Announcements

Bishop Company Speaker – Dr. Katherine Hayhoe, author of Saving Us: A Climate Scientists Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. Last year we read Dr. Hayhoe’s book and found her to have some wonderful ideas about examining and facing the differences we often face with our neighbours. Wednesday October 5th via Zoom. For more information please check out the Diocesan Webpage

Classes are drop in. Cost is $5. Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Everyone welcome.
Note: people with limitations Brier can accommodate so no previous yoga experience is necessary.

Calling all home gardeners – if you have any extra home grown produce you would like to donate to Community Care but can’t deliver it yourself, please feel free to bring it with you to church on Sundays and Floyd Patterson would be happy to take it when he delivers the produce from our community garden. So far this season approximately 125 pounds has been delivered by Floyd usually every Tuesday morning and he would be happy to deliver for others as long as you bring it to the church on Sundays.

A member of our parish family has gifted flowers to our altar this Sunday in loving memory of all the residential school children.

We would like to invite you to Our Music Ministry Social to give thanks for all the musical gifts shared in our church. As covid has kept us apart for so long. Now will be a time to get to know our music director Lindsey and find out more about our Music Ministry. Are you a choir member, a musician, do you like to Sing? can you play an Instrument? Come find out more, on Friday, September 23 – 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Wine & cheese, tea & treats and a little sing song.
The Corporation

All ages are welcome and people are encouraged to bring their favourite game. There will also be cards! Euchre was a real favourite last time we did this lol. It is from 4-7pm and we will serve pizza, with a free-will offering.

We will remember Every Child Matters on Sunday, September, 25th. We would love to see everyone in an orange shirt!

Saturday October 1, I, Brian Kerley, will be doing another charity bike ride. This one is called the Wild Ride and it is a fundraiser for Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund. He is riding as part of the St. George’s Dragons team (because Transfiguration doesn’t currently have a team (but maybe next year?). Should anyone wish to sponsor me they can hit this link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-primates-world-relief-and-development-fund-pwrdf/p2p/WildRide/team/st-georges-dragons/member/brian/
Thanks in advance!
Brian

We would like everyone to begin wearing name tags again, if you need a name tag, please add your name to the sign up sheet in the entry way and one will be made for you.

If you are interested in hosting coffee hour after church on Sundays, please sign up on the sheet in the entry way, please put you or name next to the date you are interested in hosting on. Interested in hosting a coffee hour but not sure what’s involved?

A brief overview is:

• You will need to come in a little early to set up and put the coffee and tea on, Chris Attack is happy to help you with that until you feel more comfortable.
• You will need to provide cream and milk, everything else you’ll need is here.
• You will also need to clean up afterwards but there are many hands that will help you make light work of that.

Coffee hour is an important time for everyone to visit, check in with each other, share good news or struggles and be there for each other, it is part of our baptismal vows!

Thank you Chris for overseeing this important ministry and everyone for helping out.

Vocalists, Instrumentalists, Leaders of Song. Everyone Welcome. All ages. Even if you would like to offer a Prelude Song once in a while you are welcome to join. Talk to Lindsey Mills our Music Director for more details or to share your interest. Visit our website for more details: www.TransfigMusic.ca

At Sheila’s request we are asking for your input and hopefully involvement, regarding the provision of receptions at the church. In the past it was organized by the Wednesday morning group with the assistance of members of the ACW members and a few other parish members.

Unfortunately over the past several years active membership in the Wednesday morning and ACW groups has dwindled significantly. We have lost key people who were previously involved and some are no longer able to help in the same way because of health/family issues etc. Others are in a care setting now or have moved into retirement settings.

If you are interested please speak with either Jean Eaton, or myself. We would be delighted to have more people become involved and can tell you what has been done in the past. Alternatively you may have experience in offering this type of service and can bring new ideas into the group.

