If you know the answer, ask bigger questions!
November 27th is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is a time of waiting, of reflection and prayer and to help you with this we have daily devotional booklets inspired by Henri M. Nouwen to be used throughout the season of Lent. Each day has a short Bible verse, a reflection and a prayer. They are available on the table in the hall, if you are able could you please give $5.00 to help with the cost. Thank you.
We would like to purchase a second microphone for the choir in order to enhance our sound both for in the church and for those watching and listening from home. We would also like to purchase a small smart TV for the nursery so that those in the nursery can follow along with the service and can know when communion is being served. If you can help with these purchases there are A/V Equipment envelopes at the back of the church please use them for your donation.
Thank you so much!
We need your help!
There have been significant changes in the Migrant Farm Workers Program. The workers now come year round rather than just in the summer/fall months. That means people are here in Canada during Christmas when their family is back home. Due to that the parishes of St. John’s Jordan and St. Alban’s Beamsville are putting together Christmas bags for the workers who are here at Christmas.
They will contain a hat or socks, some cookies and individually wrapped chocolates or candies.
If you are able to help provide any of these items we will need them by Sunday December 11th and you can talk to Rev. Sheila for more information.
Messy Church: Friday Nov 25
5:00 – 7:00 – Talk to Steff for more details
Dinner, Crafts, Stories & More
Please use your key and enter the Church from the Side Door only, do not use the Front Door. In other words, do not use your key to open the Front Door. On behalf of the Corporation we thank you for helping keep our Church safe.
Thanks to all who participated in our MAP program. The results of the fourth session are attached. These are the initiatives we voted for. Thanks to all who attended the lunch and a special thanks to those who helped with set-up and take-down of the lunch.
We are pleased to let you know that our submission has been accepted and approved by the Diocese. Now we have to do it!
If you see anything on the list that you would like to help with, please reach out to Barbara S., Beth K. or Sheila.
Blessings,
Beth and Barbara
We will meet Tuesday November 8th at 2:00pm in the Fireside Room.
On Sunday, October 30, we will be doing a Trick-or-Treat parade during the service! Children are encouraged to dress up and adults are encouraged to bring candy to hand out!
At the Cathedral in Hamilton at 4:00 pm.
Christ’s Church Cathedral, 252 James Street North, Hamilton, ON, L8R 2L3
Tuesday, Oct 25 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room.
CPR/AED certification and recertification is scheduled for Saturday October 29, 2022 from 9-12. Sign up ASAP on the bulletin board if you plan to attend! The more we get signed up, the cheaper it is! Please see Ray Elder for further information.
We always have our community needs in our prayers but the current Transfiguration Prayer List has become very long and we are not always aware of when prayers are no longer requested by those on the list.
We have decided to restructure, therefore we are asking the congregation to submit prayers through writing the request on the paper provided in the Narthex of the church and putting them in the butterfly box or emailing me at guidinggranny@hotmail.com.
Every 1-3 or 6 months (depending on the requested time) we will be clearing out the requests.
Blessings Jane
We are offering another session of the Revive program. The Revive program answers the question: How do we go from doing ministry for the church to being in a relationship with this life-giving empowering God? We quite simply have to stop. Stop the frantic busyness. Stop the intellectual analysis. Stop the self-reliance. Stop the anxious worrying, and let God renew and revive our hearts and minds. Being in a relationship with God, as with every other healthy relationship we experience, takes time and attention in order for it to grow and deepen. Otherwise, as with other relationships, our connection with God can shrivel and even die if it is left to languish. Revive aims to provide a supportive structure and community to help that relationship reignite and come alive!
Come and enliven your spirit, your connection to God, yourself and others! Please contact Rev. Sheila for more information.
Messy Church, Friday, Oct. 21 5-7 Please talk to Steff if you are interested and for more details.
How Will Your Parish Get There?
Saturday October, 22, 2022 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
The Church of Our Saviour The Redeemer 25 Lake Ave. South, Stoney Creek VISIT this link to register. (Free) https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/roadmap-to-a-low-carbon-church-tickets-428739751137
As this Sunday we celebrate thanksgiving please consider purchasing some dried or canned goods for Community Care and bring them to the church on Sunday, we will have baskets set up in front of the altar to receive your gifts.
Thank-you!
You know the expression, it takes a whole village to raise a child. The same expression holds true for our church community, in the provision of a lovely reception following the Celebration of Life Service for a former minister at Transfiguration Rev Donald Powell and his wife Ginny on September 27th.
We very much appreciate the support of many of our parishioners, in providing sandwiches, cheese/crackers, sweets, fruit tray, veggie tray, and/or monetary donations to enable provision of additional items to complete the reception.
Thank you too for those who came early and prepared the plating of food (and agreeing to wear masks and gloves while doing so); for serving coffee/tea; for monitoring the food tables and clearing away. Kudos too to Bill Muirhead for manning the dishwasher so ably and to Lindsey Mills for table set up, and to those angels who took laundry home at the end of the day.
The Powell Family were so pleased with the reception provided and expressed their deepest thanks to everyone involved, as do we , the coordinators, for your part in making the day a time for their family and friends to gather, reminisce and celebrate the lives of both Don and Ginny.
Blessings to all
Jean, Joan and Marilyn
