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LEADING IN WORSHIP TODAY
Minister:
Rev. Larry Schneider
Announcements June 25, 2017 1. Please join us for a time of refreshments and fellowship in the lower level of the sanctuary following the service. 2. THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 25, we are asked to pray for the mission and ministry of the Ivan Pastoral Charge, consisting of Melville and Vanneck United Churches. We are also asked to pray for the well-being, compassion, strength, and joy of Rev. Mark Bellamy.Thank you for your participation in this prayer ministry. 3. FOOD BANK DONATIONS are welcome on any Sunday. Items of particular need until the end of June are school snacks such as granola bars, puddings and fruit cups. Please consider donating family sized canned fruit throughout the summer. Envelopes for monetary donations can be found at the back of the sanctuary and may be placed in the offertory plates. 4. CANADIAN FOOD GRAINS BANK GOOD NEIGHBOUR PROJECT - Please join us on Sunday, July 30th for a delicious Pork BBQ and Potluck supper at Brown's United Church in support of the Good Neighbour Project. Entertainment at 5:30 and supper at 6 pm. Barbequed pork, beverages and corn on the cob are provided. Please bring a salad or dessert, your own plates, cutlery and cup. No tickets needed and tax receipts available for your donation. 5. HOLY DINER is returning this summer. Enjoy a BBQ in the church parking lot each Thursday evening in July & August , 5 - 7 p.m. A chance to catch up on summer happenings with your friends in the community and a time to make new friends. Proceeds to the Dorchester Food Bank. 6 . PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE UCC'S FAMINE RELIEF APPEAL , for the worst famine since 1945. 7. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING IN POP CANS so that we can turn them in for cash to support our programs. 8. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO JOYCE HOLLAND for playing for us and directing the choir during Kathleen's absence. Rev. Larry and Gwen wish you all a very happy and safe summer. Our prayers will continue to be with all facing medical and other issues, those who are travelling, and for all of you, that you find time for peaceful meditation with God, time to spend with family and friends, and time to pursue at least one hobby! Mary Dillon will provide pastoral coverage for the month of July. She can be reached at mcdillon@rogers.com Thank you to Rev. Lewis Snow for co-presiding during the Sacrament of Holy Communion today. The Mandate has arrived and is packed with amazing information and I recommend we all read it. You know where it is, at the south entrance, in a rack, on the tables there. I'm excited about this. It has a lot of information about our Indigenous People and what their life was like for the past 200 years. About the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the journey along this road, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the Rev. Cecile Fausak 'Reconciliation is a messy process, but oh so very life-giving--just like giving birth'. Build Peace Among Children and Youth. Geraldine Robertson is a residential school survivor and a force for change. See a lovely photo of her when she attended Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apology to former students in the House of Commons in Ottawa. She was at the London Conference AGM and drove herself from Sarnia; she is over 80 years old. AND SO MUCH MORE. Maybe we could meet over coffee and talk about some of these articles. Marj MacMillan RAG DOLL WORKSHOP - Wed., June 28th, 1:30 - 3:30 pm at Wesley-Knox. Same as before. register ASAP with Ann Stokes at 226-700-0923 or email: annstokes@outlook.com. Everyone welcome, try to car pool Bring shades of beige fabric, light to medium brown fabric, yellow, black, brown or red wool as well as stuffing. See you. |