Welcome

First Time at First†Met?

Walk in our doors on any day of the week and you will find lots going on. Join us Sundays at a worship service or volunteer with our outreach activities. Enjoy one of the many spiritual development seminars or study groups, meditation groups, musical offerings, children’s events, social events and clubs, educational or health and wellness activities that take place every week at First†Met.

Newsletters:

Upcoming Events

  • First Met Stategic Directions Forums
    (See Newslettter page 1: Chair of Council) 
    Friday Oct 1 @ 7 pm for families
    Saturday Oct 2 @ 9 am
    Sunday Oct 3 @ 12:30 pm
    Monday Oct 4 @ 7 pm
  • Movie Nights Sept 21 and Oct 19: FirstMet hosts a ‘movie night’ Tuesday evening at 7 pm.  Bring a friend and join the discussion after. Click here for the fall Schedule.
  • A new online Reflections program, starting Sep 19 to mid-
    December.
  • Epiphany Explorations 2011

    Details are now available. Registration opened on August 15th, 2010. Register by November 30th and save!

JNAC Report now released to the Congregation

 The full Council recently received the JNAC report from our very hardworking committee which included Irene Baddeley, Ruby Harrigan (chair), Joan Mason (secretary), Steven Mourant, Dave Osmond, Lorna Pritchard, Kat Rainsberry and Gail Thompson plus Rev. Mark Green and Robbie Pawlinsky as the Presbytery Reps. The Council praised the Committee for its hard work. At the conclusion of the meeting, Council approved the following motion:

Motion: (M/S Rennie Warburton/Herb Pitts) that Council approve the Joint Needs Assessment Report in principle as a description of the needs of First†MetropolitanUnited Church.

The final document is now ready for release to the congregation. We encourage you to review the report which is being posted on the church’s website and via this email. In addition, a limited number of copies of the full report and of the Executive Summary are available in the Church office. This JNAC report forms part of the information that is being gathered for the Strategic Planning Process to guide First†Metropolitan in the next several years. We anticipate that the Report on the Building Condition will be released in early September. The Budget Committee will have their preliminary report ready for September as well. These three reports will form the cornerstones of the Strategic Planning Consultation and Decision-Making Process that will begin in mid September. The Strategic Planning Committee is developing a schedule for Congregational meetings to be held in late September. We encourage you to read and review all the reports as they become available and to plan to attend as many meetings as possible. We need input from everyone as we move forward in meeting the needs of the Congregation into the future.

Andrea Swan, Chair of Council

Appendix H: Recommendations

Children and Youth Ministry at First†Met

Summer Bible Day Camp Youth Leaders

We believe that children and youth are part of the body of Christ – a community in relationship with God through the gift of Jesus Christ, a community in which all members are valued and contribute to the whole.

For a summary of youth-focused worship events, programs for children and parents, youth, and young adults including leadership training opportunities, see our Children and Youth Ministry page.

Liturgical Colours

 

Green, seen everywhere in plants and trees, symbolizes life and hope and is used from early June through until Advent (end of November).

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First†Met is a large, active community that reflects its calling to love, honour, worship and serve God through programs that reach inward to foster spiritual growth and outward to help meet the needs of our neighbours and others in the world beyond. It is through the contributions of you, our members, adherents and friends that we can live out that calling. Your support allows us to maintain the wide array of programs we presently offer, add new programs to serve urgent, emerging needs within the church and community, and update our church facility to meet existing and emerging needs.

See our Special Gifts brochure (PDF/2pp/400 KB) for more information.

Share your talents with members of our congregation and the broader community by volunteering with one of our many programs.

About the First†Met Website

The First†Metropolitan United Church website is built on a WordPress platform, an open-source publishing and content management system. Using an automated system such as this means we can easily update and revise content. Because WordPress is supported by a committed community of volunteer developers our web publishing infrastructure will be up-to-date and we can add new features as soon as they are released.

Two prominent features of our new site (apart from the fresh design) are an events calendar and the use of subject tags such as “Weddings” or “Youth Ministry” for content elements. Subject tags enable us to to link related content regardless of where it may be on the site.