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THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Agassiz Presbytery
PEMBINA PARISH PASTORAL CHARGE Zion-Calvin, Darlingford & St Paul’s, Morden
Mission Statement
To be a living celebration of God,
as the body of Christ,
serving the community and the world!
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
www.pembinaparish.com
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Page Report
4 In Memorium; Baptisms, Membership, Marriages
5 Minutes, Annual Meeting - March 8, 2015
10 Appointments 2015
11 Ministers’ Message
13 Leadership Team
14 House Groups
14 Interest Groups Finance
15 St Paul’s Sunday School
16 Zion-Calvin Sunday School
17 Banner & Quilting Group
18 Prayer Shawl Ministry
18 Women’s Retreat 2015
19 Christmas Poinsettia Ministry
19 Pastoral Care
20 St Paul’s Choir
21 Ivy League
22 Outreach
23 Opportunity Fund
23 Fall Supper
24 Rock Lake Quilt Auction
24 Technology
25 Stewardship
26 UCW St Paul’s UCW
27 St Paul’s UCW Financial Statement
28 Thornhill UCW
29 Thornhill UCW Financial Statement
30 Zion-Calvin UCW
31 Zion-Calvin UCW Financial Statement
32 Zion-Calvin Annual Report
33 Zion-Calvin Property
34 Trustees, Zion-Calvin
34 St Paul’s Property
35 Trustees, St Paul’s
36 Ministry & Personnel
37 Financial Statement - Balance Sheet
39 Financial Statement - Budget, 2016
43 Nominations for 2016
INDEX
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IN MEMORIUM
Edith Joan Amy
Deirdre Lee Lumgair
Joe William Irwin
Melvin Peter Reimer
Dorothy Carruthers
Donald Elmer Sager
Russell Alfred Burkitt
Mike Didkowski
Margaret Eileen Laing
Lloyd Ross Topley
Tryggvi Sigurdur Einarson
Jean Robson
Frederick Hildebrand
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BAPTISM
Logan Philip Brunn
Tyler Gunner Griffin
MARRIAGES
Guenole Edouard Joseph Chicouene & Candace Lee Clayton
Christopher John Moffatt & Jennie Kathleen Hemminger
Symon Paul Maxwell Ptashnick & Meghan Alexandra Menzies
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Pembina Parish Pastoral Annual Meeting
Sunday March 8, 2015
at St. Paul’s United Church
In Attendance:
Karen Ching Lois Dudgeon Bill Sandercock
Carol Burton Don Holenski Lydia Andrew
Dorothy Gower Bruce Lyng Dale Dudgeon
Brian Irvine Maureen Irvine Esther Rothenburger
Phyllis Dudgeon Cheryl Fedorchuk Arnold Law
Alex Fedorchuk Dorothy Penner Rish Law
Len Penner Kathy Menzies Trygg Einarson
Cathy Sandercock Fran Einarson Margot Craig
Mary Dushenko Jean Motheral Pat Gibson
Wayne Motheral Ila Gemmell Edith Lovatt
Margaret Cove Sharon Deceunick Roxanne LeBlanc
Henry Penner Peggy Twyman Joe Cawley
Bert Chubey Lynne Cawley Sally Chubey
Marlene Holewka Rick Britton Bill Turner
Hugh Lumgair Sue Nelson Grace Young
Judy Stambuski Elymer Young Val White
Mary Lou Schroeder Wes Schroeder Bob Menzies
Nancy Penner Lynn Bollenbach Pat Neuman
Kathryn Luger Lorna Barclay Ruth Nichol
Shannon Holenski Bob Luger Myra Amy-McElroy
Lorraine Holenski Rev. Suzanna Bates Rev. Margret Kristjansson
Rev. Cathie Waldie
WELCOME
Welcome at 12:15 p.m. by out-going chair Karen Ching
OPENING WORSHIP
Given by Rev. Cathie Waldie, then an In Memoriam list was read. Thanks expressed to people
leaving positions on Leadership Team.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Moved by Bob Menzies, Seconded by Judy Stambuski. That the agenda be
approved with the addition of 7.0 Opportunity Fund Loan. CARRIED.
MOTION
Motion: Moved by Rick Britton, Seconded by Hugh Lumgair. That voting on temporal mat-
ters be extended to all members and adherents present. CARRIED.
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MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Motion: Moved by Henry Penner, Seconded by Shannon Holenski. That the minutes of the
annual meeting held February 23, 2014 be adopted as printed in the 2014 Annual Report.
CARRIED.
MOTION: Moved by Nancy Penner, Seconded by Don Holenski. That the minutes of the
Congregational meeting held May 4, 2014 be adopted as printed in the 2014 Annual Report
with the following correction: Bob Menzies be added to the attendance list. CARRIED.
MOTION: Moved by Rish Law, Seconded by Wayne Motheral. That the minutes of the
Congregational meeting held October 26, 2014 be adopted as printed in the 2014
Annual Report. CARRIED.
BUSINESS ARISING
The opportunity fund loan to be dealt with at 7.0
REPORTS
The Following reports were presented:
Ministers & Leadership Team
Baptisms, Memberships, Transfers
House Groups
Interest Groups: Youth & St. Paul’s Sunday School
Banner & Quilting Group
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Technology
Woman’s Retreat
Christmas Poinsettia Ministry
Pastoral Care
St. Paul’s Church Choir
Ivy League
Opportunity Fund
UCW - It was stated the balance on hand is unusually low; plans are underway for a Soup &
Pie fundraiser. There is a mix-up in the Darlingford UCW Financial Report in the Expenses
Section.
g.) Sue Nelson expressed thanks to the UCWs and Sunday Schools for their outreach
efforts.
h.) St. Paul’s Property - Thanks were given for all the work done by Bruce Lyng and Fred
Mayor at St. Paul’s and Bob Luger at Zion-Calvin.
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MOTION – Moved by Bob Menzies, Seconded by Alex Fedorchuk. To adopt reports of all
Interest Groups as printed in the 2014 Annual Report, including the above corrections and ad-
ditions. CARRIED.
i.) Presbytery
j.) Zion-Calvin Congregation
k.) Zion-Calvin Sunday School
l.) Ministry & Personnel Committee
m.) Fundraising
n.) Financial Report – Balance Sheet
o.) Opportunity Fund - clarification: An internal loan within a charitable organization
can be repaid without interest.
MOTION – Moved by Rick Britton, Seconded by Alex Fedorchuk. That Pembina Parish pay
back to the Opportunity fund a sum of $5000 annually until the $25,000 is repaid, as long as
this is financially viable. CARRIED.
It was agreed the amount to be paid will be decided each year at the annual meeting. $5000
was transferred to the Opportunity Fund by show of hands.
NEW BUSINESS
Rev. Margret Kristjansson chaired this part of the meeting, Rev. Cathie Waldie and Rev.
Suzanna Bates were excused for this section
MOTION – Moved by Hugh Lumgair, Seconded by Rick Britton. That Pembina Parish
accept the JNAC Assessment Report 2015 Concerning Financial Viability. CARRIED.
MOTION – Moved by Pat Gibson, Seconded by Alex Fedorchuk. To accept the JNAC Report
Concerning a Ministry Call/s and Related Terms. CARRIED.
MOTION – Moved by Shannon Holenski, Seconded by Rick Britton. That Pembina Parish
Pastoral Charge having received the report of the JNAC and having reviewed its recommen-
dations, requests Agassiz Presbytery accept the report of the JNAC from Pembina Parish
Pastoral Charge and:
a. approve the recommendation within it for the continuation of two fulltime ministry
positions
b. approve the request to confirm the existing pastoral relationship with Cathie Waldie and
refer the changes in terms (conversion to the new compensation model) to the Settle-
ment Commission of the Conference of MNWO
c. refer the recommendation for the change in terms of the pastoral relationship for
Suzanna Bates to the Conference Settlement Commission. CARRIED.
