Canadian Doukhobor Society — CDS

11:00  AM — Sandman Inn, Castlegar, B.C.

1. Meeting commenced at 11:00 a.m. with the Lord’s Prayer
1. PRESENT: Bill and Mary Plotnikoff, Bill Loukianow, Alex Wishlow, Anne Stormes, Marion Verigin.
2. Guest: Mary Loukianow
2. Moved by Anne Stormes, seconded Mary Plotnikoff, that the minutes be accepted as presented. CARRIED
   
3. Bursary acknowledgments have been received from Salmo Secondary School, Prince Charles School in Creston and Christopher Woykin from Nelson. Still waiting for acknowledgment from Stanley Humphries Secondary School in Castlegar.
4. CORRESPONDENCE:
1. Letter received from Koozma Tarasoff telling us about his open heart surgery. His message is that peace begins with each of us.
2. Our Agenda is on Andy Cavaloff’s website:  www.spirit-wrestlers.com. [Correction: this website is owned by Koozma J. Tarasoff, and Andy Conovaloff is the web master.]
   
5. TREASURER'S  REPORT:
1. Chequing account at December 31, 2006:  $2,701.41; shares: $25.00.
2. We have three new members.
6. SHEAF:
1.  Print a small thank you reminder in Sheaf for membership donations of $25. Life members are exempt. A donation of any amount is gratefully accepted. With this support we are able to have the Day of Love, bursaries, Peter’s Day and Christmas Party.
2. Have the Board of Directors printed in Sheaf as follows:
   President – Alex Wishlow
   Recording Secretary – Marion Verigin
   Treasurer – Anne Stormes
   Directors:
   
   Mary Plotnikoff
   Bill Plotnikoff
   Bill Loukianow
   Peter Stoopnikoff
   Judi Thomas
   
   Directors At Large:
   
   George Marken (Vancouver)
   Koozma Tarasoff (Ottawa)
   
   Director and Sheaf editor – Mae Popoff (Saskatoon)
3. Anne Stormes will send a thank you to Mae Popoff for doing a good job with Sheaf.
7. AGM Debriefing
8. December 2006 Christmas party was a great success.
9. 14th Annual Day of Love is February 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.
1. Phoning committee for entertainers:  Bill Plotnikoff, Bill Loukianow, Alex Wishlow, Marion Verigin
2. Entertainers:
   
   Mike and Mary Perepolkin
   Nick and Lola Sherstobitoff
   John and Anne Makave
   Harry and Lesley Verigin (Marion)
   Basil and Florence Zackordonski
   Arishenkoffs
   Tom Lewis (Marion)
   Lucy and Andy Tarasoff
   Tim and Anne Faminoff
   Krestova Choir
3. Invitations: Anne and Florence
10. OTHER:
    
1. Website: Moved by Anne Stormes, seconded by Mary Plotnikoff, that, the Canadian Doukhobor Society contact information be posted on the Spirit-Wrestler website. CARRIED
2. PETER’S DAY: Bill Plotnikoff will contact Lawrence Chernoff concerning grounds and tent charges at the Doukhobor Village. If too expensive, alternate sites might be the Salmo Doukhobor hall and grounds, or the Salmo K.P. park.
11. Next meeting is in Creston on March 3, 2007 at 11 a.m.
12. Meeting adjourned at 1:50 p.m.

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January 25,  2007

Happy New Year 2007. We hope your year will be filled with health, happiness and many positives. We hope the light of the God within each one of us displaces any darkness (of winter) and brings love, peace and hope for the future.  

Love brings spiritual awareness, mutual respect and a sense of peace through our connected-ness, dialogue and song as we are one human family. More than ever, in 2006, the Doukhobor family gathered in celebration: Day of Love, Brilliant Youth Festival and social, World Peace Forum, heritage days, Koozma Tarasoff and Alexei tours, Petrov Dien in many locations, CDC, and others.

Let’s use the Day of LOVE to share memories and made new memories.  The CDS was a historic vehicle in the journey towards unity and commUNITY amongst Doukhobors and the global contemporary community.

For the CDS to continue translating their VISION of LOVE into  current practice I propose calling on our talents and offering the following sponsorships: golf classic, writers workshops, choral sessions, song writing workshops, “learn how to” sessions, woodwork sessions, storytelling, fashion shows (historic), fine arts creations (badges, peace slogans, handiwork) and other creativity.

Mae Popoff, SHEAF editor, invites comments about our sponsorships.
Saskatoon, Sk

The book 100 Ways to Say I Love You, by Jane LaFerla, has patterns and ideas for gifts to make. With your time and talents — you can give an extra measure of love to your special people.

