SERVICES AND EVENTS

Upcoming Events

Christian Education Minister
Our new Christian Education Minister is Stephanie Langill. Stephanie will take up her position on September 1. Some of you will already know Stephanie as she has been a part of the Glebe-St James staff since January running the nursery on Sunday mornings.

Fall Retreat
The Fall Planning Retreat is scheduled for Saturday October 16th. Please mark your calendars. More details later.

Patchwork Pilgrimage 2010 - Friday, September 24 to Sunday, September 26
Join us for a weekend of quilting, learning, laughing, eating, and reflecting in the glorious colours of the Gatineaus in the fall at Gracefield Christian Camp and Conference Centre. Forms must be submitted by September 10. (Special diet form and more camp info available at www.gracefieldcamp.ca)

A Taste of Glebe-St. James Sunday Oct 3 4:30-7:30 pm
Be part of this exciting event featuring food, art, history, tours, and meeting other users and friends of the building. To help on the organizing committee come to a meeting of volunteers on Wednesday, Aug 18, 7-9 pm in the lounge. Please advise Louise Archer if you will attend or for information ljarcher@sympatico.ca. If you cannot attend, but would like to volunteer, let Louise know.

Mystery Evening Saturday October 23
This will feature recent works by authors of the Ladies’ Killing Circle. To help with this contact Marsha Hay Snyder haysnyder@rogers.com. We will need ticket takers and wine servers, and some book sellers. Especially needed for both events are publicity organizers and ticket sellers.

Concert Series
We hope you have enjoyed the many fine concerts of the past season. Your support of locals artists and our music program has been very much appreciated. With your help, we look forward to formulating the 2010-2011 in June. If you are a performer, or know of interested performers, who might like to apply for inclusion in either of our two concert series, proposals should be submitted by June 15.

Gentle Fitness and Flexibility Classes at GSJ
Bring a friend and enjoy walking fitness to various parks during the summer, on Thursday Classes 10:00-11:00 a.m. July 8-August 19, except if there are insufficient participants. First class is free. Seven classes $75., Drop in $12.00. Register at the office, open Tuesday to Friday, 9-12:30, and 1-4 p.m. All proceeds support the Doug Davidson Building Fund.For more information call 613-236-0617

The Upper Room Bible Explorations
Attendance at the Sunday morning Bible study in the "Upper Room" in the tower continues to be 4-7 people without diminished interest. Therefore, it will continue to be offered during the summer through July 4 – August 1 while joint services are being held at GStJ, but will be discontinued during August 8 – September 5 while joint services are at St. Giles. We hope we will see you until August and that you will join us again in the fall!

Haiti: Images and Voices
David Lee spoke on the situation in Haiti. Our church will be collecting a special offering to be sent to the UCC Emergency Fund for Haiti.

Stephen Lewis Foundation - African lunch and recipes
$2584.75 was raised and will go to the projects involving the African grandmothers and their grandchildren. All the Grannies are delighted with the response and the amount of money raised.

Doug Davidson Building Fund
In October of 2008, we created this fund as a way to finance future building and restoration projects. In January and then again in June, we voted on a major project to update our heating system and to correct problems with our foundation that have led to serious flooding. Thus, our church committed itself to raising at least $500,000 over the next five years. Immediate financing has been secured from Ottawa Presbytery, but loan repayment will be an ongoing challenge. If you are in a position to make a pledge towards this fund, please contact us at the info@glebestjames.ca. Or, if you're willing to participate in our fund raising activities, we'd love to have your input.