MOTION – Moved by Shannon Holenski, Seconded by Kathryn Luger. That Pembina Parish
Pastoral Charge having received the report of the JNAC and having reviewed its recommen-
dations requests the Settlement Commission of the Conference of Manitoba & Northwestern
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Ontario approve the change in terms of the existing pastoral relationship with Cathie Waldie
effective July 1, 2015
Salary
Minimum salary as per schedule 54,396.00
Percent above minimum 5%
Total salary 57,114.45
Reimbursable expenses
House phone 360.00
Continuing Education 1332.00
Total Salary and expense allowances 58,806.45
And all other required terms on PR 450 CARRIED.
MOTION – Moved by Shannon Holenski, Seconded by Kathryn Luger. That Pembina Parish
Pastoral Charge having received the report of the JNAC and having reviewed its recommenda-
tions requests the Settlement Commission of the Conference of Manitoba & Northwestern
Ontario approve the appointment of Suzanna Bates as an Ordained Minister from July 1, 2015
to June 30, 2016, conditional upon her admission into the Order of Ministry of the United
Church of Canada in May, 2015 with the following terms:
Salary
Minimum salary as per schedule 54,396.00
Percent above minimum 5%
Total salary 57,114.45
Reimbursable expenses
House phone 360.00
Continuing Education 1332.00
Total Salary and expense allowances 58,806.45
And all other required terms on PR 450 CARRIED.
MOTION – Moved by Rick Britton, Seconded by Nancy Penner. That with thanks to the
members of the JNAC for all their work, the Joint Needs Assessment Committee be dissolved.
CARRIED.
PRESENTATION by Rev. Suzanna Bates, Supporting our Vision: Outreach
What do we care about?
Some replies:
Communities in our parish and in the world
“Caring and Sharing”
Our church building;
Meeting our local cost requirements first
Looking after God’s creation;
having fun doing the work
Helping neighbours
A visible sign on our building.
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After some discussion, an Outreach Interest Group was formed, with core members Sue
Nelson, Edith Lovatt, Mary Lou Schroeder, and Pat Gibson
PRESENTATION OF BUDGET FOR 2015 – Nancy Penner
Amendments made to budget printed in Annual Report:
Fundraising Outreach $2653
Music/Choir (exp.) $5000
Outreach (exp.) $2000
Caring & Sharing (exp.) $1000
MOTION – Moved by Alex Fedorchuk, Seconded by Shannon Holenski. To accept the
balanced budget as amended. CARRIED.
NOMINATIONS
Names were added as follows:
Leadership Team:
Charlene Morrow, Edith Lovatt (still 2 vacancies)
Presbytery Representatives :
Kaye Lyng, Sharon Deceuninck
(New) Financial Group:
Alex Fedorchuk, Wes Schroeder, Hugh Lumgair
The trustees have all started to retire at the same time. This should be looked at next year.
A Fund Raising Interest Group is needed.
A Property Interest Group is needed for St. Paul’s
MOTION – Moved by Mary Lou Schroeder, Seconded by Bob Menzies. To accept the slate of
nominations with the additions above. CARRIED.
MOTION - Moved by Hugh Lumgair. To adjourn 3:30 pm
CLOSING - Rev. Suzanna Bates
_____________________ _______________________
Karen Ching – Chair Jean Motheral - Secretary
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APPOINTMENTS FOR 2015
Leadership Team: Appointment Service
Member Charlene Morrow 2015 2 years (+1 year)
Member Edith Lovatt 2015 2 years (+1 year)
Member Vacancy 2 years (+1 year)
Member Vacancy 2 years (+1 year)
Member Lorraine Holenski 2013 2 years (+1 year)
Treasurer Nancy Penner 2013 3 years (+1 year)
M&P Representative Shannon Holenski 2014 2 years (+1 year)
Minister Rev. Cathie Waldie
Minister Rev. Suzanna Bates
Ministry & Personnel Bill Sandercock 2013 2 years (+1 year)
Shannon Holenski 2013 2 years (+1 year)
Jackie Stark 2014 2 years (+1 year)
Vacancy 2 years (+1 year)
Elders Phyllis Dudgeon 2011 3 years (+1 year)
Bill Turner 2011 3 years (+1 year)
Vacancy 3 years (+1 year)
Presbytery Representatives Sharon Deceuninck 2015 3 years (+1 year)
Kaye Lyng 2015 3 years (+1 year)
Youth Advisors Roxanne Leblanc
Vacancy
Zion-Calvin Trustees Gerald Barclay 2012 5 years
Bob Luger 2012 5 years
Larry Seymour 2012 5 years
Betty Hamilton 2012 5 years
St Paul’s Trustees Fred Mayor 2012 5 years
Brian Nedohin 2012 5 years
Lesley Andrew 2012 5 years
Edith Lovatt 2012 5 years
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MINISTERS’ MESSAGE
Our third year of team ministry was a full, busy one. We walked with Pembina Parish through
a time of financial concern, and after having to take a long hard look at ourselves as a parish
through the process of a JNAC we helped the parish begin to do some amazing new creative
ministry.
Worship and Celebration
Aside from Sunday worship in our two congregations of Zion-Calvin and St
Paul’s, we also lead worship at Legion House, BTHC, Tabor Home and
Homestead South. We are grateful for the help of many folk as we work to
create and lead uplifting worship. During Lent we invited folk to share in
Sunday lunches and study while in the Summer we led a Summer Series to
help the whole church prepare for the 42nd General Council of The United
Church of Canada. Another outdoor Pentecost worship service and picnic
drew many folks out on a glorious day to celebrate the Spirit’s life and gifts.
During Advent we offered experience of various spiritual practices like
walking the Labyrinth, guided meditation and sacred reading.
From February to June Pembina Parish participated in a Service Agreement with Manitou-
LaRiviere pastoral charge in which Cathie served on a half-time basis. The Service Agree-
ment seemed to have worked well during a time when they were without their own ministry
personnel.
In May, Suzanna was formally admitted into the United Church of Canada at
the Celebration of Ministries at the annual meeting of our Conference. In Au-
gust Suzanna attended the General Council in Corner Brook, - a challenging
but very enriching experience. With a theme of “God is making all things new”
the General Council recommended significant changes in the structures of the
church.
In June the United
Church of Canada cele-
brated its 90th anniversary and a group
of folk gathered at Zion-Calvin to ring
the bell 90 times in celebration. Every-
one took turns and soon the area was
filled with the joyful chimes of the old
church bell.
Faith Development, Fellowship and Pastoral Care The Sunday Schools at Zion-Calvin and St Paul’s are wonderfully led by dedicated people
and we are glad to see stability and growth in our work with children. Suzanna continues to
provide support and help with resourcing and encouraging the Sunday Schools. We are glad
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that the annual Women’s Retreat is still a treasured time for the women who attend and that
the monthly Ivy League of Ladies gathers to eat and share fellowship. Our three UCW’s
provide wonderful friendship in their circles and work hard when called upon to cater at
funerals and other events.
This past year saw further development of our Pastoral Care Interest Group and
Cathie continues to provide support and leadership there. We are delighted that
after a number of years, and after a ton of work we now have a new Photo Direc-
tory. We are very pleased to have this great new resource that will help our faith
community to connect with and know one another better.
Outreach
We are delighted that we have a new Outreach Interest Group which helps our
parish be much more heart-led and creative in our outreach. It is through education and fund-
raising that the group, supported by Suzanna, seeks to raise awareness of need around us and
how we might respond individually or as a church. Soup & Pie Lunches and other events
have helped create wonderful community and fellowship as the group has helped raise a sub-
stantial amount for outreach. Darlingford celebrated its 18th year of its Canadian Foodgrains
project. The proceeds of the harvest of soybeans will go to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank
which supports people and communities in the developing world.
