Streetsville United Church 274 Queen St. S. Fall Tidings 2011

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1 Streetsville United Church 274 Queen St. S. Fall Tidings 2011 Mississauga, ON L5M 1L streetsvilleunited.ca CALENDAR Sunday Services Special Services Oct 9 10 a.m. Thanksgiving Nov 13 Sacrament of Infant Baptism. Please call e church office wi requests. Oct 2 11:30-12:30 JNAC Information Meeting Chaired by Ken Boulton to discuss e Joint Needs Assessment Report regarding e hiring of a half-time minister to be added to our team ministry. Oct 16-11:30-12:30 JNAC Information Meeting Chaired by Jennifer Honsa to discuss e Joint Needs Assessment Report regarding e hiring of a half-time minister to be added to our team ministry. Oct 23 JNAC Vote 11:00-12:00 To be incorporated into e regular service. The chairman will be a member from Presbytery. The JNAC members are Carolyn Stewart, Bev Oag, Bruce Sparrow, Antoinette Clark, Laura Mara and Lorene Bodiam. Your vote is very important. [cont d on page 2] MINISTER S MESSAGE I hope all of you had a good and refreshing summer. Each week we have been welcoming more people back to worship from cottages and vacation. I always look forward to e worship on Thanksgiving Sunday which I believe is one of e most important services of e year. What can possibly be more important an giving anks to our Good and Gracious God and to Christ our Saviour? Every day and in every circumstance we are surrounded by e grace of God and upheld by e power of e Holy Spirit. We have a great fai and a great hope and a great Lord! Let us give him anks togeer and commit ourselves togeer to e mission and e work of e church. As you know e Joint Needs Assessment Committee wi representatives from bo our congregation and Halton Presbytery recently reviewed our staff complement and recommended at we hire a part time Community Grow Minister. Information sessions on e report will be held following worship on October 2 and October 16 wi a congregational vote on e recommendation to be held on Sunday October 23. No matter what decision is taken, I am hoping at is whole process will result in a renewed spiritual commitment to Christ and to e church from all of our members. Hiring a new staff person can certainly be helpful, but what makes a church rive and grow is e interest and personal involvement of its members. Of course, is means financial commitment, but even more it means a commitment to grow in Christ and his way. So let me say it once more. A new staff person can be helpful in helping our church to grow and rive, but e real key will be e involvement and enusiasm of all our people. Let us strive to make e church a welcoming, Christ-like community which invites and draws people in. Let us renew our pledge to support one anoer and e church wi our talents and our presence whenever and wherever we can. Let us pray for God s help to resist e secular wave which reatens to engulf us all, and for e streng to stand fast as Christ s witnesses. And let us all be bound togeer by e love of Christ. May God bless and guide our congregation in e days ahead as we seek his will and seek to extend his work in our community. Rev. John 1

2 CALENDAR continued Oct 23 (Sunday) -- Fall Back to Church Potluck Luncheon Each fall our congregation has a welcome back event to have a longer opportunity to visit wi friends and share e events of e summer. It s also a wonderful time to welcome newcomers into our church family. This year we are holding is luncheon following e congregational meeting on October 23. There will be much to share and discuss, so save is date on your calendar and plan to attend. Please bring a special dish to share, as well as your own dishes and cutlery. Beverages will be provided. Watch for furer notice in e weekly bulletin. Hope to see you all ere! Oct 29 (Saturday) 9:30 am - 3 pm Harvest of Crafts Sale Please set aside is day to attend our ever popular UCW fund-raising event! The sale features handmade crafts worked on roughout e year, a special room wi Vendors crafts, mou-watering baking and preserves in our Country Kitchen, delicious lunch and snacks from our Café and intriguing Attic Treasures. Contributions of baking, preserves, crafts or special Attic Treasure items (no cloes please) from e congregation would be much appreciated. Come and join in e fun and fellowship and start your Christmas shopping early! The funds we raise go towards local and world-wide missions as well as support our own congregation. Please call Katie Powell f o r f u r t h e r information. Thank you. Christian Education Committee Report We welcome everyone back to a new school year and new year of Christian leaning. Sunday School, You and Young Adult programs are up and running. If you are interested in having your child or young adult participate, please contact Vivian Aspinall, Kelli Charky, or Dee Hopkins (leaders for children up to Grade 8), You Leader, Joanna Williams (Grade 9 and up) or e church office at New courses for adults are being organized and will be available shortly. W atch e bulletin and e church website ( for announcements. The library has acquired a number of interesting new books, DVD s and CD s (listed below). Feel free to ask Gary Buchanan about e new materials, how to borrow m aterials, or oer questions about e library. We encourage all members of our church family to take advantage of e exciting opportunities for Christian learning at Streetsville United. Rob Gravelsins, chair DVD s New Library Acquisitions When God s Spirit Moves (6 session course) by Jim Cymbala Resurrection Amazing Grace One Minute After You Die CD s More Than a Carpenter Today Facing Your Giants Books Not a Fan: Becoming A Completely Committed Follower Of Jesus Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Life Wiout Limits: Inspiration For A Ridiculously Good Life 10 Things Jesus Never Said: And Why You Should Stop Believing Them Let It Go: Come Home From Your Guilt Trip Good News For Anxious Christians: Ten Practical Things You Don t Have To Do [Christian Education Committee Report cont d p.3] 2

