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August 4, 2016

NEWS FROM THE PEWSNEWS FROM THE PEWSNEWS FROM THE PEWS NEWS AND INSPIRATION FROM

ST. ANDREW’S UNITED CHURCH, GEORGETOWN, ON

Sunday,

August 7

10:00

Reader:

Susan Quirk

Greeters:

Laura King and

Joan Lovegrove

Ushers:

Earl and Margaret

Pepper

Counter:

Ross Yahiro

AV Operator:

Bryan Scott

Announcements:

Rev. Grant Williams

Next week,

August 14

10:00

Reader:

Phil McClure

Greeters:

Pat Moore and

Margret VanderVoet

Ushers:

Anne Cillis

Counter:

Andrew Piper and

Mike Sprague

AV Operator:

Ryan Wilson

Announcements:

Rev. Grant Williams

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WORSHIP THIS WEEKENDWORSHIP THIS WEEKENDWORSHIP THIS WEEKEND

Sunday, August 7th, 2016 at 10:00 AM

Series - Week 2: “I am the Light of the World”

Summer Worship

August Worship Schedule:

Rev. Grant Williams

See page 5 for details.

On Sunday we continue with week

two of the “I am” statements of

Jesus. This week we look at Jesus

telling about being the light of the

world. From the beginning of John’s

gospel in chapter one, we can see

the importance of Jesus being the

light of the world that shines in the

darkness. Jesus came to the world

to illuminate and bring hope to dark

places.

When we worship on Sundays each

week there is a white candle lit on

the communion table. The Christ

candle is there to remind us that

when we gather Christ is in our midst

and the light shines brightly for all to

see.

On Sunday we will be celebrating

the sacrament of baptism with the

Enman family. Maddyn Enman,

daughter of Karen and Jarret, will be

baptized during the service with the

help of her grandfather Rev. Ross

Leckie. We hope that you will join us

for this sacred occasion. In baptism,

a smaller candle is lit and given to

the newly baptized. This candle

becomes a symbol of Christ’s light

that is ignited in the person who is

baptized.

This will also be Vacation Bible

School Sunday. In the service there

will be an opportunity to hear about

the vacation bible school program

and hear the children sing some of

the songs they learned through the

week.

Scripture Reading this week:

John 8:12-20

Sermon:

“I am the light of the World”

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2016 CHURCH BASEBALL

Games are held weekly on Wednesday nights with the next game on August 10th

at Norval Norval against NBUC. Game time is 7pm. This is the last game of the regular

season!

Status from last night’s game: While we are searching for our first win of the season, we played

great baseball last night losing by just 1 run. A big shout out to Sydnee for her inside the park

home run, and ’the Branden’ for his amazing catch in left field, just avoiding a collision with a

tree. There were a number of doubles and even more singles in our 12 to 11 loss.

Even if you don’t want to play, come out and cheer our team on! Contact is Jon Curran.

THIS SUNDAY, AUG 7th IS

Bread Basket Sunday.

Please bring your FOOD BANK DONATIONS!

Thank you!

*** “COFFEE TIME” VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE SUMMER ***

Do you have a favourite punch recipe? We are looking for volunteers to

make and serve punch (and optionally cookies) on Sundays in the summer.

There is a sign-up sheet available on the easel outside of the sanctuary or please

contact the church office or Gord and Dorothy Robinson if you can help out! We

just need volunteers for a couple more Sundays - August 14th and 28th.

Thank you!

*** VBS COOKIES DONATIONS - THANK YOU! ***

Hi Everyone,

Many thanks to all those who baked cookies for VBS. The children,

Junior Leaders and the Adult Volunteers really enjoyed them!

Ross and Pat

A short grace - from Alice Greenaway

May the meals that we share, be seasoned from above with Thy blessings and Thy

grace, But most of all Thy Love.


VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS) 2016

VBS was held from August 2nd to 5th, 2016 this year.

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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERED AT THIS

YEAR’S VBS! It has been a great week!

VBS DONATIONS

There is a Cave ready to accept any donations to help offset the costs of VBS.

It is located across from the office.

Thank You!

Feed Ourselves, Feed Our Community

Saturday, August 27th at 5:00pm

Potluck Dinner and Dessert Auction

This event is a fundraiser with proceeds going towards St. Andrew’s

Community Dinners which will occur the 3rd Friday of each month starting

in September

All are welcome!


COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

4SKOR EVENING OF A CAPELLA VOCAL MUSIC

Join Us! For an Evening of a Capella vocal music!

4skor is a dynamic and sophisticated vocal quartet that incorporates tight harmonies and smooth arrangements in an energetic and infectious style all their own. Their sound is unique and modern with hints of Jazz, Latin, R&B, Funk, Pop and Fusion.

4skor has performed at various events in and around the Toronto area incuding: Oakville Downtown Jazz Festival, Beaches International Jazz Festival, Musicfest Canada, The Jazz Bistro, 120 Diner, The Distillery District and the Sing! Vocal Arts Festival.

From Puerling to Pentatonix the Beatles to Beebop it is an evening you can't miss!

All proceeds go to the Mayfield United Church Hall Window Replacement Fund!

Mayfield United Church,

12496 Dixie Road, Caledon, Ontario.

Saturday, September 10th, 2016 at 7:00 pm

$20.00 per ticket

For tickets Contact: 905-843-1035

NEW -- NEON NIGHT FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH

AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS

Cancer is the villain and we are the SUPER HEROES! Dress up as your favourite superhero and

fight cancer! Neon Night is a non-competitive 2k & 5k FUN RUN.

Saturday, September 24th, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM

at Gellert Community Centre Park.

Registration Fee: $40 for Adults, $10 for Children, Free for Children under 6

Custom Neon Night Medal; Glow Run; Music; Glow Item; After Party; Race Bib

See cancer.ca/NeonNightGeorgetown for more information or contact: Courtney Patterson at

[email protected] or call 905 845 5231 ext. 3164

GFORCe — EXCITING NEWS UPDATE

We have just learned that Salim and Diala have received a phone call

notifying them that their trip to Canada is scheduled for September 14th,

but will receive a second call in the first week of September to reconfirm

this. Unfortunately, the brother hasn’t received any update on his travel

date yet.

http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR?fr_id=21880&pg=entry%23.V4-3RbgrK70


ST. ANDREW’S SUMMER WORSHIP THEMES 2016

August to September - Grant Williams will be leading worship.

“ I am” Seven week worship series

In the four Gospels Jesus’ unique authority and identity as the Son of God are expressed in

sayings which begin with the words ‘I am’ (Greek, ego eimi), a phenomenon most frequently

seen in John’s Gospel. In the synoptic Gospels we see an example of this when Jesus comes

to the disciples walking on the water and he identifies himself by saying, ego eimi, ‘I am’, which

the NRSV translates ‘It is I.’

John’s Gospel - Seven times in John’s Gospel we find Jesus saying ‘I am’ and then adding a

vivid metaphor.

I am the bread of life 6:35, 41, 48, 51.

I am the light of the world 8:12, 9:5.

I am the door/gate of the sheep 10:7, 9.

I am the good shepherd 10:11, 14.

I am the resurrection and the life 11:25.

I am the way, the truth and the life 14:6.

I am the true vine 15:1, 5.

Three of them, ‘The bread of life’, ‘light of the world’ and ‘resurrection and life’ interpret

miracles Jesus has performed. Two of them, ‘I am the good shepherd’ and ‘I am the true vine’

imply that the Jews as the people of God, Israel, will be replaced by the followers of Jesus as

the people of God, new Israel. Two others, ‘I am the door/gate’ and, ‘I am the way the truth and

the life’, make Jesus the only way to enter into a saving relationship with God.

July 31 - “I am the Bread of Life” - John 6:22-59

August 7 - “I am the Light of the World” - John 8:12-20

August 14 - “I am the Door/ Gate of the sheep” - John 10: 1-10

August 21 - “I am the Good Shepherd” - John 10: 11-18

August 28 - “I am the Resurrection and the Life” - John 11: 17-27

September 4 - “I am the way the truth and the life” - John 14: 1-7

September 11 - “I am the True Vine” - John 15: 1-17

September 18 - the Believe Series - Resumes


Tuesday, August 9th

1:00 pm Coffee House (Residence Rec Room)

Sunday, August 14th -

10:00 am Worship

Week-at-a-Glance

Sunday, August 7th -

Bread Basket Sunday,

VBS Sunday and

Baptism

10:00 am Worship

OUR CHURCH VISIONOUR CHURCH VISION

Growing In Faith Together actively serving

Our God

Our Church Family

Our Community

Humour Corner

CHRISTENING BABY BROTHER

After the christening of his baby brother in church, little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the

back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong.

