Announcements

Thanksgiving letters from sheila are ready. Please pick yours up this Sunday. If you can deliver one to someone it would be greatly appreciated.

Who delivered our Parish Family’s Thanksgiving food/produce display donations to Community Care. The total weight recorded was 124 lbs.

We will be launching our Thanksgiving Bottle drive beginning on Monday, October 6 until Sunday, October 26th. Please save your bottles and place them in the red recycle bin in the Narthex.

Please ensure your bottles are empty. If you place cans in a garbage bag, please attach a piece of paper stating how many cans are in the bag. To-Date, we have raised $464.50! Please save your bottles!

Folks, just a reminder that when putting tables away following an event, please ensure they are wiped and rinsed clean. If you happen to see any marks, please attempt to remove them. If you find it too hard to remove, please let me know. And please be careful when you put them away. If you need help, please ask someone. Another table was found broken from misuse during folding it down. Thanks! Ray

Here is the link to register
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6d69af3/lp/86c35dfa-06c8-4e8c-9296-cc4057f053e3

We will be providing Brock Students with Supper. (Soup or Chili). There will be sign up sheet on the bulletin board for soups.

Please make sure you use the meal labels provided.

Trunk or Treat portion of Messy Church will start at
6:30 p.m.

We are in need of several items to help make our vendor sale a success.

• Lunch items:
  • Chris & team will be running the lunch again this year. There is a sign up for soup, chili and buns.
• Bake sale items:
  • We are looking for items for our bake sale table. Breads, cookies, desserts, etc.
• Help:
  • We need additional help, bake sale table, kitchen, raffle table, setting up, etc. All help will be greatly appreciated.

Sign up sheets in the foyer. Any questions, please contact Kelly or Kari.
Thank you!

With summer ending soon, our annual Silent Auction (our biggest fund-raiser of the year) looms on the horizon! This year it will be held on November 21. Please consider donations of any kind, preferably new or used items in excellent condition). Any donations will be gladly appreciated, as we can put a lot of small or single items into baskets, or at our renowned prize table. Thanks for your support!

More info to follow. If you have any questions: please see Ray or Nancy Elder, Don or Jeanette Alsop, or Kelly Twerdy!
Silent Auction Team

CPR/AED course, Saturday November 29, 2025, 9:00 – 12:00. Cost is $35.00 pp ($10.00 goes back to the church). Space is limited, so if interested, please sign list in the Narthex asap. If you have any questions, please see Ray.

Coming Events At Transfiguration

Oct. 24 – Messy Church – Turn or Treat

Nov. 1 – Synod
Nov. 2 – All Saints Day
Nov. 8 – Vendor Sale
Nov. 9 – Remembrance Sunday
Nov. 21 – Silent Auction
Nov. 28 – Messy Church
Nov. 30 – Advent 1

Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve

September Birthdays & Anniversaries

Birthdays

1 Cathie Crawford Browning
3 Lillian Altoft
4 Linda Rutherford
5 Gerald Hulan
11 Robert Trinder
12 Erica Walter
12 Pam Paxton
14 Bob Beales
15 Rachel Stanley
21 Pat Thomson
24 Arthur Kerley (Brazeau)
26 Roland Dueck
26 Katelyn Burtch
27 Joan Costigan

Anniversaries

5th Heather & Gary Deighton
17th Nancy & Ray Elder

Thank you for your generous donations. Together, we raised $1,096.65. Congratulations to our gift card winners: Ijeoma Ashimole & Wayne Fraser.

Games afternoon. Oct 4 2:00-4:00. Bring your favourite game to share. Snacks will be provided.

Our 10:30 worship will be a commemoration of St Francis of Assisi and the Blessing of the Animals. All types of animals, primarily dogs, cats, and birds, are welcome to join us in church. If you have questions please contact Donald at dbrown65@cogeco.ca

Flowers on the Altar this week are placed by: Nancy Boidya. In loving memory of Luke Bipul Boidya

From September 26 to October 14 Sheila will be in beautiful Ireland! Rev. Krista Hilton and the Rev.’s Donald and Wayne will be taking Sunday services.