THIS WEEK…
Tonight, 7:30pm. Annual Christmas carol sing. This year we will also have a drama presentation and have invited the community. Please bring cookies for a time of fellowship following the service.
Christmas Cookie Bake – Wednesday, 9:30am – Noon. Bring along your favourite cookie/square recipe (doubled) and ingredients to the church at 9:30am. We will share the squares/cookies among everyone to take home. Enjoy some fellowship and leave with a head-start on your Christmas baking. Bring a bag lunch for noon. Everyone is welcome!
Jr. Sunday School Christmas Program Practice – Wednesday December 11, 7-8:30 pm, Please try to have your children there!
Adult Bible Study – Wednesday, 7:15 pm – Championship Father and The Psalms (this week: Psalms 111-120).
Maple View CHRISTMAS CHOIR will present a mini-cantata Sunday morning, December 22. Rehearsals are; Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm December 12, and 19.
Friday December 13 – We are looking for participants to fide on our horse and wagon float in the Wellesley Christmas Parade. Meet at Wellesley School at 6:15 p.m. Talk to Ross & Becky if you have any questions.
MYF – we will be going Christmas caroling on Saturday, December 14th. Meet at the church at 6:30.
Jr. Youth Christmas Event- Saturday December 14, Meet at Country Meadows in Brunner at 6:30 p.m. Pick up at church at 10 p.m. Please bring a $5 “fun” gift to exchange, a toonie and a topping for tacos (suggestions: diced tomatoes, sour cream, grated cheese, lettuce)…meat & shells provided. Any questions talk to Becky or Ruth.
LOOKING AHEAD…
Jr. Sunday School Christmas Program Practice – Wednesday December 18, 7-8:30 pm, and a full dress rehearsal will be on Friday December 20 from 9-11am. Please try to have your children there!
Tuesday, December 24, 7:30 pm – Christmas Eve Service – Children’s Sunday School program at Maple View.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Sunday, December 8, 3:00pm, St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener. Join our “3 Choirs at Christmas” concert with Menno Singers, Inter-Mennonite Children’s Choir and Menno Youth Singers. Tickets ($15 adult, $35 family, $5 students) available at Mennonite Savings and Credit Union branches, Music Plus and at the door. www.mennosingers.com
Wilmot Family Resource Centre’s Child & Youth department is hosting a Family Christmas Movie night & collecting donations of non-perishable food items in support of our local Food bank J Join us for some popcorn, hot chocolate and a fun family Christmas classic. The Santa Clause (with Tim Allen) J Tuesday, Dec. 10 @ the St. Agatha Community Centre. W ednesday, Dec. 11 @ the New Dundee Community Centre. Doors open at 6. Movie at 6:30pm For more information please contact WFRC @ cr4wfrc@bellnet.ca, 519-662-2731 x210
SOSA (single or single again) will be meeting Fri. Dec. 13 to view the “Wonder of Winter” at Waterloo Park. We will meet at Steinmann’s Church @ 6:30 for those in the area that would like to carpool, and 7:00 at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery parking lot- 25 Caroline St. N, Waterloo. We will warm up after a short walk at The Symposium for coffee &/or dessert. We would like to add a different twist to the evening by having a gift exchange of a re-gift or thrift store item. The price of the gift should be no more than $5.00, & able to fit in your hand! Hope to see you there!!
Christmas can be a painful time for some. It may be the first Christmas without loved family members who have recently died. It may be a time that has always been difficult. For those reasons Wellesley Mennonite Church and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church are offering a community “Longest Night, Blue Christmas Service” on Saturday December 21st at 7:00 p.m. at Wellesley Mennonite Church, 157 David St. in Wellesley. Everyone is welcome.
Advent Journey Marketplace – Take a look back to the time when Christ was born. Experience the sights, smells and drama as your journey unfolds. At Listowel Mennonite Church. Friday, December 20, 7-9pm, Saturday, December 21 7-9pm, Sunday, December 22, 2-4, 7-9pm. Indoor guided walking tours. See poster on bulletin board for more details.
Fathers & Kids Retreat: January 17-19, 2014 at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp: Skating on the lake, building snowmen and igloos in the field, following animal tracks through the woods, roasting smores over the campfire, playing board games by the fire in the dining hall and just being at camp is loads of fun, but the best part is doing it with dad! For more information and to register visit www.slmc.ca/retreats or call 519-422-3200
INFORMATION…
Help the People of the Philippines – MCC has begun its response to Typhoon Haiyan by providing funding for immediate needs and supporting a disaster response assessment team. Donations from individual Canadians to MCC’s Typhoon response made between Nov. 9 and Dec. 9, are eligible to be matched by the Canadian government. To donate please go to mcccanada.ca/typhoon.
Mennonite Disaster Service seeking volunteers for rebuilding in High River, AB. Come and help rebuild High River! MDS is scheduling weekly groups (Tuesday to Saturday work weeks) beginning January 2014 for work in High River. Please call Chantel Runtz in the Winnipeg office to book. Volunteers are also still needed in Staten Island, NYC and other locations. Call 1-866-261-1274 Food and accommodations provided.
The ESL program at Poole Church. “Several of your church members have been helping with the Low German ESL program at Poole Church, in many various roles. Each is an important role for the program to operate. I want to thank the various individuals for their support and time invested. I also ask that your church continues to support in prayer and to consider volunteering: assisting within the program when it starts again for the 12 wk. classes in February 2014. For more information please contact Anita Troyer at 519-662-1908 or anda_4@primus.ca ”
Tri County Mennonite Homes (TCMH) Board of Directors would ask for your prayer support as TCMH transitions to a new leader in Stephen Herbert who is starting December 9th as the interim CEO.
Church Membership Fees – Just a reminder, church membership fees for 2013 are $150/member. Any outstanding contributions would be greatly appreciated due to additional expenses. Thank you for your continued support for the operating account. Any questions please contact Rod (519-656-9736 or rlerb6@xplornet.ca)
The leadership committee has approved the purchase of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to have available at our church. An AED can greatly increase the likelihood of survival if someone would suffer cardiac arrest. The cost of this deivce is approximately $2000. The funds to purchase the AED will be coming out of the operating account. If you would like to help in the purchase of the AED you can designate your offering to the operating account or write AED on the envelope.
Please bring Gospel Echoes Cookies next Sunday morning, December 15 to the kitchen where there will be a labeled box. Any questions contact Sue Lebold.
If you are currently having any problems with receiving the prayer chain please let Wanda know.
WANTED! “6 ADULTS” To form a “Refugee Hosting Team” to welcome a Chin family of 3 from Malaysia to Canada with the assistance of a Hosting Team from the Chin Church in Kitchener. Talk to Ken or Joyce Jantzi this week as a meeting with Moses Moini (MCC Refugee Program coordinator) and the Chin team will possibly take place in the next few weeks.
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