Announcements
~ANNOUNCEMENTS & INVITATIONS as of October 19, 2018~
o Big Thank You’s To:
o United Church Women for their donation of $5000.00 AND
o Men’s Breakfast for their donation of $500.00
o Charlotte Chase Invites You to ~ the Refugee Committee Pot luck, Monday November 05th, 6:00 pm at the Anglican Church. Everyone is welcome to joinus as we celebrate the success of this endeavour with the family.
o Devotion Books ~ These Days & Upper Room fall editions are available in the Narthex, and CE wing book shelves.
o 2018 Gifts With Vision ~ New gifts, new hope. The new Gifts with (hardcopy) is pinned to the bulletin board in the CE wing, OR you can look online: https://www.giftswithvision.ca/
o Upcoming Sunday Services
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: Psalm 104 with its focus on water…..the baptism water.
o Upcoming:
o Avabelli Dance Troupe ~ Mondays @ 7:00 pm
o Prayer Shawls ~ Oct 23rd @ 2:00 pm
o Men’s Breakfast ~ Wednesdays @ 7:00 am
o Church Mice Art Group ~ Wednesdays @ 10
o LUV2READ Oct 24th @ 7:00 pm (The Round House)
o Scrapper’s Unite ~ Oct 26th (@ noon in basement) & Oct 27th
o Lunch, Learning & Laughter ~ Fridays @ noon
o Points West Lodge Service ~ Oct 26th @ 3:30 pm
o October 28th ~ Worship Committee leading worship (Jan’s Sunday off for study leave) Prayer Shawls ~ October 09 @ 2:00 pm
• 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?
• Online Conversation ~ Family Ministry ~ Wednesday, October 24 @ 11:00 a.m. (MST) Russell Mitchel Walker, diaconal minister, from Saskatoon, with 30 years experience, will facilitate a cross-Canada conversation about the challenge of being in ministry with families whose reality is attending about one in four Sundays. Jan Richardson is registered. Please join too!
http://www.edge-ucc.ca/online-conversations/
• Website Updates: http://www.stettlerunitedchurch.org/news
~ WIDER CHURCH & CHURCH RELATED ~
• 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
• 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