Sunday December 11th

Advent 3

From Generation to generation - We Can Choose a Better Way

Isaiah 35 is a vision of what happens when we choose a better way: the wilderness blooms, water breaks forth in the desert, eyes are opened, ears are unstopped, sorrow and sadness flee away. We light the candle of Joy as we contemplate choosing a better way.

 Watch Sunday's Service Online, Live @ 9:00 AM EDT

or

 Join us for In-Person Worship @ 10:00 AM

Join us in live, online worship this Sunday at 9:00 am. 

You can find the service on Facebook Live or on our YouTube channel.

The service will be saved at both locations through the week.

Youth & Young Familes

Saturdays @ 9:30AM

Come and make music with us! 

Singing, Drumming, Joy! For ages 3-18 on Saturday mornings from 9:30-10:30.

No Experience Needed!

Contact Deb Hopper for more information  

Friday December 9th @7PM

TONIGHT!

Fun, Faith & Food!

For youth in Grade 4-8.

Join us on the second Friday of the month.

This month we will be putting together School Relief Kits for the Mennonite Centre Committee

Contact Jen for more information.  

News

Helping on Christmas Eve

 For the first time since 2019 we are aiming to have our in-person Christmas Eve services. We want to do all we can to create a meaningful experience for all who attend on Christmas Eve and we need your help. We need help at our 4:00 Kids PJ Celebration (greeting) and at our two Candlelight services (greeting, reading, serving Communion) If you can help at 4:00 please email Jen. If you can help at 7:30 and/or 9:00 please email Paul. It is so exciting to be welcoming people back to these services.

Offering Envelopes for 2023

It is hard to believe that it will be a new year very soon. In the past few years, because we spent a lot of time worshiping from home, we have been reusing old envelopes. This year we have new offering envelopes available.

If you have envelopes left over from previous years please recycle them or use them for crafts! Your new envelopes will be ready to pick up on Sunday morning at the welcome table.

If you do not currently have envelopes but would like some, please contact Jenny in the office or check in with a greeter on Sunday morning.

Can You Help?

We have signed a contract with Guelph Solar to install solar panels on the church.  Solar energy is better for the environment and it is better for the church bank account. It is estimated we will save up to $10,000 a year in hydro costs.  The panels will cost more than $100,000 for purchase and installation.  Are you able to help with a special donation for this project? Donations received by December 31st will be included on your 2022 Charitable donation receipt. Thank you for helping us to care for the environment and reduce our future hydro costs!

Volunteers needed!

For many of us, Norval United Church’s warm welcome is one of the main reasons we came back after our first visit. 

You can help carry on this fine tradition!



Join Jen Stinson and George Smith as we live out our faith in God’s radical hospitality by welcoming all who attend on Sunday.

If you can smile and say “welcome” you are qualified! Volunteer 1, 2 (or more!) Sundays a month on this great team! Or if you prefer short term commitment why not help out during Advent/Christmas or Lent/Easter? Contact Jen Stinson: or call/text 416-706-5050.  

Congregational Meeting Report

We had a good congregational meeting on Sun Nov 27^th as we heard a presentation from the Trustees about the Phase 2 development for apartments on the excess Norval United lands. There were 52 people present at the meeting. 

A motion was passed that "the Trustees be empowered to sign the contract with Kindred Works on the development of apartments on the additional church property." If you would like the Minutes of the meeting and a list of the Questions and Answers please email Jenny. We are excited to be working with Kindred Works. Find out more about their projects below. This was one more step on a very long journey, but it was an important, significant step. Thank you to the Trustees for the work on our behalf.  

Below you will find an article from Halton Hills Today about the Town's plans for the land around Norval United Church. Their timing seems to parallel our Phase 2.

Christmas at Norval United

At our Midweek Breath on the longest night of the year we'll be sharing in Communion. Wed Dec 21st, at 8:00 pm. Bring your elements to the service. Click here for the zoom link.

Come share in the Christmas story of Hope and Wonder. Family friendly. PJs optional.

