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Edith RankinMemorial United
Church4080 Bath Road,
Kingston, ONK7M 4Y7
www.ermuc.ca
Ministers:
The Rev. Dr. Wayne Soble613-634-0479 [email protected]
The Rev. Dr. Jean Stairs 613-634-0479 [email protected]
Donna [email protected]
Ministers in Voluntary Association: The Rev. Dr. Neil Elford 613-770-4020 [email protected]
The Rev. Earl Taft 613-634-6506 [email protected]
The Rev. George Lavery 613-547-6335 [email protected]
Music Director: Laurence Rowbotham 613-352-3418 [email protected]
Office Administrator: Tanya Bax 613-389-2530 [email protected]
Caretaker: Barry Van Hooser
Church Office HoursMon-Fri 9:00a-1:00p
Closed 1st Mon of every mthClosed 2nd Mon if 1st is Stat
KIDS ALIVE and YOUTH NEWS…
TODAY: Kids Alive Program with Ruth Judd (Lower Hall) Youth Class with Jean (Youth Room, Lower Level)
GO FRONTS GO!HOCKEY GAME FOR YOUTH AND ADULT MENTORS: TODAY.
Meet at Gate #1 at Leon's Centre at 1:30 pm.
NEXT TGIF (Thank God, It's Family Nite): Friday, Jan 25, 5:00 - 7:00 pm.
A family friendly time of craft, worship circle andsimple meal (by donation). This month’s menu:Chicken fingers, veggies, garlic bread, cookies &
squares
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Happy Birthday to our Shining LightsPearl B – Jan 8 (3yrs), Irish C – Jan 8 (6yrs),
Nina B – Jan 10 (4yrs), Emily B- Jan 11 (14yrs), Brennen L - Jan 11 (8yrs), Leander B – Jan 19 (5yrs), Declan L - Jan 22 (12yrs), Gwyneth S – Jan 23 (4yrs),
Brian F- Jan 24 (5yrs), Serena L – Jan 26 (2yrs)
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Tidings The Life and Work of
Edith Rankin Memorial United Church
January 6, 2019
Up FrontUshers & Greeters: Doug and Diane Huddle, Diane and Bill Spencer
Our love, thoughts and prayers are with: Don Amos & Maribeth Scott on the passing of Don’s mother,
Sharron Amos, on December 25, 2018.A private graveside service was held earlier
this week. “In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is
with us. Thanks be to God”.
2018 Annual Report - TimelineIf you intend on submitting a report for inclusion in the ERMUC 2018 AnnualReport (AR), please submit to Tanya via email at [email protected] by
no later than Friday January 18 at 12:00 p.m. (noon).No late submissions will be accepted.
Your reports can be submitted using any format you desire andwill be formatted for the consolidated AR.
PA DAY REGISTRATION FORMS NOW AVAILABLE! Friday Feb 1.Theme: Love, Love, Love! Forms can be found on-line at www.ermuc.ca , or from Sunday School Office (Lower Hall) or from Jean.
Deadline to Register: Jan 25.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Tanya viaemail or at 613-389-2530.
THIS WEEK AT
ERMUC… January 6 – January 13, 2019TODAY Sunday January 6
10:00 a.m. Worship ServiceFollowing Service: Coffee & Conversation – Lower Hall
1:30 p.m. Youth & Mentors with Hockey Tickets meet @ Leon’s Centre!“Go Fronts Go!”
