ANNOUNCEMENTS

Are you missing your Sunglasses? A pair of grey plastic sunglasses were turned into the church office.  Are they yours? Please call the office to arrange a pick up time.

Mail Cubby Clean Up The mail cubbies outside of the church office are in need of tidying. Please take the time to review your cubby and remove things as necessary. There are some books in an unlabelled cubby, perhaps they are for the church library???

July and August Office Hours During the months of July and August, the office staff may be working

from home in the afternoon. The office can get quite hot in the afternoon which makes it difficult to

work.Please note that Ruth is away on holiday and returns to the office on July 22nd.  Andrea will be

away from July 23rd- 25th.  Thank you to Martha & Sharron for stepping up to cover. If you need to get in touch with office staff, please call the office (613-836-4756) and leave a message or send an email to office@gcuc.ca .

Location UPDATE:  West Side Pride Festival, July 19th Rather than attend the Capital Pride Parade in August, the Affirm Committee has decided to support local organizations and will be participating this year in the West Side Pride Festival on Saturday, July 19 11:00 am to 4:00 pm in Alexander Grove Park.  We will have our tent, table, and banner on site and will be giving away our trade marked GCUC cookies, á la the Santa Parade. As we are not yet an official Affirming Congregation, we will not be presenting ourselves as such. Rather, the Festival is an opportunity to engage with the local LGBTQIA2S+ community to learn of their needs. We will promote conversation to learn what the various groups are doing and perhaps explore how we may support the community when, and if, we become Affirming.  However, we need your help, the Affirm Committee is asking the congregation for donations of our famous GCUC cookies and for volunteers to help man the table. If you can provide a few cookies, or help man the table, please contact David Rothwell 613-608-4331, or david@rothwell.ca. Your support is greatly appreciated.

The Adventures of Flat Jesus For those participating in our “Flat Jesus” fun over the summer. Pleasesend your photos by email to editor@gcuc.ca. When sending select the pictures, please select the Large Size or Full Size format. We are looking forward to a fun video of adventures in the fall.

Summer Worship Volunteers13Thank you for volunteering for the various summer worship time slots.  Only one date remains for August 31st for the greeter position  Please sign up on the sheet in the lobby, or by sending email to WayneGJohnston@gmail.com.

The Main Parking Lot Doors are in Full Operation! Many thanks to Sherry Sharpe for coordinating

this.

Strawberry Social We all enjoyed feasting on strawberries and socializing with family and friends at

the strawberry social on July 2nd. A huge thank you to Delma, Celia, Jayda, and Marg for all their help

that afternoon. We contributed $263.00 toward outreach.

Halo Car Wash Fundraising Please don't forget to support our Church by purchasing, gifting or

sharing info with family, friends and neighbours. We teamed up with Halo Car Wash on Hazeldean

Road. Each wash earns 10 dollars for our Church. You can access this opportunity by following this link: https://halowash.com/Glen-Cairn-United-Church

Community, Coffee, and Chat- Fridays July and August at 10am.Join us for Community, Coffee and Chat at Tim Horton’s on Hazeldean and Edgewater during the months of July and August.

Healing Pathway In-person Sessions The Healing Pathway team is taking the summer off from its

regular schedule. We will be back in September. However, if you wish to have a session this summer,

please contact Nancy Kerr at Healingpathwaygcuc@gmail.com and arrangements can be made.

Reach out and connect in Christ’s name.  Please note that the Pastoral Care Team is taking a break for July and August.  In an emergency and while Rev. Elaine is away ( August 11 -  September 2), please contact Rev. Cindy Casey by phone at 613-697- 3541 or by email at cindycasey@kuc.ca.  

Community Events Please see bulletin board for upcoming events.

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