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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, O ct ob er 7, 20 21 | 34 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST DIRECTORY If you would like to advertise your place of worship in this featureplease email Fionafrudder@starmetrolandmedia.comWorship PENTECOSTAL UNITED Tel: 416-892-8123 Fax: 1-866-281-5983 Bishop M. Brissett (Pastor) Email: mjbrisse@yahoo.ca Jesus is lOrd Oakville PenTecOsTal aPOsTOlic cenTre 454 Rebecca St (St. Paul's United Church) Oakville, ON Sunday Service 12:30 - 3PMWorship Service Sunday Evening: 7:30-9PM (Via Zoom Virtual Platform) *Covid-19 Safety Protocols Strictly followed.* Oakville Seventh-day adventiSt ChurCh tel: 289-830-6717 Mark ewen (Senior Pastor) Carl Cunningham (associate Pastor) dean lashington (lead elder) Twitter: @Oakvillesda Email: oakvillechurchsda@gmail.com Saturday (Sabbath) Worship Service: 10am-1pm Wednesday Evening Service: 6:30pm-7:30pm Thursday Evening Service: 6:30pm-7:30pm Zoom id 867 6764 2331 Password: worship Theme: in Jesus nameWe Press On Website Promotion: www.oakvillesdachurch.org 1469 Nottinghill Gate, Oakville 905-825-5292 www.glenabbeyunitedchurch.com GLEN ABBEY UNITED CHURCH REV. TED VANCE SUNDAY OCTOBER 10th SPECIAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE! It's your choice: WORSHIP SAFELY AT 10AM! FULL VACCINATION PROOF OR NEGATIVE COVIDTEST REQ'D Please register a.s.a.p. at 905 825-5292 or info@glenabbeyunitedchurch.com ORVIEW LIVESTREAM ONYOUTUBE Click on www.glenabbeyunitedchurch.com To help your Church survive the pandemic, please send e-transfers to: donations@glenabbeyunitedchurch.com Thank you and God Bless you! Ontario Culture Days are upon us once again. Families can explore the heritage, culture and art of Oakville, and Ontario, in a month long event from now until Oct. 24. Here are just some of those events. Learn about the lives of Nigerian YOUTH living in Oakville Join an online conversa- tion about the lives of young Nigerian adults living in Oakville. It will be a fun con- versation about fashion, school, culture, music and more. When: October 8, 6:00- 7:00pm Where: Access the activ- ity online. (bit.ly/3l7QNGF) Celebrate richness of Ni- gerian Art through digital art tour A local Oakville art en- thusiast will guide this vir- tual art tour and share sto- ries of how these works of art came to be. When: October 10, 6:00- 7:00pm Where: Access the activ- ity online. (bit.ly/3Ao- KAL7) Follow along in a tradi- tional Chinese painting demo Create your own Chi- nese painting and learn about its history and differ- ence from Western styles of art. When: on until October 24th Where: Access the ac- tivity online. (bit.ly/3BcR3tK) Go on a self-guided walk- ing tour of Moccasin Trail Explore the history of the lands from an Indige- nous perspective. The Moccasin trail fea- tures 13 plaques containing Indigenous stories about the land, water and sky for a deeper appreciation of In- digenous heritage. When: on until October 24th Where: Sixteen Mile Creek Inner Valley, Dundas St West at Lions Valley WHAT'S ON HERE IS WHAT'S ON IN OAKVILLE FOR CULTURE DAYS Ontario Culture Days runs Sept. 27-29. MANSOOR TANWEER mtanweer@metroland.com On a hot Wednesday morning, several children gathered at the Ellis Avenue Boys and Girls Club (BGC) Hamilton-Halton building to receive a gift. Each of the chosen chil- dren received a free bicycle, a helmet and several other goodies. "Our staff did a very, very good job, a thorough job, of picking out families and kids that needed a bike," said Glenn Harkness, exec- utive director of BGC Ham- ilton-Halton. "These fami- lies otherwise couldn't go out and purchase a bike -- these kids deserve a bike." The youth are members of BGC's programs. They all came from underprivileged backgrounds which, ac- cording to Harkness, "could be lacking financial re- sources" after paying rent, hydro and buying grocer- ies." The proceeds from a charity event called Greg's Cycle for Kids (GCK) went toward purchasing the bikes. The inaugural GCK took place in September 2020, and it was in honour of OPP Sgt. Greg Stobbart who was killed in 2006, hit by a driver while he was cycling. "Greg was killed in June of 2006. Shortly thereafter we started looking at what we can do to memorialize him and to keep his memory alive," said his widow, and former Burlington MPP, El- eanor McMahon. "I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to transform that loss of life in- to something powerful," she added. BGC Hamilton-Hal- ton also has offices in Oak- ville and Burlington. NEWS A WHEEL-Y WELCOME GIFT YOUTH GROUP MEMBERS RECEIVE FREE BICYCLES MANSOOR TANWEER mtanweer@metroland.com Free bikes were given to members of the Ellis Avenue Boys and Girls Club. Mansoor Tanweer/Metroland