ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Important Dates

December 7th – Advent II, 10am

December 14th -  Advent III Children’s Christmas Pageant, 10am

December 21st – Advent IV, 10am

December 24th – GCUC Christmas Eve Services: Family Service 6pm, Carol Singing Service 8pm,

Communion Service 11pm

December 28th - Combined BUC, GCUC, & KUC service, 10am at KUC 33 Leacock Drive, online at kuc.ca

Choral Festival, Saturday, December 13th at 3pm The Kanata Choral Society presents a time of festive singing, at GCUC, featuring the choir of GCUC and the Goulbourn Male Chorus. A cash donation of $10 or a non-perishable food item will gladly be received.

Cookie Walk Thank You!! A huge thank you to everyone in the congregation for ensuring the 33rd Annual Christmas Cookie Walk, Craft Fair, and Silent Auction was another wonderful success.

Updated -Community, Coffee, and Chat- Fridays at 10am.

Join us for Community, Coffee and Chat at 10am on Fridays in the lounge.   Please feel free to invite friends as all are welcome.  Also, should you bring some goodies to share, you are invited to share your recipes too!!

Healing Pathway in person Sessions

 Take place each Monday here at the church. For more information, or if you or someone else needs some TLC with prayer, please email: healingpathwaygcuc@gmail.com , or call or text Nancy Kerr at: 613-402-2149.

Reach out and connect in Christ’s name

Members of the Pastoral Care Team continue to offer their care and spiritual compassion, to those who request them on a confidential basis.  For the month of November please contact Bev Armbruster, at 613-592-4155 or bev@armbruster.ca

Smiles for Seniors Outreach Thank you for your support. All of the seniors have elves looking after them. Wrapped and labelled gifts must be dropped off in the Outreach Bin by Sunday December 14th.  Carleton Lodge has also indicated that the following items would be appreciated: lotion for men and women, body wash, loose fitting socks, picture books, large print books, and large crosswords. If you would like to help with this, please leave your unwrapped donation in the Outreach Bin by Sunday December 14th. If you have any questions, please contact Holly Egan or Cathy Turner.

Wednesday Evening Bible Study will be taking a break until January 7 2026. If you are looking for more information on this, contact me at kevinmccomas206@gmail.com and I will reply. The bible study last 1 hour, is by zoom and all are welcome.

Thursday Daytime Bible Study Join us at the Nadelle residence from 10am-12pm. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Johan at: johanjong@nl.rogers.com .  All are welcome!

Be an Angel – Support GCUC and Protect Your Car! Glen Cairn United Church is partnering with Halo Car Wash for a fundraising drive. Purchase a Platinum Car Wash for $20 (regularly $28), and $10 from every wash comes back to GCUC to help with rising property maintenance costs. With winter salt on the way, it’s a great time to give your car some extra protection! Vouchers are sent by text and can

be gifted easily. Valid at: 6111 Hazeldean Rd, 3155 Palladium Dr (Kanata), and 3535 Borris O’Kane Rd (Barrhaven) Purchase here: https://halowash.com/Glen-Cairn-United-Church Thank you for supporting GCUC!

Please See the Bulletin Boards for Details

Community Events

Dec 7 – Sunday – Bells Corners UC 2:30pm Christmas Cheer Concert, free will offering be accepted https://www.bcuc.org/

Jan 6 – Tuesday – St. Paul’s UC, Carp 1pm Fraud Prevention Seminar, no cost https://stpauls-dunrobin.ca/events/fraud-prevention