Members of the Nominating Committee - Paul Marot, David Leeder, Joanne Wood, Sandy Hayes for connecting people and their talents with opportunities to contribute and give leadership with EMUC's various ministries.

The bell ringers for their musical contributions on Good Friday.

All who donated flowers to decorate the church for Easter.

Kim Sunderland for her leadership at the workshop - "Coming together to talk about Mental Health".

Terry Loffree for organizing the dinner and dancing for Salsa night and to those who assisted her in setting up and cleaning up.

Yvonne Marot for giving leadership in worship and helping us to understand sheep and shepherds!

Roni Beharry for her worship leadership in May.

Maryanna Williams for organizing the Green Screen Movie night to view the documentary 'Dirt' and to Mark Eastman of Credit Valley Conservation for his insights into caring for soil.

All those who have contributed refreshments at coffee time after worship and at various workshops and gatherings at EMUC.

Joanne Wood and the host of volunteers who worked to make the annual garage sale a success.

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Ian MacRae Memorial Bursary  

Students preparing to attend a college or university starting in the fall of 2015 may now apply for the annual bursary awarded in memory of Ian MacRae.  Application forms are available from the church office and the brochure explains the details. This bursary is offered to all students and is not restricted to members of the congregation. Applications must be submitted by May 31, 2015.
 
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Basketball as a Pathway to Youth Leadership 

We were excited when, in January, EMYC was able to hire five local youth who graduated from our first ever leadership development program. These youth, all from the Colonial/Collegeway area, now help in various afterschool programs and, in particular, lead our weekly basketball drop-in Tuesday nights at Loyola Catholic Secondary School. 

Carassauga - an opportunity to support EMYC
 

Watch us on You Tube!

A youth volunteer has been helping us develop videos that tell the story of what we are doing at Erin Mills Youth Centre. Check out our YouTube Channel by searching "ErinMillsYouth" or simply following this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgARXeXwQ_6-AIN-9_PemA

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Front Line Battle with the Ebola Epidemic in Sierra Leon 

The doctor-son of a friend worked with Doctors without Borders in Sierra Leon during the height of the Ebola crisis. He ran a huge personal health risk.  A basic health rule was not to touch your own face. Any cut or even an insect bite that could open up your skin was an entrance for the Ebola virus. The doctors could only work for an hour in their plastic Personal Protective  Equipment in the 35 degree heat,  by which time they would be completely exhausted. The sweat in their rubber boots would cause an itchy heat rash, and scratching that itch would cause abrasions. 
 

This doctor in taking off his outer protective gloves found his inner gloves were too short, exposing some skin at his wrists. Any exposed skin was a possible source of contacting the deadly virus. Many of the workers and doctors in the organization Doctors without Borders did succumb to the disease. Once caught, the death rate was 50%.
 

Many patients arrived by ambulance after an eight hour ride over rutted roads, almost impassable after the rains. The ambulances might have seven people in them, with the dead and dying in them. When passing through a village, local inhabitants would throw garbage at the ambulance hoping it would not stop there.
 

Upon arriving at the Treatment Centre, a sick child would have to be separated from the still healthy mother or grandfather who had accompanied the child in the ambulance.   A few days later the news might not be good. The adult might have picked up the virus during that ambulance ride with the infected patients.
 

There were good outcomes also. An eleven year old boy became sicker and sicker. His kidneys had stopped functioning.  He became unconscious.  The medical team could do nothing more for him, and waited for him to die. Four days later, he began to swing his leg over the edge of the bed, uttered his first words in a week, and asked for a bath. It was a positive moment for the medical workers, who had witnessed so much suffering.
 

Our friend was at the Ebola Treatment Centre for a month. Upon arriving back in Canada, he had to be quarantined for three weeks to make sure he had not contracted Ebola. But he was so full of wonder and praise for those African workers who had risked their lives at the Treatment Centre for over five months. "There is no greater love than this than to risk your life for a friend"