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NESIS Cooperative Community Joint Services 2020 All joint services will take place at 10:30 am (Tentative) Oct. 25: Trinity (VKH) (new date) Nov. 8: Dalhousie Mills (new date) ***************************************************** NEW SEPT. TO DECEMBER SCHEDULE IS AVAILABLE ON THE WORSHIP TIMES PAGE. ********************************************** ************************************************ CHECK OUT THE TAB UNDER HOME: GENESIS STRUCTURE UPDATE ************************************************* CHECK OUT THE TAB UNDER MORE: Genesis Policies and Procedures ************************************************ WE WANT YOU! Thinking of transferring your church membership to one of our Genesis churches? Plans are "in the works" to receive your membership. Please speak to someone at the Genesis church office at 613-678-5499. ************************************************************** Please Note: Until further notice, all regular monthly church meetings / gatherings are cancelled. *************************************************************** PLEASE CHECK OUT THE INFO. ON THE MISSION AND SERVICE PAGE ON M&S ASSISTANCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. ************************************************** News: Glengarry East World Day of Prayer, held March 6 at Dalhousie Mills, was able to send $536.00 to Women’s Inter-Church Council in Toronto. Let’s hope we can meet in 2021 at Sacre-Coeur in Alexandria. (Note: Champlain WD of Prayer to be held at Trinity (VKH) in 2021) ********************************************************** Loonies for Lent: Cassburn United Church is running a Loonies for Lent initiative. Fill a pill bottle with loonies, (or whatever loose change you have), and put it on the collection plate during lent. The funds collected will go towards our M&S goal, as well as other local outreach projects. By indicating your name or envelope number, a tax receipt can be issued. (Other churches are welcome to use this initiative if it fits into your churches’ goals!) |
Nursing Homes/Seniors’ Homes
ALL NURSING / SENIORS HOME SERVICES ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ****** Monday Morning Craft Group - 9:30 am to noon at Trinity United (VKH) - Quilting, Swedish Weaving, Knitting and Crocheting. Everyone welcome to join. For more information contact Pauline Newton 613-678-2247 or Jean MacCuaig 613-527-2064. Meetings cancelled until further notice.
*************************************************** Trinity UCW meets on the first Thursday of each month at 1:30 pm in the church hall. Meetings postponed until further notice. ************************************************* Alexandria UCW meets on the second Thursday of each month at 1:30 pm in the church hall. Meetings postponed until further notice. *************************************************** Alexandria Knitting Group will not meet until further notice. *************************************************** Marguerite House in L'Orignal is always looking for donations (odds and ends), so if you are doing a spring or fall cleaning and would like to donate kitchen articles, toiletries, bedding, or clothing, please call Élise Côté at 819-242-6156 and she will come and pick up your "treasures". ************************************************************* Movies on the Road: Alexandria United, as an outreach project, will host a movie night at your church. All that is needed is a light-coloured wall (if you don’t have a screen). Evening or matinee. No charge for the movie and it is a family affair. Refreshments are included (each church provides) and a free-will offering to cover expenses. All movies are “dove approved” (free of violence, foul language and sex) and have been critiqued prior to view. Contact Karen Austin 613-662-5701 to book your night. A list of movies is posted on your church bulletin board for information. ************************************************************* REVIVE Alexandria Church and Alexandria United Church, The Church on the Hill, 36 Kincardine St. E. will be sponsoring a series of GriefShare sessions every Tuesday, 7-9 pm, beginning September 15th until December 8th, 2020. The facilitators are Alex and Mary Cumming. GriefShare sessions are open to all and feature a three-pronged approach to dealing with grief using video, workbook, and fellowship. More information can be found at griefshare.org or by calling Alex or Mary at 613-347- 3428. Pre-registration is encouraged, but not mandatory. One-time donation of $30 for workbook. Free for those wishing to attend for a second or third time. ************************************************************ Please Note: Anyone who enjoyed the jams, jellies, pickles and relishes made by Winnie Williams, which were sold at our churches at Fall and Christmas Bazaars, and have empty jars that are not required, please return them to your church so we can collect them for Winnie to use again. If you have any surplus decorated Christmas tins, she also makes fruitcake! The Genesis Office will collect them from the churches and deliver the jars and tins to Winnie. ************************************************************ |