Announcements – December 6, 2020

OUR MISSION

Windsor Park United Church seeks to be a welcoming community. Based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, we nurture our faith and spiritual life by: worshipping and learning together, caring for each other, embracing our diversity, reaching out to those who live around us and working together in service to Creation.

THE LIFE & WORK OF WPUC

December 6 – December 12, 2020

Sunday, December 6 – On-line Worship (Advent 2) & At-home Communion – watch your email for further information

Sunday, December 6 – After Worship Fellowship @ 11:30 a.m. via Zoom

Thursday, December 10 – Zoom Coffee Time @ 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, December 13 – On-line Worship (Advent 3) – watch your email for further information

Sunday, December 13 – After Worship Fellowship @ 11:30 a.m. via Zoom

Scripture readings for December 13, 2020 are
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 and Psalm 126

Zoom Coffee Hour

Our next Zoom Coffee Hour is Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Join in for an informal online gathering for coffee and conversation. This is a time to see faces, to check-in, to just spend some time together in community. If you are interested in this coffee time please email the church office at office@windsorparkunitedchurch.com and we will forward you the link to join. We hope to see you on Thursday!

After Worship Fellowship

You are invited to join us for After Worship Fellowship on Zoom on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. This is a time for our faith community to be together. If you are interested in joining us please email the office at office@windsorparkunitedchurch.com and the link will be forwarded to you. If you have the link from a previous Sunday, it will still allow you to connect this week. During the Advent season we will be hosting these fellowship events on a weekly basis.

Blue Christmas/Longest Night Service

This year’s Blue Christmas/Longest Night service will be on-line. If you would like to have a candle lit in someone’s honour or memory, please send their names to the office no later than December 16, 2020.

Christmas Hampers

Your Outreach Council is planning to prepare and deliver Christmas Hampers again this year. We are accepting monetary contributions toward the purchase of items for the Hampers. Donations can be dropped off at the church, sent in through snail mail, sent by e-transfer, or through CanadaHelps. Please indicate that it is for the Christmas Hampers.

Mitten Tree

The Mitten Tree will be a virtual one that you can “watch grow” from week to week via the on-line service. We will be collecting mittens, toques, and scarves for those we have supported in the past. Times for dropping off donations are listed later in the announcements.

Donations

Don’t forget that for a donation to appear on your 2020 tax receipt it needs to be received by the Church no later than December 31, 2020.

2021 Offering Envelopes Your 2021 offering envelopes have arrived and will be available for pick up. Times for pick up are listed later in the announcements.

Drop Off / Pick Up Times

Someone will be at the church on:

Monday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and

Monday, December 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

for those needing to drop off/pick-up at the church (see notices above).

Message from Patrick

If you feel the need to talk, to bent, to laugh, to hear another’s voice, please know that the phone and the email at the church is constantly being checked so if you need to speak to me, please call. If we do not answer, leave your name and number and I will call you back. We are in this together and we will get through this together, because that is what we do here at Windsor Park United Church.

If You Are Inside The Church Building

If for any reason you enter the church building you will find a log book and hand sanitizer. We are asking that you sign the log book, record what areas of the building you are in and please use the hand sanitizer. It is mandatory that you also wear a mask. This is to aid in keeping the building clean, sanitized, and safe.

Life, Work, Ministry, and Mission Support

Thank you for your continued support of Windsor Park United! If you would like to help out with the life, work, ministry, and mission of Windsor Park United Church and would like to donate on-line, please follow the link below to our CanadaHelps on-line donation page: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/m/47090/donation

You can also drop your offering in the church mailbox, use e-transfer, or snail mail still works.