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Past Events at St. Paul's U.C. 


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Gillian and Ian were confirmed
on Easter Sunday but the celebration was held the following Sunday,
April 28, 2019.
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Fourteen hungry people met at
​St. Paul's on Thursday, March 7, 2019, for a box lunch from Subway.
It was a fundraiser to help
Community Living Chatham-Kent.
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It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas.....


​White Gifts Sunday
St. Paul's and Victoria Avenue collected several bags of food for
Outreach for Hunger
on Sunday morning,
December 2, 2018.
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​St. Paul's and Victoria Avenue's Sunday School collected
toys for the Goodfellows
on Sunday, November 25, 2018. 
Gail and Chuck kindly delivered them.
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2018 IODE Christmas House Tour
Perhaps not the nicest afternoon for a house tour but that didn't stop these women
who stopped at St. Paul's for a cup of tea/coffee and a cookie.
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St. Paul's held an Affirm meeting on Sunday evening, November 18, 2018.
To read the summary of the discussion, click on the button.
Affirm Meeting

​At the September 26, 2018 Official Board meeting,
a motion was passed

that the Charge would support the 
Canadian Foodgrains Bank. 
The draw was held for those at St. Paul's who made a donation to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank
​at fellowship time today, Nov. 11.
And the lucky winners of a bag of corn products
​are Jerry and Marj Craven.
Thank you all for your donations.

Gail sent $1110 to the Charge treasurer.

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​The organ has been removed from
St. Paul's. It was broken and
too expensive to repair considering
that we have no one to play it.
However, it has been resurrected
and given a new life as a desk.
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It was agreed at the St. Paul's annual meeting in February 2017 that St. Paul's would begin to study the process of becoming an affirming congregation.  This process normally includes a number of study sessions that extend over 1 - 2 years.
Becoming "affirming' means that a congregation publicly declares its commitment
to inclusion and justice for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

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This is taken from Kenesserie's Facebook page.​ Cabin 3 is one of the ones that St. Paul's
is responsible for and that we donated money
for improvements last year (2017).

"Cabin 3 is painted and bunks are in! It is a slow process but we are getting there. Soon all of the cabins will be done. A huge thank you to Bette Northcott and Murray Northcott and friends for continuing to paint. And John Cofell who is building the bunks. Camp is so blessed to these these wonderful people who continuously give back to camp. Camp changes lives!"




​The Community Living ​Subway Box Lunch 
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on Thursday, March 9, 2017 
was lots of fun as over a dozen people met at the church 
to eat their subs
and enjoy the fellowship.
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Eighteen women enjoyed lunch together at The Parkfield on February 1, 2017 to celebrate Carolyn's birthday.
In lieu of gifts, articles were donated to Victoria Avenue's Pantry Program.
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​Each gutter on the church was checked in November. Two have been resurfaced, as in the picture, and one has been partially resurfaced. Some areas on the rest were sealed with the "liquid plastic" stuff. All are good for the winter. Two have been targeted for resurfacing next year.


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The new mattresses are in the cabins, delivered Saturday, July 11,2015.
See the St. Paul's UCW page 
for more pictures.
Click here.


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The birdhouse was built by Ron Ward and the benches by Jack Authier.
They both enjoyed contributing 
to the camp.

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Chuck helps to maintain the water feature at Kenesserie.

At the St. Paul’s Board of Stewards work bee on June 13, 2015 the following matters were dealt with:
    - The flat roof on the Sunday School was reviewed for integrity and found all to be in good condition
    - The Christmas Star was removed to be modified so it will in the future be more clearly seen travelling both directions on 
         Highway #40.
    - The newly planted pyramid Emerald Cedars were tended to.
    - The soil along the south and east sides of the building was sloped to ensure proper drainage.
    - The downspouts and eaves troughs were reviewed and repaired to ensure proper drainage from the building roofs prior to any
         further repairs to the inside walls and ceilings.
    - Weed maintenance was tended to complement the regular lawn mowing.
    - Planting and maintenance of the annual flowers planted was attended to.
    - Pruning of trees on the property was done.
    - Calking of the kitchen cupboards to ensure cleanliness.
    - Review of the regular required maintenance to the pump house.
    - Reconfiguring of the kitchen taps.
    - Review of the outstanding need for a heat tape for the hot water line to the bathroom.
    - Review of the outstanding repair needs to the back entrance to the basement. 
    - Review of any further repairs to be needed throughout the rest of the year.

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To read the article from The Chatham Daily News, June 8, 2015 edition,
click here.

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On March 10, 2015, 16 women and 1 man celebrated the birthdays of Gail Scott and Bernice Sloan
by joining them for lunch at the Parkfield.  
In lieu of gifts, the birthday girls asked for items for 
Victoria Avenue's pantry.  This picture shows 
Gail and Bernice with some of their gifts.

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Thank you to all who supported our
​Celebration of Hymns ​evening
on March 1, 2015.
$935 was raised for Mission & Service.

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St. Paul's and Victoria Avenue hosted
a wonderful evening featuring 
Linnea Good and David Jonsson
on Wednesday, October 29, 2014.  
To enjoy the slideshow, click here.

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