Intercultural Ministry Plans for the Fall 2009.

1. ESL

Fall Term: September 18 - December 11, 2009
Tuesday and Friday from 9:30 - 11:30am
Registration: September 18th.
Cost: $50 plus (Beginners & Intermediate)

Three Levels: Beginner: with Barb Small and Jony Van Den Bos
                        Intermediate: with Jennifer Partridge.
                        Advanced: with Dorothy Wiebe.

2. Tea and Conversation.
       
Members of the church community would like to invite ESL members to their homes again for tea and conversation. We will be setting up 4 sessions in the Fall term between October 13 - November 20. More information and sign up sheets will be available in the Fall.

3. Advanced ESL Conversation
            For those students currently in Dorothy's class (and others from the community) whose English is advanced beyond the current ESL classes, but who would still like the opportunity to practice their English, we are organizing an opportunity to gather by themselves one day of the week (date to be announced) to listen to a news broadcast, followed the next week with facilitated conversation with an English speaking member of the congregation to talk about current issues.

4. ESL Bible Study
       
Rev. Val will once again be doing a 4 week Bible Study during the Fall on Wednesdays from 1:30 - 2:30pm. The dates will be October 14, 21, 28 and November 4. All are welcome.

5. Conversation and Lunch with TLC (Senior's group)
            Janis and the seniors of the Lunch Club will be extending an invitation to ESL members to join them on a Thursday during the Fall term for conversation and lunch. More information will be available in the Fall.

6. On Sunday, September 27th, West Point Grey United Church is hosting a 40 voice African choir to share in the worship service. This should be a lively, fun and worshipful time. All are welcome to join us at 10:30am on that day.

7. Intercultural Festival of Praise
            Our church will be sending out invitations to some of the ethnic congregations around the Vancouver area, for their choirs to come together on the evening of Sunday, November 15 for an intercultural Festival of Praise. This will be an evening with music from many cultures and an opportunity to meet others from many different countries (many of whom are new to Canada). All are welcome.

8. The West Point Grey United Church Community
would like to extend a special invitation and warm welcome to any of the people from ESL and local areas to join them on Sunday mornings for worship at 10:30am. As a family of faith, we are exploring ways to become an intercultural church together. Some of the things we are already doing include printing the scripture readings for the Sunday in Korean and Mandarin, often inviting people to read the scripture during the worship in languages other than English and printing copies in advance of the sermon each Sunday so people can follow along. All are welcome to join us.