Small Things With Great Love

I was speaking to 200 kids last Friday at Brampton Christian School in Ontario.  

I started my talk with a great quote by Mother Teresa in which she says, "Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

It reminded me of a great book I had read by Margot Starbuck.

Here is a description:  

We don’t have to add lots more overwhelming activity to what we’ve already got going. The regular stuff of our lives—the commute to work and the potlucks and home improvement projects and errands and play dates—are the exact places in which we express and experience God’s love for a world in need.”

With a list of resources, a study guide and a six-week “Adventure Challenge,” as well as plenty of stories and hilarity from Margot’s own life, Small Things with Great Love will open your eyes to the people around you and the huge impact you can have on them through small acts of love.

Sometimes in life we have trouble settling for the routine and have been convinced that if we're not involved in the extra-ordinary that we're somehow settling. I've been reminded once again that it's in the small things we can express the love of God.  

As you engage with your children this week, and are involved in the day to day rituals of every day life may you be reminded that it's in these places that we can experience God's love.

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Join our very own Pippa Davies and come out to learn how to navigate the learning commons  - discover all the resources our learning commons has to offer, how to navigate the site and use L4U.  As well, enjoy hearing about the many online subscriptions HCOS has to offer and how they can support your students' learning.  Come with your questions!

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Geography Explorers

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Camp description:
Come explore the geography of BC!  In this camp students will learn about landforms, their impact on the development of communities and learn mapping skills.  They will be able to participate in outdoor activities such as orienteering/compass work and exploring local landforms .  Students will take part in a field trip at the Langley Centennial Museum called "Footpaths to Freeways" where students will examine how Langley's geography impacted the development of transportation and economy.  The final day will be a wrap up party at an indoor rock climbing facility.

LANGLEY

Circus Camps

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Camp description:
Students will be introduced to a wide variety of circus apparatus.  They will learn aerial silks, trampoline, trampoline wall, aerial hoop, trapeze, tumbling, juggling, and partner acrobatics.
Date: Wednesdays,  January 14-February 11

VANCOUVER:

Lots of learning camps taking place in Vancouver.

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