We were very pleased to share in the Refugee Sponsorship Project where Pembina Parish is
partnering with Morden Mennonite Church and Pembina Mennonite Fellowship to sponsor a
refugee family to settle in the Morden/Winkler area. We felt called to be part of an answer to
the desperate plight of so many, many people and Pembina Parish raised over $20,000 to
assist the bringing in of two Syrian families to Morden.
Leadership & Stewardship
This past year saw the coming together of two new vital groups in the parish. Our Finance In-
terest Group, supported by Cathie, works with the treasurer and bookkeeper to monitor and
review the ongoing financial health of the parish. Our Stewardship Interest group helped lead
a 5-week stewardship and giving programme in the Fall entitled, “Called to be the Church”.
The Spring Concert as well as the tremendous Fall Supper were evidence of some of the hard
work that Pembina Parish engaged in in order to recover form the previous year’s financial
worries.
2015 was a full year in which we saw several new beginnings, plenty of growth and strength-
ening of existing ministries. We are thankful for so many blessings over the past year and
continue to seek God’s leading as we consider our future. Blessings to all the people of
Pembina Parish!
Your ministers,
Rev. Suzanna Bates Rev. Cathie Waldie
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PEMBINA PARISH LEADERSHIP TEAM
The Leadership Team meets once a month to keep up with the busy schedules of both of the
congregations. We try to keep on top of all the things happening, help the minsters plan for
the upcoming seasons of the church, encourage interest groups with their projects, as well as
the regular things like the financial health and the Policies of the Parish. Most meetings cover
a lot of ground! The Finance Interest Group, M&P and other Interest Groups keep us in the
loop with their business to help keep things running smoothly.
We would like to thank the two congregations for stepping up again not only with the dona-
tions but also the support for the fundraising efforts that have kept us in the black this year!
All the fundraising events this year have either been sold out or very well attended. New
events like to Soup and Pie and Cookie Walk have been excellent! The Quilt Auction and
Fall Supper ran like clock work and sold out. The Spring Concert , Co-op Gift Card, and Craft
Sale were as excellent as ever. So it wasn't too surprising that so many wanted to join in for
the Celebration Sunday in November. The Refugee Sponsorship Project has been very well
supported and we await the arrival of the families with much excitement!
The Leadership Team, - Nancy Penner, Lorraine Holenski, Charlene Morrow, Edith Lovett,
Rev. Cathie Waldie, Rev. Suzanna Bates and myself strive to make the Pembina Parish a wel-
coming and safe place for all to come and worship. With your help and God's guidance I hope
we have achieved that.
Respectfully Submitted
Shannon Holenski
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ST PAUL’S HOUSE GROUPS
The House Group leaders met with the Ministers and the House Group co-ordinator on 31st
January 2016 to report on how the House Groups are working and to look to see how improve-
ments can be made in 2016. Generally the system works well and the most obvious result is
the sharing in worship by reading, greeting, announcing by one house group each month. The
booklet outlining all the tasks needed to be done on Sundays does need to be revised again and
some helpful suggestions have been made.
Everyone in our church family is assigned a house group but of course not everyone is able to,
or wishes to help with worship services. It is a continuous work in progress to keep lists of
people who can be called and will help, and those who do not wish to be called but still want
to be on the list and those who have moved or for some other reason no longer want to be part
of the Pembina Parish family.
Sharing in worship is not the only role of the house group. Every house group now has a
pastoral care link person as a contact and this helps in making sure everyone who may need
pastoral care receives it, either by visits from a Pastoral Care Interest Group person or from
the Ministers.
We still have 10 house groups but one or two do need more support than others. I thank all the
leaders who have given their services over the last year and all of those people who help with
the Ministry of Worship during the year.
Peggy Twyman
House Group Co-Ordinator
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FINANCE INTEREST GROUP
The Finance Interest Group members are Alex Fedorchuk, Hugh Lumgair, Wes Schroeder,
Nancy Penner and Rev. Cathie Waldie.
The focus of this Interest Group is to monitor and review the ongoing financial situation of the
Parish. The group encourages fundraising projects and participate in the annual stewardship
campaign to ensure the financial viability of the Parish. They also prepare the annual budget
for presentation and approval at the annual meeting.
In 2015 the Interest group met quarterly to review the income statement and issues related to
changes in the new Compensation Model of the United Church, rental groups, the 2015 -2016
stewardship campaign, issuing of interim donation receipts and changes to line items on the
offering envelopes.
Financial updates were provided for News and Notes and Parish Newsletters.
Respectfully submitted by
Nancy Penner, on behalf of the Finance Interest Group
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ST PAUL’S SUNDAY SCHOOL
Well folks we have had another fun filled year. We journeyed through the Christian year
discovering new messages along the way. Baptism to Lent: water to the garden. At Easter we
made little Easter Gardens. From Easter to Pentecost: Jesus rises from the grave to lead us to
the fires of Pentecost. Christmas led way to the “12 Hours of Christmas”.
Along the way we wandered off the path to help others and share our talents. We participated
in the FCC Drive Away Hunger food drive, Morden Christmas Cheer project and choir event
“Singing in the Rain”.
Of course, these wonderful moments are only possible with the amazing talents and volunteer
time of Leslie Bezte, Chelsey LeBlanc, Brenda Sloan, Margot Craig, Tammy Duncan and
Rev. Suzanna Bates. Let’s not forget all the volunteers who have helped us along the way.
Snacks, extra set of hands and encouragements are always appreciated.
Here’s to another year of journeys and time to smell the roses.
Yours truly,
Roxanne LeBlanc
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ZION-CALVIN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Once again it is my pleasure to be involved with the Zion-Calvin Sunday School. We have 10
children attending ranging in age from 4-14 years old. Always lots of energy from this group.
The older ones are very good at assisting the younger ones which helps me a great deal.
The group is always interested in doing projects. This spring we did a little dramatization of
the “Stone Soup” story and invited everyone to enjoy their “stone” soup after church. We even
made stone chicken noodle soup for some of the group. They received enough money through
donations to adopt 2 animals from the Canadian Wildlife Federation. This was something the
group felt very strongly about and have wanted to do for some time. They adopted a Beluga
whale and a Polar bear. They received their stuffed animal replicas this fall and had quite a
time coming up with names for them.
The group was honored to be asked to sing at Lorna and Gerald Barclay’s 60th Anniversary
party in October and they did an excellent job.
At the annual Darlingford Craft sale some of the group sold popcorn and raised $46.55. Thank
you to Green Valley Equipment for the use of their popcorn machine. These funds will go
towards their next project.
For Advent this year we made weekly decorations for a special Christmas tree in the sanctuary.
There were lots of creative doves, hearts, roses and stars. The group also presented a play
adapted from a book called “Follow that Star”. Thanks to Lorna Barclay for making all our
adorable sheep hats and to Lorna’s daughter Barb Grexton for getting us a copy of the play.
Once again this group did a terrific job with only a few practices. They also sang each Sunday
adding their beautiful music to our weekly services.
As always we thank the Ministers and the congregation for their support and encouragement.
Special thanks to Myra Amy-McElroy for sharing her musical talent with the children.
Respectfully submitted,
Karen Ching
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BANNER AND QUILTING GROUP
Members of this group are Carol Burton, Louise Gardiner, Pat Gibson, Edith Lovatt, Jean
Motheral, Sue Nelson and Lori Willcocks.
The first part of the year we were focused on making quilts for the Rock Lake Camp fundrais-
ing auction which was hosted by Pembina Parish on April 24 in the Darlingford Hall. We con-
structed a quilted tablecloth, a child’s quilt and 2 bed quilts for the auction. The largest bed
quilt was made of blocks with maple leaves hand appliqued and donated by Velda Currie.
Both bed quilts were set up for quilting in the narthex so anyone who wished to could drop in
to the church and do some stitching.
After taking the summer off, we resumed work on renovating 2 large Advent and Christmas
wall hangings which were made quite a few years ago. One was finished and hung in time for
the 2nd Sunday of Advent and we plan to have
the other finished next year. We have started to
make some quilts for the Syrian refugees who
are expected in the new year. Thank you to
everyone who has donated fabric for us to use.
