Tax receipts are ready and in your church mailboxes. So please check your mailboxes. For those who are unable to get here or do not have a mailbox at the church they have been mailed so watch for those in your home mailboxes. Thank you everyone for your generosity and support for GMC.
InCERT
InCERT; The MC Sask newsletter's recent Creation Care article was on our Garage Sale last year. Written by our own Ingrid Thiessen. This is also inspiring as we prepare for this year's sale on May 2-3. You can check it out here:
Consider the Church Garage Sale…Our church had a Garage Sale April 26th& 27 in 2024. The idea was introduced as part of a creation care initiative. We decided the GOAL of the garage sale was to pay down the church roof mortgage, to form relationships with our community and to recycle items that were not being used. These goals complement our Christian faith, and we feel we accomplished all of them. A garage sale gives permission to those who would never enter a church building to walk in. Read more at https://mcsask.ca/garage-sale (new)
Upcoming Guest Speakers;
Guest speakers coming up:
~Mar 30 ~Geraldine Balzer
~April 6th ~Len Rempel the Executive Minister from MC Sask.
We hope you can be there either in person or online.
Holy Week Schedule
Upcoming Holy Week Events:
~April 13- Palm Sunday
~April 17- Maundy Thursday Communion service. 7pm
~April 18- Community-Wide Good Friday Service. Details to follow.
~April 20- Potluck Breakfast & Easter Service, starting at 9am
Holiday Office Hours;
Church Office closed Friday 18th & Tues 22nd for Easter hours.
Craft and Chat
Craft-N-Chat Social: Wed, March 26 at 7 p.m. You are welcome to bring your project & join in the visiting at Aileen’s place (You will have to navigate some stairs).
Going on Vacation
Going on vacation. Lynanne will be out of the office Fri, March 28 & Tues, April 1. She will be back at work on April 2. Anything for the bulletin or vouchers for checks must be in by Wed, the 26th at the latest.
Women's Ministry
Our next GWIM meeting will be March 24th at 7pm. We will be meeting in the Library. All women are welcome!
Palm Sunday
GMC is inviting the children to join in celebrating Palm Sunday on Sun, April 13, by starting off the service by waving the traditional Palm Leaves. The children are asked to gather in their Sunday School rooms to get the Palm Leaves about 15 minutes before the service. After the service everyone is invited to join in learning how to make a ‘cross’ with the Palm Leaves-Ingrid has volunteered to show us a new skill.
My Coins Count
MCC Connects: Join the My Coins Count fun! Each year, spare change collected by churches adds up & supports MCC projects around the world. This year, donations from My Coins Count will go towards food projects & can be brought to MCC's Relief Sale Festival in June. Please visit this link for stories, photos, & other resources to share with your congregation: https://mcc.org/get-involved/fundraiser/my-coins-count
Beginning March 9-April 13, our Sunday School kids will be collecting “My Coins Count” ~they will be passing containers to collect change for MCC. This will be done immediately following the children’s story. So bring your loose change to church to support this.
Easter Potluck Breakfast
Easter Sunday Breakfast: The GMC Education Ministry will be organizing the Easter Sunday Breakfast. It will be on Sunday, April 20, from 9:00 am to 9:45 am. It will be a ‘Pot Luck’ – we are asking folks to bring Easter food such as hard boiled eggs, paska, hot cross buns, cheese, fruit. Coffee/Tea will be served. We would also ask for volunteers to help with the clean-up.
We hope you can all join us for breakfast before the service!
Ladies Coffee Time
~ This Week's Ladies Coffee Group: Tuesday afternoon at Northgate Mall Foodcourt; 2pm.