Get Involved in the Building Campaign!!!

As you hopefully know from our recent annual ministry meeting, Spring Garden Church is undertaking a building campaign to improve our facilities in order to better connect and engage with our neighbouring community. If you want some information: Read the latest newsletter here. View the latest PowerPoint about the building plans.

HERE'S ONE THING YOU CAN DO:
We are putting together a 'coupon book' full of services that we will sell to one another, with the proceeds going to the building. Babysitting, painting a portrait, washing a car, renting a cottage, cooking a gourmet meal, going for a motorcycle ride, fitness lesson...anything! What are you good at? What do you enjoy doing? Submit your idea to tilt.toronto@gmail.com along with a suggested value and we'll add you to the book. Also, if it's a service, note how many times you'd be willing to do it (so you're not babysitting every night for the next three years, etc.).

Photo by: Tory Byrne

Monthly Resources

Sorry they are late, but you can find this month's resources on the urban monks blog here.

IDEAS NIGHT | Building Campaign

It's your opportunity to lend your creativity to the building campaign...

Plan on attending the Building Campaign Ideas Night on July 8th @ 7:30 in the lounge.

This evening will be an opportunity to brainstorm together how we can move forward in planning and raising funds for the building campaign.

Photo by: Daniel Wildman

Mark began his teaching by calling himself just some guy at TILT, apparently he's just some guy who likes to look at God's word. Listen here

Annual Meeting + TILT Communion Potluck = Family Time

Spring Garden Church's (that includes TILT!) annual ministry meeting will be THIS SUNDAY at 5:00 pm in the Multipurpose Room (where we usually have our potluck dinners). The evening will include a discussion on building plans - if you don't know anything about this, now's the time to find out!! Although you have to be a member to vote, a significant part of the meeting is discussion and everyone is welcomed and encouraged to participate in the discussion.

After the meeting at 6:30, we will have our TILT communion potluck! We don't assign food by name or anything like that, so if you are able to bring anything, please do. However, if you don't have time/money/whatever to prepare anything, don't worry about it! We always make extra and often those who need to take food home, we send some with them!!

If you haven't been at a communion potluck before, a little background...the early Christian church celebrated communion over an entire meal, rather than just as part of a worship gathering. So, that is what we are doing at TILT - framing a meal together through the celebration of communion, so that the entire meal is communion.

we began a (shorter) journey into the story of Jonah last night. Listen to the teaching here.

The Wrap-up of Acts is up and on-line, listen to it here

The Series has begun...

Original photo by: Glenn McAnanama

CAT Team Opportunity | July Service Project

Refresh 2008 is an exciting event co-sponsored by Toronto City Housing Corporation CHU 18 and Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene. Volunteers will work together with residents of the Sheppard-Yatescastle Community to paint the inside and landscape the outside of each unit. At the same time CHU 18 Maintenance workers will be on site to bring the maintenance of each unit up to date.
The purposed of the program is more than painting, landscaping and repairing the units of the Sheppard-Yatescastle residences.
It is about working together. It is about strengthening the community. It is about doing something to make the world a better place.
Come join the team of volunteers who will make Refresh Festival 2008 a success.


What: We would love to send a team from Spring Garden/TILT to join in this amazing project and to learn how we might be able to serve in the housing communities in our neighbourhood.
When: July 6-9, 2008
How: email tilt (dot) toronto (at) gmail (dot) com if you are interested!

The Continuing Story | Acts Video

Check out Sunday's video of Acts: the Continuing Story on TILTart.
Haven't checked out any videos lately?
Remember our series of the Kingdom of God? On the Incarnation? On Abraham's Covenant? Good times at Light of the World? Check out all of the videos on the website.

The Daily

If you haven't been around the TILT website much, or even if you have, you may not have explored it in all of its profundity and depth (a small joke). One such area is 'the daily'. What is the daily?

Well...If you want to bike like Lance Armstrong, or score like Sydney Crosby, or paint like Vincent Van Gogh, or write like Margaret Atwood, you’d probably do a lot of training, and practice over and over, right? Yet, most of us who want to live like Jesus Christ of Nazareth do none of the things he practiced in his life, or any of the things any great leaders of “the Way” have practiced over the last 2000 years. In his letter to Timothy, Paul writes, “train yourself to be godly”. Enter “The Daily”. Continue reading here.