6:00 p.m. Flutissimo – Lower Hall
Monday January 7 - Church Office Closed9:00 a.m. Cataraqui Guild of Needle Arts – Lower Hall10:00 a.m. Decisive Issues – Upper Room1:15 p.m. Bridge – Activity Room6:30 p.m. Collins Bay Brownies – Lower Hall7:00 p.m. Limestone Ringers – Sanctuary7:00 p.m. Oasis Time – Upper Room
Tuesday January 89:30 a.m. Fun Fit with Janice – Lower Hall
9:30 a.m. SC Learn to Draw – West View Room9:30 a.m. SC Uke Rendezvous – Terrace View Room
10:00 a.m. Ministry & Personnel Committee - Library11:15 a.m. VON Smart Fit – Lower Hall7:30 p.m. Al Anon – Terrace View Room7:00 p.m. Ministry Coordinating Team - Library
Wednesday January 910:00 a.m. Just Men Too (JM2) – Upper Room1:00 p.m. SC Beginner Violin – Music Room2:30 p.m. SC Keep Movin’ – Terrace View Room7:00 p.m. Epiphany Study, This Week: “Who Does This Guy Think He Is? – Upper Rm
Thursday January 109:00 a.m. Wellness Walking – Sanctuary10:00 a.m. Social/Coffee Time – Welcome Centre9:30 a.m. Fun Fit with Janice – Lower Hall11:15 a.m. VON Smart Fit – Lower Hall1:30 p.m. More Just Men (JM3) – Friendship Room7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir – Music Room
Friday January 1110:00 a.m. SC Doodling to Tangling – West View Room11:00 a.m. SC Finger Style Guitar – Terrace View Room
Saturday January 127:30 p.m. Private Rental (Dance) – Lower Hall
Sunday January 1310:00 a.m. Worship Service & Sacrament of Baptism– Sanctuary
Following Service: Coffee & Conversation – Lower Hall
6:00 p.m. Flutissimo – Lower Hall
Coming Up …OASIS TIME (a small group primarily for working and parenting women).
Monday Jan 7 in the Upper Room, 7-9 pm.
“The Perils and Possibilities of Being Church”
Epiphany Study with Rev. Dr. Wayne SobleWednesdays starting January 9th, 2019 – Upper Room @ 7pm
Whoever borrowed last year’s (2017) DVD of the Christmas Pageant,please return it to Ruth Judd or bring it in to the Church Office.
MONTHLY FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST – SUNDAY JANUARY 27Enjoy a great breakfast starting at 8:00 a.m. followed by a guest speaker sharing something important about the connections between faith and life. It only costs $3 a person to defray expenses
(BTW, kids under 12 eat free!) and we wrap up by 9:20 or so to give plenty of time to prepare for worship. Sunday, January 27 - “Keeping the Faith in Kingston”
(Speaker: Dr. Bill James)Religious diversity in the Limestone City
All are welcome. RSVP Craig Pettis at [email protected]
A BIG THANK YOU to the congregat ion foryour generos ity . Through our Christmas FoodDrive, and other g if t , we have been able to
donate 81 bags of grocer ies , i tems from the Treeof Warmth, and s ignif icant monetary donat ions
to Partners in Miss ion Food Bank and severalother areas of need we support .
– Thank you – Your Neighbourhood Needs Team
Pondering the perils and possibilities facing tomorrow’s church today by peeking at theletters of Paul. Study leader: Dr. Soble
DINNER OUT AT BOSTON PIZZA PLUS RAISE MONEY FOR OUR TWIN CHURCH INSAN SALVADOR! Tuesdays Jan 29 ad Feb 26 at the Dalton Street Boston Pizza. Dine between 5-8 pm (pre-movie time at Landmark Cinemas) and 10% of yourdining bill will go toward the purchase of new laptops for the school operated
by our twin church. Youth going on the trip will be there to assist Boston Pizzaservers. Let's pack the place with ERMUC'ites!
Come with us to see the smash Broadway hit - C o m e f r o m A w a yWednesday, August 21, 2019 - Elgin Theatre, Toronto, $225
(An ERMUC Fundraiser)Price includes: Ticket to the show, 56-passenger deluxe highway coach - with wi-fi,
dinner at Mandarin in Pickering, 2019 charitable receipt for $75Contact Sandra Sinclair 613 531 9413 or [email protected]
to reserve your spot!
Updates & Other News …Media Team Members Urgently Needed!
Do you always wonder what those people at the back of the church do each Sunday? Do you likehelping out? If so, the Media Team are looking for some more helpers.
We need people to help with the audio board and PowerPoint & camera system. Training is provided.If you are interested, come back and speak to one of the Media Team members or email Paul at
2019 BOXED ENVELOPES ARE AT THE BACK OF THE SANCTUARYPlease note, for 2019 some envelope numbers have changed as we have reduced our overallpurchase of numbered envelopes. If you would like to try envelopes, or switch from envelopes to PAR, please contact Tanya Bax in the office and she would be more than happyto assist you. *PLEASE ONLY USE CURRENT YEAR ENVELOPES, OTHERWISE YOU RISK YOUR DONATIONS NOT BEING APPLIED TO YOUR ACCOUNT (in 2019 ONLY use2019 envelopes).
