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Page 10 The OSCAR - OUR 36 th YEAR JUL/AUG 2008 SOUTHMINSTER HAPPENINGS SMCC + HPS = Love SMCC Concert To Raise Funds For Hopewell Music Programme By Craig Piche Passion will be in fashion as the Southminster Music for Charity and Community (SMCC) presents another concert June 29 th at Southminster United Church. A Romantic Evening at Southminster Church will feature Juno award-winning cellist Amanda Forsyth and will include the music of Brahms, De Falla and Chopin. Partial proceeds from the concert will benefit the arts and music program at Hopewell Avenue Public School (HPS). Ms. Forsyth is considered one of North America’s most dynamic cellists. From her press kit (where you can read more at www. amandaforsyth.com): “The intense richness of her tone, her remarkable technique and her exceptional musicality combine to enthrall her audiences and critics alike. Ms Forsyth has appeared with all the major orchestras in Canada including the Toronto, Southminster United Church is taking the next steps towards having a full-time minister. For the past two years, Rev. Donald Wachenschwanz has been guiding the congregation through an Interim and Transition Ministry and his time at Southminster is coming to a close. For the immediate future, 779 Bank Street (613) 237-1483 Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Nova Scotia, Saskatoon and Okanagan Symphonies, the Calgary and Hamilton Philharmonics and the McGill Chamber Orchestra.” Also appearing with Ms. Forsyth will be SMCC artistic director and pianist Jean Desmarais, Isabelle Lacroix (soprano), Jethro Marks (viola), Dr. Fraser Rubens (tenor), and Denis Lawlor (baritone). Tickets are $20 and are available at the Ottawa Folklore Centre at 1111 Bank St. (613-730-2887) or the church office at Southminster (located on Aylmer Avenue across from the Sunnyside Library Branch – 613-730-6874). The program begins at 7:30pm. Free parking will be available at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (entrance off Sunnyside, east of Bank Street). Ministry at Southminster United Church Southminster will be engaging a supply minister for the short term, until the call for a full-time minister has been completed. Rev. Wachenscwanz serves on the Montreal and Ottawa Conference Interim Ministry Committee, the Ottawa Presbytery Pastoral Relations Committee, and the United Church of Rev. Wachenscwanz Amanda Forsyth Canada General Council Permanent Committee on Finance. Southminster has been very fortunate to have him during this transition phase and wish him the best of luck in his next position at Knox St. Paul’s United Church in Cornwall, Ontario. A lot of blood, sweat and prayer have gone into this process. For more information on the Interim Ministry and Transition, visit http:// southminster.ncf.ca/word.html. Summer Worship at Southminster United Church A reminder: worship services at Southminster will be changing for the summer months. Starting on July 6 th , Sunday services will begin an hour earlier at 9:30am. Instead of the traditional coffee hour following the service, lemonade will be served on the church lawn. All are welcome! Photo Credit Omission, June 2008, page 10 This photo accompanied the article - (Even) More Music at Southminster on page 10 of OSCAR june 2008. Sean Sisk is the photographer who took the photo for the website www. johnallaire.com
JUL/AUG 2008 BACKYARD NATURALIST The OSCAR - OUR 36 th YEAR Sharing Nature With Children by Linda Burr My daughter bends down to inspect a small bug crawling on the sidewalk. “Mommy, look! It’s something!” At three years old, she is increasingly curious about nature and the world around her. Teaching our children to love and appreciate nature is simpler than it might seem. Our city yards and parks are full of nature, and children naturally gravitate to it. I remember the excitement and enjoyment my parents shared with me when we found a new bird in the backyard. Even watching a robin in the birdbath was great entertainment! Growing up in suburban Toronto, I learned to recognize the cardinal’s bright morning song, and the mourning dove on the roof sang me to sleep at night. I remember wet dew-worms in the grass, and all the delicate little maple seedlings that sprang up in the lawn in spring. I especially loved the trees, the sound of the wind in their branches, and the earthy smell of big piles of leaves raked up under the maples in autumn. All these sensory experiences contributed to my love of nature. These “ordinary” connections with the natural world are possible without even leaving the city. However, our children are increasingly suffering from “nature deficit disorder”, as described in Richard Louv’s fascinating book Last Child in the Woods. He argues that children today rarely experience the kind of unstructured outdoor nature play that we adults experienced as children. Yet, children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, creativity and cognitive thinking. Where I grew up, children spent the long summer days and evenings after supper (until the streetlights came on) playing on the street and in each others’ backyards. Why don’t children play outside anymore? “It takes time – loose, unstructured dream-time – to experience nature in a meaningful way. Unless parents are vigilant, such time becomes a scarce resource because time is consumed by multiple forces and because our culture places so little value on natural play,” writes Louv. While it’s important that we teach children the value of reducing, reusing and recycling, it’s even more crucial that we transmit our deeper feelings about nature if we want them to appreciate and protect it later in life. While this may sound like a weighty task, it doesn’t have to be complicated. Louv says: “Don’t underestimate the importance of backyard and nearby nature, even in small areas. Encourage your child to get to know a 10-square- metre area at the edge of a field, pond or pesticide-free garden. Look for the edges between habitats – life is always at the edges. Sit at the edge of a pond in August and watch the frogs reappear one at a time. Use all of your senses.” Catch tadpoles, transfer them to an aquarium, and watch them transform into frogs – then return the frogs to the wild. Plant vegetables with children. Keep a nature basket on the front porch to hold collected objects. Put bugs in a jar. Follow an ant trail. Can you remember what you liked to do outside when you were a child? Names of things are not always important, but it has been said that the first step to understanding something is to know its name. Of course, there is no need to get hung up on naming with young children. Let them make up their own names for things they find. But if children show an interest in names, get them a field guide. Field guides are available for children, with simplified text and pictures of the most easily observed plants and animals. My first bird guide is still a beloved book on my shelf. Never underestimate the value of just poking around. Eco-camps and organized outings are all well and good, but children can probably benefit most by learning how to follow their own natural curiosity about the world and spending some “dream-time” with a bit of nature. Letting our children experience and enjoy nature is one of the greatest gifts we can give them. Have a happy summer... outside! Linda Burr lives in Old Ottawa South and is a biologist and avid backyard naturalist. Page 11 Photo by John Calvert
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