If you come to our times of gathering, you'll know that we spend a part of each evening together in silent meditation, often using ancient Christian practices. Our hope is that these will become of a part of your daily life, just like eating cereal for breakfast (or whatever else you might eat). So, check out the daily and let us know if you find yourself aware of God's presence in new and exciting (or old and normal) ways.

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Last Chance! Children's Med Supplies

As you hopefully know, Aindrea Kiss is heading to Uganda and would absolutely love to take a truckload of children's medical supplies there with her. This can be anything: children's tylenol, bandaids, multi-vitamins, anything that will help kids. Please drop them off at the church or bring them to TILT. If you have any questions, email tilt (dot) toronto (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Acts | The Grand Finale

Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment you hopefully haven't all been waiting for...
THE LAST SUNDAY GATHERING OF OUR JOURNEY THROUGH ACTS!
Tonight...
Also, since it is the first Sunday of the month:
(1) We receive the caring and sharing offering - all of this money goes towards helping people in our community (and people you know that are in need). If you ever have a need or know of someone in need, please let anyone in leadership know. You can always bring non-perishable food items to fill our food cupboard as well.
(2) We have an intentional time of prayer for healing during the gathering.

Urban Monk Stuff

Follow along in Barb's summer journey out west - check it out in the urban monks blog.

Need some Scripture to read? Want to spend time in silence and prayer? Use the resources we have online - check them out too.

Why did we name a blog "urban monks" anyway? Find out here.

Please keep praying for one another using the community boards here. Keep them up to date!

See you at TILT gathering tonight!

Original photo by: Denise Docherty

Practical Helps | Mark & Naomi are moving!

Mark and Naomi need your help next Saturday, May 17th. Just for a lil' while.
Read about it on the forum.
And then reply there.
Here's what Mark's saying:
Okay... just so you know:

We had a bit of a service elevator conflict, so the time of the move has changed.
I now have the UHaul truck from 2PM Saturday until Sunday. Not that the move will go until Sunday, I just have the truch till then. The move has to be done by 8PM as per the service elevator schedule. It starts at 2, and we can be a bit more relaxed.
No 8AM crack of dawn move! Woo hoo! See you at 2!
I guess the "move lunch" will now be a "move supper", and Naomi's mom is bringing a trough of hememade chili.
Enticed...?

Photo by: The Constant Craftsman
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Global Day of Prayer | May 11 | This SUNDAY!

Hi Everyone - Sunday is the global day of prayer. Check out details on their website here: www.gdoptoronto.com/.

If you are interested in joining a prayer meeting, here are some options:
Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship @ 3:00 p.m.
272 Attwell Drive, Toronto

Walmer Road Baptist Church @ 3:00 p.m.
188 Lowther Avenue, Toronto

The Peoples Church @ 3:30 p.m.
374 Sheppard Avenue E., Toronto

ClearView Christian Reformed Church @ 6:30 p.m.
2300 Sheridan Garden Drive, Oakville

Canada Christian College @ 6:00 p.m.
50 Gervais Drive, Toronto

The Embassy of the Kingdom of God @ 6:00 p.m.
416 Taunton Road West, Oshawa

Free Admission—Freewill Offering

Bulletin Board | This Sunday

Just a reminder that this Sunday is the first Sunday of the month. So what?!
Two things:
(1) We receive the caring and sharing offering - all of this money goes towards helping people in our community (and people you know that are in need). If you ever have a need or know of someone in need, please let anyone in leadership know. You can always bring non-perishable food items to fill our food cupboard as well.
(2) We have an intentional time of prayer for healing during the gathering.

Benefit Concert put on by one of our own...TONIGHT! TONIGHT!

When: Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 pm
Where: Yonge & Eglinton, Club 6 Degrees
More info: click on image above or email extinguish (dot) benefit (at) gmail (dot) com

May's Devotional Resources

It's a miracle!! This month's resources are out on the 1st of the month.

They are on the urban monks blog as always.