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STITTSVILLE UNITED CHURCH
February 1st, 2015
Rev. Grant Dillenbeck
Director of Music: Allison Houston
Board Chair – Doug Hall
Office Administrator – Alanna Code
Youth Worker – Ruth Richardson
Office: 613-836-4962 Fax: 613-836-5778
6255 Fernbank Rd., Stittsville, K2S 1X5
E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.suchurch.com
THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF OUR CHURCH
We welcome all who have come to worship with us.
Visitors are invited to sign our guest book located
on the table to the left at the back of the sanctuary.
Those on PAR are invited to use the donation
cards on the table to the right at the back of the
rear sanctuary. Colouring pages, story books and
information leaflets are available on the display
rack and tables at the back of the sanctuary.
Hymns and most other service materials for
worship will be projected on the screen.
Please join us for fellowship and brunch served by
our youth downstairs following the service.
We thank Diane Dean and Betty Young for greeting this morning.
We thank Fern Carpenter, Diane Dean and Eileen and Brian
McLean for serving Communion today.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Upcoming Worship Services: (10:00 am services)
February 8 – Sermon, “Growing – Together – IN SPIRIT.”
February 15 – Sermon, “Chariots of Fire.” Annual
Congregational Meeting following worship.
February 22 – Lent 1. Baptism. Sermon, “Baptism – The
Journey Begins.”
March 1 – Communion. Sermon, “Do This In Remembrance
of Me.”
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CONGREGATIONAL NEWS & EVENTS
We extend a warm welcome to youth and youth leaders from
Bracebridge United Church who have joined our youth this
weekend for Worshiplude activities.
Brunch today after the service hosted by our youth. During the
brunch there will be an opportunity to discuss what our proposed
Vision Phrase could mean for you and for our congregation.
We offer our prayers and sympathies to Mildred Tait at this
time following the death of her husband Alan. Plans are being
made for a service of remembrance for Alan to be held here at
Stittsville United on a Saturday April 18 at 2:00 pm.
Annual Reports will be available next week.
Loonie Breakfasts are held every Tuesday morning at 9:00 am
in the Lower Hall. For just $2.00 you can enjoy a
delicious breakfast and friendly fellowship. Everyone is
welcome! February 17th will be a pancake breakfast for
Shrove Tuesday!!
Finance Ministry Team meeting – Tuesday Feb. 3, 7:30 pm.
The Treasure Table is open in the lower hall. All gently loved
treasures are welcome. Please take a look around your homes
to see what you can donate to make space for new treasures!
Items can be dropped off at the church during regular office hours
or on Sunday mornings. Feel free to take any items you wish and
place your donation in the box provided. The Treasure Table will
be open during refreshments following Sunday morning Worship.
Jams and Jellies for Centre 507: The ladies of the UCW have
decided to donate jars of jams and jellies to the centre at our
February meeting. A box is at the back of the Sanctuary for
anyone who would like to also contribute to our February
project. In March the UCW will be collecting toiletries for Centre
507.
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Our Annual Congregational Meeting will be held Sunday
February 15 following the worship service. Please plan to attend
this important meeting when we will approve the budget and
membership of church officers for 2015. We presently have
vacancies on the Finance Ministry Team, Volunteer Resources,
Ministry and Personnel, Cemetery Board, Presbytery
Representative and Sunday School Coordinator positions.
Please speak to Rev. Dillenbeck, Fern Carpenter or Bonnie Lamb
if you would like to suggest someone to be nominated.
Nominations will also be accepted at the meeting. A leaflet with
the present membership of the Board, Ministry Teams and other
positions is available on the display rack at the back of the
church.
Grocery Voucher Cards are available for purchase every
Sunday. We have cards for $25.00, $50.00, $100.00 and
$250.00 which can be used at all Superstores, Loblaws,
Independents, and No Frills or cards for Metro/Food Basics. You
get full value of the cards at the store, and the church gets 4% of
the value for our use. Please see Ivy Canning after the service or
contact her by phone at 613-831-1608.
Biblical Drumming: Miriam drummed! All women drummed until the Early Church fathers. Now is your turn to reclaim our
Christian heritage. We meet on the second and fourth Fridays at
Stittsville United Church (7pm) and every Friday at Bells Corners
United Church (10:30 am). See www.holyrhythms.ca. For more
information, call 613-836-4780. You are most welcome to join in!
FROM THE OFFICE
Church Office: The church office is open Tuesday to Friday
mornings from 9:00 am to noon.
If you would like to receive offering Envelopes or PAR forms,
please speak to our church Treasurer, Don Carson, in the church
office any Sunday following the worship service.
Offering Envelopes for 2015 are now available for pickup in the
office following the worship service.
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MUSIC AND CHOIR
Choir practices Thursdays at 7:00 pm. All are welcome.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Youth Group for high-school aged teens, Mondays at 7:00 pm.
Sunday School: If you can share some of your time with the
children in our Sunday School, even for just one Sunday, please
call the church office.
Nursery: Our nursery for children up to age 3 will be staffed
today by Alicia Byce. If you would like to help in the nursery,
please call the church office.
