Welcome to Spring!

There will be a newsletter next week that will update you on Services during Holy Week and Easter.

Sunday Worship this week is at 10:30 AM In-person and online. Sherry Coman is preaching and sharing service leadership with Eva Mezo-Willingham

The Rev. Fred Monteith is away from March 19 to March 31

Please contact the Rev. Gary Clark from Forest Hill United, who has graciouly offered to provide emergency Pastoral Care while Rev. Fred is away. He can be reached at 226-963-1175

Or you can call the office  at 519-745-8487 ext. 201 

Thank you to everyone for your prayers, cards and words of encouragement throughout Daniel's recent illness.

Your support has been much appreciated during this difficult time.

He is resting at home now and slowly recovering from the surgery and subsequent treatments.

The Saunders family

At the Congregational meeting on February 26 the congregation voted to call the Reverend Hoeun Lee as of July 1, 2023. We are expecting approval from the Western Ontario Waterways Region next week, once that is done there will be further information made available in next week's newsletter.

First United Search Team

Join us at 6:00 PM on Saturday, April 8, in the parlour. Games of various lengths and levels of complexity.

Contact Matthew Savage about a gaming opportunity earlier in the day if you are interested in a more indepth game (about 6 hours).

Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox

An inspirational story of accepting and embracing two trans people in a family--a family who shows what's possible when you "lead with love."

KNITTING SOCKS ON TWO CIRCULAR NEEDLES!

Are you interested in learning how to knit socks on ‘Two Circular Needles”?  Looking for something to do on a Saturday morning for an hour.

If you know how to knit - garter stitch & purl stitch and how to cast on stitches - then you are good to learn how to make these socks. 

Next Session, Saturday April 1st at 9:00 - 10:00 am

U.C.W. Garage Sale May 5^th and May 6^th 2023

More information in April!

Alice Bieman

Beginning this Sunday (March 26th) and for the next few months there will be a petition calling upon the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to stop ordering sprawl via urban boundary expansion and development on farmland and natural spaces.

Below are some community events and information you may want to know about.
Click the button for more information and flyers

VENDORS NEEDED!

Westminster United Church (543 Beechwood Drive, Waterloo) is looking for vendors to participate in their shopping night on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. 

Waterloo's Senior of the Year

City of Waterloo Civic Awards

Deadline for the 2023 nomination is March 31, 2023.

Menno Singers and artistic director Brandon Leis present Rachmaninoff's "All Night Vigil (Vespers)" at Trillium Lutheran Church (22 Willow, Waterloo) on Saturday, April 1 at 7:30pm.

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. **