National Affirming PIE (public, intentional, explicit) Day<\/a>.<\/p>\nBruce explains the concepts of public, intentional, and explicit encapsulated in the acronym PIE.<\/p>\n
\u201cPublic\u2013we talk often about how we seek to be an affirming community,\u201d say Bruce. \u201cWe\u2019re intentional in our efforts at including diverse groups of people. And we\u2019re explicit. We make no apology for being an affirming community. And those are the standards that we try to hold ourselves to, as a community of faith.\u201d<\/p>\n
But there\u2019s more. There\u2019s pie.<\/p>\n
Starting at 2pm on Sunday, dozens of professional and amateur made pies will be up for auction at the Sackville United Church, and online at the annual PIE Day Pie Auction.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s the traditional apples and berry pies. And then there\u2019s the more exotics: peanut butter, sweet potato, and even sour cream raisin with meringue. Heck, there\u2019s even a pizza pie or two. The selection is featured in a video posted to the church\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe variety in pies reflects a variety and diversity of community,\u201d says Bruce, \u201cand we need to be about celebrating such diversity and variety.\u201d<\/p>\n
Up to 25 people will be allowed to attend the auction in person, with COVID protocols in place, but people can also attend via Zoom or participate via a Facebook live video.<\/p>\n
The money raised from the event will go to fund the work of Sackville\u2019s \u201caffirming ministry.\u201d Bruce says there\u2019s no specific target for this year\u2019s fundraising. \u201cIt\u2019s really just an attempt to continue in the midst of a pandemic, and the funds raised will go to the general work of the church and trying to create an affirming presence in the community,\u201d says Bruce.<\/p>\n
Last year, the church had to cancel their PIE day event. \u201cRegrettably, that was the day the world changed,\u201d recalls Bruce. But donations still came in, which Bruce says went towards the \u201cqueer room\u201d, a safe space for young adults regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression.<\/p>\n
Before the pandemic, Bruce says 10-12 teens frequented the space. \u201cThey had created, for themselves, a set of community guidelines, and we provide an adult presence, just there to be supportive and helpful where possible,\u201d says Bruce. \u201cThere\u2019s no programming per se, but again, it\u2019s just a safe space for these young adults to gather in community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The church first hosted its PIE Day pie auction three years ago, with the specific aim of supporting the welcoming of a person coming to Sackville as a rainbow refugee, someone who had been persecuted in their country as a result of their sexual orientation. \u201cWe were working in partnership with the Sackville Refugee Response Coalition,\u201d says Bruce, \u201cand we had a resounding success from that event.\u201c<\/p>\n
The Sackville United Church PIE Day Pie Auction starts at 2pm on Sunday. You can join via Zoom or Facebook Live, and there is a limited number of in-person spaces available at the church.\u00a0Details and links are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s all in the name of pi. Or is that pie? Maybe even PIE. This Sunday, the Sackville United Church is hosting a fundraising event with appeal for lovers of all three. Hear Lloyd Bruce talk about the PIE Day Pie Auction on Tantramar Report: March 14 is, of course, known as International Pi…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":46090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57],"tags":[],"radio":[227],"origine":[274,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46086"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=46086"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=46086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}