St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church Fenelon Falls

Dear Friends,

This Sunday, we will launch an Advent sermon series titled “Christmas Songs” in our worship service. Christmas is a time for music! Christmas and carols go together. The word “carol” means a song of praise and joy. Melodies used to be written for and sung during all four seasons. But singing them at Christmas only has traditionally survived. In the next four Sundays, we will look at the first and second chapters of Luke’s Gospel and explore the first four Christmas carols sung by Zechariah, Mary, a group of Angels, and Simeon. Each anthem has been known by its opening Latin words: Benedictus, Magnificat, Gloria, and Nunc dimittis.

Next Sunday, a Community Carol Sing organized by Fenelon Falls Association of Churches will also be held at Fenelon Falls United Church. Barbara Dune-Prosser will present Christmas music on behalf of our church. Her high school friend, Barb Vant Erve, will accompany her. On top of her presentation, Barbara has been involved in a unique project, “Anne Langton: An Anglican Church Woman in Fenelon Falls.” This historically remarkable exhibition can be viewed at the following link: https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/anne-langton-anglican-church_l-eglise-d-angleterre/

The beautiful Christmas decorations have recently been set up at St. Andrew’s sanctuary by Wilma and Soon Hwa under the guidance of Stan. You will enjoy the Christmas message through this visual method.

With these notes, I invite you to join us in the first Advent service – Hope – at St. Andrew’s on Sunday, November 27, 2022, at 10:00 am. This divine gathering will also be broadcasted online. A virtual fellowship through Zoom will take place for those interested after the service. The Zoom link below will open at 9:45 am. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom.

FYI 1: Mission Awareness Sunday Message “Empowered by the Holy Spirit” by Barb Silver can be viewed on YouTube once you click on the link below.

FYI 2: More sermons and events can be watched on our church’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@SaintAndrewsFF

FYI 3: Advent Bible Study “The Purpose of Christmas” with Rick Warren
Wednesday, November 30, at 10:00 am via Zoom
Session One: Christmas is a Time for Celebration

FYI 4: “Journey to Christmas Advent Devotional” – “This booklet includes prayers, reflections and activities for each week of Advent to help families and individuals prepare for Christmas” (Excerpted from Advent Resources in the PCC).

Upcoming Sunday Service Info:

December 4: Communion and Second Sunday in Advent (Peace)
December 4: Christmas Carol Singing at Fenelon Falls United Church at 3:00 pm December 11: Third Sunday of Advent (Joy) – Rev. Ron Wallace
December 18: Fourth Sunday of Advent (Love)
December 24: Christmas Eve at 7:00 pm

“Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people” (Luke 1:68).

Blessings,

Caleb

Advent Bible Study “The Purpose of Christmas” Via Zoom

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Date: Wednesdays, November 30 – December 14, 2022

“The Purpose of Christmas DVD study for groups and families features three sessions taught by Rick Warren on why we celebrate Christmas and how it can change our lives forever. At the very first Christmas, the birth of Jesus, an angel announced three things. In those three statements of the angel, we find the three purposes of Christmas.”
(Excerpt from Saddleback Resources)

Session 1: Christmas is a time for celebration
Session 2: Christmas is a time for salvation
Session 3: Christmas is a time for reconciliation.

Please feel free to attend whenever possible. An electronic copy of the study guide is available via email before each week’s study date. Please let Caleb know if you need more info. You can reach him at 705 341 8827 or [email protected].

Dear Friends,

We will celebrate a Mission Awareness Sunday led by our Church Ladies this Sunday. Barb Silver will be our speaker tomorrow. Lizz and Donna, thank you for organizing this service! With this note, I invite you to join us in a hybrid worship service at St. Andrew’s on Sunday, November 20, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. This religious gathering will also be broadcasted online. The Zoom link below will open at 9:45 a.m. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom.

FYI 1: Presbyterians Sharing Sunday Message “Unity in Knowledge and Love” by Dan Schley can be viewed on YouTube once you click the link below.

FYI 2: Advent Bible Study “The Purpose of Christmas” by Rick Warren will be held via Zoom on the following three Wednesday mornings (10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.): November 30, Dec. 7, and 14, 2022. More details can be found attached to this link.

Upcoming Sunday Service Info:
November 27: First Sunday in Advent
December 4: Communion and Second Sunday in Advent
December 4: Christmas Carol Singing at Fenelon Falls United Church at 3:00 p.m. organized by Fenelon Falls Association of Churches

Blessings,

Caleb

Remembrance Presentation “The 80th Anniversary of Dieppe” by Mark Mitchellcan be watched on YouTube once you click the link below.

