St. James’~Rosemount United Church

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Worship 10:30 a.m.

Where: Forest Heights Collegiate Institute,  255 Fischer-Hallman Rd.
Map to Forest Heights
Rain location ~ 11:00 a.m., Trinity United Church, 74 Frederick St. (Park in Market Square parking garage)

Everyone is welcome to attend this joint picnic and worship service.  Our speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Paul Crittenden (from SJR).

You are asked to bring:
* chairs or blankets to sit on
* food to contribute to the potluck lunch (no method of heating available)
* reusable cutlery, plates, glasses, napkins and mugs
* your congregational name tags
* sunscreen, umbrellas and hats (the congregation will sit in the shady area this year, but you may wish to move into the sun)
* in respect of creation, we ask you NOT to use materials which pollute our environment such disposable plastic water bottles, styrofoam plates, or disposable plastic cutlery

Join us and celebrate being part of the wider church!
This special event is hosted by the nine Cooperating Kitchener United Churches.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Come to Toronto with us to celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the United Church of Canada. Meet the Moderator – Mardi Tindal, the General Secretary – Nora Sanders, and other General Council staff. Take part in a Bible study, workshops and much more! There will be archive tours, music, fun and lots of birthday cake.
Everyone is invited: clergy, congregation members, children, UCW groups, youth groups, choirs – EVERYONE!

We’ve rented a bus and we’d love you to come along with us! The bus will leave from the South lot of the Kitchener Auditorium at 9:00 AM (on June 10th). You’ll enjoy a relaxing ride to Toronto on a bus full of friends; bring a bag lunch, or eat at the food court, and spend a fun-filled day at the party. We’ll arrive back home by supper time.
Cost of bus: $25 p.p. (non-refundable)

Sign Up here to reserve a seat on the bus.

Click on the poster for details.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Bring a bag lunch and join us in the parlour after Gather ‘n Gab (coffee time) to discuss our latest selection. Everyone is welcome to join us, whether you’ve only just started reading the book, or finished it some time ago.

“The Bishop’s Man centres on a sensitive topic — the sexual abuses perpetrated by Catholic priests on the innocent children in their care. Father Duncan, the first person narrator, has been his bishop’s dutiful enforcer, employed to check the excesses of priests and, crucially, to suppress the evidence. But as events veer out of control, he is forced into painful self-knowledge as family, community and friendship are torn apart under the strain of suspicion, obsession and guilt. A brave novel, conceived and written with impressive delicacy and understanding.”  – Statement by Jury, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2009

Sunday, May 16, 2010
12 Noon

Celebrating Our Ministry Together

Please join us for worship and then a lunch reception afterward to celebrate Rev. Paul’s time with us and his upcoming retirement.

Click here to sign up for the lunch.
Click on the poster to enlarge.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Time:  8:00 A.M.- 1:30 P.M.
Location: SJRUC-Main Floor

Come and discover treasures galore! Shop for books, records, videos, small appliances & furniture, lamps, dishes, jewellry, clothes, games, toys, puzzles, pictures, plants … you name it, we’ll likely have it! We encourage you to bring your own environmentally friendly shopping bags to carry your treasures home in. And don’t forget to stop downstairs for a delicious plate of fresh hot pancakes & sausage, served up by our very own 24th Kitchener Scouts!

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Time:  8:00 A.M.- 2:00 P.M.
Location: SJRUC – Gym
Cost: Adults $6; Child $5
Join us for Hot Pancakes, Sausage & Real Maple Syrup! Let our Scouts serve you a delicious breakfast, lunch (or both!) and then check out the treasures upstairs at the UCW Garage Sale.

Sunday, April 25th
immediately after worship

MMMMMM!!!!!! Is that pie I smell baking?   Or maybe it’s cake????
We have the perfect way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Join us for our Pie and Cake Auction. We need “bakers and takers” so if you’re a Baker, please sign up here.  If you’re a “taker”, get those bidding paddles ready – we’ll see you there!
Click here for the Sign Up sheet.

Disney has partnered with Scouts Canada to promote a cleanup campaign, challenging scouting groups across the country to help take care of the earth by focusing on our waterways and surrounding areas. The 24th Kitchener Scouting Family has chosen Earth Day – April 22nd - to do a cleanup blitz of areas around the Grand River.
We want You to join us!!
A light supper will be available from 4:30pm – 6:30pm; once you’ve eaten, you’ll be sent out in teams to specific locations for a cleanup blitz. Bring the family - Together, we can make a difference!

Please Sign up here so we can be prepared.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Join us for supper from 5:30pm to 6:00pm, followed by the movie “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock – the heartwarming, fun and emotional story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. Discussion will follow.

Please let us know you are coming – sign up here, or on the sheet in the Narthex.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Bring a bag lunch and join us in the parlour after Gather ‘n Gab (coffee time) to discuss our latest selection. Everyone is welcome to join us, whether you’ve only just started reading the book, or finished it some time ago.

About the book:
The inspiring account of one man’s campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia.
In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan’s Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time—Greg Mortenson’s one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban.
Award-winning journalist David Oliver Relin has collaborated on this spellbinding account of Mortenson’s incredible accomplishments in a region where Americans are often feared and hated. In pursuit of his goal, Mortenson has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, repeated death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself. At last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools. Three Cups of Tea is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world—one school at a time.