Christmas Day Communion Service, 11:00 a.m.
Our Christmas Day service is an intimate celebration of Christ’s birth. Make room in your Christmas Day festivities by bringing the family to worship through song, communion and teaching . The theme of the service is “The greatest rescue operation of all time.”
Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols Service, 6:30 p.m.
Join us for the joy of our Christmas eve service, December 24th at 6:30 p.m. Our hour-long Lessons and Carols service is very much a family affair as our children and university youth participate in both the music and readings. The service includes both traditional and contemporary Christmas music and a message for all ages.
YOGA CERTIFICATES MAKE GREAT GIFTS!
Looking for a Christmas gift idea for that “hard-to-buy-for” someone? Why not consider gift certificates for yoga classes at Glenbrook? Each class costs $8 and you can buy any number you like. Certificates are now available for sale at the church office, Tuesdays – Fridays from 12:30 – 3 p.m. or on Sundays following our worship service.
Would you like an oasis from the stresses of everyday life? A time to reconnect your mind, body and spirit? A time to reflect on the word of God while taking care of the body He gave you?
If so, we invite you to try an hour of gentle hatha yoga. Classes are designed for all fitness levels — no prior yoga experience is necessary. You’ll increase your balance and flexibility and feel more relaxed and healthy. Each class will also include scripture reading, meditation and prayer.
When: Tuesday nights starting September 13th from 7 to 8 p.m.
Where: Erin Mills Church Campus, 3535 South Common Court, Hearth Room (Mondays) Anglican hall (Tuesdays)
Who: Our instructor is Ann Marie Lorenz, Certified Christian Yoga Teacher (CCYT). She has trained at Yahweh Yoga (www.yahwehyoga.com) in Arizona. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher. (RYT)
Cost: $8 per session. Classes are offered on a drop-in basis
Questions? Call the Glenbrook office at 905-820-9860 or visit www.gentleheavenlyyoga.com
It’s time once again to cheer on your favourite team — The Glenbrook “Catch”. Now in its fifth season with the Mississauga Church Baseball League, Glenbrook Catch offers some Friday evening fun for both players and spectators. Below is the schedule and location of upcoming games. We are always looking for players of any ability, both men and women 16 years of age and older. If you’d like to join the team, please give the Glenbrook office a call at 905-820-9860 and we’ll put you in touch with our team captain, Wayne.
Calling all bargain hunters! Glenbrook’s annual garage sale is scheduled for Saturday, July 16th from 8 a.m. – Noon. Plan to arrive early for your best pick of the assorted housewares, hardware, electronics, collectibles, toys, books and much more! Also stop by our bake table for some yummy take-home treats! For more information, please call the office at 905-820-9860.
During the second week of August (August 8-12) Glenbrook will once again offer a half-day soccer camp for children from Glenbrook and our surrounding neighbourhood.
Called “UPWARD” , this unique sports program was started in 1986 by a recreation minister named Caz McCaslin who began an UPWARD Basketball program at a church in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Emphasis was placed on Christlikeness and good sportsmanship, not championships. Changed hearts and lives were seen in both those who played basketball and those who administered the league. Over the last 23 years the program has expanded to include not just the original basketball but also flag football, cheerleading and soccer. In 2007 alone some 500,000 children participated in UPWARD programs at churches throughout North America.
“This will be the third consecutive summer that Glenbrook will offer the UPWARD camp and we have seen its popularity grow,” says Pastor Ian. “The first year we had 40 children registered and last year that number jumped to 56.” In order for the camp to be successful we need a large number of vol-unteers to serve in a variety of roles: coaches, registration staff, crafts and devotion teachers, snack volunteers, photography and first aid. If you can volunteer to help with this year’s camp, please contact the office, or sign-up in the foyer after Sunday worship service starting April 10th.
If you would like to register your children for the camp, forms will be available in May. The cost of the camp is $50 per child.
For more information on the Upward Soccer Programme click here – www.upward.org
Glenbrook’s popular summer UPWARD Soccer Camp hosted 56 children August 2010. The half-day camp features soccer drills and games, arts and crafts, snack and a devotion. We’ll be back again August 8th to 12th, 2011!
If you would like your child/children registered, please call the Glenbrook office at 905-820-9860. Cost: $50.
We’re warming up the pancake griddles and practicing our flipping technique…. now WE NEED YOU to join us on June 4th, 2011, from 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. when Glenbrook is teaming up with local supermarket retailer Michael-Angelo’s to organize a free community breakfast to raise awareness of the chronic shortage of organs and tissue in Ontario. More than 1,600 Ontarians are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant and thousands more are waiting for a tissue transplant.
One donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and enhance the lives of up to 75 others through tissue donation. Every three days someone dies in Ontario waiting for a life-saving transplant.
Glenbrook’s family has been personally touched by the life-saving power of organ donation. Perhaps you too know someone who is waiting….or someone who has given the gift of life.
Please join us on June 4th and learn more about organ donation! You too can be a hero and save a life!
Nicaragua “Hockey Bag” Gift Donations
The Glenbrook Nicaragua Mission Team will be collecting donations of small items to give to infants, children, the hospitalised, and the needy in Nicaragua. We will be collecting items such as small toys, school supplies, toiletries, and climate appropriate clothing (clean and in good condition) until Sunday July 17th. A complete list of items can be found on the table just outside the entry to the sanctuary or if you would like to be part of this and don’t attend Glenbrook, please contact by an email.
We are trying to fill 10 hockey bags with donations, so please be generous and also encourage schoolmates, co-workers, friends, and family to contribute to this very worthy cause.