Outgoing President and Secretaries WAICC
Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 7pm at Port Williams United Baptist Church. See below for reports.
Wolfville Mayor Jeff Cantwell
Guest Speaker: Jeff Cantwell, Mayor of Wolfville “WAICC: Awakening the Community Within Us”
WAICC’s initiatives in our local communities include:
the Wolfville Area Food Bank;
the Refugee Support Network – Wolfville Area sponsorship of two Syrian refugee families;
financial support for school food programs and student school supplies;
financial support for families and individuals in need of emergency/special relief; and
Note: from 2011 We are asking you to engage in an Urgent Action to request that CIDA reconsider its decision to terminate funding for overseas human rights work undertaken by KAIROS. See the background information from KAIROS and see the update six months later. Support KAIROS’s reapplication for funding.
Due to the impending snowstorm we are cancelling the WAICC Lenten study on Transforming Interpersonal Conflict planned for Tuesday, March 14th, at Wolfville Baptist Church. The study will resume next Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. If needed, we will add an extra week to the study series to ensure we cover the topics that were originally planned. Stay safe…
Baptist Sunday, March 27 10:00 am – Intergenerational Children’s Sunday School (Room 5) 10:00 am – Bible Study, Don Cooper (Parlour) 11:00 am – Resurrection Sunday, the Sacrament of Baptism Anglican St. John Saturday, March 26th – Holy Saturday 10:30am – Between Cross and Resurrection (a short service giving space for this in-between time in the church…
From Compassion to Courage; From Prayer to Prayerful Action A Gathering to Share a Meal and our Thoughts. The past few months have been increasingly filled with voices that polarize and isolate, encouraging anxiety and mistrust, fostering fear of “others,” of strangers … and now, the unthinkable has happened — six of our fellow Canadians,…
Christmas in a Lower Key – A time of reflection and solace when Christmas comes with a heavy heart. 7pm, Friday, Dec 20, Orchard Valley United Church, 130 Cornwallis Ave., New Minas, NS.
February 1st, 5:30PM at L’Arche, 341 Main St., Wolfville We’ll share soup, bread & salad, and members of WAICC will offer short reflections on how the simple actions of a meal mirror the Christian life as they experience it in community. When we gather, share food, and go out nourished to meet a world in…
