ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY **Join us for refreshments and fellowship after worship **
Monday Youth Night – 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday Tuesday Luncheon – 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Prayer Group – 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday Choir – 7 p.m.
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 September, we are collecting canned fruit, Cheez Whiz, Jam, and Crackers.
Our Monthly Luncheons will start up again on Tuesday, September 20th. On the menu is Meat or Vegetarian Lasagna, Caesar Salad, Roll, Peach Dessert with Ice Cream and a Beverage. All for $12.
Gale Presbyterian Church is hosting a special day to inform us about Truth & Reconciliation
Sunday, September 25th, 2016
Our 10:30 a.m. worship will invite guest speaker: Lew Ford, Former Chairman of the National Presbyterian Church Committee on Truth & Reconciliation.
A special evening program at 7 p.m. will feature
The Good Hearted Women Singers
And guest speakers:
Kelly Laurila – Saami & Irish ancestry, Song Carrier of Mino Ode Kwewak n’gamowak, Learner of discourses in reconciliation
Theresa McGregor – Aanishnaabe kwe, Song Carrier
Bob Brown – Waterloo Region Police Service – Retired Detective
***FREE WILL OFFERING TO FIRST NATIONS MINISTRY***
Apple Pie time of year is approaching!
Pie Crust making will be on Wed., Oct. 12th and Thurs. Oct. 13th from 6-9 p.m.
On Thurs., Oct.20th, Fri., Oct.21st from 6-9 p.m. and Sat., Oct.22nd from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (with lunch to follow) will be Apple Pie production and clean up. Bring rolling pin with you and apple peelers if you have one.
Lots of jobs for everyone! This event takes a huge number of volunteers. Sign-up sheets are on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall.
Crieff Hills Conference and Retreat Center invites you to join us on Thursday October 13th from 10:30am to 3pm for our Manna Day “And you Welcomed Me” with Rob Shropshire, Coordinator of PCC’s Refugee Sponsorship Program.
Please register before October 4th by calling (519)824-7898. Cost for the day is $22.00 and includes lunch. For further information, see www.crieffhills.com
We would like to bring to your attention that Gale Church will be celebrating their 150th Anniversary in 2018.
Doug Dann & Barbara Martin are heading this project and would welcome volunteers to work along with them.
Several areas will be involved in the planning.
- Special Events
- History of Gale to be rewritten
- Promotion
- Worship Events
- Gala Events
- Others as defined
- Please contact Doug or Barb. A brain storming meeting will be held in October.
Gaga Ball? What is that? This is a fun and interactive game for really any age (the children really get into it!) basically like dodge ball but you are inside a wood-lined area. It will be located out in the back corner of the grass field. There is a fundraiser happening right now to help with the cost. We are looking for people to donate towards the cost of the Gaga Ball pit. See the poster in the foyer. A donation of $5 will build a “foot” of the pit. There are sheets to pick up to fill in with your donation. We will write names on the poster to show how close we are in covering the cost.
Questions? Please speak to Melanie Dow.
Quick Board Facts
- As of August 16, the church has received $2,679 of an anticipated $4,200, or 64% of the anticipated revenues, from its solar panels
- In the near future, the Board will make a presentation on its Evacuation Plan should we ever have an emergency on a Sunday morning. The Sunday School will participate in a drill. Stay Tuned!
- Watch the south west corner of the church property as a “Gaga Ball Pit” will be erected for the Youth Group. This fun game, played at Camp Kintail, will soon be coming to Gale!
Thanksgiving Sunday-October 9th we will make a harvest explosion at the front of the church. Please plan to bring any produce from your garden or any items that express your thankfulness and decorate our church.
You are invited to take your items home after the service or you may leave them to be donated to the Elmira Food Bank.