First United Church Newsletter - February 16, 2024
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Coldest Night of the Year, Black History Month, Worship at Emmanuel

First United Church, Waterloo
First United Church Newsletter - February 16, 2024
Celebrating Black History Month - Black Excellence: A Heritage to Celebrate; a Future to Build

Celebrating Black History Month - Black Excellence: A Heritage to Celebrate; a Future to Build

February 16, 2024

Worship this week will be 10:00 AM at Emmanuel United Church

A shared service with Emmanuel, First and Westminster

If you wish you may join online Zoom Sundays at 10:00am (this link is only active Sundays at 10:00am) Note: For security, please join with your full name eg “Roberta Smith.”
 
Next week Feb. 25 there will be a Celebration of New Members
 
Rev. Hoeun Lee is in the office each Tuesday to Thursday between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm. To reach him then, or at other times please contact at:

phone: 519-745-8487 (ext. 208)
cell: 519-722-5990
email:rev.hoeun.firstunited@gmail.com

Coldest Night of the Year Fundraiser

Coldest Night of the Year Fundraiser

Supportive Housing of Waterloo (SHOW)

The Coldest Night of the Year is a family-friendly walk to raise money for local charities across Canada. In Waterloo, the walk is supporting Supportive Housing of Waterloo (SHOW).

Cathie Stewart Savage is participating and and First United is providing a base for the walk!

If you would like to sponsor Cathie, you can go to: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=5387350&langPref=en-CA

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/news/coldest-night-of-the-year-fundraiser

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Noon Hour Concerts

Noon Hour Concerts

46th Season - Tuesday February 20

Join us for the Tre Gatte Trio - Ginny Scarfino - clarinet, Cynthia Steele - cello, Michelle Kyle - piano

Interested in a low cost lunch? Please pre-order by Friday NOON at firstunitedconcerts@gmail.com. The lunch options are egg, ham, salmon or tuna sandwiches on whole wheat bread ($6), butter tart, a date square or nanaimo bar ($2) and tea or coffee ($2), and will be available from 11:30. Donations gratefully received. See you soon!

 

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/events/noon-hour-concerts--217/2024-01-23

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Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting

The AGM is coming up on Sunday, February 25. The Nominating Committee is working to provide a full slate of Board and committee members for 2024. All of the committees and the Board would be happy to welcome new members. We have been contacting people who have accepted responsibilities but we don’t know everyone.

If you know someone you think might be interested, please speak to them or let the Nominating Committee know about them. Or if you have a keen interest yourself in a specific area, let us know.

Click below for the Annual Report and related Information

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/news/information-about-the-annual-general-meeting

Annual Report
Navigating Health for Newcomers: Winter Wellness

Navigating Health for Newcomers: Winter Wellness

Free Event - Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Knitting with Joanne

Knitting with Joanne

Saturday, February 24, 2024

There was such enthusiasm for Saturday morning knitting is such that it will be happening again this week 

It will be in the Parlour from 9:00AM - Noon this coming Saturday, February 24th (and continuing for those interested).

Joanne is happy to teach knitting socks on two circular needles for those interested and is happy to help those who attended the group last year and need some assistance.  Please join us for a time of creating, sharing, learning, fun and just being together…

Joanne MacPhail ( macphail@golden.net )

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/events/knitting-with-joanne-part-ii/2024-02-03

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February 22 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day

February 22 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day

MT Space Online Performance

February 22 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada.  MT Space is again presenting the online performance of Chelsea’s Story - a play about the dangers of sex trafficking.  

Each performance is paired with a talk back afterwards, facilitated by the Sexual Assault Support Centre Waterloo Region and the Coalition of Muslim Women – KW.  

All performances are free and will be hosted on Thursday, February 22 from 6-8 pm, Friday, February 23 from 6-8 pm and Saturday, February 24 from 2-4 pm.

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/news/february-22-is-human-trafficking-awareness-day

More Details and Registration
Book Club - March 2 2024

Book Club - March 2 2024

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley’s work as an actor, screenwriter, and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity, and deep humanity. She brings all of those qualities along with her exquisite storytelling chops to these six essays. Each one captures a piece of Polley’s life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory, the mutability of reality in the mind, and the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person you are now but were not then.

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/events/book-club-run-towards-the-danger/2024-03-02

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Game Night at First

Game Night at First

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Join us at 6:00 PM on the second Saturday of each month.

Early Drop-In this month starting at 1:00 for those interested in longer games

Contact Matthew Savage for more information

Faith Development

Faith Development

How can you Help?

Faith Development is looking for volunteers who are interested in supporting ministries for children and youth.

Click below to find out what opportunities are available.

For more infomation visit:

http://firstunitedchurch.ca/news/faith-development

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U.C.W. Garage Sales 2024

U.C.W. Garage Sales 2024

Formerly U.C.W. Rummage Sales

U.C.W. Garage Sales 2024 ( formerly U.C.W. Rummage Sales)

We plan to have 2 Sales this year. May 3rd.and 4th and October 18th and 19th. We will go back to the usual format and accept small furniture in good condition. Please call Alice Bieman @ 519 634 8614 to discuss the furniture items you wish to donate.

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