Thank you, ladies, for making the best turkey pies around!
Youth Choir news …
Youth Choir begins on November 6th. We will be preparing music for the Music & Lights Festival, a Sunday Service, Christmas Eve and the Christmas Cantata. For full details contact Corey at[email protected]. We will rehearse from 6:00 to 7:00 on Thursday nights.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Really?
Christmas Choir will begin on November 6th! The adult choir is going to be preparing a Lessons & Carols Service for December 21st and we would love to have some friends join us to celebrate the season with song. The Christmas Choir will rehearse from 7:30 to 8:30 on Thursday nights in the sanctuary. Contact Corey with any questions: [email protected]
Sharing His Love
Today's Children's Message centred around part of our motto, "Sharing His Love".
We learned first hand what happens when each of us helps to show Jesus' love.
Thank you, to everyone who helped fill up our two shopping baskets and then some, and to those who donated money, all to help fill the cupboards for Thursday Night Supper & Social.
It was so much fun watching Andy, Isabella and Zoé help Shirley fill the cupboards. Shirley has a great problem now - she needs to find another cupboard!
And, thank you, to all of our Sunday School children, Sunday School assistants and Youth group members for helping with this special collection.
Fall Beauty…
Continue reading »Celebrating!
We celebrated our 159th Anniversary today!
Thank you, Rev. Rob Congram, for preaching for our anniversary.
Fall Beauty!
Continue reading »Attention Shutterbugs!
Here's your challenge:
Please send me your best fall photo! This is a perfect time to get out in the fresh air and take some photos. Isn't God a great artist?
Can we fill the carts?
World Food Day - Thursday, October 16th!
This Sunday, October 19th, can you help our Sunday School children, Sunday School assistants and Youth Group members fill up 2 carts of groceries?
In honour of World Food Day, our food collection will be given to the
Thursday Night Supper & Social program to help fill their cupboards.
If you are wondering what might be needed here check out our "Shopping List":
Hot Chocolate
Coffee
Tea
White Sugar
Brown Sugar
Salt, Pepper
Oatmeal
Canned Tomatoes
Canned Fruit
Canned Soup
Spaghetti Sauce, Elbow or Spiral Pasta
Jello Powders
Spices: Dill, Parsley, Garlic, Celery Seed, Italian Spice, Dry Mustard
Salsa
Cooking Oil & Cooking spray
Margarine or butter
Cheddar Cheese blocks
Apples
Onions
Turnip
Cabbage
Carrots
Thursday Night Supper & Social opens their doors once again this Thursday, October 16th. Doors open at 5:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to come for dinner, shopping at the Community Clothing Closet and for some fellowship and good company!
Book Discussion Series
The Gospel of Luke alone tells the story of the birth of Jesus set against the background of a census taken on the orders of Caesar Augustus. This historical setting has always raised serious questions: Was there ever really such a census? Why does Luke describe the census as being carried out in a manner that does not fit with what we know of Roman practices and policies?
This book struggles with questions like those in a creative way which leads to some surprising new ways to understand Luke's timeless story of Mary and Joseph and their journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Part investigation, part exercise in creative imagination, this book will help you to see the Christmas story in a whole new way.
The discussion will be held on Wednesday evenings from Wednesday, October 15 through to Wednesday December 3, 2014
We will meet at 7:30 pm in the Foyer at St. Andrew's Hespeler Presbyterian Church, 73 Queen St. E., Cambridge, ON
These are the planned sessions:
October 15: The Journey from Nazareth to BethlehemOctober 22: Should the Two Birth Accounts be Harmonized?October 29: When is Luke Saying that Jesus was Born?November 5: The Old Testament Ideal of JubileeNovember 12: The Jubilee in the Gospel of LukeNovember 19: Two Nonviolent InsurgenciesNovember 26 : The Call to JubileeDecember 3: What is Truth? and Jesus’s Coin TrickProvided you have read the book, you should be able to join in the discussion at any point
Participation in this group is free of charge but participants will need to have read the book to participate. The book is available in print at Amazon.ca and at select local book stores. You may also purchase a copy at St. Andrew's Hespeler. The e-book is available through many online e-book sellers including Amazon, iBooks and Kobo. Please call the church at 519-658-2652 or contact [email protected] if you need any assistance finding the book or if you have any questions. The print edition sells for $11.95. The price of the e-book varies accord to the vendor, but should be approximately $4.
In addition I will be leading a parallel discussion in a Facebook group called Caesar's Census, God's Jubilee Discussion Group.
I will be posting discussion starters on the chapters at around the same time that I am preparing for the discussion group at the church. The group is public (I hope that doesn't get me into any trouble!) and everyone is invited to join in.