Storyline Fall 2018
Check out the newest edition of First Alliance Church's Storyline Magazine! Produced by a talented team of writers, graphic designers, and photographers. The team works to capture stories of God a work in our ordinary lives - stories of hope, life-change, hardship, and more. This edition features a story on the value of a man, Overcomer (story of cancer survivor) and updates from the summer missions teams. You don't want to miss this issue!
Check out the newest edition of First Alliance Church's Storyline Magazine! Produced by a talented team of writers, graphic designers, and photographers. The team works to capture stories of God a work in our ordinary lives - stories of hope, life-change, hardship, and more. This edition features a story on the value of a man, Overcomer (story of cancer survivor) and updates from the summer missions teams. You don't want to miss this issue!
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artist in the spotlight<br />
Florist Tamara Good<br />
It was mid-August. The flowers had been carefully<br />
planned and ordered from the wholesaler months<br />
before. Floral designer Tamara Good eagerly<br />
anticipated their arrival for the table centres,<br />
bouquets, and boutonnières she would be creating for<br />
a wedding that Saturday. As she walked through the<br />
garden centre of a big box hardware store, past the<br />
few remaining planter baskets and perennials, a lone<br />
plant caught her eye. Tucked away in a corner, almost<br />
forgotten, was a dahlia plant. It was in full bloom<br />
and it was peach, the colour she had ordered for the<br />
upcoming event. How odd that it was there! How<br />
strange that she had seen it! She paused, then quickly<br />
made the purchase. Dahlias, she thought, could be<br />
hard to find and her bride had specifically requested<br />
them. It was good to have a back-up. Days later, the<br />
wholesaler called to tell her that the dahlias on order<br />
could not be supplied.<br />
It is this recognition and obedience to the whispers<br />
of God, coupled with years of experience in the floral<br />
business that has driven Tamara’s success. It is her<br />
passion to create, seeing beauty in nature and design,<br />
and to express herself through the process.<br />
Reflecting on how this journey began, she looks to<br />
the One who carried her to this beautiful and creative<br />
place. Although the path was never straight, she has<br />
trusted and followed.<br />
Tamara was working for an oil company in 1986 when her<br />
parents opened a seasonal garden centre in Bowness.<br />
She joined the family business, adding fresh flowers to<br />
the product line, thereby allowing it to reach beyond the<br />
seasonal confines of the garden centre. The business<br />
grew and moved to the Kensington area where it<br />
attracted a loyal following. With the loss of her mom in<br />
1999 in addition to challenging competition in the area,<br />
the family chose to close the garden centre in 2004.<br />
Tamara retained the floral side and moved it to a studio<br />
in her home.<br />
Today, Tamara still operates from her immaculate studio<br />
in her Woodbine home. By design, her business is everchanging.<br />
Staying attuned to God’s leading, she is open<br />
to interesting opportunities that come her way: For<br />
several springs, both growers and garden centres have<br />
been anxious to employ her experience and knowledge<br />
in the management of their seasonal operations. Three<br />
years ago, she felt led to donate a private floral class for<br />
an online auction to help fund an FAC Cuban mission<br />
trip. This class planted the seed that has led to Tamara’s<br />
very popular and now annual Outdoor Christmas<br />
Arrangement classes. This past season attracted over 80<br />
24<br />
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