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A "Day of Love" with Love and Gratitude

Alex Wishlow
Chairman of The Day of Love
on February 11th, 2007
Salmo Doukhobor Dom
Salmo, British Columbia

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Spirit:

The renowned Japanese scholar Masaru Emoto has discovered that LOVE and GRATITUDE have the highest positive vibrations in our lives. These words and actions somehow affect our cell structure and have the potential to make us happy and to heal our ills and sorrows.

That wisdom tells us that we need to be careful in not just our behavior, but how we use our words. The truncated word ‘Douk’, for example, has the connotation of ‘you fool’ with bad vibrations and this reflects negatively on all Doukhobors.

Expressions of love and gratitude to others and other things have shown to produce good vibrations. Because we are made of approximately 80 percent water, water is our most important substance. It is a vital part of our genealogy.

Dr. Emoto advises us that the configuration of water that we drink will be better if we thank it with gratitude for giving use life and health. By using that same logic, we have the potential to improve our life and our environment manifold by our good words and deeds.

So, on this Day of Love, let’s embrace the secret of life contained in Love and Gratitude.  That secret provides hope for peace and opens a way for a new relationship with people and the world.

With Love and Gratitude,

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DAY of  LOVE — Sun. Feb. 11, 2007 — 10 am

The 14th Annual DAY of  LOVE — Salmo Doukhobor Hall, Airport Road 1227, Salmo BC V0G 1Z0 — After prayer service starting at 10 a.m., there will also be a guest speaker, potluck lunch, congregational singing, music, vocal entertainment and prizes. Come to enjoy a day of fellowship, food and fun.

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DAY of  LOVE — Sun. Feb. 15, 2009 — 10 am

Click here for large photo to print	Alex W and Alex E.
Visitor from Ghana	Bill and Mary

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• 10 am —  Verigin Memorial Park —  Prayer
• 11 am —  Doukhobor Discovery Centre —  Fellowship, Potluck Lunch, Program of Rememberance: "The Role of Peter V. Verigin in the Burning of Arms"
  

Sheaf Cover	Prayers at Verigin Park	Prayers at Verigin Park
At Doukhobor Discovery Centre	Trio: Judy, Alex, Terry	Mae and Anne

The prayer service at Verigin’s Memorial Park in Brilliant, B.C. was reverent, devout, extremely spiritual. The participation, psalms, prayers, hymns, devotional expressions and multi-generational attendance was impressive.

President Alex Wishlow stated:

Mike Kanigan also welcomed the participants. As part of the Sunday service, Alex Wishlow also read parts of a letter that Peter V. Verigin wrote to Leo Tolstoy in May, 1909 regarding Doukhobors in Canada.

A potluck banquet followed on the grounds of the Doukhobor Discovery Centre. We appreciated all the networking efforts that made the food and program events memorable treasures at the Discovery Centre. Many folks visited and lingered in the various heritage buildings to rekindle fond memories of the past.

Alex Wishlow introduced the outdoor afternoon program. What a splendid array of solos and duets, a trio, a quartet, a choir, speakers, greetings, guests, musical instruments and release of the Psalmist Project DVD.

Koozma  J. Tarasoff sent greetings from Ottawa. Mae Popoff delivered greetings from Saskatchewan in person. Bob Ewashen, Larry Ewashen, Fred Makortoff, Ron and AJ Mahonin, Alex Atamenenko conveyed information.

Johnny Popoff and the many members  of newly formed All Canadian Doukhobor Choir were present to sing a psalm, hymn and spirited folk song. All the entertainers brought joy, either in the English or Russian language. The Doukhobor family celebrated TOGETHER.

Our sincere gratitude to Matvei Lebedev and Peter V. Verigin and all the brothers and sisters and families who were involved in the past ordeals but still persisted in their Doukhobor lifestyles to survive, migrate and adapt to Canadian living conditions. In 1895, our ancestors left a legacy of PEACE. Peace should be the choice of current day practices to become a future global outcome.  Peace must replace the ancient warrior model. Peace is the fashion of the future. I am confident that Doukhobors will also thrive in the future, with the God within, with faith, with love for humanity and the hope for a peaceful, global community of brothers and sisters. Empowered with change, technology, marketing, local, provincial, national and international communications, we will continue our ancestors’ Legacy of  Peace. LOVE and PEACE flourishes in our global Doukhobor family.

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CANADIAN DOUKHOBOR SOCIETY BURSARY FUND is awarded to graduating high school students with Doukhobor heritage who continue their studies and education.