Jean Eaton can be reached at 905-682-3939. Messages can be left on her answering machine if she is not available when you call. I, (Marilyn Trinder} can be reached at 905-684-9671. You may leave a message on our answering machine, if no one picks up or alternatively send me an email at: marilyntrinder@gmail.com

On behalf of Jean and myself and in speaking for all who have previously been involved, we welcome new participants and thank you all, for your consideration for this request.
Enjoy your day and thanks again. Jean and Marilyn

Don’t forget to check the bulletin board for our sign-up sheets for:

• CPR Course
• Name Tags
• Coffee Hour Hosts
• Church Receptions

Sept 18 @ 10:00 a.m.

Everyone welcome – You can come to any session; it is not necessary to have attended previous sessions. Check your email for more details that were sent this week. Hope to see you there!

If you would like a 2023 Church Calendar, please email the office as soon as possible. We will be ordering them soon. You can order as many as you like. The price will be determined by the number we order. The more we order the cheaper they are.

Please join us after the 10:30 service for ice cream sundaes! On September 11th we will be celebrating the return to school with make-your-own sundaes after the service, a blessing of backpacks during the service, and special guest preacher Sarah Bird, who is the CYFM Program Consultant for the Diocese. Bring your backpack and your sweet tooth!

We are a Gospel-focused learning community based in the Niagara Diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada that trains effective missional leaders to respond to the needs of God’s world.

In the Diocese of Niagara we have a fabulous new resource called the Niagara School for Missional Leadership. The courses offered are much more than just leadership courses for clergy. There are a number of courses being offered this fall that might interest you such as:

Christian Foundations: From Abraham to Jesus with Patrick Paulsen
When: Monday evenings, 7:00p–9:00p on Zoom September 12–October 17, 2022
Course Fee: $250

Many people are familiar with the concept of an overarching narrative (storyline) when looking at the history of our faith: from the Old Testament, through to the New and on into the history of the church, we can see God at work. However, when people think of, say, the Old Testament, disconnected images come to mind (King David, the Exodus, prophets, and others). The problem is that many people have no real idea of how these individual stories flow together and fit into the historical narrative.

This course will help you to follow the story of our faith and scriptures by:

Presenting the history in a flowing, coherent narrative,
Examining foundational aspects of our faith,
Seeing Jesus from the perspective of his first-century context,
Discussing the origin and ongoing story of the church (including learning about how we got our Creeds and the Canon of Scripture we follow), and asking how we can be part of this community which is Christ’s body.
For more information, please speak to Rev. Sheila.

Brian will be retiring from Family Medicine on Aug 31 after about 40 years in practice. Still working at Hospice.

On Aug 19th we received word that we have another beautiful great grandchild, who entered our world safely via C-section . Arber Janes weighed in at 6 lbs 12 oz at 8:29 am on Aug 19th in London, On. We thank God for a healthy baby and yet another beautiful gift in our lives. Mom, Dad and baby have returned home and are doing well. This brings our total to 16 great grandchildren at the moment with another great grandchild expected later in September.

We also give thanks for the marriage of Bob’s eldest grandson Adam and his fiancé
Krystle this past Saturday Aug 20th in Sarnia Ontario and ask God’s blessing on their

It was a very exciting weekend for us and we are truly thankful for the many blessings in our lives.
Bob & Marilyn Trinder

Hello Parish Family,

We will remember Every Child Matters on Sunday, September, 25th and we would love to see everyone in an orange shirt!

This year we have an opportunity to purchase shirts from Atlohsa Family Healing Services.
Note: All proceeds from orange shirt sales support non-profit agency, Atlohsa Family Healing Services , which assists community members impacted by the legacy of residential schools and colonization.

Shirt sizes run from Adult Small to Adult 4XL and Youth XS to Youth XL. T-shirts are 21.99.
They also have sweatshirts in the same sizing for 54.99!

If you are interested in purchasing a shirt (or sweatshirt) please contact Kelly at ktwerdy@outlook.com or text/call 289-686-8328 by Sunday, August 28th.