Announcements

Flowers on the Altar today are given by Marilyn Trinder In honour of Bob’s 100th Birthday.

$125.00 in gift cards generously donated by:

• $50.00 – The Butcher & the Banker, Fonthill
• $25.00 – Fresco’s, St Catharines
• $25.00 – Sobeys, Fonthill
• $25.00 – Dominics on 20, Fonthill

This Week: Tuesdays 6:30-8:00 p.m.
September 24 to November 12, 2024

The series will run for 8 Tuesday evenings.

Note: no class on Oct 8

Please bring in dried food or fresh food on Thanksgiving Sunday October 13. We will be collecting the food, and it will be donated to Community Care and the Breakfast Program. Baskets will be in front of the altar that Sunday for your donations.

The Transfiguration Choir, Worship Band and Prelude Artists are back! We are starting our preparations for Advent & Christmas. Our practices are Thursday 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. and Sundays 10:00 a.m. If you do not think you can commit for a year but might like to join us for our Advent & Christmas Liturgies to help lead the Music during our services that would be super! Visit our website for more details: www.TransfigurationMusic.ca

If you would like to come and join the fun, please talk to our Music Director Lindsey Mills.

Come on! Come on! You know you want to!

Please make sure you use the meal labels provided (a sample below)

Special Moments In Our Parish Family For October

Birthdays

1 Cathie Crawford Browning
3 Lillian Altoft
4 Linda Rutherford
5 Gerald Hulan
6 Jane Sissmore
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
Martin Sarkisian

Anniversaries

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

If we are missing you, please email the office so we can update our files.

Going, going…GONE!!!

Our annual Silent Auction is fast approaching! It will be held on November 15, beginning at 7:00 p.m.  This is our largest fund/friend raising event of the year, so this is a call out for donations of your time, talents and treasures!

Please do not bring items until the final week before the event (we have limited space for storage here at the church).  Times and dates for drop off will be posted and announced two weeks before the event. As usual, we’d like new items, or very gently-used items for auction.  This is not a yard or rummage sale).

This is a perfect way to start your Christmas shopping, and items will include baked goods, donated dinners, gift baskets, and sometimes, items of a somewhat “peculiar persuasion.”

Please consider donating gift cards, gift certificates, or anything else you would like to donate, every little bit helps.  Bring your friends , and family and lots of Loonies and Toonies for the Quick Auction Thanks.
Silent Auction Committee

We are excited to offer Purdy’s chocolate as a fundraiser this Fall in
preparation for Advent. We are starting early so that you can order your Advent calendars with enough time to enjoy them, if you’d like!

Deadline for Advent calendars and other pre-Christmas treats is Nov. 21. Other Christmas orders may be able to be placed afterward for delivery closer to Christmas.

Here is the link to order from our fundraising campaign: https://fundraising.purdys.com/join.aspx/1718990-119890

And here is a link for the Purdy’s catalogue:
https://www.purdys.com/media/wysiwyg/GnF/Xmas2024/SFR-Xmas-2024-Digital-Catalogue.pdf

Orange Shirt Day is this Sunday, wear orange. Can you help with making soup, setting up or serving soup? Please sign up on the bulletin board. Any help would be so appreciated.

A message from Bob: Absolutely no Gifts. If you want to do something special, please donate to the Breakfast Program: a box of cereal, jam or peanut butter.

Christians around the world are invited to give particular attention to praying and caring for God’s creation as part of the global Season of Creation, observed from September 1 to October 4 every year. General Synod 2019 passed a resolution adopting the Season of Creation in the Anglican Church of Canada as a time of prayer, education and action, and encouraging dioceses and parishes to participate.

This year we will be celebrating with prayer and conversation. During the worship services we will be engaged in praying for the wonderful gift of creation. I also encourage you to remember the blessings we receive from the natural world in your own prayers.

We will also be engaging in discussions around creation and the future of our world through a video and discussion series called Profuture Faith: The Prodigal Species Comes Home with renowned eco-theologian, author, and TEDx speaker, Rev. Michael Dowd.

Sign Up sheets will be in the Narthex, all welcome!

This week the Parish Council meeting at the church on Wednesday, September 23rd at 7:00 pm.

Venerable Sheila will be on Vacation starting Monday, August 26 and returning Tuesday, September 10.

Lindsey will be on Vacation starting Thursday, August 29 and returning Sunday September 15 as Music Director. She will be back in the Office on Wednesday September 18. Office Messages will be monitored by our Warden Kelly.

Thank you Kelly!

On September 1st we will be blessing the backpacks of all students and teachers returning to school. Please remember to bring your backpacks to the 10:30 service!

Sundae Sunday, September 15th after the 10:30 Service.

Special Moments In Our Parish Family For August

Birthdays

4th Erin Bryans
10th Barbara Forder
14th William Burtch
19th Jo Kellendonk
20th Nancy Boidya Baroi
21st Colin Cotton
22nd Eleanor Johnston
25th Linda Hampson
25th Randy Forder
30th Sheila Van Zandwyk

Anniversaries

5th Susan & Michael Lombarczki
8th Diane & Pete Moro
14th Jeanette & Don Alsop
21st Chris & Gary Atack

If we are missing you, please email the office so we can update our files.

Contact: breakfastprogramchairsearch@gmail.com
The Community Breakfast Program held at St. George’s serves a nourishing, hot breakfast daily (7:30 – 8:30am). It is entirely free and available to anybody who needs a meal. Breakfast is prepared and served by teams of volunteers and guests are welcomed by teams of volunteer hosts.

Search Committee
Ann Koppel
Sandra Thomson
Daryl Crosby
Bill English
Lori Martin

If you are interested, have any questions, or know of someone who would be interested, please get in touch with the search committee. As program chair, you would be taking over a well-established organization that includes an Operations Team and 31 teams of Breakfast Program volunteers.