COUNCIL
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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Your FSA Fall Retreat Task Team has been busy and we are pleased to announce that the all-day FSA retreat for Council and special guests will be taking place on Wednesday, October 27 at the Lamplighter Inn, Wellington Road, London. The retreat will begin at 8:30 am with a continental breakfast and will end at 4:00 pm.
COMMITTEE REPORTS for the September Meeting of Council
WORSHIP
The Worship Committee met by Zoom on September 14th
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NARTHEX CO-ORDINATION will aim at preserving social distancing even as we welcome persons to worship and at ensuring that all attendees are registered for notification purposes in the event of a Covid incident.
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COMMUNION will rely on individual sealed cups/wafers available on entering the sanctuary to avoid the cross-communication of gathering at the front of the sanctuary.
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SCRIPTURE READINGS: Joshua’s practice will be to include both an OT and a NT reading each week. He may invite another person to do one of those readings.
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GUEST SPEAKERS: Helen Keenlyside will give the address on Food Grains Sunday; Ann Corbet will be the guest preacher on Anniversary Sunday.
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MUSIC: will continue under the stellar leadership of Paul Merritt and Vicky Meredith.
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COVENANTING SERVICE: The Worship Committee will assist where needed in the Covenanting Service for Joshua on October 23. Other community clergy are being encouraged to take part.
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PROUDFOOT LEGACY RECIPIENTS: Five new leaves will be added to the Memorial Tree in the Atrium after the service on September 26th and the 45 new members of the Proudfoot Society will receive their certificates and be photographed after the service on October 31.
CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT
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A youth retreat is occurring at Camp Kee-Mo-Kee September 17-19, 2021. The theme is God’s Grace. This is an opportunity for children and youth to reconnect.
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Church school will be every Sunday except September 19, 2021, outside.
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Bible studies will be starting up again during the week.
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FSA/Metropolitan/Siloam will be putting a search committee together for the joint youth minister position by the end of September.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES
WORSHIP
Jo Ann Silcox, chair
Stephen Adams
Joan Bancroft
Susan McKane
David McKane
David Pederson
Jean Wright
Catherine Charlton
David McKane
Rev. Lawrence, staff
FINANCE
Kerry Hill, chair
Tristin Hill
Ivana Klouda
Lesley Pergau
Barb Ridgewell
Laura Wood
MEMBERSHIP & NURTURE
Heather Locking-Cusolito,
chair
Glenna Hall
Annabelle Logan
Gerry Meacham
Deanne Pederson
Jo Ann Silcox
Donna Thompson
Rev. Lawrence, staff
MINISTRY & PERSONNEL
Bruce Moor, chair
Linda Badke
Stuart Eberhard
Ardath Finnbogason-Hill
Kathryn Patton
Barb Plante
David Wake
David Wardlaw
Barrie Evans
MISSION & OUTREACH
Barb Dalrymple
Pat Pettit,
Linda Badke
Marilyn Beach
Janice Elliott
Liz Galbraith
Natasha Roberts
Jan Hendry
Bill Knowles
Laurel Kenney
Donna ThompsonRev
Rev. Lawrence, staff
MUSIC
Merran Neville, chair
Jane Archer Smith
Glenda Baldwin
Igor Saika-Voivod
Paul Cooper
Ardath Finnbogason-Hill
Ann MacPhail
Janis Wallace
Margaret Wardlaw
TBA, staff
CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT
Allyson Watson, chair
Heather Lake
Katie Glaves
Christina Lindsay
Kathryn Skelly
Elizabeth Stewart, staff
PLANNING
Steve Elson
Barrie Evans
Kerry Hill, chair
Bob Swartman
Kathryn Patton
Rev. Lawrence, Staff
PROPERTY
George Jolink, chair
Ron Bradley
Bill Guthrie, secretary
Peter Ross
Tim Miedema, staff
TBA, staff
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(not a Council committee but reports regularly to it)
Paul Cooper, co-chair
Jackie Williams, co-chair
John Eberhard
Janice Elliott
Russ Gonder
Don Jones
Bob Kennedy
David Manness
Al Salmoni
Jim Silcox
Mary Vernon
Jean Wright
TBA, staff
+ advisors Kaitlin Norman, Del McLennan, Bob Schram, Michael Cooney
UCW
(not a Council committee but reports regularly to it)
To get the names of the current UCW executive, contact the church office
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