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This Weekend.

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Gathering Church Newsletter August 9th
This Weekend

This Weekend

Sunday, August 9th

You are invited to join in listening to this Sunday's message
"Early In The Morning."

Both the worship and message will be on our website Sunday morning. Alternatively, the worship will also be posted on Facebook live as it has been in the past. 
 
If you miss the live stream it will be posted along with the sermon on our website at:
 
https://www.gatheringchurch.ca/podcasts/media
 
or 
 
https://www.facebook.com/gatheringchurch.ca/

Grocery Cards

As a way of sharing God’s love to the Chandler community during Covid, The Gathering has contributed grocery gift cards to be distributed at Thursday Food Distributions.  Please watch the video below from The House of Friendship, the organization we partner with on Thursdays.

https://share.vidyard.com/watch/qbrwx5Xh6eZrRwhnLnueQJ

 

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There will be no Popsicles and Porch Visits this week. The next meeting will be on Thursday August 20th at 6:30 in the Chandler Mowat Community Centre parking lot and spend an hour visiting and enjoying popsicles with the community.  All our welcome.  Please let Catherine know if you are able to join in.  (catherine@gatheringchurch.ca)  Another way to join in is through prayer.  Prayer for meaningful conversations and a spirit of hope.
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Catherine is on vacation August 8th through 15th.  Please contact Pastor Steve with any urgent pastoral care needs. 

We regret to inform you that due to ongoing COVID concerns and restrictions, we will be cancelling our planned Church @ the Acres for August.  While Hidden Acres is not open for large groups, it is available for camping.  This would be a chance to support a wonderful ministry and enjoy the great outdoors.

 
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Come and Camp at Hidden Acres!

This summer Hidden Acres is offering campsites for families to book! Come and pitch your tent or park your trailer and enjoy this sacred space! For details or to book a site go to www.hiddenacres.ca or contact the camp at info@hiddenacres.ca or 519-625-8602.
 
Camp@Home (www.campathome.ca) is a one-of-a-kind camp experience that allows children to make genuine camp connections online. Campers log-in to their online cabin, join their virtual counsellors, and enjoy 2-hours of programming each day using an interactive camp map. "Pay What You Choose" options for pricing are available.
 
 
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Hey Church,

I of course wish I could look out at your smiling faces and deliver this news and say my goodbyes, but alas, we are in strange times. Times that have had me waiting and wondering if the plans I had made months ago to live and work in the Czech Republic this year would come to fruition. But here I am with the miraculous praise report that the situation in CZ and with international travel has lifted enough for me to do so. I will be leaving mid-august and coming back next summer. 

What am I doing you ask? Some of you may remember that I made a similar trip a couple summers ago. It is from these connections that I am able to go again, and this time live and work full-time alongside the missionary family that I know there. There are a lot of opportunities for ministry teaching english so I will be doing that, as well as a  being a part of the leadership team for a choral singing group for youth. I will defeinetly send updates to you all :)

God ceases to amaze me, and I am beyond excited to begin this next adventure. If you are interested in supporting me feel free to email me at rachelkatmorton@gmail.com  

Love,

Rachel Morton

NEW! E-Transfer Option

 
Support the Gathering at this Important Time!
As we experience social distancing we are also distanced from our weekly reminders to support the church with your generous gifts.  We believe in the call of gospel to reach out to our communities with love and care, and we are as committed as ever to find creative ways to do that in this season. 
 
New this week, I wanted to highlight the ability to now donate via e-transfer using donations@gatheringchurch.ca.
 
We sincerely thank you for your ongoing support of our mission and ministry.
Mennonite Central Committee

Mennonite Central Committee

Click  here for the regular MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) Newsletter.

For more infomation visit:

https://mennonitecentralcommittee.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/i/DE8022AF5162AEA92540EF23F30FEDED/3A8AEFFF61B7DD08DBC23BD704D2542D

Got an announcement?

Got an announcement?

Please submit any bulletin announcements for next week to Ruth at office@gatheringchurch.ca by Thursday at noon.

COVID -19 Update

Church over the Summer: Our current summer plan is to continue online worship and sermons throughout the summer. The Community Centre has decided to remain closed over the summer and so we will not be able to resume worship in person at the Community Centre. Catherine is also spearheading some creative ways to remain present in the Chandler community each week. We will be reassessing as new information comes out and keep you up to date as soon as we know more. Thank you for your patience and understanding. 
 
Pastor Steve on behalf of the Board.
 
 
 
 

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