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MARCH 2016 - NEWSLETTER – ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH, RICHMOND ONT.
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Come And Celebrate
Easter At St. Paul’s
Meet Your New Chair of Council
Hi, my name is Margaret
Eddy. In the two years that I have been a part
of St. Paul’s United Church, I have come to love
the people and the many activities that happen
here. After the annual meeting 21 February and
having talked to Mary Norman, I decided to
volunteer to be Chair of Council. I cannot fill
Judy Wagdin’s shoes. In different shoes, with
God’s help, I will do my best in the job.
To give you a short history of my life, I was born
an Army dependent, studied to be a Registered
Nurse and then became an Army wife. I am a
lifelong learner having completed a B.N. and a
M. Ad. ED, and am presently taking an online
course from Centre for Action and
Contemplation (CAC).
After 35 years, my husband and I retired to
Arnprior where I attended Grace St Andrew’s
UC. While there, I sat on the Christian Education
Committee, the JNAC, and the Intern support
committee. I was secretary for the Council and
attended all learning opportunities. When we
down-sized and moved to Richmond, I joined St.
Paul’s congregation. At St. Paul’s I have been
very involved and enjoy working at any and all
events. I participate in all learning
opportunities, pie making, messy church,
creative worship, and UCW.
Many changes in the United Church as a whole
and St Paul’s are in the future. Working
together will make these changes easier and
less traumatic. I believe in coming to a general
agreement as everyone cannot have their way
in any group of people. I look forward to
working with all of you in the future.
Thanks Judy………….. Somehow “thanks Judy”, does not convey the
deep feeling of appreciation we all have for the
time and effort and love Judy has put into being
the Chair of Council for all these past years. If
you’ve been on Council, or worked with Judy, in
any of her many roles, here at St. Paul’s, you
will know just how much caring she puts into
making each meeting, each event, each project
or each activity, a joyful, rewarding and
successful experience.
Her energy is boundless, her caring is sincere
and somehow, she always finds time to get it all
done. When a gap is identified and no one else
volunteered to take on a task, you will find Judy
filling in and taking on yet another job. If she
doesn’t, she has the most pleasant way of
asking for help and no one, not even Jim, can
say no.
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In the Judy style, she has agreed to mentor
Marg in taking over the duties of Chair of
Council….. easing Marg in and easing Judy out .
So, thanks Judy for always being there, for
dealing with all the hard stuff, for being a friend
to St. Paul’s and to the community of Richmond.
Oh yes, and for being a friend to Jim.
REAL
SAMARITANS IN OUR WORLD
TODAY – Joanna Braaksma
Recently, I had occasion to visit a new
Rheumatologist. Once in his office he asked me
the regular questions. He then took out a
jewelers’ magnifying glass and examined my
fingers. He further examined my feet. He then
asked me to go next door to the hospital to get
x-rays and blood work done. No problem. I was
right there, so get it done now.
The problem started when the receptionist said
that there was a “short” corridor between
where we were and the hospital. I knew that
was going to be a problem as I now have
trouble walking. Oh well!
This “short” corridor was in a “Z” shape on a
slope uphill. There was no railing to hold on to,
glass windows on both sides—so you can enjoy
the view. By the time I got to the doors of the
hospital, tears were running down my cheeks.
Just then a lady came along and asked if I
needed help. I just nodded. She got me a
wheelchair and said she was on her lunch hour
and could help me. I just handed her the pile of
papers in my hands and she took over.
I need a “green” card for the hospital. She
wheeled me right in and in no time the card was
in my hand. She then wheeled me to the x-ray
room. I was to go right in. She then apologized
that she would have to leave me as she had to
get to work. I was so grateful to be sitting
down, thanks did not seem enough.
The x-ray lady proceeded to twist my feet and
knees as if I were a contortionist.
Standing to get my shoulders x-rayed was also
not helpful. The tears came again. The hands
being x-rayed were no problem. This lady knew
that I was in pain so she wheeled me to the
blood work area.
Here I had to sit as there were 20 people ahead
of me. I could now calm down and relax a bit.
When my turn came, I was then surprised that it
was taking so long to get one needle and take
some blood. When I questioned the lady, she
showed me all the stickers that were needed. I
was to have 10 vials of blood taken. I asked if I
would have enough blood to get home.
