A warm welcome to all who come to worship this Sunday. Please join us for refreshments and conversation following the service.
We welcome Dave Phillips who will be leading is in worship this morning. David lives in Uxbridge with his wife Anne and has a daughter Nancy (Brian) and a nine and a half year old granddaughter, Rachel. Dave was a high school Physical and Health Education Department head for 30 of his 34 years of teaching in the Durham District School Board. He has coordinated Leading with Care in The Presbyterian Church in Canada for 15 years. He has also worked on Indigenous issues within The Presbyterian Church in Canada and is leading a Healing and Reconciliation Tour next June.
Presbyterian Heritage Sunday: This years presentation by Kate Revington and Don Hutchison, “A Masterly Sizing Up” draws on the words from L.M. Montgomery’s Journals.
Presbytery Meeting: Tuesday, February 19th, will be the Presbytery of Oak Ridges’ regular monthly meeting and they will be meeting here at St. Andrew’s. We need helpers in the kitchen to make dinner for 6:00 pm. We also need pies for dessert. Please speak to Trevor Preston or Anne Neuman after today’s Worship Service if you are able to help.
All members of St. Andrew’s are welcome to attend the Worship Service at 7:00 pm.
World Day of Prayer: Friday, March 1st, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
At Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street. Guest Speaker is Julie Ginter, who will speak about Slovenia and Beekeeping.
Communion Service: Sunday, March 3rd
Annual General Meeting:
Sunday, March 3rd, after Worship Service we will have our Annual General Meeting. We will begin with a Soup Lunch followed by the Meeting. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
Mission Moment:
World Day of Social Justice (Feb. 20)
Ayishetu Abu had not seen her family in eight years. She was living at the Gambaga Outcast Home in Ghana—a shelter for women facing accusations of witchcraft. In many Ghanaian communities., there is a tendency to suspect witchcraft as the cause of crop failure, the death of a child or any other unexplained event. In addition to improving living conditions at the shelter, Presbyterian World Service and Development works to foster social acceptance among these communities and educate village leaders about human rights, mental illness, disabilities and other health issues often mistakenly attributed to witchcraft. To ensure more women like Ayishetu can embrace opportunities that are the right of every person. PWS&D will continue working for justice and peace
The St. Andrew’s Prayer Chain offers daily prayers for those in need of God’s help. If you would like to request our prayers for yourself or for a loved one, please call Cheryl Daddis, 905-841- 3674 or email [email protected]. Your prayer requests are a sacred trust and will be kept entirely confidential.