An old flag
Look what I found in storage today. There was a note on it that said, "this flag was apparently carried to war." If anyone has the story of it, we would appreciate hearing it.
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It’s Social Media Sunday. Here is a great story for you to share on this day.
Social Media Sunday (October 25, 2015) is a day for people to share what is happening in their churches on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instgram, etc. etc. etc.
We hope that on this day a lot of St. Andrew's people will share a lot of the great things that happen at our church. But, just in case you're not sure what to share, how about this second story in our "Stories of Hope Clothing series:
There are too many stories of bad news. There are too many stories about people putting people down, hating them or mistreating them. We need to hear this kind of story.
There are too many stories of hopelessness. We need to hear stories of hope. We need to hear about what God is doing.
So will you help us spread this story and the ones that will follow it?
If you are not sure how to share youtube videos like this one on socal media, follow this link: Stories of Hope Clothing #2 and then click on "Share" to find all kinds of sharing options. You can post to twitter, facebook, send out emails or use any number of other social media links. Let's share the good news story.
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We hope that on this day a lot of St. Andrew's people will share a lot of the great things that happen at our church. But, just in case you're not sure what to share, how about this second story in our "Stories of Hope Clothing series:
There are too many stories of bad news. There are too many stories about people putting people down, hating them or mistreating them. We need to hear this kind of story.
There are too many stories of hopelessness. We need to hear stories of hope. We need to hear about what God is doing.
So will you help us spread this story and the ones that will follow it?
If you are not sure how to share youtube videos like this one on socal media, follow this link: Stories of Hope Clothing #2 and then click on "Share" to find all kinds of sharing options. You can post to twitter, facebook, send out emails or use any number of other social media links. Let's share the good news story.
Anniversary Service
This Weekend is our special160th Anniversary Celebration!
This week’s look back!
Here's some more photos to look back on, maybe not so far this time!
Can you guess who any of the people are in the 2 photos?
160th Anniversary Weekend, Sunday, October 25th
Please join us as we celebrate our 160th Anniversary on Sunday, October 25th at 10:00 am.
We welcome The Rev. Karen Horst, Moderator of the 141st General Assembly as our guest preacher!
Following the service we will enjoy a potluck lunch
(please bring a food item to share, no peanuts, tree nuts or shellfish)
and a special Anniversary Cake.
Rev. Karen Horst will join us for lunch.
"St. Andrew's Welcomes You Home …. Celebrating 160 years in Hespeler"
160th Anniversary Weekend, October 24th
We are delighted to welcome the Moderator of the 141st General Assembly, The Rev. Karen Horst to our 160th Anniversary Weekend Celebrations!
Meet & Greet the Moderator!
On Saturday, October 24th; 6:30 pm we will have a chance to talk personally with Karen in the church hall. Goodies and refreshments will be available at that time. At 7:30 pm we will meet in the sanctuary to listen to Karen tell us about her passion for mission and her time, so far, as Moderator of General Assembly
A Lovely Harvest Sunday!
On Sunday, October 4th we celebrated Worldwide Communion Day
and Harvest Sunday.
Harvest Sunday was a celebration for all of the vegetables that were lovingly grown throughout the summer, mostly by our Sunday School children. After worship we got to view all of the vegetables while enjoying a delicious bowl of home made soup. The Grand Gardeners were drawn from a basket of names this year, because the offerings were all so wonderful. The Grand Gardeners were: Sarah & Adria; with 3rd prize going to Nigel & Alice!
All vegetables and donations were given to
Thursday Night Supper & Social (which will begin again on October 15th.
Why we need to tell the stories of Hope Clothing
The other day we posted the first in what we expect will be the stories of Hope Clothing. The story, told by Karen Kincaid, our volunteer coordinator is just a typical example of many stories we could tell and are planning to tell.
It is the kind of story we need more of -- the kind of story that captures what being part of this community is all about. And we really need to tell that kind of story to as many people as possible.
There are too many stories of bad news. There are too many stories about people putting people down, hating them or mistreating them. We need to hear this kind of story.
There are too many stories of hopelessness. We need to hear stories of hope. We need to hear about what God is doing.
So will you help us spread this story and the ones that will follow it?
Follow this link: Stories of Hope Clothing #1 and then click on "Share" to find all kinds of sharing options. You can post to twitter, facebook, send out emails or use any number of other social media links. Let's share the good news story.
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It is the kind of story we need more of -- the kind of story that captures what being part of this community is all about. And we really need to tell that kind of story to as many people as possible.
There are too many stories of bad news. There are too many stories about people putting people down, hating them or mistreating them. We need to hear this kind of story.
There are too many stories of hopelessness. We need to hear stories of hope. We need to hear about what God is doing.
So will you help us spread this story and the ones that will follow it?
Follow this link: Stories of Hope Clothing #1 and then click on "Share" to find all kinds of sharing options. You can post to twitter, facebook, send out emails or use any number of other social media links. Let's share the good news story.
The vegetables are being harvested!
My wonderful, little friend Alice came to visit me today. She and her brother, Nigel, are unable to attend Harvest Sunday, but wanted to bring in the vegetables they had lovingly tended to all summer!
We ended up making words with the veggies. Alice was especially thrilled with a certain, two-ey!
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| Carrots, red potatoes and white potatoes. |
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| Isn't this "two-ey" great? |
A beehive of activity …
Lots of preparations being made for our 160th Anniversary Celebration on
October 24 & 25.
