Events
United Church of Canada General Council
The 41st meeting of the General Council of the United Church will be meeting in Ottawa at Carleton University on August 11 – 18, 2012. Planning is well underway for this event. There is a call for people to serve as Stewards and an application form can be obtained from Rev. Carla or requested via email from ksmart@united-church.ca Deadline was March 23, 2012. More information will be shared about this event as it draws closer.
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Communion
Communions dates for 2012
- Pentecost Sunday May 27th
- Father’s Day June 17th
- World Wide Communion – Thanksgiving Sunday, Oct. 7th
- Sunday, November 7th
- Monday, December 24th 8 pm
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Camp Awesome!!
Camp Awesome will be at St. Paul’s United Church in Richmond for the week of July 23-27, 2012. This is a week-long Christian day camp program sponsored by Ottawa Presbytery of the United Church of Canada.
Camp Awesome is hosted by various congregations across the Ottawa area and serves kids aged 4 to 12.
Activities include games, crafts, drama, singing, water fun and learning about important topics. The day starts at 10am and goes to 3pm. Children bring their own lunch.
CAMP AWESOME IS A “NUT FREE” CAMP.PLEASE PROVIDE A NUT FREE LUNCH FOR YOUR CHILD.
Early registration deadline: Tuesday, May 25, 2012. Please print and fill out the registration and waiver forms. Forms can be dropped of at the church or mailed to St. Paul’s United church, 3452 McBean Street Richmond, Ontario, K0A2Z0.
Early Registration Rates: $65 per child, $120 for a family of two, or $170 for a family of three or more. Please make cheques payable to St. Paul’s United Church.
Post May 25, 2012 Rates: $70 per child, $130 for a family of two, or $185 for a family of three or more. Please make cheques payable to St. Paul’s United Church.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Rev. Carla Van Delan at 613-838-5397 (email stpaulsunited@gmail.com) or Catherine Court at court.catherine@gmail.com
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Bursaries for Young People
- If you are interested in learning more about the qualifications to apply for this bursary for 2012-2013 year, contact Lynne Pearen @ 613-838-2294 or Judy Wagdin 613-838-5483
Baptism
Please contact Rev. Carla @ the church office at 613-838-5397 if you would like to have a baptism.
Church Membership
Are you a person who would like their membership transferred? Just let Rev. Carla or Jim Wagdin know so you too can be recognized at that service. Also, would you like to become a member of the United Church? Plans are underway for youth and adult confirmation classes to begin in late winter/early spring. Please let Rev. Carla know if you or your child is interested.
Prayer Walking
Do you enjoy walking? Would you like to take your prayers to a new level? How about Prayer Walking! What is it?? Prayer Walking is an ecumenical, silent prayer for goodness for our neighbours along our walking route. Meet new people and spread the love! Feel free to ask Rev. Carla about this new event in Richmond!
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FYI
- We have updated our sound system recently! We wanted to be able to transmit the audio and video from the sanctuary down to the basement hall. Thanks to a couple of anonymous donations as well as some of the proceeds from the UCW pie sales, we now have a video camera in the sanctuary which transmits the sound & picture to our new 50″ flat screen TV in the hall. If you don’t want to sit in the sanctuary for the church service, you can watch it downstairs! We can also record the services to a DVD if this is something people request us to do. We have updated a couple of the mics as we now have four mic jacks in the sanctuary – that work! We also purchased a portable sound system that can be used in the hall for our events or anywhere else as long as there is hydro available! The sound from the CD player & microphones in the sanctuary can be set up to be heard in the sanctuary, downstairs and from the speakers outside in the front of the church. Nobody can say that St. Paul’s isn’t getting high tech!!
