February 21, 2020
Shirley Stark has put together one of her luxurious gift baskets to be raffled off as a fundraiser for needed kitchen equipment. Two bottles of wine, wine glasses, nuts, bon-bons and more can all be yours for a $1 raffle ticket. of course you’ll want to buy more than one ticket to increase your chances! Tickets on sale as of March 1st. Drawing on Easter Sunday, April 12.
Congratulations to former Chair of Church Council Darlene Halfyard who is retiring from Concordia University after 31 years. We at SouthWest wish her all the best as she relocates to Cowansville.
Who will be first to submit their 2019 Annual Report to the office? Reports need to be proofed, formatted, bound and printed in the coming weeks in preparation for the Annual Congregational Meeting April 26th. Please don’t leave it to the last minute.
Feb. 14
If you are interested in ordering a chrysanthemum plant for Easter, please contact Shirley Stark before April 4th.
Payment is required in advance since the plants have to be paid for when they are picked up.The plants will adorn the church on Easter Sunday and you will take them home after the service.
Feb. 7
Do you keep your Palms from year to year? Anyone who has a palm or two from last Palm Sunday, please see Pastor Beryl. We want to burn them to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Thanks to all who brought food donations for Manna last Sunday. We will continue these collections on the first Sunday of each month, so the next one will be March 1st, which is also the first of Lent.
We are always looking for new people to add to the mix of scripture readers on Sunday morning. Speak to Beryl or Dennis or call the office if you would like to help out with this important part of worship.
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