The HUB is offering free programs for the community this May. Our Spring 2021 session will be for families and individual participants across various age groups. Some of them will be offered in-person (as Public Health allows) while others will be offered through interactive video online, so if you want to participate in more than one, you can! Please register to receive more information on how to join.
Note: In-person programs will require all attending to take a health screening assessment prior to the start of each session and we will be following physical distancing guidelines and face-covering by-laws.
Spring 2021 Programs
- Card Games Online
- Discussions on Discerning Truth: Online
- Kids in the Kitchen – Baking Edition: Online
- Treasures of the Earth – Online: Intro to Gardening & Foraging
- Treasures of the Earth – Online: Rocks and Minerals, Fossils for Kids
- Intro to Drawing & Sketching
- Crochet with Con
Card Games Online
Tuesday, May 4, 11, 18, 25 | 7-8 PM, Online
For: Adults
Learn some new card games or play ones you know in an informal, casual environment with others online.
Discussions on Discerning Truth
Tuesday, May 4, 11, 18, 25 | 7-8 PM, Online
For: Adults
Are you fretting over fake news? Concerned about conspiracies? Vacillating over vaccines?
How do we know what is true?
Join Wes Reimer for a series of discussions and tips on how to determine what is true. Each night will feature a short presentation followed by an open discussion on topics such as:
- Conspiracy theories and urban legends
- Mainstream and social media
- Knowing which authorities we can trust
- Rationality, logic, and respectful dialogue
- Belief and doubt
- Psychology and identity
What topics related to “truth” are you interested in discussing? Leave a comment in the form when you register.
Kids in the Kitchen—Baking Edition: Online
Ages: 8-12
Treasures of the Earth: Online
Explore backyard gardening, rocks and crystals, fossils, and walking in the forest. Each 1-hour session will include a presentation and time for Q&A. Instructor, Chuck Zietsma was an educator for more than 35 years. He retired to Elliot Lake, Ontario to enjoy the outdoors more fully. He has collected fossils, rocks, and semi-precious gemstones across North America from Yukon to Florida. Chuck loves nothing better than a walk through the forest looking for mushrooms and watching and listening for birds and other creatures. He has a thriving backyard garden.
Intro into Garden & Foraging
Thursday, May 6, 13 | 7-8 PM, Online
For: Adults
- Growing vegetables in your yard: We’ll review vegetables that are healthy and will do well in our area. Included are topics such as companion planting, insect control, watering, starting plants indoors, soil preparation, container planting, and composting.
- Forest Walk: Learn how to spot interesting things in the forest including birds and animals, edible wild plants and interesting mushrooms.
Rocks & Minerals, Fossils for Kids
Thursday, May 20, 27 | 7-8 PM, Online
For: Ages 8-12 years old
- Rocks and crystals: We’ll look at the basics needed to start collecting them and learning about minerals, rocks and crystals. There will be lots of samples for viewing.
- Fossils: The traces of plants, shells and creatures that lived ages ago. Learn about experiencing the thrill of splitting a fragment of shale and find embedded within it a creature that lived and died millions of years ago.
Introduction to Drawing & Sketching
Postponed*| 7-8 PM, In-Person
For: Ages 12 through Adult
Max: 8 Participants
- Making a mark – experimenting with different tools and papers
- Sketching exercises such as gesture drawing and contour drawing
- Composition and design
- Drawing still life forms – fruit, vegetables, and other natural objects
- Shading
- Perspective
Materials will be supplied. This will be a casual, fun class of exploring and making your mark.
*Note: The start date has been postponed due to the current provincial stay-at-home orders.
Crochet with Con
Postponed* | 7-8 PM, In-Person
For: Ages 12 through Adult
Max: 8 Participants
This will be a class of learning the basics of crochet together. By the end of our three weeks together, participants will know the basic crochet stitches and have made one or more colourful granny squares they can put together for a fun, vintage-style afghan. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along your own yarn and crochet hook if you have them.
*Note: The start date has been postponed due to the current provincial stay-at-home orders.
We will email you more details including the locations to join, including links if applicable. If you have any questions, reach out to churchincommunity@glencairn.ca.