Respectfully submitted,
Jean Motheral
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PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
Our group of ladies knit prayer shawls, in many different shapes and colours as they pray.
These prayer shawls are later blessed during a church service so that all of us are involved in
the love enclosed with these prayer shawls.
The prayer shawls are then given to those in need of comfort by the ministers or any member
of the congregation.
We have added prayer shawls for babies to our inventory of Prayer Shawls. These Prayer
Shawls are given to babies at the time of their baptism as a Blessing from the congregations
of Pembina Parish.
I would like to thank the ladies who spend some of their quiet time praying for others as they
knit. I would also like to thank those who have helped us by donating yarn, gift bags and
cards.
Please remember to let us know if there is someone who you think needs a prayer shawl to
help them to feel connected to our Parish and to help them feel wrapped in God’s love.
Submitted by
Lynne Cawley
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WOMEN’S RETREAT
The retreat was attended by 12 women who met on Friday, October 23rd for the evening at
St. Paul’s to share a pot luck supper and to introduce the theme for the retreat. Then on
October 24th we met at the Roland United church for a day of sharing, learning, laughing and
enjoying everyone’s company. Karen Tjaden from Carman led us for the weekend using the
theme: The Witness of Women. At the final worship at the end of the day Rev. Suzanna
Bates joined Karen and presided over Holy Communion.
The retreat was deemed a success by those who came and we hope that there will be another
Women’s Retreat in the Fall of 2016. However, two of the three current committee members
would like to stand down and would like to hand the organization of the 2016 retreat to new
people.
Respectfully submitted
Edith Lovatt, Peggy Twyman, Kaye Lyng.
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CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA MINISTRY
Each year as the season of Christmas draws near at the beginning of Advent we order
poinsettias to be delivered to those who have had bereavement in the family and to those of
our church community who are homebound. The poinsettias are placed in the church until
delivery.
Our Thanks to Bruce Shewfelt and his family for helping with the bagging of the plants and
the clean up after and to those who delivered the plants after worship on December 20th.
Thank you to Zion-Calvin for delivering the poinsettias to those of our church community in
Manitou PCH. Also Thank you to Arlene in the office for your assistance when we needed it.
The help of everyone is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your donations to the poinsettia fund. We received $660.00 in donations and
we spent $881.40. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this ministry. We feel that this
is a worthwhile ministry as those on the receiving end greatly appreciate being remembered
by the congregation.
Respectfully submitted,
Myrna Mayor and Pat Neuman
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PASTORAL CARE INTEREST GROUP
Two meetings of the Pastoral Care Interest Group were held in 2015. Each meeting re-
viewed the list of Pastoral Link people for each of the St. Paul’s House Groups, noting any
changes or vacancies. The list of people currently receiving pastoral care from a Pastoral
Link person or someone else was also reviewed and updated.
The role of Pastoral Link people within our Parish continues to be to connect with those in
need of pastoral care such as the elderly, homebound, those recently hospitalized, and the
bereaved. Pastoral Link people make at least two pastoral contacts per year at Easter and
Christmas, and seek to respond to other pastoral concerns as they arise. Rick Britton is the
overall contact person for Pastoral Link people, informing them of any new pastoral needs
related to those in their House Groups.
We are grateful for the many people who serve as Pastoral Link people in our Parish, as well
as those who are visiting and keeping in touch on behalf of the church with those in need.
We hope to continue to strengthen this vital ministry by some possible future training and ed-
ucation for all those involved in this aspect of our parish’s life and work.
Respectfully submitted
by Rev. Cathie Waldie
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ST PAUL’S CHURCH CHOIR
As the year began, Dena Gillis was leading the choir. As in the past, we sang during worship
on alternate Sundays and every week during Lent. A concert and dessert evening May 9th
entitled “Singing in the Rain” raised about $3500. The choir took the usual summer break and
when we resumed in October Dena had tendered her resignation. We thank her for the many
years she served.
Peggy Twyman and Jean Motheral took over as interim leaders, with the hope that a music
director could be hired. Fay Carruthers continues as our very capable accompanist. We
resumed the schedule of alternate Sunday anthems, and every week during Advent. During the
year, we assisted with the service at Tabor Home 3 times. Something new for the choir this
year was singing at the early Christmas Eve service. We are preparing anthems for Lent and
looking forward to a concert in April.
Respectfully submitted,
Jean Motheral
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IVY LEAGUE
In 1996 a group of women from Pembina Parish decided that they needed to get to know one
another better and grow in our faith, away from the busy lives that we led.
The first retreat was held at Camp Koinonia on Adam Lake just south of Boissevain. Karen
Ridd facilitated the weekend; she helped us to see the walls (the bricks) that prevent us from
being God’s hands in our world. We wrote the words on the “bricks” that explained our blocks
to being the real people that God intended us to be. These “bricks” formed a wall. Karen led
us to realize that something as small and ordinary as an ivy vine has the persistence and power
to crumble a brick wall, and that like the Ivy, we should not let anything hold us back from
living our faith more completely and wholly.
We found after that first retreat that we really wanted to spend time together, just being our-
selves, laughing and having fun. Thus the Ivy League was formed, - not an elite school group-
- but a group of women breaking down walls. A group of women supporting one another,
laughing and EATING!
20 years later we are still a group of women who get together once a month, sometimes just a
few of us, other times a dozen of us, but there is still a closeness that happens with just getting
together to eat and share. Many ladies who come have never been on a retreat with us, many
have joined us as newcomers to the church community, just wanting to make connections;
some of the group do not come to church but are looking for connections with other interest-
ing ladies.
We have gathered at many different venues for our meals, local restaurants, local homes, Chili
Night at the Art Gallery, Homestead South and Fish Fry Night at the Museum. The places we
can find good food is just endless!!
So Ladies, do come and join us, we are still a group of ladies breaking down walls!!
Submitted by
Lynne Cawley
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OUTREACH INTEREST GROUP
Interest Group Members: Rev. Suzanna Bates, Lynne Cawley , Karen Ching, Pat Gibson,
Edith Lovatt, Sue Nelson, Mary Lou Schroeder
The Outreach Interest Group was begun at the 2014 Parish Annual meeting. The financial
situation that year did not allow the Parish to be as supportive of outreach projects as some of
us thought we should. The new interest group was begun with the intention to raise money for
outreach projects and Mission and Service Fund. We also identified the importance of raising
awareness in the Parish and providing information around our outreach projects and M&S.
Our major fund raiser has been the Soup and Pie Lunch, which is held the third Friday of the
month. We held four Soup and Pie Lunches in 2015. Thank you to the many volunteer work-
ers, providers of soup, pie and breads, and all the people who came to eat.
Our first Christmas Cookie Walk was held December 11 and was a tremendous success!
Thank you to all those who donated cookies and those who came to buy.
Thanks to the generous support of the entire community we were able to disperse $2,500.00 in
2015. This year’s donations went to:
BTHC Chaplaincy program $500.00
Healthy Minds Breakfast Program $ 250.00
St. Matthews Maryland Community Ministry $250.00
Mission and Service Fund $1,500.00
Other outreach projects that we are interested in supporting include Genesis House, Donate
Love/Many Hands, Caring and Sharing to name a few.
In addition, members of this group also initiated and held a Harvest Festival Potluck Dinner
and Produce Auction on October 4, 2015. Proceeds of $1,100.00 were directed to our new
Refugee Fund.
Respectfully Submitted by
Sue Nelson
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OPPORTUNITY FUND INTEREST GROUP
Members of the Opportunity Fund Interest Group met on May 7th, 2015. It was noted that a
motion had been made at the Annual General Meeting to repay $5000.00 of the $25,000.00
loan from the Opportunity Fund each year. Nancy Penner, parish treasurer informed the
Interest Group that this year’s repayment would done as soon as possible.
