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January
31 Semi-Annual General Meeting (Financial)
February
5-7 Women’s Retreat
14 Scout Sunday
16 Pancake Supper
17 Ash Wednesday
21 Lent I
28 Lent II
March
7 Lent III
14 Lent IV
21 Lent V
28 Lent VI
April
1 Maundy Thursday, Seder Supper
2 Good Friday
10:30 a.m. St. Stephen’s on the Hill
7:02 p.m. 9:02 Express
4 Easter Sunday (Communion)
24 Spring Thing
25 Anniversary Sunday
Come to the natural splendour of Crieff Hills conference centre. Relax, make new friends, renew old friendships, recharge your spiritual life. Guest leader and diaconal minister Linda Clark will lead workshops in Spiritual Practices, including journaling and guided meditation, to uplift and restore you. Musical guests Spirits United will enrich our Sunday worship.
Cross-country ski trails, snowshoeing, spa night, movie night, meals prepared for you, how perfect is that?
Registration is $200.00 and includes bus transportation. Invite your friends! Contact Dana Bryant 905-855-1871 or familygiguere@rogers.com
After a hiatus of more than a decade, the Worship Committee has decided that once again the Maundy Thursday evening (April 1) service will take the form of a Passover Seder. This consists of an actual meal, rather than the symbolic one familiar to us in our communion liturgy. The service will be held in the church auditorium and commence at 7:00 p.m. sharp. We conclude about 9:30 p.m., but in these two and a half hours we will have eaten our evening meal, worshipped and socialized in a very relaxed and congenial atmosphere. This service is not intended to be a fund-raiser, but we must charge $10.00 per adult, $5.00 per child [maximum $20.00 per family], to cover the actual costs of the meal.
Passover is an ancient religious festival, celebrated for more than three thousand years. It became, and has remained, the chief liturgical event of the Jewish year. As the Lord’s Supper, it became the central recurring sacrament in Christianity as well.
Passover is a family festival, and the presence of children at our tables adds immeasurably to everyone’s enjoyment. They are most warmly encouraged to attend. Be advised, however, that the main part of the meal does not begin until close to eight o’clock. The tables will be arranged so as to seat up to eight people. Two people per table will be asked to be responsible for some simple tasks, all of which can be explained in a few minutes just before the service begins. In order to finish at the time promised, we must start promptly on time. It would be appreciated if everyone could have taken their seats five to ten minutes before seven o’clock.
Though we are reluctant to put any limits on the number of people who may attend, the preparation of food and the space available dictate the number that we can accommodate. If you would like to celebrate the sacrament of holy communion in a way very similar to the way Jesus’ disciples celebrated it with him on the night before he was betrayed, please consider joining us this Maundy Thursday at Christ Church.
Tear off the bottom part of this page, supply the required information, and return to the church office as soon as you know you are coming, but no later than March 22nd. If you are able to help in any way, your offer would be most welcome, so please indicate that as well.
Good Neighbours is a fellowship group consisting mainly of retired women and men meeting monthly for a variety of activities such as a bus tour, theatre trips, and other social gatherings.
Sunday, March 28 –
“Afternoon at the Proms” – 2:00pm at the Meadowvale Theatre
Join the Mississauga Pops and guest choral ensemble "Justus" for a bit of Britain . We're chuffed to bits to bring you music from "My Fair Lady", The Beatles, "Land of Hope and Glory", "Jupiter" from Holst's "The Planets", and more. Sound like your cup of tea? Enjoy familiar tunes, wave a flag, and sing along!
Tickets $15 - available from the church office, Kathie & Charlie Black or Elisabeth Evans & John Hammill
Wednesday, April 14 –
“An Ideal Husband” at the Shaw Festival – Tickets $42
For more information on the April Shaw performance or to reserve your tickets, please call Elisabeth Evans & John Hammill at 905-823-6493.
Ladies at Christ Church continue to come together in their units' regular meetings and as the larger group that is United Church Women at Christ Church.
In December many women from Christ Church took up the invitation to attend the Joint Advent Evening hosted by St. Stephens-on-the-Hill United. This wonderful tradition, of women from neighbouring churches coming together in early December, was begun many years ago here at Christ Church. All in attendance enjoyed the night of worship, fellowship, carol-singing and refreshments.
The Third Annual UCW Winter Lunch was held in the Merigold Room following worship on Sunday January 10th. On this cold Sunday, fifty women enjoyed a hot lunch, a hymn-sing led by Anne Macrae and Audrey Lightheart and the warmth of good friends' laughter and conversation. Proceeds will be put into the fund for the lower level washroom.
The Halton Presbyterial UCW Annual Gathering will be held on Saturday April 10th, 2010 at St. Paul's United Church in Oakville. Mark the date on your calendar, watch for upcoming notices and plan on being part of the Christ Church group attending. Rides will be arranged.
A Third Annual UCW Dinner and Talent Auction will be held in the fall of 2010 and now is not too early to be thinking of your 'talent' and what you can be planning on donating!
All women of Christ Church would be warmly welcomed to any unit meeting, Committee meeting, gathering. Read notices in the weekly church bulletin, call Anne in the church office (905-822-9834) or Nancy Hori (905-823-6370) or Marg Shaver (905-823-6348) or just 'show up'! You will enjoy being a part of this great group of women!
As they say in every small town, "Please consider this your personal invitation to attend." We would love to see new faces and hear your new suggestions and ideas!
As announced in the November, 2009, issue of THE HAPPENINGS, the Spiritual Development team is again sponsoring a Bible study series this winter – the Passion of Jesus, in acknowledgment that 2010 is the year of another Oberammergau Passion Play, and as preparation for anyone who might be planning to attend. Of course, the last hours of the human life of Jesus of Nazareth are of supreme interest and importance to all Christians, so we need no excuse to look at the biblical account of his suffering and death.
Our study, though examining all the gospels [Matthew, Luke, John], will consist primarily of a study of Mark’s account of the passion. What lies behind Mark’s account (and what really happened) is part of what we hope to determine.
The first meeting will be on the Wednesday following Ash Wednesday, i.e., February 24, continuing for six sessions until the week before Easter.
Sessions will be held in the Merigold room of Christ Church United Church,
1700 Mazo Crescent, on Wednesdays, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Feb. 24 Agony in Gethsemane Mark 14:26-42
Mar. 3 Arrest Mark 14:43-54
Mar. 10 Jewish Trial & Peter’s Denial Mark 14:55-72
Mar. 17 Roman Trial Mark 15:1-15
Mar. 24 Crucifixion Mark 15:16-32
Mar. 31 Death & Burial Mark 15:33-47
YES, I would like to register for The Passion of Jesus Bible Study
NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone No. . . . . . . . . . .
Enclosed please find $10 to cover the cost of coffee/cookies/material[Make cheque out to “Christ Church” and mail, along with this form, to:
Christ Church1700 Mazo Cres., Mississauga, ON, L5J 1Y8, by February 22, 2010]
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