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First United Church - Bi-Weekly Newsletter for June 10, 2022
Friday June 10, 2022

Friday June 10, 2022

Dear First Friends:

One of our favourite things to do in Southampton is to go downtown and get an ice cream cone of our favourite flavour. Then walk to the end of the main street and sit on the red and white benches and watch the sunset on Lake Huron. There are a lot of people there doing the same as we are eating an ice cream cone and enjoying God’s paint brush at work. We all sit in silence and enjoy the beauty God has created. We are never disappointed…

Some inspirational quotes about sunsets….

“If you can look at the sunset and smile, then you still have hope.” Author Unknown

“The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.” Ram Charan.

“Sunsets shows that life is too beautiful to hold on to the past so move on to the present.” Jennifer Aquillo

Joanne

Worship this Week and Beyond

WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Sunday June 12th, 2022 - Rev. Harry Disher

At 10:30 am - Theme: "Left for Dead" with Communion. To join the service please CLICK HERE

At 4:00 pm - Happy Hour Church with Communion. To join Happy Hour Church please CLICK HERE

Click on the Button for more information about future weeks.

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/blog/worship-this-week-and-beyond

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Let's Talk About It

Let's Talk About It

Broadview Magazine - Wednesday, June 15, 2022

We’ll be talking about articles in the current issue of  Broadview Magazine

For more information contact Walt at waltbrooker@gmail.com 

Click below for connection information

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/events/lets-talk-about-it/2022-06-15

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Book Club - Scarborough

Book Club - Scarborough

by Catherine Hernandez - Saturday, June 25, 2022

Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez

Trillium Book Award and City of Toronto Book Award finalist; Edmund White Debut Fiction Award finalist; A Globe 100, National Post and Quill and Quire Best Book of the Year

Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighbourhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest city in North America; like many inner-city communities, it suffers under the weight of poverty, drugs, crime, and urban blight. Scarborough the novel employs a multitude of voices to tell the story of a tight-knit neighbourhood under fire

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/events/book-club-scarborough/2022-06-25

Read more and get info on how to Join
Minister's Update

Minister's Update

Friday, June 10, 2022

INTENTIONAL INTERIM MINISTER’S NEWS

We made it! We created a Living Faith Story, a job description for a new minister, and filled in other data needed by Western Ontario Waterways Region to complete a Congregational Profile. Thank you to the Transition Team and the support of a few other helpers, the Church Board, and the Congregation who met on May 27th to offer their approval. The Region will meet soon to give us a green light to post a vacancy for one full-time minister and appoint Carol Stephenson to work with our Search Team as their liaison.

Click the Button to read more information.

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/blog/ministers-news target="_blank"

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OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN

OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN

Needs Weeders, Watering and Thinning of Plants

We really need to be consistent in the weeding, watering, and thinning of plants in order to have a productive garden. Last year was our year to learn what to do and not to do. With that experience, let’s make it really happen this year! We will have the sign-up sheet at the church on Sunday. Join the fun! Contact Marilyn Gerriets at 1(902) 318-9375 for more information.

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/news/vegetable-garden-project

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SOME ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Please check out the Convergence ministry website – www.convergenceus.org for the following online opportunities:

“A Conversation with Jim Wallis” – a columnist for Sojourners magazine and social activist.

Digital Ministry Summit – June 27th to July 1st, 2022.

Please also check out the six-week course entitled “Christianity in Process – Joining God in World Solidarity” with John B. Cobb and Tripp Fuller – exploring process theology.  This course begins June 2022.  https://cobb.institute/learning-lab/christianity-in-process

Blessings,

Harry

Justice Team Update at First United

Justice Team Update at First United

Nation Indigenous History Month, Pride & Climate Justice

June is National Indigenous History Month, and June 21st  is Indigenous Peoples Day. It is also Pride Month and Faith Climate Justice

Click below for the full news article

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/news/justice-work-at-first-united

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ARTISANS AT FIRST

ARTISANS AT FIRST

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH, 2022

We will be hosting Artisans at First at First United again this year on Saturday, October 15th, 2022 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

This is a market of handcrafted items, no commercially-prepared items.

Vendor spaces come in a range of sizes/prices.  We welcome a wide range of items.

If you wish to have a space to sell your creations, or if you know someone who wishes to have a space, please contact Joan Westcott at handatfirst@gmail.com

 

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/news/artisans-at-first

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Ways to Donate to First United

 

WAYS TO DONATE TO FIRST UNITED

You can get your offering to the church office in several ways:

  You can use PAR, or

  E transfer to firstunitedchurch@rogers.com, or

  Website donation to www.firstunitedchurch.ca, or

  Send a cheque to First United Church, 16 William St. West, Waterloo ON N2L1J3, or

  Drop a cheque into the mailbox located at the Entrance on William St. side.

 

**Just a reminder- credit card companies have a fee of around 3-5%. If you wish the church to get the full amount, then please add that % to your contribution. **

 

 

Stewardship and Finance

THANK YOU for your generosity

 

 

Month of May

May/2022 YTD

YTD Prior Year

General Fund Local

$14,659.00

$73,260.18

$68,001.23

Wage Subsidy Grants

0.00

0.00

8,126.61

Other Operations

12,342.89

58,966.64

40,315.45

Mission & Outreach

 3,228.00

19,846.00

17,962.12

Total Income

$30,229.89

$152,072.82

$134,405.41

Salaries & Benefits

24,540.08

123,482.30

114,632.33

Other Expenses

10,940.98

40,943.17

48,668.12

Mission & Outreach

3,228.00

19,846.00

17,962.12

Total Expenses

$38,709.06

$184,271.47

181,262.57

Excess Income/Expenses

($8,479.17)

($32,198.65}

($46,857.16)

Capital Income

955.84

6,214.20

151,703.86

Capital Expenses

43.48

238.53

146,947.90

Capital Excess Income/Expenses

$912.36

$5,975.67

$4,755.96

Friday Letter Update

Friday Letter Update

The Friday Letter will continue but will not be produced every Friday. It will be produced every two weeks. In the table below are the dates for the Friday Letter. We are also including the dates when we would like to receive articles for these letters.

DATE OF THE LETTER

DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES TO BE SUBMITTED

Friday June 24th, 2022

Tuesday June 21, 2022 – end of day

 

Together We Stand, but Apart

Together We Stand, but Apart

Beauty from Whitehorse, YT

PDF of the Friday Letter

Please CLICK HERE to get the Friday Letter in PDF Form
 

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Canada N2L 1J3

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