Sunday November 27th

Advent 1

From Generation to generation - There's room for every story.

Advent begins and we hear a story from Isaiah about beating swords into plowshares, spears into pruning hooks and how nations will not study war anymore. What?! We seem a long way from that vision. And so it seems like we have to wait. There is room for everyone as we wait expectantly and hope-fully.

 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 Nov 25 @ 6:30PM

TONIGHT!

Free Family Movie Night.

Starting Advent with a Christmas movie! Come watch Christmas Chronicles and wonder about what it means to believe in Hope. PJs, stuffies & blankies welcome.  

Friday December 9th @7PM

Fun, Faith & Food!

For youth in Grade 4-8.

Join us on the second Friday of the month.

This month's theme is peace.

Contact Jen for more information.  

News

Congregational Meeting



The Executive is calling a Congregational Meeting of the Norval United congregation for Sunday, November 27th. 

The purpose of the meeting is to to approve the signing of the contract with Kindred works for the phase 2 project

The meeting will start at 11:15 am, immediately following the 10:00 in-person service at the church. The meeting will also be on Zoom as we want to give our online community an opportunity to participate. You can find the zoom link here.

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.

Sunday Dec 4th

It isn't just meat pies that are back! We will be having a mini bazaar from 9AM-Noon on Sunday December 4th with a craft table, bake table and of course, the meat pies. If you can contribute something, please contact Marie Carney. 

Drop off any crafts and baking between 10am & 12pm on Saturday Dec 3rd at the church.

Sat Nov 26th 10:30AM- 1:30PM

TOMORROW!

This Saturday, come help deck our halls - well, the Sanctuary and Gathering Place - just in time for Advent! 

For more info, and/or to ensure we have enough cider and Christmas cookies for you, text/call Jen Stinson at 416-706-5050. 

Wednesdays @ 8PM

Thirty minutes of fresh air for your soul. Join us on Zoom and enjoy a reading, a prayer, some music and a guided meditation.

Email the office here to get the link to join us

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.  

Christmas Giving Season

Fill A Purse!

Bring comfort, hope and dignity to women and youth in crisis.

Choose a gently used purse or buy one new.

With love and thoughtfulness, fill the purse with items such as feminine hygiene products, tissue, shampoo, conditioner, toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, gloves, scarf, hat, lip balm, tweezers, nail clippers, coffee shop gift card, gum, flashlight, whistle, notepad...the list goes on...the things that we often take for granted

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Drop purses off at the church by December 1st at the latest.

For more information please contact Liz Ivany.

Can You Help?

As part of their Christmas Giving, our Jr Youth Group will be learning about and collecting items for MCC School Relief Kits. 

We are seeking donations of kit items and drawstring bags. Instructions for making bags can be found here and a list of items needed for the kits can be found here: . Youth will be learning about the kits this month, and assembling items on Friday December 9th. If you can help provide any items or bags, please drop them off in Jen's office by Thursday December 8th.

Community Soup Making



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.

Please watch the Norval United website for details and deadlines for this program.

Fundscrip

Christmas time 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

Saturday Dec 3rd @ 7PM

The Georgetown Choral Society present "A Big Brass Christmas" with the Hogtown Brass.

Enjoy a fun Advent Christmas concert at Norval United Church.

Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online here or at various stores in town.

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

Kim MacDonald is praying for Val who had two strokes recently.

Amy Bolton is praying for Christy who continues her journey with cancer.

Bill Russell continues his prayers for Deanna and Bruce.

Anne Wilcox asks for prayers for Alejandra.

Janel Bascom has prayers of thanks that her aunt and uncle have recovered well from their car accident. 

Janel also asks for prayer for her friend, Leonard, and Rosa upon learning of Leonard's brain cancer.

Deb Hopper asked for prayers for friends Francis and Kyle, each of whom have children in the ICU.

Trevor Ellis' best friend had his grandma and two dogs die last week.

Val Tamblyn asks for prayers for her sister Colleen and sister-in-law Ruth who will be facing their first Christmas without their spouses.

Val also invites us to continue praying for Dawn Marsellus in hospital and John Morden's family in Florida after the death of his young grand-nephew.

Karen Seunarine asks for ongoing prayers for her friend, Bethany.

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