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
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.
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.
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!
You might recall that I posted one of my favourite "oldie" photos a week or so ago and asked for help. There were no names on it. Well on Sunday a lady came to me to say one of the ladies was her mother! These ladies are all sisters. How cool is that?
left to right: Myrtle Kohli, Rosella Roos, Minnie Jardine and Hazel Howell.