The students have the opportunity to develop their potential capabilities and gain related experiences which can be communicated and integrated within comtemporay lifestyles.

Contributions by our membership to the Bursary Fund are gratefully appreciated.
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CRESTON Prince Charles Secondary School Recipient 2009

Thank you so much for choosing me as the recipient for the Canadian Doukhobor Society Bursary. It is an honour to receive this award. The money will help me a long way to ease the pressure of my schooling in the future. I will be attending the University of Alberta in the fall 2009 to take specialization in the faculty of science, and I will go to medical school in the future.
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SALMO Secondary School Recipient 2009

I would like to thank the Canadian Doukhobor Society for presenting me with this very helpful bursary. Throughout my high school career I have been highly interested in art. I plan to attend the University of Victoria in the fall of 2010 to receive my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (a four year program).  I then plan to further my education by adding another year to work towards a teaching degree, allowing me to teach my passion. I will need to apply for an extension on this bursary because I have chosen to take a year off before entering into University so that I can work and strengthen my portfolio. Once again, thank you so much for your generosity and support.

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SASKATOON DOUKHOBOR SOCIETY
Annual Meeting, December 12, 2009
 
ELDERS REPORT
The elders maintain an advisory role as well as positions in conducting weddings, funerals and prayer services which were held weekly from January to June and September to December in 2009. Christmas, Life memberships Easter, Mothers Day and Fathers Day  and Petrov  Dien/ Peter’s Day/ Peace Day were also commemorated.
 
Locally, elders, trustees and others cooperate to bring about the BREADBAKING at the exhibition in August 09. The Doukhobor pamphlet was updated from the original black and white version. Provincially, some elders are members of the National Heritage Board. As well, some elders are associated with the Doukhobor Cultural Society of Saskatchewan and publish the DOVE. Saskatoon elders were involved in the season opening of the Verigin Prayer Home and Museum in May, 2009 as well as the season opening at the Doukhobor DugOut House in June. Saskatoon elders were also present at the Commemoration of Doukhobors at Verigin, July 18, 2009.  Elders also participate in multifaith , multicultural and peace organizations.
 
Nationally, elders are involved in the CCUB. Elders participated in the Council of Doukhobors in Canada and the Canadian Doukhobor Society as members. There was opportunity to practice singing and to perform with the on line choir the All Canadian Doukhobor Choir ACDC . Elders were involved in the Department of Peace Intiative to support  the C-477 Bill towards establishing a national department of peace .
 
With PRIDE we can say our elders are involved locally, provincially and nationally.
We are making a difference in the global community.

FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

1. Do we wish to continue having weekly prayer services from September to June in 2010?
2. Is 11 am  agreeable for a time for weekly prayer services?
3. Do we continue to sing 8 hymns: 3 hymns before and after the Lord’s Prayer, plus a concluding hymn(s)?
4. More elders and/or more persons willing to offer the message in the prayer services?
5. How can we increase attendance:
1. would a local monthly newsletter with upcoming events be helpful to reach the public?
2. would a  Saskatoon Doukhobor website be useful for current communications?
3. media  awareness and marketing for our Doukhobor events
6. YOUTH. How can we involve the youth?
7. Can we involve other peace groups and/or involve them to participate as speakers, guests,choirs?
8. Staff for administration and management to supplement the numerous volunteer involvements.
9. A library and museum on site are essential for providing resources and displaying  our artifacts for future generations. Doukhobor heritage and history must be preserved in the current museum  mode for displaying the products from immigration , pioneering, early settlement and current lifestyles.
10. Nursing home, care home, living facility on the present land allocation. We deserve  Doukhobor consideration and long range planning to accommodate our aging population.   Our hope is for FUTURE expansions on site!
11. What are our priorities for 2010 ? What are we going to do to MAKE THEM HAPPEN?

We extend a sincere appreciation to the chairperson, the board of trustees, the elders, the ladies organizations, the participants and all the Doukhobor brothers and sisters who actively encourage the Doukhobor way of life.
 
ELDERS 2009

Delphine Fedosoff Bill Kalmakoff Mitch Ozeroff

Mae Popoff Jeanette Stringer Polly Tokaryk

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DAY of  LOVE — Sun. Feb. 14, 2010 — 11 am

Tarrys Doukhobor Hall  (Highway 3A, at Tarrys Road, 10 km north of Castlegar)

• Guest speakers
• Russian and English singers and musicians
• Potluck lunch. Bring food dish ready to serve
• Donations requested
• Contact Alex Wishlow 250-428-4419

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Peter's Day, Brilliant BC —  Sun. June 27, 2010 — 11 am

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Next CDS announcements will be here ....

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