215 33rd Avenue South, Creston, B. C. V0B 1G1
- Meeting commenced at 11:00 a.m. with the Lord’s Prayer
- PRESENT: Bill and Mary
Plotnikoff, Bill
Loukianow, Alex Wishlow,
Anne Stormes, Marion Verigin.
- Guest: Mary Loukianow
- Moved by Anne Stormes, seconded Mary Plotnikoff, that the
minutes be accepted as presented. CARRIED
- 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.
- CORRESPONDENCE:
- Letter received from Koozma Tarasoff telling us about his
open heart
surgery. His message is that peace begins with each of us.
- 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.]
- TREASURER'S REPORT:
- Chequing account at December 31, 2006: $2,701.41;
shares:
$25.00.
- We have three new members.
- SHEAF:
- 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.
- Have the Board of Directors printed in Sheaf as follows:
President – Alex Wishlow
Recording Secretary – Marion Verigin
Treasurer – Anne Stormes
Directors:
Directors At Large:
Director and Sheaf editor – Mae
Popoff (Saskatoon)
- Anne Stormes will send a thank you to Mae Popoff for
doing a good job
with Sheaf.
- AGM Debriefing
- December 2006 Christmas party was a great success.
- 14th Annual Day of Love is February 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.
- Phoning committee for entertainers: Bill
Plotnikoff, Bill
Loukianow, Alex Wishlow, Marion Verigin
- 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
- Invitations:
Anne and Florence
- OTHER:
- Website: Moved by Anne Stormes, seconded by Mary
Plotnikoff, that, the Canadian Doukhobor Society contact information be
posted on
the Spirit-Wrestler website. CARRIED
- 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.
- Next meeting is in Creston on
March 3, 2007 at 11 a.m.
- Meeting adjourned at 1:50 p.m.
The Speech
Your
Invitation from Mae Popoff
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.
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,
Koozma J. Tarasoff
Ottawa, Ontario
Email: Tarasoff@spirit-wrestlers.com
or k.kristova@sympatico.ca
Website: www.spirit-wrestlers.com
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.
Next
announcements will be here ....