Knox December Newsletter

8/13/2019 Knox December Newsletter

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WHATS UP

KNOX?

December 2013


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From the desk of

As we get ready for Christmas, I would invite you to share in a great gift from God. It is prayer. Prayer allows us

to be centred in our relationship with the One in whom we live and move and breathe. So, as we walk through

the days of Advent to Christmas and a New Year, let us pray.

Here are some possibilities for your times of devotion: Write in a journal whats happening in yourlife, and

offer your concerns to God. Read aloud a psalm and allow those words to be your prayer. (Psalms you can use

include: 23, 46, 51, 100, 121, 139 and 150. And thats just for starters!) Take a verse or phrase from scripture,

and say it again and again. For example: Psalm 46, verse 10: Be still, and know that I am God Be still and

know that I am God Through repetition we memorize scripture and allow it to be in the centre of our

thoughts. Go for a walk in the outdoors surrounded by trees and be mindful of life that is all about you. Listen.

Watch. Breathe deeply. Be present to this moment. Read a daily devotion that shares a message that

encourages you, and perhaps, share it with a friend or a partner. Sing a hymn or a song as a prayer to God.

One of my favourite prayers comes from the musical Godspell:

Day by day, day by day,

O dear Lord three things I pray.

To see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly,

follow thee more nearly, day by day.

Blessings to you and those in your care!

Mark Gedcke


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Joan Holmes December 1

Susan Forbes December 2

Doug Puddy December 3

Chad Fink December 4

Ezra Bender December 13

Kristin Frank December 13

Darien Murray December 14

James Drake December 17

Ron Gray December 17

Madison Hicks December 17

Steve Wells December 20

Noah Kipfer December 23

Noel deWeaver December 25

Wendy Wilhelm December 25

Philip Anwender December 26

Alexander Lynn December 27

Leslie Adam Parker December 28

Emily Harris December 30

Mike Weber December 30

Cora Wilhelm December 30

Melody Hicks December 31

Adam Wilhelm December 31

Terry & Janelle Barton December 1

Dale & Lynn Bast December 17

Ken & Ethel Innes December 20

Ken & Sharon Malvern December 23

Mark & Anne Gedcke December 28

Happy Anniversary to


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EVANGEL HALL

Evangel Hall is a downtown Toronto mission started 100 years ago by the Presbyterian Church. Its

mission is to serve homeless and socially isolated people.

Every day they serve 250 meals, find shelter for men and women, provide free clothing, showers, and

laundry facilities.

They also provide a health and dental clinic. Last year they provided free dental care worth more than

$400,000 to impoverished people.

The following stories show the work being done at Evangel Hall.

The Drop-in program is a lifeline for many homeless people. Michal, a man with schizophrenia

regularly comes to the Drop-in. He has lived on the streets for 25 years and rides the TTC all nightlong as his home. Hunched over from sleeping in a streetcar seat, he has not slept on a bed in years

With the support of Evangel Hall he was able to find a room to live in. After all these years of being

homeless Michal was afraid to go to his new room alone. One of the Drop-in staff accompanied him

she reported that the minute he laid down on his bed he fell asleep.

Daniel, a young student in the Transit for Teens program was in desperate need of housing. She

needed to escape an abusive and destructive family situation, but was very nervous about taking the

stops to leave. A Youth Coordinator helped her through every stage of the process, helping her to

locate an apartment, apply for Ontario Works to supplement her part time job and help her to copewith the difficult family dynamics that often lead to going back to the abuse. She has remained in

school, attends the Homework Club, is refocused on her studies and is determined to pursue a post-

secondary education.

The work being done at Evangel Hall requires money to keep all of these programs going. Currently

they are experiencing some financial difficulty and may have to cut programs.

The Outreach Team has received a letter of request for financial support from churches. The Alley

responded to this appeal with a $500.00 donation. At this time of year many make donations to

charities instead of giving gifts. We would ask that you consider Evangel Hall when choosing a charityto support this year.

Donations can be sent to

Evangel Hall Mission

552 Adelaide Street West

Toronto ON M5V 3W8
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=evangel+hall+logo&qpvt=evangel+hall+logo&FORM=IGRE


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FROM THE ALLEY

Donations

We are in need of mitts and gloves for adults and children. We couldalso use more winter boots.

Good clean linens are always welcome.

Costume jewellery is hard to keep in stock. Ladies after you get those wonderful jewels for Christmas

check and see what you have that you will no longer be wearing and donate it to The Alley.

We thank everyone for their continued support of The Alley with their donations.

