Panelists:
-
Amanda Currie (Presbyterian Church in Canada Moderator)
-
Archbishop Mark MacDonald (National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop)
-
Firmina Firmin (J’aime ma ville Montreal)
-
Adiat Juniad (Quakers & Canadian Ecumenical Anti-Racism Network)
-
Michael Blair (United Church of Canada General Secretary
(Note: There are 2 options for obtaining tickets - either purchase a $20.00 ticket or get a ticket at no cost.)
CHRISTMAS TEA 2020 = D-TCBP-U*
In these COVID times, the Membership and Pastoral Care committee, with support from the Worship committee, is offering an alternative to our usual Daytime Christmas Tea. We have organized a *Drive-Thru Cookie Box Pick-Up event to be held on Wednesday, December 9 in the church parking lot from 2 until 3 p.m. If you usually attend the Daytime Christmas Tea, we want to sweeten your holiday season. To ensure our busily baking elves prepare a cookie box for you, please register for your cookie box by phoning or emailing Sandy Hayes by Sunday, November 29.
Ho - ho – ho!
Last Fundscrip order of the Year!!
The end of November is the last chance to order personal shopping cards before Christmas.
Please see below for instructions and timelines for this month's order.
How can we help our Deacon’s Cupboard this Christmas?
There are 2 ways for you to participate in helping the Deacon’s cupboard;
1. Donate Fundscrip cards to the regular operation.
These will be grocery cards that guests can use to purchase food. Due to the pandemic, the Deacon’s Cupboard has been distributing grocery store cards because it is unable to provide food directly to its guests. For this program, cards in multiples of $25.00 are most helpful.
2. Donate to a special “Christmas project”.
This project will still assist guests at the Deacon’s cupboard. Special gift cards will be placed in a greeting card that will be handed out at Christmas.
These cards may be for Tim’s or Dollarama or any other Fundscrip cards you wish to donate. The denominations will be small amounts, just to provide something extra to the guests during this special time of year.
Orders for both personal use and donations will be placed on Sunday, November 29.
Simply email Joanne Hines at twokids@rogers.com by Thursday, November 26 and make an order or a donation.
Take your cheque to Tina, at the church or to Mike Ogilvie directly. When the cards arrive, designated donated cards will be sent directly to the Deacon’s Cupboard and personal cards can be picked up at the church office.
Affirming Working Group - We Need to Hear from You
Over the last few weeks, an announcement about EMUC becoming an Affirming Ministry within the United Church of Canada has been circulated through the Friday message. We hope you have had a chance to read it. Perhaps you have even visited the Affirm United website and explored the Open Hearts document. As we mentioned, much of this work will require face to face discussions and in person workshops. When we are back together, this work will go ahead.
Thankfully, there are a few things we can invite you to help us with right now. Please consider thinking about and responding to the following questions. Your answers are so important to help our working group move forward in planning the education process around our Affirming mission.
1. Why should EMUC consider becoming an affirming congregation?
2. What are your concerns/questions around becoming an affirming congregation?
3. With consideration of the various learning styles that individuals have, which educational method do you find most beneficial? (i.e. reading material, movies, workshops, guest speakers, etc.)
We invite you to email anyone on our working group with your responses and any other feedback that may be helpful as we move forward in this process.
Thank you in advance for your participation,
Amnesty International Write for Rights
Every year, leading up to International Human Rights Day on December 10, Amnesty International organizes Write for Rights Events. They identify people and communities at risk of human rights abuses worldwide and join them in solidarity to seek justice. This year the Interfaith Peace and Justice Committee is asking you to visit the write-a-thon website and participate individually.