Dear Friends,

This Sunday, Presbyterians Sharing Sunday will be observed. “Presbyterians Sharing is the national church fund that supports mission and ministry in Canada and around the world…When we put our gifts in God’s hands, God does remarkable things!” Dan, thank you for coordinating this particular service!

With this note, I invite you to join us in a hybrid worship service at St. Andrew’s on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. This divine gathering will also be broadcasted online. The Zoom link below will open at 9:45 a.m. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom.

FYI 1: Remembrance Presentation “The 80th Anniversary of Dieppe” by Mark Mitchell can be watched on YouTube once you click the link below.

https://youtu.be/zxC2OHAwAFk

FYI 2: Packed Shoeboxes are due this Sunday.

Upcoming Sunday Service Info:

November 20: Mission Awareness Service

November 27: First Sunday in Advent

December 4: Communion and Second Sunday in Advent

Blessings,

Caleb

Dear Friends,

We will have a Remembrance Day service this Sunday at St. Andrew’s Fenelon Falls. On top of the message, Mark Mitchell will make a special presentation “based on the 80th anniversary of Dieppe.” We will honour our fallen soldiers together during the service. With this brief introduction of the service, I invite you to join us in a hybrid worship service at St. Andrew’s on Sunday, November 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. This divine gathering will also be broadcasted online. The Zoom link below will open at 9:45 a.m. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom.

FYI: I will be on study leave from November 7-21, 2022, for self-directed study for planning and preparation for Advent and the Christian Year in worship. I can be reached at 705-341-8827 (Cell) if there is an urgent matter of pastoral care.

Upcoming Sunday Service Info:
November 13: Presbyterians Sharing Sunday
November 20: Mission Awareness Sunday

“In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever” (Joshua 4:6-7).

Blessings,

Caleb

 

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the former Board and Session members at Knox Glenarm, we want to express our appreciation to the St Andrew’s Session for recognizing many of Glenarm’s special sacred items at the particular service and placing all well at the New House of God. Glenarm people have been pleased to see the little Glenarm church museum at St. Andrew’s. The descendants will continuously remember the God of Glenarm and their ancestors’ faith through it.

On behalf of the newly merged congregation, we want to thank the Southern and Hawkins families for their generous bequests to the church. With some of the contributions, we enhanced our church’s audio-visual system and dedicated it to the Lord last Sunday. That equipment will be significantly used in the modern technical world to serve God’s ministry in person or via Zoom. On behalf of the Leadership Team, we recognize the behind-scene work that Dan, Donna and Stan have put in for this installation and thank them.

On behalf of the Leadership Team, we present our gratitude to the Lord our God and pass on our gratefulness to all of you for your continued prayers and ongoing support for the New Ministry.

I have placed below the YouTube links (unlisted) to some content at the October 23 Hybrid Service of New Beginning and Dedication.

Welcome and Announcements & Call to Worship

The Acknowledgement of Items from Glenarm & The Act of Covenant

Sermon: Reaching out and serving together – 40 Days of Community III

Dedication of the Enhanced Audio/Video System

I have also put our church’s mission statement:
“The mission of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Fenelon Falls is to communicate faith, hope and love by supporting and serving our congregation and the local community.”

Next Sunday at St. Andrew’s, we will have a Remembrance Day service. One introductory presentation, “based on the 80th anniversary of Dieppe,” will be made by Mark Mitchell. Please mark this venue in your calendar. We will honour our fallen soldiers together during the service.

With those notes, I invite you to join us in a hybrid worship service at St. Andrew’s Fenelon Falls on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. This Sunday, we will conclude our sermon series “40 Days of Community” and learn about the importance of worshipping together. Under the Fall Reader Exchange event, we again thank Shane Baker for representing St. Andrew’s and reading scripture at Fenelon Falls United Church this Sunday. We also welcome Lynne Jarvis from St. James Anglican Church, who will be reading scripture for us.

This divine assembly will also be broadcasted online. A virtual fellowship through Zoom will take place for those interested after the service. The Zoom link below will open at 9:45 a.m. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom.

FYI 1: “Shopping Card Fundraising Program order forms are collected on the last Sunday of each month. Order forms are found on the entrance table.”
FYI 2: “On the first Sunday of each month, we collect items for the local Salvation Army Food Bank.”
FYI 3: Please return Christmas Shoe Boxes by Sunday, November 13

Upcoming Sunday Service Info:
November 6: Remembrance Sunday
November 13: Presbyterians Sharing Sunday
November 20: Mission Awareness Sunday

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37).