FROM THE COMMUNITY
Stittsville Diners Club for seniors and adults with disabilities – Third
Tuesday monthly (Feb. 17 ), 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm, here
at Stittsville United. Provided by the Western Ottawa
Community Resource Centre. Tickets $7.80. Call Carol
at 613-591-3686 ext. 272.
A Night in Nicaragua! Sunday Feb 22 – 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Bells
Corners United - 3955 Old Richmond Rd. 4 course Nicaraguan
meal, guest speaker and entertainment by Rory Gardiner – all for
$25 (adults) and ($12.50). All proceeds to the BCUC Mission
Exposure Fund in support of their trip the Nicaragua this March.
The Rotary Club of Stittsville is seeking donations to help build
Ottawa’s first Peace Park with a labyrinth. In recognition of your
donation of $200, you will be recognized by an inscription on a
brick which will be part of the pathway to the labyrinth in
Stittsville’s beautiful Bell Memorial Park. See poster for more
details.
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Singing and Preaching for the 21st Century: A Weekend with
John Bell, minister in the Church of Scotland, member of the Iona
Community and writer or many hymns, including several in our
Voices United Hymn Books. The event will be hosted at Kanata
United Church on Friday and Saturday Feb. 27 & 28. $90 for the
weekend, or $25 for the Friday evening lecture at 7:00 pm. More
information is available on the bulletin boards or from the church
office.
Donations to the Stittsville Food Bank can be made any
Sunday by placing non-perishable food on the “Community Table”
at the front of the sanctuary. You can pick up a “Reverse Offering”
slip of an item to purchase from the offering plate on the
“Community Table.” (It is a “Reverse Offering” because
you are taking something from the offering plate,
rather than putting something on it.) Stittsville
United Church has been asked to supply cheese
whiz, canned stew, canned chilli, coffee (instant
and/or regular), tea (regular, not herbal), hot chocolate,
ketchup, mustard, relish, mayonnaise, granola bars, and pudding
or fruit cups.You can also donate any non-perishable food item
you like. (Please ensure “best before” dates have not expired on
food items.) You can also make financial donations to the food
bank through the envelopes in the pews. In November 496 items
were collected including 38 special items for Christmas. In
December we collected over 450 items. Thank you for your
wonderfully generous support.
KUC Annual Book Sale – Mark your calendar for Kanata United
Church’s popular giant book sale - over 30,000 quality books!
The three day sale takes place Feb. 19th to 21st! (Thursday –
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm; Friday – 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm; Saturday –
9:00 am to 2:00 pm). The “Kids Only” sale takes place on
Thursday afternoon from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm – kids shop
while parents/caregivers relax nearby. The book shed donation
drop-off will close on February 9th. KUC is located at 33 Leacock
Drive in Kanata. Call 592-5834 for more info or visit www.kuc.ca.
Monday, February 9, 7:00- 9:00 pm, at The Oasis in Kanata:
Borderline Personality Disorder: Emotional Dysregulation.
Ottawa Network for Borderline Personality Disorder
representatives will describe the illness and discuss possible
treatment programs, explain the courses the Network offers,
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and share the experiences and views of their course participants
and volunteer leaders. Free, no registration required. All
welcome. Location: Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill
Drive, Kanata. For information, Email [email protected]
or visit www.TheOasisKanata.ca.
UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE MINISTRY TEAM
Offering income for 2014 was $9,000 higer than in 2014, in
increase of 6%, but still $8,000 less than budgeted. Revenues
from room rentals and HST rebates were about $4,000 higher
than last year, and expenses were about $7,000 less than
budgeted, however, fundraising income was over $9,000 less
than last year. In short we ended the year with a deficit of under
$1,000. There are 190 individuals or households who contributed
to the church in 2014. Below is a chart of the distribution of
amounts of those giving. The numbers of those contributing
between $250 and $500, $1,500 to $2,000 and over $4,000 all
decreased last year, however every other category saw an
increase in the number contributing that amount. At present
almost 1/3 of those giving contributed $250 or less during the
year, or about $5 per week. On average we require over $15 per
week per giver. The 2015 budget will be presented at the Annual
Congregational Meeting on Febrary 15. Thank you for your
ongoing support.
Growing – Together – In Spirit”
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In the spring of 2014 the Visioning Team received feedback from
the congregation about our present ministry, and future
possibilities. There was strong support for us to develop a
statement of our mission which would clearly express who we
are, help others to be encouraged to be a part of our
congregation, and help us to be motivated to carry out our
ministry and mission in new ways. In the fall several options
were presented to the congregation for consideration and the one
which received the most support (almost twice as much as the
other options combined) was “Growing -Together - In Spirit.”
At our Annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday February 15
we will consider adopting this phrase as an expression of our
mission. For three Sundays “Growing – Together – In Spirit” will
be explored in the sermon time of our worship. There will also be
opportunities following worship today and again on Wednesday
February 11 at 7:00 pm for you to join with others in discussing
what it means for us to be “Growing – Together – In Faith” as a
congregation. Please feel free to offer any feedback you may
have to the Visioning Team members: David Paterson, Dana
Ducette, Elaine Argue, Rev. Robert Schwab, Beth Sweetnam and
Jim Torck. You can speak to them in person, or contact them
through the church office. Thank you for your participation.
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