Visions in the Cloud – Jan 31

January 31, 2021

A Council Table: Conflict and Creativity - A Third Way with the Spirit!

Our stories in Acts have taken us from the festival of Pentecost, through busy city streets and temple porches, to country roadsides and river edges, to rooftop decks and table gatherings. This week, we will hear a story of 'making church outside a building' at a Church meeting! Yes, even here the Spirit can find a way to create a new understanding of community.
 
(This week's reading: Acts 15)

 

 

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01-27 Community Hub Update

The construction site at 140 Joyce Avenue continues to be a busy place!
Have you had the chance to drive by? Here are a couple recent updates.

This week’s photo show the progress on the exterior of the hub side of the building.
Roof is shingled. Windows are installed. Tyvek wrap complete, and the strapping is almost finished.

 

 

Front - Hub Side

Front Door

Rear View - Hub Side

This Community Hub project is a partnership between the John Howard Society of Southeastern New Brunswick and Visions United Church.

Visions in the Cloud – Jan 24

January 24, 2021

'Draw the Circle Wider'
This week, our story of 'making church outside a building' takes us to a rooftop. Peter's strange vision opens his eyes and heart to new possibilities, and an encounter with 'the other' transforms his thinking. Who is 'the other' in our lives and in our community inviting us to 'draw the circle wider', and wider still,
for the sake of Love?

This week's scripture story - Acts 10

 

 

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01-20 Community Hub Update

The construction site at 140 Joyce Avenue continues to be a busy place!
Have you had the chance to drive by? Here are a couple recent updates.

This picture is of the interior of the Multi-purpose/Great Room where Visions will hold our Spirit Gatherings. Notice the steel beams supporting the higher ceiling. You can also see the bank of double windows along the front wall, facing south, which will provide the room with lots of natural light. The passive heat from this room is integrated into the heating system for the entire building.

Brian Affleck visited the site this week and took these pictures. Brian will be installing the audio-visual system. He met with the electrician, as well as the company installing the technology infrastructure, to confirm plans. This coming week Netco Electric will install and pull all the wiring and cabling needed for these projects as they do the electrical rough-in.

Thank you, Brian, for the sneak peak!

 

Inside the Great Room

Inside the Great Room

Inside the Great Room

Inside the Great Room

Inside the Great Room

This Community Hub project is a partnership between the John Howard Society of Southeastern New Brunswick and Visions United Church.

Visions in the Cloud – Jan 17

January 17, 2021

Weaving Life into Community with our Words, Deeds and Prayers
Join us this week as we continue 'Act 2' of our series, "Acts Now! Stories of Making Church Outside the Building".
We hear the story of Tabitha, also known as Dorcas, and ask ourselves, 'how do our words, deeds and prayers bring life in this world?'. (Acts 9: 36-42)

 

 

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01-14 Community Hub Update

The construction site at 140 Joyce Avenue continues to be a busy place!
Have you had the chance to drive by? Here are a couple recent updates.

It's a new year and construction continues on the Community Hub building, 140 Joyce Ave, to ensure the building is weather-tight for inside construction.

Roofing on the apartment side is completed. Windows have been installed. Tyvek wrap complete, and strapping ready for installation of siding.
 
Construction is a bit further behind on the Hub side as there were earlier delays waiting for special trusses to arrive to accommodate the cathedral ceiling and roof line over the multi-purpose/Great Room. Shingling began this week. Maybe our next update will show the windows installed! Stay tuned.
 

 

Hub Side - Front

Hub Side - Back

View to Great Room, Multipurpose Room

Apartment Side - Front

Apartment Side - Back

Hub Side - Back

View to reception and offices


This Community Hub project is a partnership between the John Howard Society of Southeastern New Brunswick and Visions United Church.

Visions in the Cloud – Jan 10

January 10, 2021

Acts Now! Stories of Making Church Outside a Building

Join us for 'Act 2' of our special worship series based on the Book of Acts.

This second part explores the stories of transformation as people encounter the Spirit of Jesus at work in their lives. This is our story! We live in a time of great transformation as a society, as Visions United, and as individuals- each with our own faith story.

This week we hear a story about Saul, who we know better as Paul. This unlikely character becomes a key actor in the rest of Acts.

This week's story is Acts 9:1-35. A new outline of the Bible readings will be available soon so you can read through the Book of Acts with us.

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