Members of the Opportunity Fund Interest Group were also informed of a bequest of
$14,889.00 that had been received from the estate of Elwood Jacobs. There was discussion
regarding Elwood’s intention that this bequest go to Calvin United Church (Zion-Calvin),
which was done before the memorial funds of Zion-Calvin and St. Paul’s United churches
were amalgamated into the Opportunity Fund. After discussion, a motion was passed that all
funds received from the Elwood Jacobs’ estate be held in the Opportunity Fund and designat-
ed for Zion-Calvin through application. The Zion-Calvin Trustees were informed of this
decision, and a service of recognition for Elwood’s bequest was celebrated at Zion-Calvin on
September 27th, 2015.
A deadline of October 26th, 2015 was set for application requests for disbursement from the
Opportunity Fund. However, no application requests to the Fund were received in 2015.
Respectfully submitted by
The Opportunity Fund Interest Group: Lesley Andrew, Fred Mayor, Brian Nedohin,
Betty Hamilton, Nancy Penner, (Rev.) Cathie Waldie
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FALL SUPPER INTEREST GROUP
Fall Supper - November 8, 2015 at St. Paul’s United Church
Committee: Lois Dudgeon, Myrna Mayor, Sue Nelson, Lori Willcocks, Lesley Andrew
It was another successful fall supper this year, what a great fund raiser for our church!
We chose to pre-sell tickets in advance to allow for better planning of food prep and less
wastage. We sold a total of 356 meals, 63 of those meals went out into our committee at Vista
Terrace, Elks Place, Legion House I and II and Oak West. An opportunity for fellowship and
community building.
The committee would like to thank a number of the congregant members for their great
generosity towards this event. Dave Lumgair for garden carrots, Judy Stambuski for butter,
Lori Willcocks for new cutlery, Dena Gillis and Amy Henderson (Party on Rental) for table-
cloths and centerpieces and of course all the volunteers, food prep, servers, set-up, take down,
- thank you for your support!
Respectfully submitted
Lesley Andrew
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ROCK LAKE UNITED CHURCH CAMP QUILT, ART & CRAFT AUCTION
Friday April 24, 2015, Darlingford Hall
Hosted by Pembina Parish
Committee: Lesley Andrew, Carol Burton, Jean Motheral, Louise Gardiner and Karen Ching
Pembina Parish hosted its first Quilt Auction in the newly renovated Darlingford hall on a
beautiful April spring day. Many lovely quilts and crafts arrived that day and were put on dis-
play for a viewing pleasure. A tasty meal, served at 5pm followed by some great entertain-
ment performed by local musicians, The Lunatics entertained us and festival pieces were pre-
formed by the young people. Morris Olafson was our auctioneer and we brought in an amaz-
ing income of $12,400.00 from the sales of quilts and crafts, which will go toward the new
camp washrooms at the Rock Lake United Church Camp grounds.
Thank you to all the quilters, crafters, workers, musicians, those that purchased the meal and
bought the quilts. Neita Avery Board member passed on her appreciation and thanks for the
great success of the event.
The income from the supper meal tallied $1,855.23 which went to the general funds of
Pembina Parish. A big thank you to the committee members for rising up to the challenge.
Respectfully submitted
Lesley Andrew
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TECHNOLOGY
There are times of the year, particularly in January and February when light coming through
our windows is particularly strong due to the sun’s height and the reflection from snow and
the images on the screen are quite badly affected. This year we have had blinds fitted at the
back of the church on the lower windows and this has helped to some extent. Thank you to
Shannon and the leadership team for getting this done!
This year I am delighted to say that Jason Ungarian has joined the audio visual team and has
been able to run the Sunday PowerPoints. This has been an enormous help, especially as the
equipment ages and there is often troubleshooting to be done as the PowerPoint runs. I am
also grateful to Sharon Deceuninck who is able to prepare the occasional presentation for ser-
vices.
The Sound Team continues to provide a very efficient service, not only for Sunday worship
but also for funerals, weddings and other one of events during the week.
Peggy Twyman
Presented on behalf of the Technology Group.
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STEWARDSHIP GIVING TEAM
This year’s Stewardship Giving program took place from October 18th – November 22nd. The
program was based on the United Church of Canada’s congregational giving theme and
resource kit “Called to be the Church.” Members of the Stewardship Giving Team were Hugh
Lumgair, Alex Fedorchuk, Wes Schroeder, Grace Young, Don Holenski and Cathie Waldie.
Nancy Penner, our parish treasurer, served in a consultative role.
Each of the five weeks of the Stewardship Giving program focused on a different theme in
Sunday worship. One of the highlights of the program featured several people from our con-
gregations sharing their personal “Why I give” stories. A mailing to the approximate 400
households of Pembina Parish was sent out at the end of October, with a request for pledge
forms to be returned by December 1st. The Stewardship Giving program concluded with a
well-attended Celebration Lunch on Sunday, November 22nd. One of the highlights of the
lunch included the honouring of several people in our parish for their many years of service in
the Zion-Calvin UCW and St. Paul’s Youth Group: Ruth Nichol, Lorna Barclay and Roxanne
LeBlanc.
A total of 62 pledges totalling in excess of $120,000 was received as a result of the Steward-
ship Giving program. The program also resulted in thirteen new PAR givers, as well as an
increase in giving by another six PAR givers. Based on previous years’ experience these
pledges serve as a rough estimate of actual giving, with the parish budget based on historical
results.
After the conclusion of the Stewardship giving program, members of the Giving Team held an
Evaluation and Future Planning meeting. Overall the Team was pleased with the format and
results of the program this year. The Team strongly believes that an annual stewardship
program needs to happen in our parish, and that ongoing communication of financial
information must be regularly shared. Next year we look forward to having a representative
from Zion-Calvin congregation as part of the Giving Team.
The Giving Team wishes to thank all those who assisted with this year’s Giving program,
especially Rev. Suzanna Bates for developing the mail-out package, Jean Motheral, Betty
Dunbar Sager, Elmer Young, Maureen Irvine and Arlene Link who helped with the mailing,
and Shannon Holenski and Cathy Lone for organizing the Celebration Lunch. We look
forward to sharing in a new stewardship giving program called “Salt and Light” in the fall of
2016!
Respectfully submitted,
Alex Fedorchuk and (Rev.) Cathie Waldie
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ST PAUL’S UCW
Members: 12
Meetings: 10
Monthly Collection: $124.00
January Members helped at the Thrift Shop on Friday afternoon.
February Alzheimer’s Coffee – Cathy Fehr spoke to the group and showed a video.
March Some members took part in World Day of Prayer. Donations were sent to Rock
Lake and Mission and Service.
April Lunch was served at Tabor Home for April birthdays and an anniversary
celebration.
May Sue Nelson came to talk about Outreach programs in the community.
June General Council Report was given in October by Suzanna Bates.
The UCW helped serve lunches and ten funeral lunches in the church and hosted Christmas
potluck lunch on December16.
Members of St. Paul’s U.C.W. would like to thank all the ladies, all 75 of you, who were
always so willing to help with funeral lunches!
Submitted:
Eldith Hildebrand, Secretary
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ST. PAUL’S U.C.W. FINANCIAL REPORT
January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015
Balance $ 343.68
Income:
Collections $1440.00
Donations 3200.00
Funeral Food 685.86
U.C.W. Project 1000.00
Upper Room 62.00
Total: $6387.86
$6731.54
Expenses:
Funeral Food $ 685.86
Kitchen 899.95
Outreach 73.76
Local Church 9.08
Upper Room 165.76
Memorial 30.00
Total: $1864.41
Donations:
Pembina Parish $ 500.00
M & S 1250.00
Refugee Fund 1000.00
Rock Lake Camp 615.36
Conference U.C.W. 75.00
Bursary 100.00
Jessie Saulteaux 100.00
$3640.36
Total Expenses: $5504.77
Balance forward: $1226.77
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THORNHILL UCW
President Lorraine Fife Vice President Lynn Bollenbach
Treasurer Donna Lumgair Secretary Valerie White
Fellowship Velda Currie.
