ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY **Join us for refreshments and fellowship after worship **
Cenotaph Service – 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday Prayer Group – 7:30 p.m.
WCS Laughing Lunch
Wednesday Rental 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Boot Camp – 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Thursday Handbells – 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Choir – 7 p.m.
Joint Session & Board of Managers Meeting
Friday Movie Night – 7:15 p.m.
Saturday Men’s Breakfast – 8:30-10 a.m.
Sunday Café Church
Congregational Meeting to follow worship
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 November, we are collecting canned fruit, meal helpers, for example: Hamburger Helper, boxed Scalloped Potatoes and Stove Top dressing.
Gale Presbyterian Church will hold a short congregational meeting following worship on Sunday, November 13th. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss minor financial matters and the proposed 2017 budget.
Thank you for everyone who donated to the GAGA Ball pit. We have raised $325 to build it. Due to the weather changing you will see the GAGA Ball pit built in the Spring which will give us many hours of use after it gets built.
We are currently working on the next issue of Gale Gatherings, planning to have it available for mid-November. If you have something to submit for this publication, please get it to Donna Lenz no later than November 10th. You can contact Donna by phone at (519)669-8674, by email at djhlenz15@gmail.com or by leaving a note in her mail file at church.
CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON TICKETS are now available on Sunday’s with the card sales or at the Church Office at the cost of $15.00 each for either the 11:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m. sittings or take out.
The Christmas Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, December 20th.
Amy Hopper and Melanie Dow are getting their craft on again this year to support the Sunday School Christmas Challenge Fundraiser. We are needing empty Wine Bottles to use for one of the crafts. If you can donate 1 or 2 of them, please give them to Amy or Mel or place them downstairs on the desk in the Sunday School area.
On Saturday November 19th, 2016 the Elmira Kiwanis Club will conduct its annual Food Drive for Woolwich Community Services starting at 9:00 a.m.
The food collected supplies most of the food used in the Christmas Good-will hampers.
If convenient, it would be appreciated if you would leave non-perishable food items on your porch in a bag or box marked for the Kiwanis Food Drive.
The Paralympics – From Rio to Woolwich. Sunday, November 20th, 3:00-4:00 p.m. at Floradale Mennonite Church. Join us to hear Sheila Forler Bauman share her experiences as a physiotherapist for the Canadian Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team, and parasport in Canada.
Free event!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR LADIES…
Our Secret Sister Dinner will be held on Monday, December 5th at 6:30 pm at the church. Please sign up on the sheet in the fellowship hall if you plan on attending. If you did not attend last year and would like to come this year, please sign up as well. This evening is for any women 14 years and older. If you don’t want to continue having a Secret Sister for 2017 that is okay, please join us for the meal still. More details to follow.
Questions? Please speak to Melanie Dow.
It’s that time of year again to think about what plants you would like to order for your house during Christmas time. There are order forms on the board in the Fellowship Hall. There are Poinsettias of 3 sizes and colours, Amaryllis and Cyclamen to pick from. All money needs to be with order form. LAST DAY TO ORDER is SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13th. Place orders in Melanie Dow’s mail slot. Delivery will be early December.
Questions? Ask Melanie Dow
CHRISTMAS BUFFET LUNCHEONS at Crieff Hills Retreat and Conference Centre, located just south of Guelph, close to the 401. Bring co-workers, family and friends for a delicious meal in a historic 1874 School House. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. from December 6th to December 21st. Cost is $17. Reservations are required! Please call 1-800-884-1525 to book your table soon. www.crieffhills.com
MennoHomes Fall Concert and AGM featuring Rescue Junction, at Woodside Church, Elmira. Saturday Nov.26th at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome! For more information, visit www.mennohomes.com.