Rural United Pastoral Charge News
If you do not wish to have photos of your family that are
taken at church functions posted to the Rural United web page please let your Clerk of Session know.
taken at church functions posted to the Rural United web page please let your Clerk of Session know.
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Rev. Wanda will be on vacation for the month of August.
Gabriella Cutler will be on call for pastoral emergencies. Her phone number is 519-437-1138. |
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Book Club
Book Club meets at 2:00 p.m. at St. John's U.C. Sept. 25 - Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy Oct. 23 - Amazing Grce, Abounding Love by Darlene Martens Nov. 27 - A Dog's Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron Dec. - no Book Club Jan. 22 - The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Woods |
Scripture Readings
July 28, 2019 |
Rural United sends best wishes to Don Burse who has retired from driving a school bus.
A farewell was held for Carol Morton on July 14 at the home of Gary and Judy Houston.
Go to Rural United in the Photo Gallery to see the slideshow.
Go to Rural United in the Photo Gallery to see the slideshow.
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Rev. Melanie with mom, Rev. Cheryl Kirk, on Cheryl's retirement
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Marsha with Western Ontario Waterways (WOW) President, Gary Clark;
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Nora Sanders, General Secretary of National, and Cheryl-Ann Stadelbauer-Sampa, Executive Director of Antler River Watershed Region
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The Commissioners presenting their gifts of service to the region.
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Pretima Kukadia-Kinting, in charge of Communications and Records
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The Commissioners
Eileen Antone
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Our Mission &Service partner, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches writes:
“We count ourselves blessed that The United Church of Canada have us in remembrance
as we battle to respond to a crisis that keeps getting worse by the day
as the extent of destruction to lives, property and livelihoods becomes clear.”
“We count ourselves blessed that The United Church of Canada have us in remembrance
as we battle to respond to a crisis that keeps getting worse by the day
as the extent of destruction to lives, property and livelihoods becomes clear.”
Cyclone Idai swept through Southern Africa in March, leaving a terrible disaster in its wake.
Severe flooding and devastation has affected an estimated 2.6 million people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Our Mission &Service partner, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches writes:
“We count ourselves blessed that The United Church of Canada have us in remembrance
as we battle to respond to a crisis that keeps getting worse by the day
as the extent of destruction to lives, property and livelihoods becomes clear.”
Thank you for your generous response to our Cyclone Idai appeal.
More than $147,850 has been raised for the relief effort. Support is still needed.
Find out how you can help.
Severe flooding and devastation has affected an estimated 2.6 million people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Our Mission &Service partner, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches writes:
“We count ourselves blessed that The United Church of Canada have us in remembrance
as we battle to respond to a crisis that keeps getting worse by the day
as the extent of destruction to lives, property and livelihoods becomes clear.”
Thank you for your generous response to our Cyclone Idai appeal.
More than $147,850 has been raised for the relief effort. Support is still needed.
Find out how you can help.
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The United Church of Canada is accepting donations to help Mission & Service partners
provide relief to those affected by Cyclone Idai.
provide relief to those affected by Cyclone Idai.
In order to maintain patient confidentiality and privacy,
the Denominational List at CKHA will no longer be available to clergy.
Please encourage your families to let their church or faith community know when they are in hospital.
As a result of this change, Rev. Wanda and Carol will no longer be visiting at the hospital
unless they know someone from the Pastoral Charge is in hospital.
Please contact them if you wish a visit.
the Denominational List at CKHA will no longer be available to clergy.
Please encourage your families to let their church or faith community know when they are in hospital.
As a result of this change, Rev. Wanda and Carol will no longer be visiting at the hospital
unless they know someone from the Pastoral Charge is in hospital.
Please contact them if you wish a visit.
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Mary Elford's mother, Audrey Elford, passed away on Sunday, February 10, at the age of 90.
Mary served on the Highgate Morpeth Turin Pastoral Charge and Rural United Pastoral Charge from 2005 to 2014. Rural United sends condolences to the family. |
Congratulations to Marsha Roberts
who was ordained at the Regional Annual Meeting in Port Elgin on May 25, 2019. |
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Stuff a-Bus 2019 at Food Basics on February 9, 2019. 19+ boxes of food and $380 were donated. All donations went to Outreach for Hunger. |
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Rural United Pastoral Charge
sends its sympathy to Nancy and Jack Pickering on the death of her sister, Kathy Paine, on November 30, 2018. |
Official Board met at Zion on
Wednesday, January 23, 2019.
Click on the button to read the minutes.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019.
Click on the button to read the minutes.
This came to the Rural United website and Rev. Wanda has approved including it here.
This note is about something I think the people at St. John's, St. Paul's, Turin, and Zion United would find useful, a refreshingly different resource called StoryFest. It’s a set of free videos and other materials that help people appreciate and enjoy the life-giving stories of the Bible. It’s specially designed for use by small, informal groups, with or without trained leadership.
The video presenters are storyteller and musician Linnea Good, storyteller and author Ralph Milton, pastor and Biblical scholar Donald Schmidt, counsellor and storyteller Allison Rennie, and editor and artist Don McNair.