Every year we look forward to the study, fellowship and service our U.C.W. group provides.
We usually meet in members homes and two people are responsible for devotion, lunch and
at times a program or special guest. Average attendance was 11 members. This year, with
the help of Cathie and Suzanna, we were able to finish the five part study written especially
for U.C.W. groups. At our January meeting, Pat Gibson told us of her journey to recovery dur-
ing her 18 week stay in hospital after breaking both her ankles. We also sent two volunteers
to the Thrift Store for an afternoon in January.
For our February meeting we worked on the quilt for Rock Lake Quilt Auction. Velda Currie
had donated the top and backing for the quilt and we sewed, quilted and bound it as our contri-
bution to the auction. Velda bought it back at the quilt auction. We also helped with the
Thornhill Pot Luck Supper , and a number of our members from Morden brought friends
along for an enjoyable evening. In March we worked on quilts at the church and also sent
someone to take part in the World Day of Prayer service. Suzanna spoke at our April meeting
on Service and left us with the thought, ‘When in doubt, Do’. Many of our members attended
the Quilt Auction at Darlingford , which was a very successful event for the Rock Lake Camp.
Carol and Janet arranged a special treat for May, High Tea at Silver Springs Bed and Break-
fast near LaRiviere . In June, for our windup, we went to Anna Joes in Plum Coulee for lunch.
Cheryl had arranged for a very interesting guided tour of the famous grain elevator that has
been saved and is now a museum. In August we served at a funeral. In September, we had
Kim Streamer from The Pembina Threshermen’s Museum tell us about how the Museum is
growing and improving every year. In October we look forward to helping with the Hospital
Aux. Luncheon by taking six desserts and sending five helpers. Our Guest for our October
meeting was Monique Gauthier, the Public Health Nurse, who spoke on health issues in our
area and answered any questions.
November was the month we did the disbursements of our monies, and we helped at the Tabor
Home Christmas Tea. Our guest was Peggy Twyman who told us of her love of singing and
some of the choirs she has sung with over the years. At our Christmas meeting, we packed tins
of cookies for special people and each made a special donation to Genesis House. We then
went for a relaxing buffet lunch at Homestead South. We had invited the residents to join us
after lunch if they wished, for a short devotion followed by caroling and a time of visiting and
reminiscing .
Our President of many years, Lorraine Fife, got the news they were moving shortly before our
Christmas meeting, so it was our farewell to Lorraine as well. We wish Lorraine and Lorne
all the best in their new home in Carman.
Respectfully Submitted by
Valerie White
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THORNHILL UCW ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 2015
BALANCE forward for ALL accounts 272.42
INCOME
Collection of Meetings 1055.21
Donations
Projects: catering, bazaars, suppers, etc 300.00
Miscellaneous Income from all other
sources ie. Interest, etc. Holding for 411 project
SUB-TOTAL INCOME 1355.21
TOTAL INCOME = 1627.63
EXPENSES
1. Mission & Service Fund
World Development donations 300.00
2. Donations to Agassiz Presbyterial
South Expenses
3. Donations to Agassiz Presbyterial
South Annual meeting Special Offering
4. Donations to Man / N.W. Ont.
conferences UCW Expenses 42.00
5. Donations to / or monies spent for local
Church, choir, Manse, Sunday School 400.00
6. Donations to United Church projects
and appeals including “supply” 324.71
7. Donations to other appeals 130.00
8. UCW Expenses ie. Catering, supplies, etc 100.00
9. Miscellaneous – postage, service charges
TOTAL EXPENSES 1296.71
330.92
+24.71
BALANCE IN ALL ACCOUNTS 355.63
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ZION-CALVIN (DARLINGFORD) UCW
Our group meets in member’s homes monthly, the first Wednesday each month at 9:30 am
except January, July and August.
We have seven faithful members. We serve at funerals, auction sales and have a Bake Sale
and serve coffee at the church on the day of the Darlingford Garage Sale.
We provide entertainment and lunch twice a year at Pembina Health Unit to honor the
residents whose birthdays are in that month.
We support Rock Lake Camp by providing what they request. The Quilt Auction was in
Darlingford this year – a busy and successful evening.
We were pleased to receive a worship book from Cathie & Suzanna – Thank-you!
We support the local church, M & S and the Least Coin program.
In the last few years we serve a Christmas supper for the Darlingford Firemen. They make us
feel we are great cooks.
Respectfully submitted,
Lorna Barclay
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ZION CALVIN U.C.W. FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2015
Balance forward for all accounts as
of Dec. 31, 2014
G.I.C. $1075.62
Chequing 2478.41
INCOME
Collection from meetings $ 241.25
Least coin collection 17.45
Projects/catering etc 2930.75
Deposit interest 16.09
Donations 400.00
Total Income $3605.54 $3605.54
EXPENSES
Project/catering etc. $ 805.04
Pembina Parish $1500.00
Pembina Parish Mission & Service 1400.00
MB N.W. ON Conf. U.C.W. mem-
bership
21.00
Women’s Inter church council – least
coin
17.45
Access Credit Union charge for 24
cheques
10.00
TOTAL EXPENSES $3753.49 $3753.49
Balance as of Dec. 31,2015 $3406.08
Balance of chequing account as of
Dec. 31, 2015
$2314.37
G.I.C. as of Dec.31,2014 $1075.62
Interest paid May 15,2015 16.09
Balance of G.I.C. as of Dec. 31,
2015
$1091.71
Balance for 2016 $3406.08
Respectfully submitted by: Betty Hamilton
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ZION-CALVIN ANNUAL REPORT
Zion-Calvin Congregation continues to enjoy our Sundays. Coffee before church at 9:00am,
with service at 9:30am and coffee post-service again.
We have approximately 15 members of our congregation who provide greeters, making
coffee, snacks and scripture reading, serving communion and whatever other job that might
be need to be done. It is very much appreciated. We would also like to thank Evelyn
McElroy, Myra Amy- McElroy, and Sheila Hemminger for providing the music at Zion
Calvin.
Special thanks to Bob Luger who is always fixing what needs to be done and keeping an eye
on the building. He so generously put new flooring down in our bathroom which Shirley
McElroy donated. It was great to give the bathroom a facelift.
Special thanks to Shirley McElroy for all the beautiful floral arrangements brought to Church
on a good number of Sundays throughout the year. Also a huge thanks to Deb Hamilton for
all the decorating at Christmas and the rest of the year.
The UCW continues to still have a presence. They are an amazing group of women. Our care-
taker resigned , so thanks to Deb Hamilton for stepping up and taking this over.
We can't have a report without mentioning the Sunday School which Karen Ching has run for
many, many years, with help from Myra Amy- McElroy with the music. Thank you so much
Karen for your dedication to these children, they are a wonderful part of our services. We en-
joy our time of planning and visiting after the Sunday service, especially on the Sundays Rev.
Cathie and Rev. Suzanna are able to stay.
We delivered cookies to former members of the Darlingford Community, shut-ins and resi-
dents of the community that had a loss in 2015 at Christmas time. These were very well re-
ceived again. We also deliver Poinsettias to 4 residents of Pembina Manitou Health Centre,
- again very well received. Our White Gift Sunday went to Manitou Christmas Cheer, and on
Christmas Eve some donations went to the refugee program.
We held a Community Carols and Cookies evening on December 19 which helped us take a
few minutes in our Christmas preparations to take time out and enjoy the wonderful Christ-
mas music we have. We are blessed for our wonderful Ministerial Team in Rev. Cathie
Waldie and Rev. Suzanna Bates for their inspiring services and leading our Parish. Thank-
you. Also thanks to Arlene and the office staff while Arlene was away for all you do.
May God bless everyone who helps keep our congregation alive as we look forward to
another year to grow in spirit and service.