Better Beginnings greatly appreciates our donations. They need new hats and mitts for kids ages 0-16 as soon as possible. Bin is in the Narthex.
Thank you – Janet Dubblestein
Tree of WarmthOur Tree of Warmth is now up in the Welcome Centre. With weather like we have had lately, we are looking for warm items: scarves, mitts, socks and hats to help keep some of the less fortunate in our area warm. These items can be homemade or purchased anytime and be placed on our tree in the Welcome Center. Thank you – Your Neighbourhood Needs Team
El Salvador Pilgrimage March 7-14In the coming months you will have opportunity to meet Olivia Hudel (Gr 9), Cindy Pettis (Mom),Douglas Brodie (Gr 9) and Margaret Moncrieff (Mom) who will be travelling with Jean Stairs and25 other youth and adults to El Salvador to visit our partner church, Iglésia BautistaEmmanuel. DONATIONS TO ASSIST OUR TWO YOUTH Olivia and Douglas with their tripexpenses ($1700) can be made confidentially at any time through Rev. Stairs. Tax receipts canbe issues. Cheques made payable to ERMUC, Re: El Salvador Trip.
Updates & Other News …EL SALVADOR TRIP FUNDRAISER: Please start saving now your returnable liquor bottles and plan to donate your bottle money to this year’s trip! Last year we raised $536 through our bottle drive. This year, we are inviting you to return your own bottles at your own convenience and to bring the funds to ERMUC in a sealed envelope clearly marked by amount, Re: El SalvadorTrip. Bottle money can be submitted up to February 28th.
Wellness Walking (9am) resumes this Thursday Jan 10/19, followed by Friendship Hour (10am) in the Welcome Centre (coffee and cookies). We welcome newcomers from the SA to this program which promoteswellness of body, mind and soul and provides opportunities for renewing friendships
and forming new ones!
Happy New Year!Fundscrip Cards are for sale again!
You know how they work!Please support our church all year
with your orders for gifts, groceries, gas, etc.Pay with cash, charge, cheque or debit.Order forms are in the Welcome Centre.
Easy to Order, Easy to Use!
Surprised by JoyOur gifts for Mission & Service support ministries to those living on the margins, like First United Church Community Ministry in East Vancouver,British Columbia. The community has become the epicentre of the converging crises of mental health, addiction, extreme poverty, homelessness, and marginalization. The people who gather here for helpare people who literally have nowhere else to go—they may have been rejected by other shelters, mental health supports, hospitals, or their own
families. They are among the most regulated and constricted members of our society, and yet as Executive Director the Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne shares, “Every day since I started at First United there has been a moment where I’m surprised by joy: Watching two participants in our weekly Spirit Circle move through hostility to forgiveness. [Seeing] the brother of a young woman who was murdered on the Pickton farm sweeping our steps because he knows the role our staff play in advocating for missing and murdered women in our community. “When we shift our view of the notorious Downtown Eastside from the negative to the positive, we receive the joy of seeing growth and community, not just poverty, addiction, anddespair. I am filled with gratitude for the opportunity to serve this community, and I hope to be always surprised by joy in this place.”
If Mission & Service giving is already a regular part of your life, thank you so much! If youhave not given, please join me in making Mission & Service giving a regular part of your life
of faith. Loving our neighbour is at the heart of our Mission & Service.
Happy Birthday to our January Classics Liz Peters – Jan 3, Terry Hicks – Jan 4 , Dorothy Mills -Jan 6,
Joan Bales – Jan 7, David Sinclair – Jan 10, Khuan -Seng Lam - Jan 11, Bernice Wallace – Jan 17, Bradly Reynolds – Jan 22, Barbara Shave – Jan 23,
Agnes Glenn – Jan 23, Gladys Minish – Jan 25,Robert Hill – Jan 26, Robert Smith – Jan 27, Hugh Walker – Jan 31
Prayers and Best Wishes for your Health and Happiness