Happy New Year! Have you made and are you keeping your New Years resolutions?
NORTH GOWER
UNITED CHURCH
Sunday Services
In Person at 10:00 Online
https://zoom.us/j/751897279?pwd=TjdOR1pyeGdiUjlEM1d5cUQ0UWpCZz09
Meeting ID: 751 897 279, Password: 422299
Phone in: 647 558 0588, then put in Meeting ID: 751 897 279, Password: 422299
Join Us
Ladies Fashion Swap
February 19th at 7pm (Doors open at 6:30 for viewing). Bring a friend and find some new fashions!
Tickets are $10 (payable at the door) and include some light desserts in addition to finding clothing to your liking. Please reach out to Joan McCormick at 613Joan@gmail.com to reserve your ticket(s).
Volunteers, donations of clothes and desserts are needed. If you can help in any way contact Joan at the email above.
March 28th Out of the Cold Dinner: Once again, we have signed up to help out with Southminster United Church’s (15 Aylmer Ave at Bank) Out of the Cold Outreach program. We are looking for people to help with the first shift 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (setup, registration, cooking, dishes) and second shift 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (registration, plating, serving, dishes, cleaning up afterwards). Please reach out to Joan McCormick at 613Joan@gmail.com if you’d like to help out.
There is a lot happening at NGUC
North Gower United Church is a small but mighty congregation who are full of energy and love for this institution, this community, and the Lord our God. We join in friendship and faith each Sunday and at various other times to support each other and our neighbours both near and far.
Discover the power of prayer, action, and community. Join us!
Bible Study
Bible Study: All are welcome, whether you can come once a week or drop in once in awhile to this interesting, informative, and very supportive group. Online only, second and fourth Wednesdays of the month from 7-8:30. Contact Dianne Peddle mapeddle@gmail.com if you are interested and she will send you the zoom link.
Church Business, News and Community Events
Pastoral Emergencies (including funerals):
For day-to-day pastoral care please call the church at 613-489-4218.
In case of a pastoral care emergency, you can contact Rev. Sandra at 613-304-7959.
New or transferring Members: Would you like to formally become a member of North Gower United Church? If you haven’t already done so, we will be completing new memberships in the New Year. Anyone wishing to transfer their membership may do so on the same day. If you’re interested, please get in touch with either Rev. Sandra or Jody.
How to Access Previous NGUC Sermons: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCNfDOaVKn14PiYUEew0516g
November/December Issue of Broadview is now available. There are two copies on the table at the back of the church. Feel free to borrow and read it. Please return it afterwards so other people can enjoy it as well.
Extra Prayers: If you or someone you know needs extra prayers, the Bible Study group, which is also a Prayer Group, will pray. They meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month, but individuals in the Prayer Group will also pray at other times. Please contact Dianne Peddle with your prayer request. mapeddle@gmail.com.
Recycling old Christmas cards and Lang calendars: If you have any of these items and would like to put them to good use, please bring them to church and place them in the front pew near the piano. Please leave the Christmas cards intact (front and back).
Milk Bags for Mats: The Holy Trinity Anglican church is making mats from milk bags. Please bring your milk bags (the outer bag, not the transparent bags that hold the milk), to Geraldine who will take them to the Anglican Church. Can’t find Geraldine? Just leave them at the back of the church.
Gifts With Vision: Want to help build a better world together? Consider making a donation to support the work of The United Church of Canada’s Mission and Service partners. For example, your gift of $15 will help buy supplies at a nursery school in Zambia. For more information, please check out this link https://giftswithvision.ca/. There are also some pamphlets on the table at the back of the church providing more details.
North Gower United Donating:
Jody always welcomes a cheerful giver, and she is great at exploring ways that work for you to donate to the church if you wish. For instance…
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You can mail Jody post-dated cheques.
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You can also donate through the non-profit site CanadaHelps online if you go to the North Gower United Church Website. There is a 4% fee for this. northgowerunited.church
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The easiest thing to do is to use PAR (Pre-Authorized Remittance- it comes out of your bank account). I believe there is a 50 cent fee per transaction. If you want to go this route, Jody can walk you through this process. Jody Leclair nguctreasurer@gmail.com.
Newsletter items: Send your newsletter items to Jody at nguctreasurer@gmail.com
Pray for Ukraine
If your heart and compassion is in your praying, each prayer makes a difference, no matter how long or how short. If you want to know what’s happening to support Ukraine, check out this link: https://eoorc.ca/resources/ukraine-conflict-how-can-we-help/ This link includes things like a Ukrainian Relief Fundraising Lunch, how to help refugees come to Canada, and links for monetary donations.
Your support and prayers make a big difference. Thank you!
Past
Sunday Services
If you want to see a previous sermon, many of them are uploaded on a YouTube channel. Click on the link (below) for all the sermons that have been uploaded so far. Note that there will likely be more sermons there than you see on the screen. (On my computer, there’s an arrow at the right end of the far right sermon, though different devices may have this arrow in different places. If you click on the arrow, the screen will show more sermons).
DID YOU KNOW? You can subscribe to our YouTube channel and be informed immediately when we upload new videos! Click here for previous sermons and/or to subscribe: https://youtube.com/channel/UCNfDOaVKn14PiYUEew0516g