Greetings on this Third Sunday of Easter.
- 8:30 am – Holy Communion
- 10:0 am – Holy Eucharist
- Sunday School – No Sunday School – See information further down in this email.
Rev. John strongly encourages you to prayerfully read the Gospel passage from John 21: 1-19. It is a long and involved passage that deals with the third time Jesus appears to his disciples after he has risen. What can we glean from this amazing interaction between the disciples and the Risen Christ?
To view other readings for this week and the entire year, please use this link to the common lectionary. https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/
The Hymns for this Sunday are as follows: If possible look them up on Google or Youtube and listen to them.
- Processional Hymn: Crown Him With Many Crowns
- Children’s Hymn: Into My Heart
- Gradual Hymn: O Jesus I Have Promised
- Solo by Mary Haden If I’d Been There
- Offertory Hymn: Jesus, You Have Come To The Lakeshore
- Recessional Hymn: Lord of the Dance
Coffee/Fellowship Hour
Coffee/Fellowship Hour following the Service will be hosted by Rob & Pauline Ralston
Coffee Hour Hosts
Looking for Coffee Hour hosts for the rest of May, June, July and August. Please fill in your names on the Sign Up Sheet in the hall outside the office. If you are interested in helping to host Coffee Hour following the Service, we will pair you up with someone who is a host. Please consider this important ministry in the Church so we can gather for fellowship. Thank you to all our current coffee hour hosts for your Ministry. It is greatly appreciated.
Wednesday Service –May 7th
- 10:00 am – Holy Communion – BCP service
- “Let’s Talk About Grief” – 10:45 am
Sunday School – The Teachers are collecting empty Altoids hinged tins (empty mint containers) for future crafts. They are looking for a donation of a lightweight small vacuum or dustbuster for the Sunday School room. Also, the Teachers are looking for extra helpers. Please call Joy Kemble, Rev. MJ Meinzinger or the office. Thank you for your consideration.
Joy and MJ would like to extend a very warm thank you to everyone who has helped in any way to get our Sunday School off to a wonderful start! The support has been amazing with 12 different children attending various weeks! Both Sunday School rooms are now fully operational and last week we took a donkey ride to Jerusalem! We have two more dates for Sunday School before we take a break for the summer and return full blast on November 2nd just in time to prepare for our Christmas play!
We will have Sunday School on the following dates:
Sunday, May 25th and Sunday, June 22nd.
Joy highly recommends taking your children to see the movie The King Of Kings while it is still on at one of the Movie Theatres. It is a child’s animated feature about the life of Jesus and is very well presented. Both adults and children would enjoy it!
Please Note: Please have items for the bulletins in to the office by Thursday of the week prior (For Example, For June 1st cut off would be May 22nd. Thank you for your understanding.
Office Hours: The Office is open Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm; Friday, 9:00 am – 11:30 am.
Open Flower Dates: Please contact Vicki V. if you would like Memorial Flowers on the following Dates: Nov 2, 16, 23.
Financial Givings to the Church
The following are ways of giving financially to the Church:
- through Envelopes
- E-Transfer to churchoffice@christchurchchatham.ca
- Through our updated Website www.christchurchchatham.ca – Select: Give
Counters:
We are looking for additional Counters to be part of the existing monthly rotation teams. Please contact a Warden or the Church office. Thank you for your consideration.
The Giving Tree
For the month of May, the Giving will be celebrating all kinds of Mothers! Place a photocopied photo (no originals please as they will not be returned) on our tree, of a Mom, Grandma or someone you hold dear to your heart like a Mom, to celebrate their life or memory. You can write your name and who the person is on the back but only if you choose. Let’s celebrate these amazing Moms of ours! In addition, we will be collecting to help Hope Haven who recently contacted our church as they are in desperate need of the following Items:
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Coffee Sugar Lunch Meat Margarine Canned Meat (tuna, ham etc.) |
Eggs Peanut Butter Jam Laundry Soap |
Thank you so much for your generous donations to the community through our Giving Tree!
Please be advised that portions of the 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.
Weekly Evening Compline with Rev. John will be on Friday nights beginning Friday, May 9th at 7:00 pm. We hope to see you here.
Free Spanish Lessons – Thursdays - 5:00 pm, Church Library. Anyone can join the Spanish lessons at any time.
Men’s Breakfast (3rd Friday of the month). 8:00 am - Friday, May 16th . At Hungry Man’s Restaurant, Keil Drive.
Cash/Gift Cards (Orders due First Friday of the Month)-Friday, May 2nd
There are new forms for 2025. Please submit your orders to Vicki V. or to the Church Office Mail Box by 11:30 am. You receive full value of the card and the Church receives a percentage from the value of cards purchase towards our operating fund.
Please 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.
Pop Can Sundays – (first Sunday of each month)-Sunday, May 4th.
Bring your empty aluminum cans in a tied bag (beer cans to be separate) and place them by the McKeough Memorial Fountain before coming into the Sanctuary. Thank you with this project.
Empty Paper Towel Rolls, Egg Cartons, Margarine and Cool Whip Containers-Only Large 1 litre or 1.28 Kg. sized only (not small) for the Margarine Holders. Also large cool whip containers. Place at the back of the Church. Please no toilet paper holders due to hygiene. They are greatly appreciated.