3 CALENDAR continued nd Wed Nov 2 & 9 7:30-9 pm Christianity 101 Introduction to Christianity for adults and ose considering church membership. Two Wednesday evenings in e library. Sun Nov 20 at 7 pm Organ Recital by John Shillingberg in e sanctuary. F e b r u a r y Y o u t h Confirmation classes. Dates to be announced. Regular Features: APOLOGIA BIBLE STUDY Monday nights 7:30 to 9 pm meet at e Aspinalls home. Speak wi Vivian. THE CAFÉ Wednesdays 9:30 to 11 am The Café meet in e Fellowship Lounge. Please join us for refreshments and friendship. SENIOR CHOIR Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9 pm e Senior Choir practice. They are looking for voices!! All voices welcome! Experience or no experience, ability to read music or no ability to read music. Come and join us. UNITED CHURCH WOMEN Streetsville United Church Women meet every mon in four different units. The meetings consist of worship, a program and fellowship over refreshments. Three group meet afternoons and one group meets on an evening. If you are interested in joining a unit speak wi Katie Powell MEN S BREAKFAST GROUP The 2nd Friday of e mon breakfast fellowship in e Heritage Hall at 7 am. Speak wi Rev. John or Chris Monk. [Christian Education Committee Report cont d] Sunday School Report What is e function of Sunday School? If church exists to prepare us for eternal life, Sunday School is e planting of e seeds. Who does e watering of ese seeds? Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, e LORD is one. Love e LORD your God wi all your heart and wi all your soul and wi all your streng. These commandments at I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress em on your children. Talk about em when you sit at home and when you walk along e road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie em as symbols on your hands and bind em on your foreheads. Write em on e doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Children, obey your parents in e Lord, for is is right. Honour your faer and moer is is e first commandment wi a promise: so at it may be well wi you and you may live long on e ear. And, faers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring em up in e discipline and instruction of e Lord. Ephesians 6:1-4 The Sunday School wants to help parents in e children s ongoing Christian learning and grow. The Sunday School Leadership Team consists of Vivian Aspinall, Kelli Charky and Dee Hopkins. We wish to provide teachers and parents wi support and opportunity for more interaction wi each oer. Each term we arrange for time to discuss curriculum wi e teachers. Parents are always welcome to attend. Open Session is led by Dee who works wi e children learning worship songs. Kelli leads Outreach activities. Vivian assembles lesson packages for e teachers from online curriculum sites Kids & Teen Sunday School Place. Access is available to all teachers, parents and You Leader Joanna. User nam e is Streetsville United and password is sucss. Vivian also sends out weekly s to parents and teachers concerning week s lesson. If you are not on our group please e church office at info@ streetsvilleunited.ca wi a note at you would like to be on e parents group . We desire to keep you aware of what e children are being taught. Lessons are arranged on a biblical time line so as to place biblical events and people into time and space and assist e students to a more solid comprehension of God in history. Each classroom has a time line chart to provide a visual aid from week to week. Last year we began adding events & people to e appropriate time frame week by week starting in e Old Testament. We will be inserting more detail year to year. Much like adding hangers to a closet. [Sunday School Report cont d p.4] 3

