Announcements
~ANNOUNCEMENTS & INVITATIONS as of October 12, 2018~
o Monday October 15th @ 3:00 pm ~ Memorial Service for Noreen Woolsey. The family is hoping that someone (or two) from our church family could volunteer to babysit some of the great-grands during service time (3:00-4:00 p.m.) here in the nursery. Thanks in advance.
http://www.stettlerfuneralhome.com/obits/obituary.php?id=708715
o Tuesday October 16th @ 2:00 pm ~ (Stettler Funeral Home) Please join me in offering our sympathies and caring compassion to Randy, Connie and Thelma, and their immediate and extended families, and circle of friends, as they grieve Bernice's death. http://www.stettlerfuneralhome.com/obits/obituary.php?id=708850
o Third Quarter Statements are available for pick up on Sunday and mailed next week.
o Upcoming Sunday Services
o World Food Day/Stewardship theme ~ October 14th
o Baptism Sunday ~ October 21st! Come and celebrate with the Dorsett family.
o Worship Committee leads worship on October 28th as Jan is away for Study Time.
o All Saints Sunday ~ November 4th ("fall back" your clocks)
o Remembrance Sunday ~ November 11th... PLEASE NOTE, there will be no worship service held at Stettler United Church. Please attend St. George's Anglican @ 10:00 a.m. OR the Legion Community Service at the Performing Arts Centre (with video feed into the gym, for extra seating) @ 10:45 a.m.
o Lunch, Learning & Laughter ~ Please join with Jan on Fridays @ noon as we prepare for Sunday worship by discussing the themes found in the Bible readings. This week’s bible readings: Job 23:1-9; 16-17 & Mark 10:17-31
o Upcoming:
o Avabelli Dance Troupe ~ Mondays @ 7:00 pm
o M & P ~ Oct 16 @ 4:15 pm
o Men’s Breakfast ~ Wednesdays @ 7:00 am
o Church Mice Art Group ~ Wednesdays @ 10
o Drum Circle ~ Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm
o Lunch, Laughter & Learning ~ Fridays @ Noon
• Stettler United Fall Supper ~ October 28th @ 4:00 pm, CE wing of Stettler United.
• Who will help? With your help Stettler United Church could participate in the activities on Friday, November 30th (when the Christmas Tree is lit up at the intersection downtown). One idea is have caroling in the sanctuary, another is to have people of all ages make luminaries. These could be made in remembrance of a loved one who's died, or in other ways symbolizing living in the light and hope of God's love! Luminaries could go home and/or be shared with the church for use on December 16th Service of Light and Hope, and on Christmas Eve. Wouldn't the ramp, and front steps look lovely adorned in this way? Again, who will help?
• Website Updates: http://www.stettlerunitedchurch.org/news
~ WIDER CHURCH & CHURCH RELATED ~
• Big Valley United Church Fall Supper ~ October 14th @ the hall in Big Valley.
• Alliance United Church Fall Supper ~ October 21st @ the hall in Alliance.
• October 25 ~ In Concert - Saskia And Darrel, The Great Plains
• Many different styles of music to enjoy. For tickets contact Philippa Brysiuk or St George's at 403 742 2149. Tickets $15 each
• 2018 Gifts With Vision ~ New gifts, new hope. The new Gifts with Vision giving catalogue is now available at: https://www.giftswithvision.ca/
• STEWARDSHIP: Serving in a Changing Church and World, October 19-20, Sunnybrook United, Red Deer. Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Christopher Levan. ***Jan has registered for this event. She’d welcome others to participate and/or car pool. https://albertanorthwestconference.ca/16025-register-for-fall-stewardship-conference/
• Update from Region 3 ~ As the United Church of Canada restructures, Stettler United Church will no longer be part of Coronation Presbytery and Alberta Northwest Conference. We will be one of the communities of faith belonging to Region #3 (encompassing much of central-south alberta) https://albertanorthwestconference.ca/16056-update-from-region-3-commission/
• Alex Kusturok, fiddler extraordinaire, in Concert @ St. Andrew's United Church in Lacombe, October 20, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Tickets are $20, children are free, and are available at church office ph: 403-782-3148 Check www.alexkusturok.com
• Emergency Response: Please help our Mission & Service partners respond to the devastating typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunami which recently struck the Asia Pacific Region. Find out more: http://ow.ly/Rx3H30m4D4m #UCCan
• Chew on This ~ Join with people across Canada calling for an end to poverty—our shared voices can make a difference! https://www.united-church.ca/social-action/act-now/chew
• Make Sure All Of Your People Vote”: Donald Trump and the Complexity of Evangelicalism in North America ~ Join us on Thurs. Oct. 18 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Camrose Public Library (4710 50 Ave) for a lecture with Distinguished Visiting Fellow Dr. Molly Worthen.