Our traditional 7:30PM and 9PM Candlelight services. So quiet. So calm. So peaceful. So holy. You will feel the Christmas Story.



God dwells in us. Come for a relaxing Christmas Day service. We'll have coffee, tea, and cookies as we share in the service

around the

fireplace together.

Christmas Giving Season

Sunday December 18th

Advent 3

On this Sunday you are invited to bring food items toiletries and other donations for the Georgetown Breadbasket. We will still accept mittens, scarves and toques but agencies tell us they appreciate the gifts cards we have sent in recent years.

In the service we'll place the items under the Giving Tree on the stage. The Outreach Team will send $25 gift cards to Halton Women's Place, Links2Care, and the Georgetown Breadbasket. Mark your financial donations as Giving Tree or Outreach and we'll ensure the gift cards get to the various agencies. 

Thank you for giving to the Giving Tree.

Community Soup Making

THIS WEEK!

Soup making was a hit! We made 85 containers of soup and were able to donate most of that to Food For Life. All of the soup was distributed by Food for Life by Tuesday evening. We are looking forward to being able to continue to fill this need in our community. Join us to make soup monthly!

The next batch starts cooking

Dec 11^th 12-2PM

No skills necessary. Contact Jen to help out.

Links2Care

The Links2Care Holiday Giving Program is back this year. You are invited to "adopt" a person from the community and purchase their Christmas needs for them.

Find the information about how to support this program on our website.

Fundscrip

Christmas is coming soon! Order your gift cards from FundScrip and a percentage is donated to NUC. Make sure you get your orders in early as it takes about two weeks to process and deliver.  

Place your order here and use code S2MV7N to get to the NUC page.

Georgetown Breadbasket

The Breadbasket has issued a 30 day challenge and we encourage you to join in! There is a list of 30 items for 30 days that can be found on their Facebook page. Add the corresponding item each day to a box over the next 30 days and then drop off your box at time for the Holiday Season! We've got a bin at the church ready to collect!

Don't think you can commit to getting all these items..... no problem! Instead, set aside the amount of each item on a daily basis and at the end of the 30 days donate the cost of one of these boxes to us!

In The Community

Sunday Dec 18th @ 2PM

The NUC choir has been invited to participate in an afternoon of Christmas music at St. Andrews United

89 Mountainview Road South.

Come out and sing your favourite Christmas carols and hear special music from 5 local choirs.

Free will offering

Join us for refreshments after the event

Have You Heard?

Knox Presbyterian Church in downtown Georgetown has started an Out of the Cold program to help folks find shelter during the coldest time of the year.

They are looking for volunteers to help in various capacities including an evening team (7-9PM) to make supper and prepare for the night, an overnight team (9PM-6AM) and a morning team (6-8AM) to make breakfast and clean up. Connect with them here if you have any questions or would like to volunteer. 

Check out the article below from Halton Hills Today for more information

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; speak up on their behalf and give thanks for them.

1 Timothy 2:1

Vicki Richardson asks for prayers for her sister Heide, who is beginning her cancer treatments.

Kim McDonald asks for continued prayers for her brother-in-law and his cancer.

Anne Wilcox is praying for her brother-in-law Craig and family after the death of his brother, Bruce, from cancer.

Trudy Watson-Leung ask for prayers for her friend's 14-year-old daughter who has serious migraines.

Amy Bolton and Beth Hawley are mourning the death of their friend, Christy Trask on Dec 7th. A friend, yes, but more a sister.

Jen Stinson asks for prayers for those in the Webber and Stinson families facing the first Christmas without mom.

Eleanor Dickey is praying for a nephew beginning treatment for eye cancer.

We pray for John Eastwood's dad who is facing mobility issues.

Sharon Rule is praying for her best friend, Kim, who is dealing with cancer.



Bill Russell is praying for Deanna and Bruce.

Karen Seunarine's close friend, Beth Deen, passed away this morning, Dec 9th.

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