Blessings,

Caleb

Dear Friends,

This Sunday, at St. Andrew’s Fenelon Falls, we plan to do a couple of things in our divine assembly. Firstly, we will recognize and rededicate some of Glenarm’s sacred items before the Lord. We will acknowledge the enhanced audio-visual equipment installed at St. Andrew’s sanctuary and dedicate this gift to God’s Kingdom ministry in loving memory of Tom Southern and Edna Hawkins. As Christ’s newly amalgamated Church, we will also save our hearts to God. We pray that God can help us to “communicate faith, hope and love by supporting and serving our congregation and the local community.” Please pray about this divine ministry and participate in this spiritually privileged mission for the glory of the Triune Lord.

With this note, I invite you to join us in this service of New Beginning and Dedication at St. Andrew’s Fenelon Falls or via Zoom on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. The Zoom link below will open at 9:45 a.m. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom. A copy of the service info, including the message, is attached.

FYI 1: “Shopping Card Fundraising Program order forms are collected on the last Sunday of each month. Order forms are found on the entrance table.”
FYI 2: “On the first Sunday of each month, we collect items for the local Salvation Army Food Bank.”

Upcoming Sunday Service Info:
November 6: Remembrance Sunday
November 13: Presbyterians Sharing Sunday
November 20: Mission Awareness Sunday

But He [Jesus] answered, “You give them something to eat” (Mark 6:37).

Blessings,

Caleb

Dear Friends,

The Presbyterian Church in Canada has set aside this Sunday and calls it “Students and College Sunday.” The following three seminaries – The Presbyterian College (Montreal), Knox College (Toronto) and St. Andrew’s Hall (Vancouver) – provide theological education in our denomination. We are grateful to the faculty members of each college and pray for students who prepare for ministry. During the announcement slides, we will see some photos of the seminary I graduated from in 2007.

With this note, I invite you to join us in a hybrid service at St. Andrew’s Fenelon Falls on Sunday, October 16, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. We will continue studying the “40 Days of Community” series and examine the question: “What destroys relationships, and what builds them?” We will have a simple forgiveness object lesson for the young and the young at heart. We will also have visual teaching about Agape-Love. The holy assembly will also be broadcasted online. The Zoom link below will open around 9:45 a.m. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom.

FYI: Hybrid Bible Study “40 Days of Community” by Rick Warren – Session Six: Worshiping Together – Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. Via Zoom. Note: time, date, and location changes.

Upcoming Sunday Service Info:
October 23: Service of New Beginning and Dedication – “During the amalgamation service, we will acknowledge the items brought from the Glenarm church and dedicate the enhanced audio/video system in memory of Edna Hawkins and Tom Southern” (Excerpts from the September 28 Leadership Meeting).
November 13: Presbyterians Sharing Sunday
November 20: Mission Awareness Sunday

“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins” (Matthew 6:14-15).

Blessings,

Caleb

 

Dear Friends,

Happy Thanksgiving!

Before sharing the service info, please mark your calendar for Sunday, October 23, 2022. It is the date of a special celebration for the New Beginning and New Ministry of God’s newly amalgamated church named St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Fenelon Falls. We plan to do a couple of things in our godly assembly. Of course, both combined God’s people from Knox Glenarm and St. Andrew’s Fenelon Falls will remember God’s beautiful actions for both churches over the years. Some of the transferred sacred items from Glenarm to Fenelon Falls will be recognized. The newly enhanced audio and video system at St. Andrew’s sanctuary will be dedicated before the Lord our God in memory of the following two deceased dedicated members of our church: Tom Southern and Edna Hawkins. As Christ’s Church and followers, we will rededicate all our beings toward God and ask the Lord’s abundant blessings upon our God-given sacred ministry in our community and beyond our physical boundaries. We pray that God can help us continuously reach out to all the people who need Christ’s grace and love with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Please continue to pray for us to do this divine ministry for the glory of the Triune Lord and participate in this spiritual mission with us as a Heavenly Team in the coming days.

With this note, I invite you to join us in a hybrid Thanksgiving or Harvest worship service at St. Andrew’s Fenelon Falls on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. This holy assembly will also be broadcasted online. The Zoom link below will open at 9:45 a.m. Before the service, the announcement slides will be presented to the congregation at the sanctuary and on Zoom. A copy of the service info, including the message, is attached.

FYI 1: Hybrid Bible Study “40 Days of Community” by Rick Warren – Session Five: Serving Together – Wednesday, October 12 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Andrew’s & Via Zoom with the same Zoom ID and Passcode used for Sunday services. Please feel free to attend whenever possible!

FYI 2: Donations to the local Salvation Army Food Bank will be collected this Sunday, October 9. All donations are greatly appreciated.

Upcoming Sunday Service Info:
October 23: Service of New Beginning and Dedication
November 13: Presbyterians Sharing Sunday
November 20: Mission Awareness Sunday

“Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?” (Luke 17:17).

Blessings,

Caleb