Hello Westminster, First and Emmanuel Folks!

We are very pleased to now be looking for a youth group leader.  

The youth group leader will provide leadership and support of youth in grades 7 to 12. They will support and actively encourage the development of an LGBTQIA inclusive and neurodiverse accepting group of teenagers, to provide brave space to them.

Join us at 6:00 PM on Saturday, August 12, in the parlour.

Contact Matthew Savage for more information

The fundraiser is to support the annual All Nations Grand River Water Walk. The founder Mary Anne Caibaiosai will be speaking.

Time:  6-10pm

Location:  275 Erb St. E, Parkminster United Church, Waterloo, ON

No Charge for Dinner

DONATIONS at the door!

Volunteers needed:  Setup and cleanup crews.

Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush ... 

Click below for more information and meeting details.

"What's on the table this year, Waterloo Region?"   Come to the 48th annual Interfaith Community Breakfast to reflect on this question. 

Click Below for more information.

Artisans at First 2023 the market of handcrafted items will be Saturday, December 2 this year. We look forward to having a table of items crafted by members of First.

Find out more about this and the bake sale by clicking the button below.

Online Auction? Joan will not be organizing an online auction this year but is willing to provide organizational details to whoever is willing to take on this fundraiser this year. Perhaps a team? someone with basic computer skills, another who likes to take photos, another who likes sourcing and arranging items? Then the fun begins!

Please contact Joan Westcott westcottj@rogers.com

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. **