When she finished, she then wheeled me to this
main corridor. There she explained that she
would have to leave me on my own as she had
other people to look after.
With that, a gentleman asked her if he could
push me. When they asked me, I was so
grateful for the help, I said “Yes.”
“Where to?” he asked. Now, I had to go to the
ATM machine. The receptionist earlier had told
me that the parking lot charged $3.50 for every
20 minutes. I had arrived at 11:00 am and it
was 3:00 pm. I knew that I only had $12.00 on
me and they did not take credit cards. I needed
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cash. No problem! And we were off to find the
machine.
Once I had money I then had to get back to my
car. This gentleman then said that he had time
to push me wherever I wanted or needed to go.
He told me his wife had had surgery this
morning and he was waiting for her in the
recovery room. He had nothing to do and was
bored. He was more than happy to wheel me
around.
He then wheeled me right to my car. It was
then that I had a chance to see him. He was a
young man but he would not give me his name.
He said that I had helped him by giving him
something to do. He left with the wheelchair to
take it back through this “short” corridor to the
hospital.
As I prepared to drive out, I said a prayer to
thank God for giving me these good Samaritans.
UPCOMING OUTREACH COMMITTEE
ACTIVITIES
“Loonie” Sundays
The congregation is encouraged to bring their
spare loonies and toonies to church during Lent.
The Sunday School children take up the
collection with all monies going towards the
Mission and Service Fund.
“Souper” Sundays Delicious homemade soups and desserts are
served after the service on the first Sunday of
each month with all funds raised going to the
Richmond Village Refugee Welcome (see article
below).
Food Bank Luncheons Outreach Committee members prepare a warm
meal for Food Bank participants once a month.
The lunch is served in the church basement and
includes dessert, coffee, entertainment and
friendly conversation
The Quilt Luncheon Our church neighbour, “The Country Quilter”
holds an outdoor quilt show in June of each
year with the Outreach Committee and the
UCW jointly preparing a lunch in the church
basement for the quilters. Everyone is welcome
to attend this fun event, so if you enjoy good
food and beautiful quilts, check out future
church bulletins to confirm the date.
The Richmond
Village Refugee Welcome (RVRW) The Richmond Village Refugee Welcome
(RVRW) is a group of dedicated Richmond and
surrounding area residents who have been
working together since fall 2015 to sponsor a
refugee family from Syria. Most of the group’s
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volunteer positions have been filled;
approximately one half of the $30,000 required
to sponsor a family for the first year has already
been raised; a list of required household items
has been created and most of the items have
already been donated; applications have been
completed and; as of March 10 a family of six
living in Turkey has been identified. The mother
has a sister with three sons who recently
arrived in South March with sponsorship from
the Anglican Church. If all goes well, it could be
four to eight months before the family arrives.
St. Paul’s Outreach Committee donated $500 to
the project in December and since that time an
additional $383.80 was raised from a bake sale
and the first “Souper Sunday” on March 6th. If
you would like to make a donation in cash or by
cheque, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church has
volunteered to take in the donations and issue
tax receipts for amounts over $25. Make
cheques out to “St Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church” and write “for refugee sponsorship” on
the memo line. Cheques should be mailed to
P.O. Box 846, Richmond, ON, K0A 2Z0. You can
also visit the web site
http://www.richmondvillagerefugeewelcome.ca
for further information and to donate directly
through “Go fund Me”.
Pie People Report to the
Nation - Isabel Thompson
The Pie Making Project is also a very busy
commitment several of our church members
make every Tuesday morning. We even have
some volunteers who are not members but
enjoy getting out to have some "fun" with us.
A lot can be learned from this group of Pie
People! We are in our 15th year making pies
and we have also been making pies for
Shouldice Farms to sell from their Bells Corners
location for 8 of those years. We are a busy
group! The profits do not go directly into the
Operating Account of St. Paul's but over the
years we have paid for several necessary Capital
Expenditures. We do make an annual
donation towards the hydro bill though.