Volunteers

If you have time on your hands during the winter months let us

know and we will find a job for you at The Alley.

We thank all those who are there on a regular basis and those who

help out when they can.

We have welcomed Lynne MacDonald to our volunteer staff.

Profits

The Alley board will be meeting in December to give out mission donations to

various charities as well as our contribution to the church.

Holidays

The Alley will be closed from December 23rd until January 8th. We find this is a

good time to give our volunteers a break. If you can hold your donations during thistime it would be appreciated.
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OUTREACH TEAM NEWS

COMMUNITY MEALS

Knox will host the community meal on Friday December 13. Wethank everyone who generously donates food, money and their time

to these meals.

SANTA CLAUS PARADE

The Knox elves were busy on Sunday November 24thhanding out hot chocolate at the

parade. This has become a tradition that many parade watchers look forward to. We

also hand out small cards with candy canes that provide information on our Christmas

services.

KIDS CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

The Knox department store was busier than Wal-mart on opening day on

Saturday November 30th. 70 children visited our store to do their Christmas

shopping for their families.

We say a big THANK YOU to Anne Marie Pauli who did a super job of organizing and running the

event along with the members of the Outreach Team. We had a great team of volunteers who helped

the children shop and wrapped the gifts for them. Also thank you to everyone who donated items for

gifts, gift bags or money. We also say a special thank you to the staff at Bedford Public School who

donated many items for the sale.

PUT THIS DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR

GAMES NIGHT

FRIDAY JANUARY 25TH

7:00 PM

Bring your favourite games and a snack to share.

A great way to beat the winter blahs!
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KNOX YOUNG PEOPLE PURSUING POST SECONDARY EDUCATIONUpdate

Andrew Barton - Andrew is enjoying his first year at Oswego State University in New York. The

experience is a wonderful opportunity to live in another country and to meet new people

from all over the US and Canada. He is taking business administration. The campus is

situated right on Lake Ontario and is about 8,000 students with small class sizes. He is

playing hockey for the Oswego State Lakers NCAA Mens hockey team. You can go to

http://athletics.oswego.edu/roster.aspx?path=mhockeyto read more.

Jessica BartonJessica loves attending school at Brock University in St. Catharines where she is

studying Psychology. Church friend, Mary Rothwell, is not too far down the road at Niagara College

and they have enjoyed getting together. Jessica has made many new friends and her 4thfloor dorm

mates are very close. She has joined the Girls Intermediate Hockey team in St. Catharines to

continue her love of the game. At the same time, she is thinking about a semester abroad for mission

work after her wonderful experience in the Dominican Republic last year for the youth justice and

poverty program that Knox helped to sponsor.

Andrew DougallAndrew is in his first year at Fanshawe College taking a two-year Broadcasting

Television program. He is enjoying his field placement with Rogers Mobile London assisting with the

coverage of the London Nationals hockey games. After his two year program, he is interested in

continuing his studies in the Visual Effects and Editing for Contemporary Media graduate program.

Tonny Albuquerque - Hello my name is Tonny Albuquerque. I am visiting from Pernambuco, Brazil.

I live one hour and a half from the Atlantic Ocean. My city

has a population of 30,000. I cant recall a time in Brazil

that the temperature was under 24C. Brazil is very

beautiful and warm. I love soccer and volleyball.Canada is amazing. I never knew of hockey until I came to

Canada. Its hard but fun trying to learn how to skate.

have been skating about 6 times now. Snow is really

interesting. The first time I saw it, I was in the class and I

wanted to go play, but I could not. I made a snowman with

Anne on November 30th. How do I describe Canada?

COLD.you dont even know how many times I say that I am freezing - even ask my host family!

Canada is perfect. It has polite people and amazingly different landscapes. I have been to Niagara

Falls and Toronto, the Stratford Festival (Fiddler on the Roof), Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake

Huron, the Drive-in movie theatre, to a dairy farm, for a ride on a combine, and in many hockey

arenas. I look forward to tobogganing, Christmas, and more snow!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Feliz Natal e feliz ano novo! (Portuguese)
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KNOX YOUNG PEOPLE PURSUING POST SECONDARY EDUCATIONUpdate

(contd)

DARIEN MURRAYdaughter of Brian and Lisa Murray, granddaughter of Ruby Murray. Darien is in

her third year at Queens University majoring in History. She is on the executive of the dance group

at the university which is the largest group of Canadian Universities. She loves to dance and read

and is currently working at the university at the copy store to make some extra spending money.

