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	<title>First†Metropolitan United Church &#187; Reaching Out</title>
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		<title>Our Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First†Metropolitan United Church is active in inner-city outreach through its sponsorship of The Our Place Society (formerly The Open Door Inner City Ministry and The Upper Room Society).  Our Place is affiliated with the United Church of Canada as a Community Ministry, and has a long history of support from our congregation.  

Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inner City Dinners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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First†Metropolitan United Church continues to serve over 240 roast beef dinners each month, for nine months of the year. All inner city people are welcome to our Fellowship Hall on the Friday before social assistance cheques come out.
Volunteers are always needed to help cook and serve these meals. This fall, a peson to slice meat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of the Rain Night Shelter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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The nights are long, wrapped in a wet sleeping bag, shivering from the damp and the chill, sleep comes fitfully—five or ten minutes every hour. A tree, a park bench, a doorway&#8230; these provide some shelter but safety and warmth and not common experiences for homeless youth.
First†Metropolitan United Church is one of several venues which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith In Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faith in Action is a group of people from many different faith communities in Greater Victoria with a shared concern for the poor and vulnerable in our society. Our focus is to advocate for BC income assistance programs and other anti-poverty initiatives that recognize the dignity and worth of all citizens. All who share this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastoral Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastoral Care seeks to model the caring heart of Christ in our relationships with the members and adherents of First Metropolitan as well as  those in the larger community. If someone is ill or hurting, the Pastoral team  members will seeks to respond in a manner that best meets the needs of the [...]]]></description>
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