Finally, the boy replied, "That priest said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I want

to stay with you guys!"

. http://www.makeitclearnow.org/relhumor.html#Christening baby brother

Have a Nice Day!

http://www.makeitclearnow.org/relhumor.html#Christening baby brother


Grant’s World Grant’s World Grant’s World

This week has been a fabulous week at our annual Vacation Bible School. The theme this

week is Cave Quest. We have been spelunking all around the church. There are caves every-

where! The children have been learning new stories about Jesus being the light of the world.

This week we have about 54 children and 24 junior leaders participating. Each day the

children have received a daily bible buddy which has the daily scripture verse on it to remind

them of what they have learned in the program.

Over all the week has been going very smoothly and I owe a huge thanks to all the teen and

adult helpers who have done a phenomenal job running the program this week. We owe a

huge amount of thanks to Tracey Bazso, Margaret and Ross Yahiro who have put in countless

hours before the program and each day after the children have left for the day. We could not

have done it without you!

Last night our baseball team had a fantastic game! This year we have been challenged with

getting our team numbers each week but last night we were mostly present. Here is a little

snippet from our team captain Jon Curran.

“While we are still searching for that first win of the season, we played great baseball last night

and lost by just 1 run. Final score was 12 to 11 and there were a number of great plays from

the team. A big shout out to Sydnee for her inside the park home run and the Branden for his

amazing catch in left field, just avoiding a collision with a tree. There were a number of

doubles (Grant & Colin) and even more singles from all players.

The tournament schedule has been released and I have attached it to this note. We play our

first game of the tournament on Wednesday August 17th at Hornby against Immanuel. Our

round robin games on Saturday August 20 are at 9:15 and 10:30. Tournament games are a

little shorter, only 5 innings and a maximum of 1 hour. The Tournament is held at the Gellert

Centre in Georgetown and both our games are on the middle Diamond.”

We hope to see you out to support our church team at the ball tournament on August 20th.

See you on Sunday,

Grant


Cave Quest VBS Is Happening!

It has been quite a week! We ended up with 54 campers, 24 Junior Leaders and

approximately 16 Adult Volunteers! There has been lots of music, lots of talking

about God and Jesus, playing games, fun crafts and snacks.

We owe a huge thank you to Tracey Bazso for volunteering to coordinate again this

year! She has put in a lot of time organizing as well as planning and coordinating

all the decorations! Tracey, you are truly amazing!

Thank you also to Grant Williams for being a co-coordinator. As usual, he works

behind the scenes to help ensure everything goes smoothly.

The other leaders will be spotlighted as their photos are published.

If you haven’t dropped by this week, you will have missed seeing the entrance to

the Sanctuary turned into a cave! The youngest group also have a cave entrance

to their room!

Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks for More VBS Photos and thank you notes!


News from the Pews is the electronic newsletter of St. Andrew's United Church, Georgetown, Ontario, produced every Thursday.

If you would like to publicize an event, please send it in the body of an e-mail (not as an attachment) to:

[email protected] by Wednesday at noon.

For further information, contact our secretary, Margaret Yahiro, or our Minister, Rev. Grant Williams, at 905-877-4482.

Contact us:

Address: 89 Mountainview Road South Georgetown, Ontario

L7G 4T9

Website: www.standrewsuc.ca

Church Secretary/Office: [email protected]

Margaret’s Summer Office Hours:

Wednesdays: 8:30 am - 2:30 pm

Thursdays: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Minister Hours:

Please call or email for an appointment [email protected]

STAYING CONNECTED TO ST. ANDREW'S ONLINE!

St. Andrew’s has a Facebook site at:

www.facebook.com/StAndrewsUnitedGeorgetown.

On the site you will find news about upcoming events,

pictures, videos and daily devotionals.

Please “like” our site! Check it out!

You can also follow us on twitter @SaintAndrewsUC

to read late breaking news.

Our Website at www.standrewsuc.ca includes lots of information

about St. Andrew’s programs, events and ministries. Also posted are HD videos of the Sunday

sermons. Look under the Media tab and click on sermons.
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