The videos were taken during three storytelling Saturdays at churches in the BC Interior, and edited into nine videos, each focusing on a different Bible story. This is a non-commercial venture financed by the BC Conference of the United Church, Wood Lake Publications, and many volunteers.
There are no lectures and no arguments over doctrinal differences or issues of Biblical interpretation – simply enjoying the stories and how they connect with the lives we live.
Please visit http://www.woodlakebooks.com/storyfest, where you’ll find a short introductory video, the nine session videos, and an assortment of related resources. Most of them free.
If you like what you see, please take a moment to forward this information to your colleagues and friends.
Blessings!
Jacob McNair
StoryFest Publicity
This note is about something I think the people at St. John's, St. Paul's, Turin, and Zion United would find useful, a refreshingly different resource called StoryFest. It’s a set of free videos and other materials that help people appreciate and enjoy the life-giving stories of the Bible. It’s specially designed for use by small, informal groups, with or without trained leadership.
The video presenters are storyteller and musician Linnea Good, storyteller and author Ralph Milton, pastor and Biblical scholar Donald Schmidt, counsellor and storyteller Allison Rennie, and editor and artist Don McNair.
The videos were taken during three storytelling Saturdays at churches in the BC Interior, and edited into nine videos, each focusing on a different Bible story. This is a non-commercial venture financed by the BC Conference of the United Church, Wood Lake Publications, and many volunteers.
There are no lectures and no arguments over doctrinal differences or issues of Biblical interpretation – simply enjoying the stories and how they connect with the lives we live.
Please visit http://www.woodlakebooks.com/storyfest, where you’ll find a short introductory video, the nine session videos, and an assortment of related resources. Most of them free.
If you like what you see, please take a moment to forward this information to your colleagues and friends.
Blessings!
Jacob McNair
StoryFest Publicity
The new 2018-2019 gifts with vision catalogue is available.
Are you looking for meaningful gifts to give?
Shopping here is a great way to make a difference and show someone that you care.
This year’s catalogue is filled with gifts that don’t need wrapping or tags, just your love.
Are you looking for meaningful gifts to give?
Shopping here is a great way to make a difference and show someone that you care.
This year’s catalogue is filled with gifts that don’t need wrapping or tags, just your love.
The United Church of Canada has a special appeal to aid the countries in the Asia Pacific Region Appeal
(Japan, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Indonesia) who have suffered from
recent typhoons, earthquakes and a tsunami.
Our M&S partner, ACT Alliance, is working with other partners and concentrating their resources to reach
the most remote and under serviced communities.
You can note a donation on the “special fund” section of your church offering envelope.
(Japan, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Indonesia) who have suffered from
recent typhoons, earthquakes and a tsunami.
Our M&S partner, ACT Alliance, is working with other partners and concentrating their resources to reach
the most remote and under serviced communities.
You can note a donation on the “special fund” section of your church offering envelope.
Millions of people at risk of starvation in parts of Africa and the Middle East.
The United Church of Canada is launching an Extreme Hunger Appeal as the humanitarian crisis in
Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen reaches grave levels.
Starvation and extreme hunger are rapidly reaching a scale the world has not seen before.
Vulnerable people are most impacted, including children.
You can note a donation on the “special fund” section of your church offering envelope.
The United Church of Canada is launching an Extreme Hunger Appeal as the humanitarian crisis in
Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen reaches grave levels.
Starvation and extreme hunger are rapidly reaching a scale the world has not seen before.
Vulnerable people are most impacted, including children.
You can note a donation on the “special fund” section of your church offering envelope.
At the Official Board Meeting on September 26, 2018, a Motion was passed
that the Charge would support the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
$2,060 was raised and at the November 21 meeting it was decided
to add $500 from the Charge Treasury to make $2,560.
that the Charge would support the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
$2,060 was raised and at the November 21 meeting it was decided
to add $500 from the Charge Treasury to make $2,560.
The new Executive Minister of Regions 7, 8 and 9, Cheryl-Ann Stadelbauer-Sampa, has sent out a release describing
the new office and the new staff who will be the regions' resource people.
There will be one regional office out of which staff for regions 7, 8 and 9 will operate. Staff are being offered considerable freedom to work from home except for specific times when they are expected to be in the regional office.
Meet your regional office located on Highway #6 North between Highway 403 and Highway 401 (just north of Carlisle Road),
and read about the newly appointed staff.
the new office and the new staff who will be the regions' resource people.
There will be one regional office out of which staff for regions 7, 8 and 9 will operate. Staff are being offered considerable freedom to work from home except for specific times when they are expected to be in the regional office.
Meet your regional office located on Highway #6 North between Highway 403 and Highway 401 (just north of Carlisle Road),
and read about the newly appointed staff.
If you are interested in knowing who will represent the former London Conference in the new Region 7, click on the button.
This newsletter will replace the old Latest from LoCo.
This newsletter will replace the old Latest from LoCo.
Affirming Ministry Action Plan
Write to the Government of Ontario
Write to the Government of Ontario
See Faithful Footsteps for more information on police checks.
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Five Oaks is going forward.
Read the message from the Board of Directors explaining their new vision with their new partner communities. |
With great enthusiasm we announce that Michael Shewburg has accepted the position as Managing Director! We welcome Michael, and look forward to the gifts and skills he brings to our Five Oaks team!!
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