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Edith Rankin Memorial United

Church 4080 Bath Road,

Kingston, ON

K7M 4Y7 613-389-2530

[email protected]

www.ermuc.ca

Ministers:

The Rev. Dr. Wayne Soble

613-634-0479

[email protected]

The Rev. Dr. Jean Stairs

613-634-0479

[email protected]

Donna Bell

613-483-6593

[email protected]

Ministers in Voluntary

Association:

The Rev. Dr. Neil Elford

613-770-4020

[email protected]

The Rev. Earl Taft

613-634-6506

[email protected]

The Rev. George Lavery

613-547-6335

[email protected]

Music Director:

Laurence Rowbotham

613-352-3418

[email protected]

Office Administrator:

Tanya Bax

613-389-2530

[email protected]

Caretaker:

Barry Van Hooser

Church Office Hours

Mon-Fri 9:00a-1:00p Closed 1st Mon of every mth

Closed 2nd Mon if 1st is Stat

KIDS ALIVE and YOUTH NEWS…

KIDS ALIVE

TODAY: Pageant Preparations

NEXT WEEK: tba

YOUTH tba

BACKPACKS 4 YOUTH OUTREACH – Friday, December 14, 5-8:30 pm.

RSVP to Jean by Dec 12. For ERMUC youth and friends grs 5-12. Scavenger hunt while

shopping for items to stuff in backpacks, followed by spaghetti supper. Held at Jean

and Wayne’s, 611 Rankin Cres. Help us to help youth who will be living on the streets of

Kingston this winter. Donations Needed: 5 backpacks, socks, hats, scarves, mittens,

Tim Horton’s cards, Martha’s Table coupons and bus tickets!

New youth event – open to kids and youth grs 5 to 12, plus post -

secondary youth who are still in Kingston, and friends are welcome! Sunday, Jan 6 at 2:00 pm Kingston Frontenacs vs Barrie

Colts. Thanks to a grant, we have up to 25 tickets to the “City of Kingston Community Suite” at the Leon’s Centre (formerly the KRock

Centre) for this game! If interested, please contact Rev. Jean Stairs at [email protected] to hold a ticket(s) for you. These will go quickly

so please reserve the date now. Again, more details and registration forms will follow.

Tidings The Life and Work of

Edith Rankin Memorial United Church November 18, 2018

Up Front

Ushers & Greeters: Florence and Don Niven, Barb and Wally Parks

Santa Sacks are being handed out TODAY. They are

clearly labelled with age and gender. Those for younger

children are for specific children at Collin's Bay Public

School. The ones marked "16+" are for youth at the

Bayridge Learning Centre. A list of suggestions is included

with the sack. Please fill and return for SUNDAY DEC 2.

WE ARE STILL COLLECTING SMALL TINS WITH SAFE CLOSURES! (ie.,

no sharp edges) Small Cocoa, Hot Chocolate, Tea and Coffee tins are

perfect. This is for a TGIF craft in late November. Please drop any clean tins

to the Church Office or to Jean's Office.

Family Christmas Dinner & Christmas Pageant Sunday December 9 at 5:15pm

Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings! Cost $15 Children 6-16 $7.50 5 and under FREE

Tickets will be available during Fellowship time or from the Welcome Centre VERY SOON! It’s always a sell out!

Following dinner, join with our children and families upstairs in the sanctuary for our

CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND PAGEANT 6:45 PM All Welcome!

Happy Birthday to our Shining Lights for the Month of November

Avery B – Nov 1 (7yrs), Benjamin M – Nov 4 (11yrs), Kaylee M – Nov 7 (13yrs), Brooklyn SY – Nov 7 (7yrs), Douglas C – Nov 9 (12yrs), Rachael M – Nov 9 (6yrs),

Sophie D – Nov 11 (14yrs), Jack S – Nov 11 (4yrs), William C – Nov 14 (12yrs), Lauren V – Nov 14 (1yr),

Katharine CF – Nov 14 (5yrs), Brenna L – Nov 15 (9yrs), Maci D – Nov 16 (13yrs), William S – Nov 18 (11yrs), Sophie S – Nov 22 (13yrs), Kai Y – Nov 22 (13yrs), Adalyn L – Nov 23 (7yrs), Olivia P – Nov 28 (2yrs)

Enjoy your special day!

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING TODAY A Congregational Meeting will be held in the sanctuary following this mornings service. The purpose of the meeting is to consider and make a decision on the draft 2019 budget. All members of the Congregation are encouraged to attend this important meeting. Copies of the proposed Financial Plan are available in printed form; they will be emailed to persons on the contact list; and it will be published on the ERMUC website. Questions can be directed to Christopher Sproule, Chair of the Congregation, at 613 539 0306 or via email at: [email protected]

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THIS WEEK AT ERMUC… November 18 – November 25, 2018 TODAY Sunday November 18

10:00 a.m. Worship Service - Sanctuary Following Service: Coffee after Service – Welcome Center Congregational Meeting - Sanctuary 6:00 p.m. Flutissimo – Lower Hall Monday November 19 9:00 a.m. Cataraqui Guild of Needle Arts – Lower Hall 1:15 p.m. Bridge – Activity Room 4:00 p.m. Just Men (JM1) – Friendship Room 6:30 p.m. Collins Bay Brownies - Lower Hall 6:00 p.m. Limestone Ringers - Sanctuary 7:00 p.m. Spirit Sisters – Upper Room Tuesday November 20 9:30 a.m. Fun Fit with Janice – Lower Hall 9:30 a.m. SC Learn to Draw – West View Room 9:30 a.m. SC Uke Rendezvous – Terrace View Room 10:00 a.m. Energy Audit Team – Library 11:15 a.m. VON Smart Fit – Lower Hall 7:30 p.m. Al Anon – Terrace View Room Wednesday November 21

1:00 p.m. SC Beginner Violin – Music Room 1:00 p.m. SC Windows 10– Terrace View Room

1:30 p.m. SC Native Voices – Lower Hall 2:00 p.m. Shared Housing Workshop – Upper Room Thursday November 22 9:00 a.m. Wellness Walking – Sanctuary 10:00 a.m. Social/Coffee Time – Welcome Centre 9:30 a.m. Fun Fit with Janice – Lower Hall 11:15 a.m. VON Smart Fit – Lower Hall 1:30 p.m. More Just Men (JM3) – Friendship Room 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir – Music Room Friday November 23 10:00 a.m. SC Doodling to Tangling – West View Room 10:00 a.m. El Salvador Leadership Team – Library/Upper Room 11:00 a.m. SC Finger Style Guitar – Terrace View Room Saturday November 24 8:00 a.m. Private Rental – Lower Hall Sunday November 25 8:00 a.m. Fellowship Breakfast – Lower Hall

10:00 a.m. Worship Service – Sanctuary Following Service: Coffee & Conversation – Lower Hall 6:00 p.m. Flutissimo – Lower Hall

Beyond Ourselves…

8th FIRE a 4- part CBC production, will be shown on the big screen at Chalmers United

Church, 212 Barrie Street (at Clergy), Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In it, host Web

Kinew guides an “energetic journey” through Indigenous territory. The public is invited

to view the series as a way to respond to the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation

Report. Chalmers/Sydenham Street Churches invite everyone to participate. Sunday

afternoons, November 18, & 25, February 3 & 24, at 1:30 PM. Stay for Tea and

casual conversation. Free Admission.

ANNUAL TURKEY DINNER - Riverside United Church, Yarker Saturday, November 24, 2018 4:30PM – 6:30PM

Adults $15; children 6-12 years $7, takeout available, info: 613 377-6424

The Secret of Christmas with

Greater Kingston Chorus, Kingston Townsmen Chorus &

Limestone City Voices

Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 Matinee @ 2:30 PM / Evening @ 7:30 PM Cooke’s Portsmouth United Church, 200 Norman Rogers Drive, $20 Adults $15 Students

Children 12 & under -Free

Tickets available by calling 613-777-8188 or email [email protected]

More Updates & Other News…

LIBRARY NEWS New on the Library cart – I’ll PUSH YOU by P. Gray and J Skeesuck. -A journey of 500 miles – two best friends and one wheelchair. This book has been donated to the library by Unit 6 in memory of their friend and member Connie Harris - An inspiring read.

Missing from the library – all of Betty Turcottes books – There Is A Season, Follow Me, Beside Still Waters, And She Said. Also Being Mortal by Anwar Gawande. Can you help solve this mystery?

Better Beginnings greatly appreciates our donations. They need new hats and mitts for

kids ages 0-16 as soon as possible. Bin is in the Narthex.

Thank you – Janet Dubblestein MISSION & SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: The new 2018-19 "Gifts with Vision" Giving Catalogue has just been released for the Gift Giving Season through the United Church of Canada and is available for pick up on the back tables of the Sanctuary. 100% of these chosen gifts will go to whichever project you select to support through our United Church with a tax receipt to you.

Happy Birthday to our Classics - Month of November

Sandra Byrne – Nov 2, Eleanor Orr – Nov 3, Andrew Robb – Nov 7, Don Lane – Nov 16, Marjorie Gagnon – Nov 17,

Gloria Taylor – Nov 18, Frank Burke – Nov 19, Edna Leadbeater - Nov 25, Betty Rogers - Nov 29

Prayers and Best Wishes for your Health and Happiness

Coming Up …

What Do You Need in Ret i rement?

Jo in An thony G i f f o rd here a t ERMUC in t he Upper Room on Wed Nov 21 @ 2pm fo r a

f ree w orkshop on Shared Housing ! Quest ions in advance? Ema i l Anthony a t

an thonyg i f f o rd42@gmai l . com

MONTHLY FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25

Enjoy a great breakfast starting at 8:00 a.m. followed by a guest speaker sharing something important about the connections between faith and life. It only costs $3 a person to defray expenses (BTW, kids under 12 eat free!) and we wrap up by 9:20 or so to give plenty of

time to prepare for worship. Sunday, November 25 - "Dancing the Circle of Right Relations"

in the Bay of Quinte Conference. How a small group with the Bay of Quinte Conference worked to spread Truth and foster Reconciliation in church communities over the last dozen

years. Shelley Knott Fife, an Anishnaabekwe residing in her home community of Curve Lake First

Nation, is honoured to be mom to 27 year old son, DJ and 21 year old daughter, Jaime. She has a career in First Nation education spanning 20 years in capacities ranging from being her First Nation’s Education Manager to provincial school board consultant to her current

role as an education specialist with Indigenous Services Canada (formerly Indian Affairs). With a Masters degree in Special Education, her passion, in particular, is

understanding a child’s individual gifts. All are welcome. RSVP Craig Pettis at [email protected]

NEXT TGIF! November 30 t h 5pm – 7pm Theme : I ’m Me: Made in God ’s Image !

Menu: Individual Pizzas, Salad and Brownies .

Wellness Walking will continue THIS THURSDAY, 9-10 am, followed by Friendship Hour in the Welcome Centre (coffee and cookies). This year ERMUC has invited the Seniors Association to participate in our program. There is no

charge for ERMUC Wellness Walkers and no need to pre-register. Only Seniors Association participants are required by the SA to pre-register and submit a

modest fee payment (as per the SA program brochure for fall 2018). The fees the SA collects will go toward the expense of cookies for all participants. ERMUC will continue to provide coffee. We welcome newcomers from the SA to this

program which promotes wellness of body, mind and soul and provides opportunities for renewing friendships and forming new ones!

When is the ERMUC Office Open? Feel free to call/email or drop by the office with questions, concerns, financial

contributions, Tidings notices, etc during the following days/times:

Monday – Friday 9am – 1pm The office is not open outside of these hours. These hours are also posted on the Main Doors and the Office.

EXCEPTIONS: Office Closed the 1St Monday of every month & all holidays. If the 1st Monday is a holiday, the office will be closed the

2nd Monday of the month as well. Our Welcome Centre Volunteer or our Office Administrator, Tanya Bax, would be

more than pleased to assist you during the noted office hours. Thank you



Coming Up (cont’d)…

The Ministry and Personnel Committee is hosting a workshop on Saturday, December 8th that you may be interested in attending here at ERMUC, Lower Hall- either for the

morning session, the afternoon session, or both. Rev. David Timpson, the Conference Personnel Minister for the Bay of Quinte Conference for the United Church of Canada will be the Workshop leader. Morning Session 9:30- 12:00pm This will be a workshop for those who are interested in the work of the Ministry and Personnel Committee. The basics of M&P committee work and some of the best practices outlined in the 2 new resource books will be covered. Afternoon Session 1:00- 3:00 This is a workshop for all those interested in learning about the steps and tools that ERMUC will follow as we move into our search for our new minister(s). The new Living Faith statements and the information Hub of the United Church of Canada, will be introduced. If interested in attending please contact Margaret Merkley at [email protected] or 613 532 8490 by Thursday, December 6th.

Come with us to see the smash Broadway hit

C o m e f r o m A w a y

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Elgin Theatre, Toronto, $225

(An ERMUC Fundraiser)

Price includes

Ticket to the show

56-passenger deluxe highway coach, with

wi-fi

dinner at Mandarin in Pickering

2019 charitable receipt for $75

7:30 AM Departure from ERMUC parking lot

8:30 PM Return

Contact Sandra Sinclair 613 531 9413 or [email protected]

to reserve your spot!

Updates & Other News…

Baptism & Church Membership Baptism? If wish to consider baptism for yourself or your child, please fill out a pew card, or speak to

one of the ministers, or notify the Church Office. The next opportunity for baptism is scheduled for

Sunday December 16.

Church membership: There are various ways to become a full member of ERMUC and of the

United Church of Canada: 1) baptism and profession off faith (confirmation); 2) letter or certificate of

transfer from another United Church or other faith community that practices baptism and

confirmation; 3) clear assurance (where no letter of transfer is available) of baptism and profession of

faith; 4) re-instatement of membership that may have been removed from the active roll following

several years of non-involvement. To indicate your desire to be included in this significant expression

of your faith in action or to request more information, please fill out a pew card, speak to Wayne or

Jean, or notify the church office of your interest.

New Revenue Opportunities at ERMUC

1.) You may have noticed the Cerebral Palsy blue bin for clothing in the corner of our parking lot

over the past few months. Feel free to drop off your gently used clothing to the bin. It is a

great win-win opportunity for us and CP. We receive a monthly rental income and 100% of net

proceeds raised from the clothing go directly to support The Ontario Federation for Cerebral

Palsy charity.

2.) Between now and Dec 31, you may also see the Otter Creek Farms Food Truck using our lot.

Again, this is another great trial opportunity for ERMUC. We are renting the space to Otter

Creek (owned by the Cook family) on a short-term basis and they will sell their burgers, fries,

etc. Their schedule will be dependant on our schedule and the weather, but if you see them out

there, feel free to drop on by and grab a bite. You will be supporting a local farmer/vendor…and

supporting another rental opportunity at ERMUC.

3.) We still have office space to rent. If you or someone you know are looking for office space,

please follow up with Tanya in the office.

As always, should you have any questions, concerns or comments, please contact Tanya in the

office.

Partners in Mission Food Bank Autumn leaves are falling and the shelves at Partners in Mission Food Bank are nearly

bare. The need for high protein food: (canned meats, fish, beans, meat sauces , pasta,

hearty soups) increases with the colder weather. Please consider those less fortunate as

we all do what we can to help.

Thank you, Neighborhood Needs Team.

OASIS TIME (a small group primarily for working and parenting women). Next meeting dates: Mondays Dec 3 and Jan 7

in the Upper Room, 7-9 pm.



Updates & Other News …

Tree of Warmth

Our Tree of Warmth is now up in the Welcome Centre. With weather like we have had lately, we are looking for warm items: scarves, mitts, socks and hats to help keep some of the less fortunate in our area warm. These items can be homemade or purchased anytime and be placed on our tree in the Welcome Center. Thank you – Your Neighbourhood Needs Team

Iglésia Bautista Emmanuel Scholarship Fund (ERMUC’s Twin Church) Over the next few weeks we’ll be again asking people to contribute to a fund that supports low-income families who want their children to attend the Collégio Bautista Emmanuel, a wonderful little school in the San Jaciento neighbourhood of San Salvador operated by our partner church, Iglésia Bautista Emmanuel. People who have been to San Salvador will be contacted, but everyone is encouraged to consider supporting this outreach, approved by our Church Council. Last year we transferred $4000 USD into the church’s bank account. It would be great to think that we could improve on that this year! If interested, please speak to Gordon Sinclair or Jean Stairs for more information. Contributions can be made by: putting your donation in clearly marked envelopes, at the church office, on the Sunday collection plate, via debit/credit in the Welcome Centre (be sure to mark a copy of your receipt with your name and “Scholarship Fund” before dropping it in the grey box), or via e-transfer to [email protected] Please note, if using e-transfer, be sure to send the office a second email with your name and confirming that you wish those funds to be used for the Scholarship Fund.

Don't forget to make the "perfect" Christmas gift" by grabbing a gift acknowledgment card from our church office (or Jean) that you can enclose with your Christmas Card, acknowledging that you have made a donation in someone’s honour to support the Colegio Bautista Emmanuel Scholarship Program

TODAY is the last one in November for you to order your FUNDSCRIP SHOPPING / GIFT CARDS. Order forms are in the Welcome Centre, with help if needed to fill them in.

Pay Face Value with cash, cheque, charge or debit for your own purchases or gifts. There are more than 225 retailers for which cards can be bought… restaurants, toys, clothing, gas, groceries, department stores, home, office & more! Pick up your cards next Sunday or at the church during office hours after that. December orders will go in December 9 for delivery December 16.


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