For the next Sundays we will have the opportunity to receive our Sunday message from guest ministers. 

Our new minister Rev. Hoeun Lee will join us in July but will be taking the first three Sundays as vacation as the family moves from Saskatchewan and settles in this new community.  It is a very common practice for ministers to take vacation at the start of a new call, particularly when they are moving a distance to their new church home.

A funeral service for Jan Overduin will be held at First United Church in Waterloo at 11 am on Saturday, May 13 and will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k811e3LUwRg.

In place of a visitation, all are welcome to attend a celebration of Jan’s life in the sanctuary from 10-10:45 am. A reception will follow the service in Hilliard Hall. There will be an interment at Mannheim Mennonite Church at 3 pm

The U.C.W. wishes to thank everyone for their donations and help at the spring Garage Sale. $2331.00 was made from the sale of your items.

My Name is Lucy Barton by  Elizabeth Strout

Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy’s life.

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. **