BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260626T181436Z UID:200-1235215@christchurchchatham.ca DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260628 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260626T104248 DESCRIPTION:Greetings on this Fifth Sunday after Pentecost and Parish Picni c\nPICNIC &\; Service Outdoors 10:00 am Holy Eucharist (One Service Onl y)\nBarbeque Hotdogs or Vegan.  Bring Lawn Chair &\; Sunscreen. Please come if you decide to at the last minute.  Good to see everyone! If it r ains\, we will be inside.  \nTo view readings for this week and the enti re year\, please use this link to the common lectionary.  https://lectio nary.library.vanderbilt.edu/ (You might have to select the correct Sunday ).\nIf you would like to donate an anthem in loving memory of someone or j ust to contribute to the music ministry here at Christ Church\, please con sider it.  Thank you for your consideration.\nCoffee Hour Hosts\nThere wi ll be no coffee hour this Sunday.    Sign up sheet for coffee hour is on the bulletin board across from the office.  Lemonade will be provided f or in July and August.  We are currently in need of people to host coffee hour in the fall.  A list will be on the bulletin soon.  If you can hel p with this Ministry\, please sign up on the sheet.  Thank you to all who host the coffee and fellowship hours throughout the year.  It is appreci ated.\nThere is a change in Summer dates for Wednesday Services and Grief Sessions.  Please note there are NO Wednesday Holy Communion services or Grief Sessions on July 1st\, July 15th\, July 22nd\, August 12th and Augu st 19th and 26th.  \nWednesday Services and Grief Sessions WILL BE held on July 8th\, July 29th\, August 5\, August 26th.\nSunday School – This is postponed now until November.  More information to follow.  The Teac hers are looking for extra helpers to be there for an extra person.  Plea se call Joy Kemble or the office. Thank you for your consideration.\nOffic e Hours:  The Office is open Wednesday and Thursday\, 9:00 am – 12:00 p m and Friday\, 9:00 am – 11:30 am.\nPlease notify the Office of any new addresses\, phone numbers and email addresses if yours has changed.   T hank you.  \nThe office is looking for additional Sunday Counters to be on shared teams following the 10:00 am Service.  One week a month shared with two other people.  It doesn't take long.  Training is provided. Tha nk you for your consideration.\nFinancial Givings to the Church\nThe follo wing are ways of giving financially to the Church:\n\nthrough Envelopes\nE -Transfer to churchoffice@christchurchchatham.ca\nThrough our updated Web site www.christchurchchatham.ca– Select: Give\n     Pre-authorized w ithdrawals – Direct from your bank account.  Choose from the 10thor 25t h of  the  month.  If  interested\, please contact the office.\n\nTh e Giving Tree  \nFor the summer months of July and August we will be col lecting for our own Little Food Pantry.  Please consider donating non per ishable easy open items such as:  Cereal\, Juice Boxes\, Granola/Nutrigra in Bars\, Cheese &\; Crackers Individual Snacks\, Crackers\, Pudding\, Pasta &\; Sauce\, Canned Meat\, Peanut Butter\, Tins of Baked Beans\, T ins of Soup. Thank you\, Joy Kemble!\nPlease be advised that portions of t he Worship services are sometimes taped or photographed and placed on our Facebook or Website.  If you do not wish to be recorded or photographed\, please advise a Warden\, Rev. John or the Church office.\nUpcoming Events \nCash/Gift Cards - (Orders due First Friday of the Month) - Friday\, July 3rd.\nPlease submit your orders to Vicki V. or to the Church Office Mail Box by 11:30 am on the scheduled Friday.  You receive the full value of t he card and the Church receives a percentage from the value of cards purch ased towards our operating fund.\nPlease note: Loblaws cards (used at the Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills) is appreciated towards the Little Food Pantry and/or Monday Bag Lunch Program.  You purchase the card(s)\, donate to the church\, and the value is added to your yearly contribution on your tax slip.  We thank you for your ongoing support.\n Pop Can Sun days – (first Sunday of each month) - Sunday\, July 5th.   Bring you r empty aluminum cans in a tied bag (beer cans to be separate).  We are n ow accepting empty wine and liquor bottles for recycling.  Please place a ll in the bin just inside the back door of  the Sanctuary.  Thank you fo r supporting this project.\nSpanish Lessons are postponed for the remainde r of the summer.\n Men’s Breakfast (3rd Friday of the month) - 8:00 am -  Friday\, July 17th  at Hungry Man’s Restaurant\, Keil Drive.\nChri stmas Bazaar  - Saturday\, November 28th\, 2026.  Further details to fol low.  \nSummer Sunday Services - there will be one Service at 9:30 am fr om July 5 to September 6.\nPlease save your Empty Paper Towel Rolls (pleas e tear off loose pieces of towel to assist with crafts) and Egg Cartons (n o toilet paper rolls please) and place them in the container at the back o f the church. It would be appreciated that we only accept clean cartons in side without broken eggshells and egg residue.  The cartons are used to hold individual paints for crafts. We are no longer collecting margarine and cool whip containers.  Thank you for your generosity.  LAST-MODIFIED:20260626T104248 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Fifth Sunday After Pentecost / Parish Picnic URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.christchurchchatham.ca/events/fifth-sunday-after- pentecost-parish-picnic/2026-06-28 ATTACH;FILENAME=1768494834879.jpg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0. cloudfront.net/2026/06/25/15/16/37/ae350129-6248-4664-bdb2-d06245c4e222/17 68494834879.jpg ATTACH;FILENAME=picnicbasket.png;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cl oudfront.net/2026/06/25/15/16/37/de62be94-c14a-49b3-bf41-d705f30c31b0/picn icbasket.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR