by Lindsey Hoover
Fridays: Jr.
Program, Grades 1-3, Lead by Lindsey Hoover We have some fabulous volunteers helping us out in some of our After School programs this year but can always use more! If you are interested in volunteering, please call the office 519-685-2771 to start the process. Summer Recap! Games in da ‘Hood 4.0 It was the 4th summer for our summer evening recreation program and it was GREAT! We had 20-30 kids participating most evenings that the program was running – perhaps the closure of the local pool helped a little – but we also had fabulous staff. Dawn Bannerman and Sydney Odum ran all out challenging co-operative games throughout the summer. They were helped by Michael Roddick, who was our Jr. Leader. We also had some med students volunteer regularly over the summer – who helped make the program a success! As you can see from the pictures – it was fun! New Basketball Court! Part of the success of the Games in da ‘Hood program was the great new surface to play on – the New Basketball Court was dedicated on June 19th with a big Community BBQ hosted by the Southdale Chaplaincy Board of Directors and Lambeth United Church! We are grateful to many partners who made the new court a reality – especially the Trillium Foundation who provided the majority of funding in a grant of $65,500.00. Please take a couple of minutes to scroll through the powerpoint. |
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