Anyone, men or women, are welcome to join us
on Tuesday mornings starting around 8:45am
for 2 - 3 hours. No experience is necessary as
there are several jobs that do not require much
expertise! We have a group who come in
during the apple season and they just sit there
quietly peeling apples! Well, not too quietly!!
Come For Dinner
and Take Home a Treasure April 2nd at 6:00 p.m.: Instead of our annual St.
Patty’s Day meal, we will be having an Italian
Supper and Auction. Silent Auction items are
now on display in the church basement and can
be bid on. While initial plans considered not
having a live auction this year, these plans have
changed and, after dinner, there will be a live
auction with many items available. We are still
looking for items for both the silent and live
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auction portions. Bring your appetites and
your wallets.
Tickets are on sale now, $15.00.
Come and enjoy an evening of fun
Author Unknown -contributed by Judy Wagdin
Once upon a time the colours of the world
started to quarrel; all claimed that they were
the best, the most important, the most useful,
the favourite.
GREEN said: “Clearly I am the most important.
I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen
for grass, leaves, trees –without me, all animals
would die. Look out over the countryside and
you will see that I am in the majority.”
BLUE interrupted: “You only think about the
Earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is
water that is the basis of life and drawn up by
the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives
space and peace and serenity. Without my
peace, you would all be nothing.”
YELLOW chuckled: “You are all so serious. I
bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth to the world.
The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow and the
stars are yellow. Every time you look at a
sunflower, the world starts to smile. Without
me, there would be no fun.”
ORANGE, started next to blow her temper, “I
am the colour of health and strength. I may be
scarce but I am precious for I serve the needs of
human life. I carry the most important
vitamins. Thinks of carrots, pumpkins, oranges,
mangos and papaws! I don’t hang around all
the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or
sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one
gives another thought to any of you.”
RED, could stand it no longer. He shouted out:
“I am the ruler of all of you! I am blood! Life’s
blood! I am the colour of danger and of
bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring
fire to the blood! I am the colour of passion and
of love, the red rose, the poppy and poinsettia.
Without me, the earth would be as empty as
the moon!”
PURPLE , rose up to his full height. He was very
tall and spoke with great pomp: “I am the
colour of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs and
bishops have always chosen me for I am a sign
of authority and wisdom. People do not
question me, they listen and obey.”
Finally INDIGO spoke, much more quietly than
tall the others, but with just as much
determination: “Think of me. I am the colour of
silence. You hardly notice me, but without me
you all become superficial. I represent thought
and reflection, twilight and deep water. You
need me for balance and contrast, for prayer
and inner peace.”
And so all the colours went on boasting and
quarrelling, each convinced of their own
superiority. Soon, their quarrelling became
louder and louder. Suddenly there was a
startling flash of bright lightening. Thunder
rolled and boomed! Rain started to pour down
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relentlessly! The colours crouched down in fear
drawing close to one another for comfort.
In the midst of the clamour, RAIN began to
speak: “You foolish colours, fighting amongst
yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest.
Don’t you know you were each made for a
special purpose, unique and different? Join
hands with one another and come to me.”
Doing as they were told, the colours united and
joined hands, The RAIN continues: “From now
on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across
the sky in a great bow of colours as a reminder
that you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a
sign of hope for tomorrow”.
And so, whenever a good rain washes the
world, and a rainbow appears in the sky, let us
remember to appreciate one another.
Note: Ancient people recognised the RAINBOW
as a sign of peace and of harmony. The ancient
Hebrews recognised it as a sign given by the
Creator that he wants all living things to live and
to flourish in peace and harmony; all clans, all
tribes, all colours, all faiths, all nations. That
between us there should be no division but
mutual respect and appreciation of one
another's gifts as well as of our differences. In
this way we enrich one another by reflecting to
one another the beauty and magnificence of
the Creator.... "When the rainbow appears in
the clouds I will remember the everlasting
promise between me and all living beings on
Earth."
Camp Awesome is happening once
again. -July 18-22, 2016 This camp is organized by Ottawa Presbytery for
children 4-12 years of age.
This will be our 4th annual camp being held at
St. Paul’s with 28-30 children enjoying a camp
during the summer months. Cost is $80.00 per
child, we have family rates available.
