P.O. Box 57 1406 19th Avenue
Didsbury, Alberta T0M 0W0
Phone: (403) 335-8373 Fax: (403) 335-9856
www.knox-united.com
Facebook Group “Knox United Church Didsbury”
Interim Minister: Liz Bowyer
Music: Doreen McEwen
Church Office: Chelsey Wannamaker -knoxdidsbury@shaw.ca
Hi All Friends and Church Family of Knox United Church and welcome to our website!
Keep watching out for more information from the Transition Team regarding future conversations to explore our identity or ” Who are we”? .
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COFFEE SERVERS - are needed for fellowship time following Sunday services. Please sign up at the hall table.
TIME TO CUT GRASS – If you are able to help with grass cutting. Please sign up at the hall table.
CHURCH CAMPOUT TIME IS COMING SOON !!! - mark your calendars for the annual church campout and outdoor worship at Rosebud Hall June 2- 3, 2012. For more information contact Joanne Ridder at 403-556-7254
COMMUNITY COFFEE GATHERING -is held the first 3 Wednesdays of each month in the reception area at the Church from 1:30-3:00. All are welcome.
-- WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READERS are needed, please see the sign up sheet on the hall table
- CANADIAN FIDDLE CHAMPION SCOTT WOODS: will be putting on a concert called “Fiddle Legends” at Sunnybrook United Church in Red Deer on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 7 pm. Proceeds will help to support Sunnybrook United Church and children and Youth programs at Kasota East Camp. Tickets can be purchased at Sunnybrook United Church or by calling 403-347-6073.
- ISRAEL-JORDAN TOUR- October 15-30, 2012 co-hosted by David and Margaret Gilchrist and Len and Linda Stumpf. Tour will include a special visit of a peace-making school, ” Oasis Village of Peace, made up of half Arab families and half Jewish families. Early booking discount available until June 15, 2012. For more information contact Margaret or David Gilchrist 403-335-3012; gilx@telusplanet.net
BOOK STUDY GROUP- this group meets in the Church kitchen Thursday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 am.
SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS - If you are interested in reading scripture at Sunday Worship, please sign up at the back table. Copies of the readings can be picked up the back table in the church.
–TRUCKS AND VANS NEEDED - The UCW Thrift Shop is looking for volunteers with access to a truck or van to transport surplus goods to the Mustard Seed in Calgary. If you are able to help out, contact Joyce Waters at 403-335-3840
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL OR IN THE NURSERY –we are very much in need of adults to spend time with our children on a Sunday morning. Please support this important ministry.
PASTORAL CARE COMMITTEE – encourages you to contact them if you or someone you know needs support. Members are Silvia Aebersold, Birgit Due, Ethel Ryckman, and Phyllis Armstrong. We are always looking for new members so please join us!
OPPORTUNITY KNOX – don’t forget to make use of the small bulletin board in the hall way to request or offer assistance for transportation, yard work, handy-man skills, babysitting, etc. Or leave your business card to promote your business.
KNOX NEEDS YOU! You are encouraged to participate in some of the opportunities that help make our church a welcoming and inviting place. Read scripture, host coffee, teach Sunday School, or help in our nursery on Sunday mornings (see the sign-up sheets on the hall table).
HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS ? Please e-mail Lori Kemp at kemplori@shaw.ca or call 403-335-3828 prior to end of day Wednesday.
PRAYER OF ASSURANCE : This is the good news in Jesus Christ: God loves us more than we might ever ask or imagine. God sets us free to love ourselves and one another. Thanks be to God. Amen
A BLESSING FOR ALL: May the light of God shine on us, in us, and through us. Thanks be to God. Amen
” Be Aware of the Wonder of God”
Have a good week from our Minister Liz Bowyer and the Congregation at Knox United, and hey if you’d like to come to Church we’d love to see you!