Announcements for Sunday, April 12th

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

TODAY             **Join us for coffee in the Fellowship Hall after worship **
Monday                        Bridal Shower for Christina Smith- 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday                       Coffee & More – 10 a.m.
All Together Tuesday Potluck – 6 p.m.
Prayer Group – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday                      Session Meeting – 6:30 p.m.
Praise Team Rehearsal – 6:30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal – 7:30 p.m.
Friday                          Helping Hands – 9-11 a.m.
Family Fun Night – see announcement

Woolwich Community Services provide support for the most vulnerable in our Community.  We help by filling our grocery cart each month.  For the month of March we are collecting:  Salt & Kleenex

Please join the Ladies of Gale for a Bridal Shower.
In honour of Christina Smith on Monday, April 13th at 6:30 p.m.
Hosted by: Carol MacIntyre and Jan Parsons
Bride is registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond

 

Family Fun and Dance Night
Friday, April 17, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
In the Gale Fellowship Hall

Featuring
Square Dance Caller:     Marie Fretz
Dance Musician:              Bill Beatty and Friends

Purpose
To raise funds for our Session “Benevolent Fund’

Cost
The purchase of a grocery or gasoline gift card to be used at the discretion of the minister and session for friends who need a hand up.   Cards for purchase will be available at the event.

ALSO
A silent ‘re-gift’ auction in support of our Board of Managers.
Please bring new re-gift items to the church as soon as possible and leave at the office.

Camp Sunday is Coming Soon!

On Sunday April 19 during our morning worship service we will learn all about the exciting camping experiences available for Gale Families this coming spring and summer.
Following worship we invite you to join us for a lunch of Baked Potatoes with all the toppings, salad and of course dessert. This lunch is an important fundraiser to support our Gale Campership Fund.  If you wish you may contribute through your envelopes by marking “Campership Fund” on the other line.
This past year our Campership Fund helped to support 6 youth attend summer camp programs. Each of them received 60% of their camp fees from the Gale fund.  We need to replenish this Fund before the upcoming Camp Season so that we can continue to make Christian camping part of the summer plans for many of the children of Gale.
There will be registration information for summer church camps, Gale Fellowship Retreat Weekend (May 22 -24) and Kintail on the Road (VBS program offered August 24 -28 at Gale) available for you to look over during lunch.

Recently there have been several Sunday Morning Offering Envelopes used which were from 2014.   Please destroy any 2014 envelopes that you have. From year to year the envelope numbers change and the danger is that the donation is credited to the wrong donor.   Thank you!

On Saturday May 2, approximately 75 to 100 representatives from churches in the Waterloo-Wellington Presbytery will be at Gale Church participating in workshops concerning the visionary process for our Presbytery.
As they will be our guests for the day they will require coffee breaks and lunch.   Your help would be greatly appreciated in any on e of the following ways:    Donating muffins, squares, tarts or cookies OR
            Helping make sandwiches from 9:30-11:30 a.m. OR
            Serving lunch from 11:30-1:30 p.m.
If you can help out please contact Dave Chalmers, (519)669-0934 no later than Wednesday April 29th.

Gale Presbyterian will be hosting an event organized by the Youth leaders of several area churches who have formed the Elmira Youth Network, EYN.
This event will take place on Friday April 24th from 7pm to 9pm.  It is a community youth/young adults contemporary worship night for all area youth groups, featuring a live band, food, and free admission.
For more info, please email youth@galepresbyterian.com or call (519) 836-7244.

 WE INVITE ALL Gale PEOPLE

 To be in on the Visioning Process for the Presbytery of Waterloo-Wellington.
APRIL 16th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
The Presbytery is undertaking a visioning process and would like input from all congregations. Their main event will be a Visioning Workshop to be held here at Gale on May 2nd, facilitated by Rev. Peter Coutts. Rev. Coutts will also be a guest speaker at our worship service on May 3rd.

The visioning group is asking congregations to consider 4 questions to help in the process:

1:  How are things today for our congregation and the Presbyterian congregations in our area?

2: What can we imagine God desires to see in the next ten years in the Christian faith communities in our area and in the society around us?

3. What new priorities might congregations and the presbytery need to focus on today to help the congregations of 2025?

4. What kind of help might they need from Presbytery?

This is an important step for our Presbytery and the process will have great parallel benefits to Gale Presbyterian Church as well.

HELP US OUT – PLEASE COME OUT!

On April 24th there will be a Youth Community Service held here at Gale.  We are expecting 100 youth to be attending.  Gale church will be providing a snack that evening and would love it you can help by donating some items.  There is a sign up list hanging out on the board if you can sign up for an item or two!  Thanks Melanie

Kintail on the Road will be returning once again this summer to Gale Church! Mark the week on Monday August 24 to Friday August 28 on your calendar and plan to have your children join us. This year’s theme is “No Matter What!”
Registration forms are now available in the church office or online. Please  drop off all completed registration forms at the church office.
Registration is open to Gale families and returning campers only for the month of April. In May we will be opening registration to others in our community.
We have spots for just 55 children so sign up soon!

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