Applications are now being accepted; please
see Judy for the forms. As usual we are looking
for a few volunteers to help this camp run
smoothly, specially picking up counsellors at
the’ park and ride’ in Kanata,
If you can help please mention it to Judy
Wagdin……….
A Special Thank You to
Golden Triangle Signs -Isabel Thompson
Several years ago we had our St. Paul’s banner,
used for special events, parades, etc. made up
by Golden Triangle Signs. Since it was out of
date with respect the new United Church logo
shown above, we decided to have a new one
made up. This has been done and we wanted
to thank Golden Triangle Signs, a family owned
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business located at 429 Richmond Road,
Prospect, Ontario for donating the new banner.
They are a very special neighbour that deserves
our appreciation and your support. Next time
you need signage of any kind, vehicle graphics,
promotional items like fridge magnets, etc.
don’t forget to contact Golden Triangle Signs
(613) 253-Sign (253-7446)
So What’s “UP” With Our
Elevator, Isabel? The Expenses are UP,
That’s What’s Up!
Our elevator or more accurately named ,
"handicap lift" was installed at the church 11
years ago. At that time we did special
fundraising, people made donations in memory
of a loved one and it was also the beginning of
our pie making project! By law we have to
have it in tip top condition so every year an
inspector comes from the provincial TSSA
(Technical Standards & Safety Authority). We
have to pay an annual fee of $1,000 to the
province. As well as having the TSSA inspector
arrive (usually unexpectedly), the regular
maintenance is performed by the elevator
mechanic we had hired to install it 11 years ago.
There is usually an issue to deal with in this
regular maintenance.
Some of the problems we have had in the past
are:
• About 5 years ago the TSSA decided we
had to change the cable that contains the
lubrication which makes the car go up and
down. That costs us close to $1,000. There
was nothing wrong with the cable we had but
the TSSA decided we had to have a thicker one.
They had changed their standards.
• Then there was issues with the doors on
each of the three floors would not close tightly
which makes the left not operate. This
problem was rectified.
• In addition, a problem was identified
with the guides that make the lift run straight
up and down inside the elevator shaft and ours
had started to hit the sides of it.
• The backup battery system decided it
didn't like working at St. Paul's so we had to
purchase a new battery.
• A current problem happening now is
the locks on each floor all have to be replaced
before the end of the month. The mechanism
is wearing out and that is an issue that does
happen inside a lock. We have been told it
would probably cost approximately $600 per
lock.
• Trouble off and on with the doors not
opening and closing when they should but this
problem has been resolved.
• A couple of years ago the TSSA
inspector said we had to lock the doors on each
floor so we had to purchase four little black
combination boxes. One for each floor and
one for the inside of the lift. The keys are really
supposed to be locked in these boxes until
somebody requires the use of the lift. We have
been negligent in doing this because of the
inconvenience of it all. The little black boxes
are attached to the side of each door.
People might ask "Is it necessary for us to
continue to maintain our Lift?” We believe it is
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since it is not only used on Sunday mornings,
but also throughout the week for other Church
events. Because of the elevator, we have an
accessible building for people with walkers,
canes and particularly wheelchairs. We made
this commitment to the congregation and
visitors to St Paul's. Our curved stair cases in
the front lobby are quite attractive to look at
but can be dangerous to walk on. We have
had people falling down or tripping on the stairs
in past years.
A couple of months ago we put a large glass
bottle on the kitchen pass through counter
asking people to throw a $ donation for their
coffee/tea into it to help with some of these
expenses. We have not counted the donations
yet but whatever is there will certainly help a
little bit. If anyone can come up with other
ways to help defray the operating costs of the
handicap lift, please let us know. It may seem
like we are always asking for money for one
thing or another but it is no different
maintaining a church than our own homes. The
expenses go on all the time.
At this time, we are appealing to our church
members to make a special donation towards
these costs. Right now we are waiting to
receive an invoice from the maintenance
company but we know it is going to be a high
one!
St. Paul’s members have always, in the past,
risen to meet the needs of its members, the
needs of the building and of the needs of the
community. Hopefully we can do it one more
time.