Charlene Morrow
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ZION-CALVIN PROPERTY REPORT
Property Committee members
Gerald Barclay
Betty Hamilton
Robert Luger
The north-facing part of the roof and adjacent valley were re-shingled in early summer as the
need was urgent.
Several large tree branches that were posing a hazard to the neighbouring property were
removed.
Nancy Peters resigned from her caretaking contract in the spring. We thank the volunteers
who maintained the building and outside property during the summer and early fall. Debbie
Hamilton has taken over as caretaker.
New flooring was donated for the washroom and adjacent hallway and was installed
voluntarily by a member of the congregation.
In October, Gorden Menzies, Restoration Technologist with Manitoba Tourism, Culture,
Heritage, Sport and Consumer Protection, completed a thorough inspection of the Zion-
Calvin Church building. His report was received in mid January and is currently being studied
by the Zion-Calvin Trustees. Their recommendations will be given to the Leadership Team.
A provincial government grant to support some of the work must be applied for by March 15,
2016.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert J. Luger
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ZION-CALVIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Zion-Calvin Trustees met on May 26th, 2015. A letter from the Opportunity Fund Interest
Group of Pembina Parish was read, informing the Trustees of a bequest in the amount of
$14,889.00 that had been received from the estate of Ellwood Jacobs. This will be held in the
Opportunity Fund bank account for the specific use of Zion-Calvin United Church.
The Trustees discussed various repairs and maintenance requirements for the Zion-Calvin
church building, including an application that had been made for a Heritage grant to paint the
church exterior, which was not successful Trustees were also informed that the Leadership
Team of Pembina Parish has asked both St. Paul’s and Zion-Calvin congregations to do a
Building Viability Assessment to help determine what will be needed to make each property/
building sustainable for the next 20 years. Bob Luger volunteered to make a list of all the
things that have been repaired or replaced at Zion-Calvin over the last 10 years. This will
be brought to the congregation for discussion.
It was suggested that a new Trustee be nominated for Zion-Calvin in the coming year due to
the fact that all of the current Trustees’ five year term ends in 2017.
Respectfully submitted by
Rev. Cathie Waldie
on behalf of the Zion-Calvin Board of Trustees:
Gerald Barclay, Betty Hamilton,
Bob Luger, Larry Seymour.
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ST PAUL’S PROPERTY
Though there is no Property Interest Group, several dedicated volunteers have, again this year
addressed the property needs of St. Paul’s Church. To date there is no structured committee,
and all repairs and enhancements were addressed on an as required basis. Thank you to all
those who contributed their time and energy doing the things that had to be done.
We have a valuable piece of property, and still a formal Property Interest Group has not been
instituted to address all the needs of the Church building.
Following up from the Annual Meeting, 2015, the Leadership Team strongly encouraged St
Paul’s to form a Property Interest Group. Both congregations, through their Property Interest
Group (or other Property Group) and other invited members, were asked to form a task-group
to do a Building Viability Assessment for the properties and buildings of Zion-Calvin and St
Paul’s. The function of each task-group was to determine what will be needed to make each
property/building sustainable for the next 20 years (e.g. repair needs; new fixtures; re-
modeling; rentals etc.). The Leadership Team is asked that the work of making this Building
Viability Assessment be done as soon as possible so that it may be brought to a meeting of the
Congregation of Pembina Parish for discussion and decision.
At the last Trustees Meeting it was agreed that a task group be formed to do a building viabil-
ity assessment for St Paul’s. (There was a similar group put together at Zion-Calvin to do the
building and property assessment there). This task group has been put together, and is actively
in the process of pursuing the project. It is hoped to have a report ready for the 2016 Annual
Meeting.
Again thank you to all those who have and are keeping the building operable.
Respectfully submitted
Fred Mayor
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ST PAUL’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees the latest Trustees Handbook (2013) was presented as well as
the updated Use of Space Agreement at St Paul’s. At present there is no Property Interest Group at St
Paul’s. When work needs doing, various helpers are called on to assist. The trustees recognised a
great need for such a group ,– there already is in place a detailed framework (put together by Fred
Mayor and Bruce Lyng).
The Board of Trustees, through the Leadership Team, is launching a building viability assessment
which will help determine the viability of the building and property for the next 20 years. This is a
great task and several people will be invited to participate in this study.
It is to be noted that the 5-year term of all Trustees ends in 2017 and work must be done to invite oth-
ers to join the Board of Trustees.
Rev. Suzanna Bates, on behalf of the Trustees
Fred Mayor; Edith Lovatt; Leslie Andrew & Brian Nedohin
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MINISTRY & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
This year has been a busy one. It started with volunteers filling in at the office and Cathie
Waldie entering into a Shared Service Agreement with Manitou/ La Riviere Pastoral Charge.
We were able to keep the office going on a limited basis with volunteers, then in the spring we
had Brandi Holenski and Rick Britton share the responsibilities until Arlene returned to the
Office in Sept. Thank you to all that helped out and for everyone’s understanding during this
time. Welcome back Arlene!
Cathie's offer to help the Manitou/ La Riviere Pastoral Charge with providing them with 1/2
Ministerial support started in the middle of February 15 and went until June 30, 2015. The
idea behind this offer was to help a neighbouring congregation who was struggling without a
Minister and to prove a Shared Service Agreement could work. Most others have not. We
proved that it could work and the congregation in Manitou was very appreciative for the help.
It got them through the year until they could secure a Minister of their own. Brenda Gibson
started in Manitou on Sept.1. With the population in rural Manitoba declining, this Shared
Service Agreement may be the way of the future. Lots of things were learned, -pros and cons,
in the process, which will be valuable to the church for other Shared Service Agreements to
work in the future. M&P would like to thank Cathie for her hard work in making this happen,
opening doors to making new friends and contacts with a neighbouring congregation. We
would also like to thank Suzanna for holding down the fort here at Pembina Parish while
Cathie was part time in Manitou.
With regret, we accepted the resignation of Dena Gills from the Choir Leader position in May.
A new Choir Leader has not been hired as of yet but that doesn't stop the choir from singing,
sometimes with Jean Motheral or Peggy Twyman leading, or even singing on their own. A
Choir Concert is in the plans for the Spring!
M&P is a small group, Jackie Stark, Jean Motheral and myself and more are needed. So if you
are asked to join the M&P, please consider this meaningful and important part of the Church's
work.
