Gale’s Weekly Update – March 12th

ZOOM Coffee Hour
Join us this Sunday (March 14) after our Worship Service for a ZOOM coffee time!

Start time: 11:45 am
(you can join beginning at 11:30 where you will be put into a waiting room until the host lets you in)

Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008656454?pwd=ZkVEbG9LbXdXZ3QxbTNJdzBzTlJ5QT09

Meeting ID: 820 0865 6454

Passcode: CoffeeTime

Future Dates – mark your calendars!
March 28
Sun April 11 & 25

LENT RESOURCES
Visit our website for full details on everything listed below.
https://www.galepresbyterian.com/lent-2021/

Tuesday Table Communion Services at Gale

These services are available on our YouTube Channel each Tuesday at 7PM
https://www.youtube.com/user/GalePresbyterian

Have some bread and juice nearby to participate in the sacrament.

To download the liturgy to follow along:

https://www.galepresbyterian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/March-16-2021-Stations-of-the-cross.pdf

ZOOM Bible Study

1 pm on Wednesdays during the month of March
“Countdown to Easter – a Read, Write & Live It Bible Study”
Contact Melanie for more details melanie.dow@galepresbyterian.com

Weekly interactive Lent Garden – link available on our website

Lent Devotional Book- Available on our website for downloading

Waterloo Region COVID-19 Vaccination Pre-Registration Form
To find out if you are eligible for a vaccination at this time, click on the following link and locate the information about “Eligible Priority Groups”

https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-and-wellness/covid-19-vaccination-pre-registration.aspx

If eligible, here is the form for pre-registering:
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/d00ca35fbecc44ff999855bb217eb988

(from the Waterloo Region website)
Pre-registration does not mean you will be contacted to book an appointment immediately. When vaccine is available for your priority group, you will be contacted through the method you selected (email, text or telephone). Please ensure you check your JUNK/SPAM folder in your email regularly.

You can also call to pre-register: 519-757-4400
(Call volumes are high: Please only call if you are in a Priority Group now eligible for pre-registration.)

Gale’s Prayer Tree – a beautiful image of prayer

If you have any prayer requests, you can email them to: prayers@galepresbyterian.com

A piece of yarn will be added to our Prayer Tree in the sanctuary for prayer requests during the season of Lent. If you have a specific colour to accompany your prayer, please include that detail.

COVID-19 Statement March 2, 2021:
At our Session meeting on February 23rd, 2021 we discussed the option of re-opening our Sunday worship to public attendance and live-streaming our services. It was decided that although our region is no longer in “stay-at-home” we would remain closed to public worship and continue with pre-recorded worship on YouTube.

We share the concerns of the medical community regarding the danger of the spread of variants of the COVID19 virus. We will reconsider this decision regularly. Thank you for your patience.

**NEW** DVDS available
If you know of someone who has not been able to watch our church services online but would enjoy watching a particular service, contact the office and we can burn a DVD.

519-669-2852 OR office@galepresbyterian.com

Church News
Gale Presbyterian remains closed until further notice. During this time, please visit our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/GalePresbyterian where we will have pre-recorded services available each Sunday.

Staff will periodically be in the building to look after any pressing issues. You can contact them by email or by leaving a message at the church.

Contact information is found at the bottom of this message.

Click on the following links to find out more:

Ways to Give https://www.galepresbyterian.com/giving/

Online Church Services https://www.galepresbyterian.com/online-church-services/

Family & Kids’ Resources https://www.galepresbyterian.com/family-kids-resources/

Ways to Stay Connected https://www.galepresbyterian.com/staying-connected/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/galepresbyterianchurch/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gale.presbyterianchurch/

Staff Contacts:

Rev. Scott Sinclair scott.sinclair@galepresbyterian.com

Richard McFadden richard.mcfadden@galepresbyterian.com