God After the Funeral of
the Church -Summary by Margaret Eddy
with permission from Rev. Dr. George
Hermanson
On February 13, Isabel Thompson and I went to
an Open Space Discussion, God After the
Funeral of the Church, at Emmanuel United
Church. Rev. Dr. George Hermanson said that
they used the title to get imaginations going.
He explained that the funeral image allows us to
let go of the past while remembering what
might be life giving as we look at the future of
the church.
Over the years, the church has been, and still is,
in continuous experimentation. Through the
middle ages when it was privileged; to now
when it is one among many options. Many
surveys and our own church attendance show
that institutional religion is on the decline.
God is no longer out there, He is in our world
and people are finding Him on their own terms
and in their own way. How can the church
respond to this change? How this will evolve is
unknown and is open to our imaginations.
After this talk, we broke up into groups to
discuss the following topics:
-Social Gospel, Learning and Fellowship, Dreams
and Mystery, What is Good News,
-The Nature of God and Family Ministry and
Church’s Role in Parenting.
I have copies of the notes from these
discussions if anyone would like a copy. The
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only one that really hit home for me was when
one minister attending said that, “you do not
need a building to have a minister and church”.
INVITATION TO
ALL WOMEN OF ST. PAUL’S UNITED
CHURCH -Joanne Braaksma
June includes a special NIGHT OUT for the
ladies. This will be Monday June 27, 2016. We
choose a local restaurant and we do not have to
prepare, cook, or clean up. All ladies of the
church are invited even if they do not attend
the UCW meetings. The UCW ladies also help
the Quilt Luncheon on Saturday June 18, 2016.
This is sponsored by the Outreach Committee.
Sunday School
News: We would like to thank everyone for supporting
our baked bean luncheon. We have a lot of
events planned for the spring session
March 20th - Palm Sunday Breakfast. From
09:15 – 10:30 - A goodwill offering will be
collected.
April 10th -Messy Church From 04:00 – 06:30
With an Earth Day Theme. The children will be
examining geodes.
May 7th Our Annual Garage Sale
May 8th We will be planting our Mother’s Day
flowers.
June Sunday School Picnic - There will be more
information at a later date.
A Growing Church is a Dying Church
- Reprinted with permission of Rev. J Barrett
Lee*
Whenever a congregation goes looking for a
new pastor, the first question on their minds
when the committee interviews a new
candidate is: Will this pastor grow our church?
I’m going to go ahead and answer that question
right now: No, she will not.
No amount of pastoral eloquence, organization,
insightfulness, amicability, or charisma will take
your congregation back to back to its glory days.
What then can your pastor do? She can make
your board meetings longer with prayer and
Bible study. She can mess with your sense of
familiarity by changing the order of worship and
the arrangement of the sanctuary. She can play
those strange new songs and forget about your
favorite old hymns. She can keep on playing
those crusty old hymns instead of that hot new
contemporary praise music. She can bug you
incessantly about more frequent celebration of
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Communion. She can ignore your phone call
because she’s too busy praying. She can ruin
your perfectly balanced budget with appeals for
more funds to be allocated toward mission and
outreach. She can take up your precious
evenings with kooky new book studies and
meditation groups. She can take up your
precious weekends with exhausting volunteer
projects. She can open your church building to
the ugliest and meanest freaks in town, who
show up at odd hours, beg for handouts, track
muddy snow into the building, leave their
cigarette butts in the parking lot, and spill their
coffee on the carpet during their Junkies
Anonymous meetings.
She can come off sounding like a Jesus freak
evangelical, gushing on and on about the Bible
and your personal relationship with God. She
can come off sounding like a “smells n’ bells”
catholic, pontificating on and on about tradition
and sacraments. She can come off sounding
like a bleeding-heart liberal, prattling on and on
about social justice and the need to constantly
question old interpretations.
What can she do to grow your church?
Nothing. There’s nothing your pastor can do to
make your church grow. She can’t save your
church. Your church already has a Savior and
it’s not her. She can push you. She can open
doors. She can present you with opportunities.
It’s up to you to take advantage of them. She
can plant seeds and water them. It’s up to God
to make them grow.
