WELCOME TO CLOVERDALE PASTORAL CHARGE
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Telephone: 604-574-5813 / Fax: 604-574-5816
Website: www.cloverdaleunitedchurch.ca
Office E-mail: [email protected]
CLOVERDALE
HAZELMERE
17575 - 58 A Ave. Surrey
1614 - 184 St. Surrey
Worship & Sunday School - 10:30 am
Worship - 8:45 am
Minister: Rev. Lori Megley-Best ([email protected])
Cloverdale Music Director: Sharon Lauzé
Hazelmere Music: Jo-Anne Rattray / Phyllis Barnson
Office Administrator: Janet Cliff
Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10am – 2pm
Following Worship, please join us for conversation and refreshments
February 1, 2015
This week at Cloverdale Pastoral Charge:
Today:
4th Sunday after Epiphany
(HUC) Food Bank Sunday
Gift Card Orders Due
Readers: John Bowen (H) Lynda-Brind Dickson (C)
Tuesday:
Friendship Unit – 1:30 at Muriel Sowerby’s
God at the Movies – 6:45 Rialto Theatre, White Rock
Wednesday: Sunshine Unit – 7:30pm at Heather Becker’s
Thursday:
E-Book Training – 9am at Cloverdale UC
(CUC) Choir Rehearsal – 7pm
Next Sunday: 5th Sunday after Epiphany
Worship at Zion Park Manor – 3pm
Annual General Meetings
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Hazelmere ~ 8:45am
God at the Movies
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Movie - Imitation Game
Meet at 6:45 at the Rialto in White Rock.
A historical thriller about pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing
who under nail biting pressure helped to shorten WWII
and save thousands of lives.
Please call the church office by Tuesday at 2pm
to let us know if you are coming.
E-Book Training
Thursday, February 5th at 9am at Cloverdale
Did you get an e-reader or new portable electronic device for
Christmas? Do you want to learn how to read ebooks from your
local library on it? Jamie Brown will do her best to assist you! Call
the office if you would like to attend this workshop.
CARING FOR OUR CHURCH FAMILY
Please remember in your thoughts and prayers:
Donalda Brown, John Keeper, John Ward, Eleanor Thompson
Senior’s Residences:
Aloette Manor, Maple Ridge: Donalda Brown
Bethshan Gardens: Barbara Atchison, Margaret Henderson, Victor Leung
Jackman Manor: Anne Kelly
Langley Lodge: Dora Rogers
Maple Hill: Linda Thomas
Morgan Place: Grace Fuller
Residences at Clayton Heights : Evelyn Allen
Sunridge Gardens: Marjorie & John Keeper
The Harrison: Mary Mazur
Zion Park Manor: Marnee Connal
Cloverdale ~ 10:30am
Scripture Readings for February 8th ~ 5th after Epiphany
Isaiah 40:21-31
Psalm 147:1-11, 20c
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Mark 1:29-39
GIFT CARD ORDERS will be taken TODAY … Anyone wishing
to order gift cards can see Lorri Sowerby after worship, leave a
message at 604-574-4228 or contact her by email at
[email protected] . Order forms are available in Cloverdale’s
Narthex and on our website.
Friendship Unit Meeting - Tuesday, February 3rd at the home of
Muriel Sowerby. If you would like to come, please call May at 604
576 6100, to arrange car-pooling.
Hazelmere United Church AGM
Sunday February 15th 2015
We hope you all will make a special effort to be at
the AGM Meeting of February 15th at 8:45 am.
“The future of this congregation depends on
everyone’s participation”
The Chair, Treasurer and Secretary are resigning, and after
having served many years, are looking for a time of rest and
renewal. We are looking for people to fill these positions.
Criteria for the positions are:
Regular worship attendance
Good interpersonal skills
Desire to work on behalf of the church for the good of the
whole, and to keep personal agendas on the back burner
Good organizational skills
Desire to work collectively with the whole of council and
the congregation.
Please contact our current chair, Vivienne Ward, by Sunday,
February 8, 2015, with any questions or to be put on the
nomination slate.
Vivienne Ward, Chairperson
IMAGINE! A Retreat for Children ages 8-11 beginning at 4pm on Friday,
February 20th to 1pm Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Stillwood Retreat Centre.
There are just 5 weeks to go until the Children’s Retreat. Space is filling up so
get your registration in soon! This event is a time for children to get together,
enjoy the outside, and make new friends. We will eat, play, sing and worship
together.
Interested in volunteering as a leader? We welcome Youth (Grades
10-12) & adults to apply. We especially require male leadership at this time.
All details, costs, leadership applications and registration info is
online: www.imaginechildrensretreat.ca
At Cloverdale this morning:
Coffee: Trixie Martyn, Sydney MacPherson, Judy Handley
Greeters / Ushers: Lorrie Brown, Marjorie Saunders
Projectionist: Geoff Grace
Sign-Up sheet is available at Coffee Hour or please see Marjorie Saunders.
Imagining a Future for Israel/Palestine
Beyond Fear and Violence
A Presentation by Prof. Jeff Halper
Tuesday, February 10th at 7:30 pm NorthWood United Church
(8855 – 156th Street, Surrey www.northwood-united.org )
Jeff is a Jewish-American Israeli and founder of the Israeli Committee Against
Home Demolitions. He will talk about the changes he has seen in Israel since
1973. What are his hopes for moving beyond the current violence?
Coldest Night of the Year WALK-A-THON for First United
February 21, 2015 - A family-friendly fundraising event to raise money for the
hungry, homeless, and hurting in our midst.This is First United's first year to take
part in this national event. Please join us to help reach our goal of 150 walkers!
2, 5 and 10km Walk-a-thon at First United Church, 320 Hastings Street East,
Vancouver,. For more information and to register email [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected]) or visit http://firstunited.ca/coldest-night/
DID YOU KNOW? First United's own Reverend Sally McShane has created
her own Coldest Night walking team! Join 'Team Joyful Joyful’
(http://ow.ly/HhnuZ) or email Sally (mailto:[email protected]) for more
info.
Centre at Naramata - BC Conference has prepared a webpage of
Questions & Answers (http://bc.united-church.ca/content/questions-answerscentre-naramata) to inform those interested in the Centre at Naramata regarding
the recent announcement by the society to cease operations. We aim to keep this
page up-to-date in the coming days and weeks.
Please send your questions and requests for action to BC Conference via
[email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Naramata%20Centre%20closure) or via mail at 4383 Rumble
Street, Burnaby, BC V5J 2A2, addressed to Doug Goodwin.
You may also wish to review the Centre's own Q&A document
(https://files.ctctcdn.com/ada2fe68001/394c6d03-5451-4701-be7c50e9e2d7a557.pdf?utm_source=Board+Announcement&utm_campaign=Board+
All&utm_medium=email) issued by the board of the Centre at Naramata.