Respectfully Submitted
Shannon Holenski
Chair of M&P
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Pembina Parish United Church - Balance as at 31 Dec. 2015
ASSET
Current Assets
Access Credit Union 51,806.79
ACU Parish Share 5.00
Opportunity Fund 22,474.93
Opportunity Fund Share 5.00
Opportunity GICs 28,732.00
Subtotal Cash & Bank 103,023.72
GST refundable 1,019.98
Total Current Assets 104,043.70
TOTAL ASSET 104,043.70
LIABILITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable 91.50
Accounts Payable - Year End 1,100.00
EI Payable - 20.87
CPP Payable 20.86
Federal Income Tax Payable -
Total Due Receiver General -0.01
Group Ins - 0.01
Subtotal Deductions -0.01
GST Paid on Purchases - 2,253.72
Subtotal -2,253.72
Outreach 2015
Co-op Card - Fall Supper -848.19
Co-op Card - Sunday School -200.00
Loan - Opportunity Fund 20,000.00
Trust - Refugee Sponsorship 14,986.00
Total Current liabilities 33,915.62
TOTAL LIABILITY 33,915.62
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EQUITY
Owners Equity
Retained Earnings - Previous Year -29,725.77
Opportunity Fund - Darlingford 14,889.04
Opportunity Fund Special Projects 7,236.96
Opportunity Fund Endowment 28,811.84
Building Fund Reserve 2004-2007 28,480.13
Current Earnings 20,435.88
Retained Earnings YTD 70,128.08
TOTAL EQUITY 70,128.08
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 104,043.70
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Pembina Parish Pastoral Charge Budget 2016
Actual 2015 Budget 2015 Actual 2014
REVENUE
GIVINGS - CHURCH NEEDS
Local Revenue
221,000.00
220,989.42 202,300.00 212,907.91
Special Appeal
- 0.00 29,250.00
Building Improvement - General
957.00 3,000.00 6,767.00
Special Gifts
4,549.12 0.00 4,451.68
Shared Ministry Compensation
12,981.83 13,000.00 0.00
Sub-Total Givings for Church
Needs
221,000.00
239,477.37 218,300.00 253,376.59
Mission & Service Givings
35,000.00
31,180.00 35,000.00 35,635.43
Refugee Fund
10,000.00
14,986.00 0.00 0.00
fundraising events
19,788.00
17,753.74 11,650.00 14,325.63
Outreach
1,100.00
1,040.45
Sub-Total Other Givings
65,888.00
64,960.19 46,650.00 49,961.06
OTHER REVENUE
Interest on Bank Account
300.00
58.64 300.00 118.70
GST Rebate
1,000.00
1,019.98 1,000.00 1,160.94
Rent- Fountain of Life
7,200.00
7,200.00 7,200.00 7,200.00
Rent - 7th Day Adventists
-
2,100.00 3,600.00 3,525.00
Rental/funeral/Other Income
10,000.00
11,439.25 5,500.00 5,906.89
Sub-Total Other Revenue
18,500.00
21,817.87 17,600.00 17,911.53
TOTAL REVENUE
305,388.00
326,255.43 282,550.00 321,249.18
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EXPENSE Budget 2016 Actual 2015 Budget 2015 Actual 2014
- Mission & Service Fund
35,000.00
31,180.00 35,000.00 35,635.43
- fundraising / other
4,000.00
9,492.96 0.00 0.00
- Refugee Sponsorship
10,000.00
14,986.00
WORSHIP
- Music/Choir/Organists
4,000.00
3,878.54 3,500.00 3,275.00
- Honorariums
1,200.00
567.85 150.00 104.63
- Bulletins
50.00 100.00 109.63
- Special Worship
750.00
785.33 350.00 348.85
- Licensing, Royalties, Music
500.00
519.81 275.00 272.95
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
- S.S. Curriculum & Supplies
600.00
600.56 500.00 481.31
- Gifts - Confirmation & Grad
150.00 150.00 204.37
- Youth Group
100.00 100.00 63.01
- Educ & Resource Materials
500.00
1,008.29 200.00 167.96
- Conference Fees
-
1,113.53 500.00 463.60
OUTREACH
Outreach Donations & Projects
1,100.00
1,040.45 0.00 0.00
Caring & Sharing
1,300.00
1,185.76 0.00 910.75
Pastoral Care Work
200.00
631.66 100.00 175.00
BTHC Spiritual Advisory 500.00 500.00
Celebration Sunday
750.00
726.55 0.00 294.18
Sub total ALL EXPENSES
60,200.00
67,717.29 41,425.00 43,006.67
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PAYROLL EXPENSES Budget 2016 Actual 2015 Budget 2015 Actual 2014
Salaries/ Wages / Housing
Allowance
130,993.00
125,028.03 123,832.00 124,835.64
Continuing Education (Ministry)
2,664.00
1,629.32 2,664.00 2,436.42
Travel Expenses
3,500.00
4,134.94 3,500.00 3,474.41
EI Expense
3,282.00
2,378.54 2,561.00 2,606.36
CPP Expense
5,500.00
5,009.21 4,644.00 4,916.35
UCC Pension - Church Contributions
11,745.00
11,160.67 11,118.00 11,523.54
UCC Group Benefits - Church
Contributions
6,932.00
6,713.85 8,389.00 8,862.58
ADP Payroll Service Charges
300.00
279.36 300.00 277.92
Subtotal Payroll Expense
164,916.00
156,333.92 157,008.00 158,933.22
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Presbytery Assessment
9,892.00
9,440.08 9,470.10 9,736.04
Conference Fees & Registrations
-
256.32 300.00 300.00
Accounting & Legal
6,350.00
6,340.95 6,000.00 5,851.01
Postage
525.00
512.95 200.00 176.76
Service & Bank Charges
330.00
329.15 300.00 636.90
Office Stationary Supplies
1,500.00
1,045.22 1,500.00 1,497.65
Telephone Service
3,000.00
2,887.99 3,100.00 3,732.62
Highspeed Internet
675.00
673.92 600.00 581.04
Copier Lease Agreement
2,975.00
2,825.28 3,000.00 2,825.28
Copier Service Fee
2,800.00
2,642.18 2,100.00 2,031.61
Advertising & Printing
275.00
538.31 600.00 631.16
Office Equipment
-
2,382.80 2,500.00 30.21
Computer Maintenance & Repairs
250.00
463.66 300.00 304.93
Sub-Total Admin Expense
28,572.00
30,338.81 29,970.10 28,335.21
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Building Expense Budget 2016 Actual 2015 Budget 2015 Actual 2014
Building Expense
5,000.00
5,224.71 4,000.00 5,635.70
Insurance - St. Paul's
6,600.00
6,580.44 6,500.00 6,414.12
Property Taxes - St. Paul's
3,800.00
3,705.78 3,500.00 3,433.55
Janitorial Service Contract
13,000.00
12,414.48 12,585.00 12,473.02
Janitorial Supplies
1,100.00
1,032.12 1,000.00 930.37
Electricity - St. Paul's
6,000.00
5,053.86 6,000.00 5,576.36
Heating Gas/Oil
5,000.00
4,725.86 6,500.00 6,042.47
Yard Upkeep & Snow Removal
2,500.00
2,607.50 3,000.00 2,551.50
Water & Sewer
600.00
525.05 600.00 583.73
Zion Calvin - Insurance
750.00
744.12 750.00 744.12
Zion Calvin - Property Taxes
250.00
231.64 230.00 227.53
Zion Janitorial Services Contract
2,000.00
833.36 1,935.00 1,915.08
Zion Janitorial Supplies
100.00
150.67 200.00 147.37
Zion - Electricity
5,000.00
5,331.88 5,000.00 4,239.11
Zion Maintenance & Repair
- 500.00 1,311.44
Sub-total Building Expense
51,700.00 52,300.00 52,225.47
Opportunity Fund Expense
Total 0.00 0.00 1,403.12
TOTAL EXPENSE
305,388.00
305,819.55 280,703.10 283,903.69
NET INCOME
-
20,435.88 1,846.90 37,345.49
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NOMINATIONS - 2016
Leadership Team: Appointment Service
Member Charlene Morrow 2015 2 years (+1 year)
Member Edith Lovatt 2015 2 years (+1 year)
Member Vacancy 2 years (+1 year)
Member Vacancy 2 years (+1 year)
Member Vacancy 2 years (+1 year)
Treasurer Vacancy 3 years (+1 year)
M&P Representative Shannon Holenski 2014 2 years (+1 year)
Minister Rev. Cathie Waldie
Minister Rev. Suzanna Bates
Ministry & Personnel (Jean Motheral) 2015 2 years (+1 year)
Shannon Holenski 2013 2 years (+1 year)
Jackie Stark 2014 2 years (+1 year)
Vacancy 2 years (+1 year)
Elders Vacancy 3 years (+1 year)
Vacancy 3 years (+1 year)
Vacancy 3 years (+1 year)
Presbytery Representatives Sharon Deceuninck 2015 3 years (+1 year)
Kaye Lyng 2015 3 years (+1 year)
Youth Advisors Roxanne Leblanc
Vacancy
Zion-Calvin Trustees Gerald Barclay 2012 5 years
Bob Luger 2012 5 years
Betty Hamilton 2012 5 years
(Debbie Hamilton) 2016 5 years
St Paul’s Trustees Fred Mayor 2012 5 years
Brian Nedohin 2012 5 years
Lesley Andrew 2012 5 years
Edith Lovatt 2012 5 years
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