And what if that happens? What will growth
look like? Will all those old, inactive members
suddenly return? Will the pews be packed
again? Will you need to start a second service
and buy the lot next door in order to expand
the parking lot? No. You might see a few new
faces in the crowd. There won’t be many of
them. Some might stick around but most
won’t. Those who stay won’t fit in with the old
guard. They won’t know about how you’ve
always done it. They’ll want to make changes of
their own. Their new ideas will make you
uncomfortable. Your church won’t look or feel
like it used to. You’ll feel like you’re losing
control of this place that you’ve worked so hard
to preserve. It will feel like your church is dying.
And that’s just the thing. A growing church is a
dying church. It has to be. It cannot be
otherwise. The way to Easter Sunday goes
through Good Friday. The way to the empty
tomb goes through Golgotha. The way to
resurrection goes through crucifixion. When
Jesus told you to take up your cross and follow,
did you expect it to lead anywhere else? What
Jesus told us about himself is also true of
churches: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the
ground and dies, it bears no fruit.
But what if it doesn’t work? What if you let
your pastor do all that crazy stuff and nobody
new shows up? What if the church still goes
under? What if all that time you spend studying
the Bible, expanding your horizons, deepening
your spiritual life, and serving your community
turns out to be time wasted? What if it does?
Tell you what: if that’s what happens, if you
commit yourself to all this and still feel like it
was a waste of time in the end, then maybe
your church really needed to die.
…………………………………………………………
*Rev. J Barrett Lee is a Presbyterian pastor with
a High Church Anglican heart. He says, “I don’t
really know what to do with that tension,
except to hold it. That’s why I’m writing this
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blog”. “If there’s anyone else like me out
there, I cordially invite you to tag along and join
in the conversation!”
Rev. Lee serves as the pastor of North
Presbyterian Church (Kalamazoo, Michigan), a
congregation that specializes in doing ministry
alongside people who live with mental illness.
He lives in Kalamazoo with his spouse (a fellow
Presbyterian pastor, but without my High
Church tendencies) and their two kids. He is a
member of the Confraternity at St. Gregory’s
Abbey, an Episcopal Benedictine monastery in
Three Rivers, Michigan.
St Paul’s Church Council is seeking your ideas
for meeting our budget funding commitments.
If you have ideas for an event that you think
others might enjoy and support, let us know.
Perhaps you have a creative fundraising idea
you seen used at another church or community
group, perhaps it’s your own idea for something
not done for years – if so just put it forward.
We’ve installed a poster board with post-it-
notes at the back of the Sanctuary for just that
purpose. Please join us as we continue to build
upon the ministry and community work we all
share in, here at St. Paul’s.
If you have an idea and want to talk with
someone in person, please contact Judy Wagdin
or Marg Eddy.
St. Paul’s Council is excited to announce the
creation of a Pastoral Care Team to better
meet the needs of the congregation and
community. The structure of the team is
currently being formulated but if you feel you
are called to join this ministry, or to learn more,
please speak to Marg Walker or Rev. Carla.
We’d love to have you join us.
A Special Congregational Vote Sunday April 3rd
will be held right after the worship service to
determine the start time for worship during the
summer months of July and August. For a
number of years St. Paul’s has changed the
worship start time from 10:30 to 9:30am during
the summer to allow people more time during
the day to enjoy the summer and be with
family. However, some people have expressed
their concern that it is harder for them to be
ready for the earlier start time. Therefore in
the spirit of fairness and compromise, the
Worship Committee and Council would like your
input as we collectively make a decision. Let
your input and opinion be heard – Members will
need to be at the meeting, in person on April 3
to vote
To find out more about Presbytery event for
Youth and Young Adults, check out the Ottawa
Presbytery web site at
www.uccanottawa.org/yaya.html
Cards, Cards, Cards -
And We’ve Got More than 52 in Our Deck
We just started our 20th years of selling gift
cards! This has been a great source of revenue
to St. Paul's annual budget. However, in
recent years our profits have been getting less
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and less. It is such an easy way to make
money without any extra work to anyone
except the person looking after the program.
She gets a really good salary so does not mind
the time put into it! Please give us a try. It
costs you no more than you would be spending
each month anyway!
Invest a $1; Get a $1; Spend a $1
What could be easier than that……………??
