November 19, 2024
Calvary Compass – November 19, 2024 - Calvary United Church, www.calvaryuc.ca
Dear Friends of Calvary,
Thank you to all who attended in-person our Anniversary Worship Service and Coffee Hour. Calvary has definitely made many changes over our 134 years, from the High Street Mission to now and we are continuing to evolve. Thank you to Mark Richardson for being our guest speaker. Thank you also to Denise, the Senior Choir and Randy Mills for their musical presentations.
Next Sunday, Kerry will be away and Rev. Susan Cameron will lead our worship service. Rev. Cameron was our Interim Minister after Kenji left to go to Sarnia. She and her husband, Grant, often come to our Jazz Vesper Services.
Worship Services are all live-streamed:
November 24th - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUs6jPbrQYU
December 1st - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hhNx1YVUBI
NOTE: The same links will work to view the recorded service, in case you are unable to watch the live-stream.
Recorded service for November 17th - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbU3aweWdq8
ADVENT PROJECT
Part One of the Outreach Committee's Advent Project is asking the congregation to donate clothing and household items to the Life*Spin Free Store on Dundas Street. This will run from November 4th until December 20th. There is a table at the parking lot entrance for the donations.
Men's Clothing - Size 30, 34, 36 waist. sweatshirts, coats S,M,L, and warm scarves, gloves, mitts and hats
Women's Clothing - small coats, mittens, hats, XS sweatsuits, hoodies, and XXL, XL sweatshirts and hoodies
Boys and Girls 7 years and up - Clothes, Coats, Hats and Mitts
NO Baby clothes right now
Kitchen - cutlery, plates, bowls, pots and pans and toasters
Bedding, sheets, towels, blankets, pillows
Donations of Tote Bags and Gym Bags are also needed
TOURIERES AND APPLE CRISPS
To place an order for Calvary’s frozen ready-to-bake tourtière or apple crisp, contact Marg LaRocque - mglarocque@rogers.com or 519-681-7810. The tourtière cost is $24 and an apple crisp is $8.
VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SELL CHRISTMAS TREES
The Old South Community Organization is looking for volunteers to help sell Christmas trees outside of the INDEPENDANT (formerly the ValuMart) grocery store in Wortley Village. They will start to sell the trees November 30th. Funds from the sale of the trees goes to support various community activities in the Old South area. If you are interested, please email Gemmell Neilson at gemmellneilson@gmail.com or call 519-619-1189.
CHAMPION
This Wednesday, November 20th, Bonnie and Brian McNichol are presenting a PowerPoint travelogue on their trip to Italy. All are welcome to attend even if you are not a member. CHAMPION starts at 1:00 pm. We will have refreshments afterwards.
On Wednesday, November 27th, we are going to be making three Christmas cards. The cost is $2 for the materials. Please register in advance by contacting the office if you wish to attend.
On Wednesday, December 11th, we are planning our Christmas get-together. We are ordering lasagna - meat or vegetarian for our lunch ( $15/person ). Guests can come. We are asking everyone to bring a wrapped gift of $5 for under the tree. If you wish to attend, please let Kris Goodman know - krisgoodman@live.ca and sign whether you wish meat or vegetarian lasagna.
SANCTUARY DECORATING
On Friday, November 29th at 9:00 am, we will be putting up the two sanctuary Christmas trees and the other decorations. If you are interested in helping, just arrive at 9. Please enter by the Garfield porch door.
CALLED TO BE THE CHURCH
Hopefully all of you have now received the Anniversary letter and information on Called To Be The Church. Please complete the form and return it to the church by December 1st even if you are not changing your giving amount. While the Postal Strike is on, you can drop your form on the offering plate OR drop it into Calvary's mailbox by the Christian Education wing OR bring it into the church office. Stewardship and Finance Committee utilizes the figures to assess the budgets and spending for 2025.
2025 CALENDARS
Please save any unwanted 2025 calendars. The Outreach Committee will be collecting them for redistribution at the Community Breakfast, the London Community Chaplaincy, etc. Collection boxes are at the back of the Sanctuary.
Upcoming Bazaars and Events:
• The Eclectic Christmas Market, November 23, 9 to 3pm, First St. Andrews United Church
• Forest City Singers present Christmas Songbook, December 6 at 7 pm at Rowntree United Church, tickets $20.
• Handel’s Messiah, December 21 at 7:30 pm, Knox Presbyterian, St. Thomas, www.choralconnection.ca
(for details on these events, see the posters on the bulletin board at the parking lot entrance)
Meetings for the Week:
• Trustees - Tuesday - 7:30 pm via Zoom
• CHAMPION - Wednesday 1:00 - 3:30 pm
• Church Council - Wednesday - 7:00 pm via Zoom
• Bible Study - Thursday - 11:00 am - 12 Noon via Zoom
• Book Club - Monday - 7:30 pm via Zoom
Bible Study
Scripture Readings - Exodus 1: 6-22 and Matthew 11: 25-30.
Psalm for the Week:
Psalm 90 verses 1, 2, 16, 17 New Revised Standard Version (updated edition)
Lord, you have been our dwelling place
in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth
you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
Let your work be manifest to your servants
and your glorious power to their children.
Let the favour of the Lord our God be upon us
and prosper for us the work of our hands—
O prosper the work of our hands!
Prayer for the Week:
O merciful and gracious God,
we humble ourselves before you with
thanks for the never ending blessings that are bestowed
upon us. We acknowledge in our feeble and humble ways
that you are always with us, even though at times we don't
feel that way. Continue to shower us with Your grace as we continue
in our praise and thanks to You, in all that we do, say, and think. Amen
Prayer focus for this week: Children that are going to school hungry.