Week 16

Ø There is a worship service today at MeadowPark Home (110 Sandys St.) at 2:30pm. The family asked to attend is Jake & Margaret.

April 15, 2012 – CRWRC: The CRWRC responds on your behalf to the needs of people who suffer from poverty, hunger, disaster and injustice around the world. CRWRC also works in North America to help restore communities that have been seriously affected by disasters and to help churches and individuals recognize the importance of living justice and loving mercy. It seeks to build a world where people work together to carry out acts of justice and mercy within their own community and around the world.

April 22, 2012 – CADETS: The Calvinist Cadet Corps is an independent (non-denominational) youth ministry organization whose purpose is to provide the local church with a ministry program that will enable them to effectively share Christ’s love with boys from their church and community.

Please take a minute after church to look over the various projects on the table in the Narthex and sign up before all the spots are filled! Join us as we reach out into our community with the power of the gospel! If you have any questions contact the Deacon in charge of the project.

This week Saturday we are helping at Outreach for Hunger clean up, sort, and stock shelves. Don’t forget to sign up. Talk to Aaron for more information!

Do you have a van we can borrow? 4 youth and 2 adults are will be volunteering with Youth Unlimited SERVE in Woodstock, ON from July 7-14. We need a van to drive for the week we are there. If you have a van or another 6 passenger vehicle we can borrow that week please talk to Pastor Jake.

BUILDING PROPOSAL:

Council accepted a proposal from the Facility Enhancement Committee that will be presented at the congregational meeting for April 25^th. Council urges all members to attend this important congregational meeting to discuss this proposal as well as to vote on it. Council decided that the proposal must have a 2/3 majority to be accepted. Information on this proposal can be found in your Agenda for the Congregational Meeting.

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING: April 25^th is the date for our Spring Congregational Meeting. There is a coffee social at 7:30pm and the meeting begins at 8pm.

LIBRARY NEWS: Those of you who enjoy Julie Klassen, her latest book “The Maid of Fairbourne Hall” will have you follow Margaret Macy from being a high society lady, to a disguised housemaid, to avoid having her inheritance stolen by a suitor she does not want to marry. As she fumbles through the first real work of her life, she struggles to keep her identity a secret from prying eyes. Will her plan work?

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2012: We would love to have you help with Vacation Bible School this year (July 9-13), but please let us know by April 30 what you can commit to. The deadline has been extended, and a signup sheet has been placed on the table in the narthex. If you have already made a commitment to volunteer for VBS this summer, your name has been placed in the appropriate spot.

Much planning goes into a successful VBS and the most stress comes from filling the volunteer positions. All these positions need to be filled in order for us to be able to offer VBS this summer. When these spaces are filled, then it becomes a joy to prepare together for spreading the gospel to the neighbourhood children. Can we count on you? For more info or answers to your questions call Myrna Panjer or Wendy Horneman.

The missionaries that we as a congregation support need our prayers and encouragement as well as our financial support. To this end, the Outreach committee is starting a new program – “It’s Your Turn to Write the Missionaries”.

For the MONTH OF MAY 2012, the following families are specifically invited to send a card, write a letter or email our missionaries. Just to let them know that you are thinking of them and praying for them and their work is so encouraging! Each of you will find further information in your mailbox. Thank you for your participation in this ministry to our Missionaries!

We are meeting this Tuesday at Pastor Jake's starting at 7:30. All young adults aged 19ish-to-30something are invited to join one of the following discussion groups: Group 1 will be reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Group A will be reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan.

Ø All Ontario Youth Convention: Don't forget to give Pastor Jake a copy of your registration and receipt. Register online at www.allontario.com

Ø March for Life Ottawa Trip - Thursday, May 10. Check our Facebook events or website for more info.

Ø Canada's Wonderjam - June 23. If you are interested in going sign up on our Youth Group Facebook event and give Pastor Jake $40 before April 22 so he can buy tickets.

Next event: Friday, April 27 - Underground Youth Night at Blairs Boot Camp from 7-10:30pm.