Creamy Italian
Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe –Church Lady
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Renée's® Creamy Italian Dressing
1 pkg. (12 oz.) spaghetti
1/2 cup peas
6 Strips bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 Cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. Chopped fresh parsley
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper (optional)
TIP: Substitute Italian-style bacon (pancetta)
for bacon if desired.
Instructions:
-Cook spaghetti according to package
directions, adding peas during last minute of
cooking; drain, reserving 1/4 cup pasta water.
-Meanwhile, in large skillet, cook bacon over
medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes or until crispy;
drain excess fat; add garlic and cook for 1
minute or until softened.
-Add hot pasta and dressing to skillet, adding
reserved pasta water if mixture looks a little
dry. Stir in cheese and parsley. Sprinkle with
pepper if desired. Enjoy!
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- Mondays -Noon to 12:30 –Spiritual
Explorer Group will be looking at a new book
“The Last Week” –A Day by Day Account of
Jesus’ Final Week in Jerusalem by Marcus Borg
& John Dominic Crossan. For more info see Rev.
Carla
- Wednesday -11:00-3:00pm – Creative
Worship –A time to work on your crafts and
projects while getting caught up on church,
community and family gossip. For more into
and to find out about materials needed for this
session, contact Sharon Eaton at (613) 838-8372
- Every Second Wednesday – The Book
Club meets in a member’s home. All are
welcome. For more info call Marg Walker at
(613) 838-5802
- Every Sunday – Gift Cards can be
purchased in the Church Hall. Just look for
Isabel or Gary.
- 2nd & 4th Fridays -7:00-9:00 – The
Richmond Youth Centre meets upstairs at the
arena for youth, ages 12-16 years of age.
- March 20th – 9:15 – 10:30am Palm
Sunday Breakfast –A goodwill offering will be
collected.
- March 20th – 10:30am – Palm Sunday
Service and Baptism
- March 21 - 7:00pm – UCW Meeting in
the Church Hall. All are welcome.
- March 24th – 10:30 am – Good Friday
Walk and Light Luncheon at St. Phillip’s Catholic
Church – The walk will begin at Grace Assembly
on Perth Street.
- March 27th Easter Sunrise Service –
(sunrise is at 6:52am) at the home of Donna and
Walter Foster, 3285 Eagleson Rd. Come and
bring a friend or two.
- March 27th - 10:30 Easter Service,
Communion and Confirmation of Emily
Carruthers – Bring the whole family and enjoy
meeting friends and neighbours on this special
day.
- April 3rd Holy Humour Sunday &
Baptism - Bring your best puns and jokes and
wear your best Easter Bonnet and Gloves.
- April 2nd - -6:00pm Italian Supper and
Auction – In lieu of our annual St. Patty’s Day
meal, we will be having an Italian Supper and
Auction. Auction items are now on display in
the Church Hall and can be bid on now. Come
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for the food, the auction and to see and hear
the auctioneer do “his thing”, a special, not to
be missed, event in itself. Don’t forget to bring
your appetite and your wallet.
- April 3 - 11:30am – Congregational
Meeting and Vote after our normal worship
time to determine Worship Start Time for the
Summer months of July and August. Will it be
10:30am as is normal for the rest of the year or
will it be 9:30am as we have done in recent
years for the summer months to give you more
time to enjoy the warm summer days.
- April 10th - 4:00 6:00pm Messy Church
Earth Day – complete with bonfire in the
backyard. Bring the family, bring the
grandchildren, and bring the neighbours. All are
welcome and all will have fund and food and
friendship.
- April 17th – Bon Voyage Service for
Rev. Carla’s Last Sunday before beginning her
Sabbatical (April 18th – July 25th) If you have
questions that would normally be handled by
Rev. Carla, please call Bonnie Warnock or Marg
Walker who can refer your call.
- May 7th – Annual Garage Sale – As you
clean up for spring, set aside any good items
you might have and donate them to St. Paul’s
Annual Garage Sale.
- May 8th – The Sunday School will be
planning Mother’s Day flowers.
- June – Annual Sunday School Picnic –
More details on events and specific date will
follow.
Stay In Touch with St.
Paul`s To provide input to the Epistle:
Bryan Giffin [email protected]
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E-Mail Rev. Carla Van Delen / Call 613 838-5397
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