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Announcements:
Summer Worship – June 29 to August 31 – 10:00
am
Beginning Sunday, June 29 and continuing till
Labour Day weekend, August 31, there will be
one worship service at 10:00 am in the Sanctuary.
When it is hot we’ll worship in the air-conditioned
comfort of the Stewart East Hall.
Summer Office Hours – June 27
to August 29
During the summer, church offices will close
at noon on Fridays.
Monday to Thursday: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am to noon
We're Back!
Giant Fall Rummage Sale, October 25, 2008
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Shop and Support
You can support Islington United Church while
you do your regular shopping. We have now registered
with Shop and Support, an organization that
works with dozens and dozens of familiar retailers
so that a percentage (usually 2 to 3%) of what
you spend in your normal shopping is donated
back to the church. There is no cost to you!
You can enroll by logging on to the Shop and
Support website – www.shopandsupport.ca.
You will receive a unique enrolment number with
your own password. You simply purchase “shopping
or gift cards” in the amounts that suit
your shopping patterns with your credit or debit
card. The shopping cards will be delivered to
the church for you to pick up and use like cash.
For more information contact Carole Bennett at
416.239.1131 ext. 33 or email:
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Report from the Congregational Meeting
- Wednesday, May 7
Read the report...
View the Project
20/20 Planning Team Report (.pdf)
Selected Worship services are
now available on-line in video format.
Follow
this link to view the videos.
Library News
New
books are on the library cart in the hall
between Linda Wheler’s and John Derksen’s
offices and in the Stewart East Hall on Sundays.
Please feel free to borrow them. Simply print
your name, phone number and date on the book
card in the back of the book. Place the card
in the silver bag on the side of the cart. We
operate on the honour system – please
return your selection within three weeks.
New books in our library
Events:
For
Kids! Mark the Calendar!
Vacation Bible School
August 18 – 22
9:30 am – 12:00
noon
Come into God’s
Big Backyard, where
kids have a blast
serving Jesus!
Pre-registration will
be required.
Summer fun for kids
ages 4 to 16
Junior counsellor positions
are available to earn
community service hours
for Grades 9
and up.
Registration forms
are on the VBS posters
around the church.
You are cordially
invited to the Open
House celebration of
Pearl Bennett’s
90th Birthday
Friday, August 1, 2008
- 2:00 to 5:00 pm
Stewart East Hall
Best wishes only.
Her family hopes you
will make this the
start of your holiday
weekend.
MEN’S
DAY TOGETHER
September
20
Men, mark you calendar
for the 2008 Men’s
Day Together on Saturday,
September 20, a full
month earlier than
usual. This will accommodate
all the men who start
curling in October!
We are fortunate,
indeed, that our keynote
speaker
will be the Rev. Rob
Dalgleish, Program
Coordinator, Congregational
Renewal & Development
for The United Church
of Canada.
You all
know Rob as a guest
preacher and our consultant
for Project 20/20.
The day holds much
promise! The event
will be held in the
Stewart
East
Hall with continental
breakfast, buffet lunch
and plenty of coffee
and conversation.
For more information
contact Ted Wilson
at 416.231.7726 or
email evwilson@rogers.com.
Islington’s
Annual Golf Tournament
Saturday, September
27th 11:30 am
Hornby Glen Golf Course
(Steeles Avenue and
Trafalgar Road)
Join other golfers – expert
and novice, young and
not, women and men – for
a round of golf followed
by Dinner & Prizes!
Cost – $93 per
golfer
All welcome! Contact
Doug Peter at 416.231.8907
or email sdpeter@sympatico.ca
Islington
United Church invites
you to
A
Women’s Day
Retreat – Spirituality
of the Arts
God
was the first
quilter of
the prairies,
the
prime painter
(sunsets, thunderheads,
forget-me-nots),
the archetypal
metal
sculptor (mountain
ranges, crystalline
structures),
the composer
who heard bird
songs,
the poet whose
word was “full
of grace and
truth.”
Join
us for a day
that will celebrate
the
many gifted
female artists
at Islington.
Dr. Dianne
McGibbon,
a psychiatrist
and an artist,
will share
her stories
and paintings,
and will
speak about the
ministry
of healing
that comes
from the arts
and the connection
of faith and the arts. Saturday, October
18
9:00 am – 3:00
pm
Registration and Continental
Breakfast open at 8:30
am
Islington Golf Club
45 Riverbank Drive,
Etobicoke
Cost $45
Continental breakfast
and buffet luncheon
included
Registration
begins Sunday, June
1 in the
Stewart East Hall and
continues each Sunday
in June. During the
week registration forms
are available in the
Church office. Registrations
received in June are
eligible for an “early
bird” draw. Get
your tickets today.
The registration fee
should not be a deterrent
to anyone attending.
Please contact Lynn
Morrison at 416.621.6285,
if you would like help
with registration.
Child care will be
provided, if needed.
Starting
This Fall
Study Group
- Jesus 24/7
Looking
for a way to explore
your faith? Join the
study group,
Jesus 24/7, a short
course in faith.
Session
1 - Six Mondays September
22 to November 3, 2008
(with a Thanksgiving
break).
Session
2 - Six Mondays January
12 to February 16,
2009
Choose
either the morning
study group: 10:00
am to 11:30 am
OR
the evening study group:
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
For
more information contact:
Michael Shewberg, 416-239-1131
ext. 31,
or
Linda Wheler, 416-239-1131
ext. 24,
FOOD
BANKS
Just
a reminder that food banks are always in need of non-perishable
food items.
Let's keep up our donations during the summer months
when food is at its lowest.
The need never ends so let us all get behind this worthwhile
cause.
Food items may be left in the boxes at the church entrances.
The daily bread food bank always needs: tuna,
peanut butter, baby formula, canned beans, powdered
milk,
canned stew, rice, canned fish, juice, canned fruit,
pasta and pasta sauce.
Church
Parking
Page Revised:
June 27, 2008
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