4 IN SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday November 6 Bible Bank Bake Sale Calling all Bill & Betty Crockers! The Magic Pennies will hold a bake sale to raise funds for our Bible Bank as e Sunday School students will be presenting Bibles to our newest members at infant baptism. We are calling on ALL Sunday School parents to whip up your best baked goods (wi your child s help) and drop em off at e table in e auditorium prior to e service. I will price em and en The Magic Pennies will sell em during coffee hour. Why not do one bake off ahead of time and support e UCW craft show wi some baking and freeze a little for our Bible Bake sale! Don t forget to bring money so you can go home wi a nice assortment of goodies! Sunday December 4 Practice for White Gift Please mark is date on your calendar and ensure your kids come to Sunday School for a very important practice for e White Gift Service, during regular Sunday School time, in lieu of a regular lesson. Sunday December 11 White Gift Service We hope to see all kids participating in is special service by e Sunday School. It is always charming and heartwarming and a great way to get into e true spirit of Christmas. We will enjoy a little after show party for all performers. Sunday December 18 Magic Pennies Outreach We will be making a special angel craft during Sunday School lesson time which we will give to some friends in our community in need a little extra love. [Sunday School Report cont d] This year we will review some time frames from e Old Testament and en in e new year begin adding people and events from e New Testament times. A take home sheet is included in weekly lessons for Grade 1 to 5 students. These take home sheets provide reinforcement to e week s lesson at can be done wi parents. We strongly encourage parents to attend church regularly so at your child can grasp e time line of God in history. This year s teachers are: Jk to Gr1 Gr 2 / 3 Gr 4 / 5 Gr 6 to 8 Randa Tadros / Pam Tume John Nowoselski / Dee Hopkins Be DeYoung / Emily Ryan Wendy Dowling / Vivian Aspinall SUC You & Young Adult Ministries Report Sum m er Highlights: We bought Selam s ticket in July! Connie Pryzgocki of Streetsville Travel helped us to get is ticket bo her daughters attend our you group now. Hillsong Concert in August 12 attended and 5 of our new young people made a commitment of fai. Starbucks at e Chapters, Square One now donates food to us for people in need in our you/young adults ministries program and for our programs. Danny Ryder graduated from e War College in Vancouver and is now in full time ministry wi e Salvation Army ere. Several of us attended Geoff Bowes wedding in Hamilton. Geoff was instrumental in e creation of our CrossWalk Worship event. Several of our you/young adults art and word submissions are being featured in e upcoming United Church Lenten Devotional for Fall Highlights: Registration process is up and running is fall wi 20+ registration forms signed and a few oers being filled out and signed by parents. 18 students attended high school you group on Sept high school students helped out wi our Sound e Horn concert September 9 which raised $20,000 for e drought in Africa. 4 junior high students attended junior high you group September 17 participating in a new Streetsville you prayer initiative. [SUC You & Young Adult Ministries Report cont d p.5] 4

5 [UPCOMING SS EVENTS cont d] Tuesday February 21 Shrove Tuesday The Magic Pennies will be hosting a Pancake Supper to raise funds for Paway Community Programs Audrey Pritchard Breakfast Clubs. SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDENT SUBMISSION Japanese Renga Poetry Title: Ru by Max Aspinall Naomi weeping over loss of her sons alone far away Faiful, loyal Ru humble, caring, hard working kind, daughter-in-law Kinsman redeemer Boaz watching and waiting sees quiet spirit Bride Ru, groom Boaz a wedding celebration Obed to Jesus Operation Christm as Child Shoe Box Project Our church once again will participate in is event. Please take note at you may be able to fill or complete your shoebox by purchasing a T Shirt, school supplies or a small toy from our own church store. We will have a great selection of items available when e s h o e b o x e s a r e m a d e available. We will be located in e auditorium and profits from e sale will go to purchase of supplies for our Emergency Food Cupboard. [SUC You & Young Adult Ministries Report cont d] Young Adult Bible Study is going strong is fall wi about 12 active participants so far we have about 5 new people attending is year as well! High School Sunday School has started off well wi scripture and media we had 3 new participants is Sunday, 2 from Nigeria and 1 from Germany. Brandon Drake finished his year of rehab and discipleship at Teen Challenge. Senior Worship Band has played once in September and is doing well wi vocal and instrumental participation. Selam has been in touch wi us from Eiopia and has met her dad and grandmoer and her extended family. W e will continue to look into enhancing our gym and beginning a basketball outreach program at our church. You are e light of e world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neier do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead ey put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in e house. In e same way, let your light shine before oers, at ey may see your good deeds and glorify your Faer in heaven. Matew 5:14-16 Blessings! Joanna Worship Committee Report Welcome and anks to Wally Bridel who is operating e sound system during Sunday services. Thank you also to e people who led Sunday services during Reverend John s vacation is summer, Rev. Chris Eriksson, Dana Benson, Rev. David Walker and Dr. Victor Shepherd. Barb de Groot & Monica Tadros, co-chairs Go West Young Men, Go West! On July 9 Scouter Lorraine and Scouter Mike wi 8 young men headed west to e Scout Pacific Jamboree. This was a trip of a life time for bo leaders and boys. The 8 days at Camp Bing on e sunshine coast sharing e scouting spirit wi 3,100 oer scouts from across Canada, e U.S. and even a troop from Australia was amazing. We kayaked e Pacific ocean, zip lined down mountains and learned what not to do when we encountered bears. The next 4 days were spent in Whistler where Mike s broer bravely opened his home to 10 smelly scouts. For e next 3 days we explored e wonders of e mountains and e Olympic sites. This truly is God s country. From e roar of e ocean to e majestic mountains (and I must add NO mosquitoes!) it was awesome. I am sure is must be where God rested on e seven day. But all is did not happen wiout your support. The church providing us wi a home, e UCW eir donation and all of you for buying popcorn and Christmas wreas. So to all of you we say ank you, ank you, ank you. Yours in scouting, Scouter Lorraine 5