PAYTON MURRAYdaughter of Brian and Lisa Murray, granddaughter of Ruby Murray. Payton is

in her first year in Kinesiology at the University of Windsor. She is enjoying her first year of university

and loves playing hockey.

PHOTOS TAKEN BY SUE ORR ON HER MISSION TRIP

This boy was gathering his water...He could A familiar plate was found at Gezaghns

barely lift it so I tried...I struggled but wemade it to the donkey.

Starting the morning boiling water so I can have my "shower"

My Shower


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The people are very hopeful and their faith in

God astounds me. I was brought to tears by

the women who flung themselves at my feet

when we purchased donkeys for them to help

with water. For those that have so little they

are full of JOY.

The village girl (Marta) has a 75 percentchance of coming back with me.we will

know for sure if her Visa comes thru on Dec

12th.please pray for her as she is so excited

and hopeful of learning in Canada.

God Bless..Sue

November 30, 2013 - Thank-you to Beti who took the time to take me to the Orphanage... All of the

Children were HIV positive and no parents to take care of them...They surprised me with singing and

knew "If yourehappy and you know it" and "This is the Day".

December 1, 2013 - Had an awesome first day withHabitat for Humanity Canada's Global Village

Programin Debra Berhann in Ethiopia... Struggling a bit with High altitude but every hour seems to

get better. Today we moved dirt from a pile with manmade 2-person wheelbarrows that had tin in the

middle. We were making the floor. So we had people shovelling into the tin...moving the

dirt...spreading it even and then packing it down. Lunch was well done with rice, sauces and

cabbage. Snacks were Tea and COFFEE and popcorn! If anyone is looking for a great learning

experience, please add this to your bucket list! I tried to upload photos but no luck.

PRESENTATION TO OUR KNOX JAM LADY

A presentation was made to Mary Cooper thanking her on behalf

of all of her happy customers for the wonderful jam she so

willingly and lovingly makes to give to The Alley to sell. If you

havent tried her jam well..you havent tasted anything likethis in a very long time. Drop into The Alley and pick up a jarit

is definitely worth your while. Thanks Mary.
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SPECIAL SUNDAYPlease join us for worship on Sunday, December 15 th. The children and youth

will lead us with a Christmas Pageant and Play. Following worship, we will

have a potluck lunch in the Banquet Hall. Please bring food to share. If you

are able to bring your own plates and cutlery --- this helps with the cleanup

after our meal.

HAPPENINGS IN 2013 IN OUR KNOX FAMILY

Bapt isms: Brooke Musgrave

Caitlan Musgrave

Adean Pottle TschudiCora Wilhelm

Welcoming New Members Kaitlyn Berg

Glenna Bullock

Kevin Miller

Joanne Musgrave

Alicia Pitts

Anne Rothwell

Wendy WilhelmPaulene Tiemens-Weber

Adherents: Mike Weber (& son Noah)

Loss o f our Members: Muriel Gibb (March 24)

Margaret McIntyre (April 10)

Bruce MacAlpine (April 26)

Glen Smart (July 7)

Doris Card (September 5)

Audrey Forbes (October 28)


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FROM KATHYs DESK

An update from the office.

The office is now open Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

Hopefully, this will be better for everyone.

I cant believe where the time has gone! Christmas is upon us and a time

of worship, praise, family, friends and thankfulness for all we have in our

lives.

Doug and I (along with Kristy, Ian and Jackson) send our blessings to each of you and wish you the

best of this Christmas Season.

Please note that the Christmas Hours for the office will be as follows:

December 23 (closed)

December 24 (9-1)

December 25January 1, 2014

Re-opening January 3, 2014

UPCOMING SPECIAL DATES/EVENTS AT KNOX

December 8 - congregational meeting for the election of elders

- Practice for childrens concert (lunch will be provided for the children)

- Guest pianistMarlene Hundert (we are grateful for her leadership and her

connection to our church as a sister of Dale Bast)

December 13 - Community meal (provided by Knox)

December 15 - Christmas Pageant and Dramawe are blessed by the leadership of our

children and youth in this worship service

- Potluck lunch to follow service; please bring a dish to share, plates and

cutlery

December 22 - Worship service for the fourth Sunday in Advent. We will hear the story ofJesus birth from Matthew 1:18-25

December 22 - The Wiebes Annual Christmas Concert here at Knox (7:00 p.m.)

December 24 - ChildrensChristmas Service at 6:00 p.m.

- Christmas Eve Community Service at 7:30 p.m. (we will be led in our music

and singing by both the choir and Praise Explosion)

December 29 - Guest Minister: Rev Merv Tubb

- Guest Organist: Michel Allard


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