Horseshoe Falls Regional Council News

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Birthdays this week:

Oct 12 - Cynthia Barrow, Calvin Jessome, Sandy MacNevin

Oct 16 - Deanie Jorgenson

Oct 17 - Shirley Horner

 

Anniversaries:

No anniversaries to report.

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The church office tries its best to make sure we include everyone. However, we do not have everyone's information. If you have a birthday or anniversary coming up, please let us know by sending the dates to jukudera@hotmail.com.

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Thanksgiving Message from Rev. Kassandra Matthews

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Bible Study

Bible Study is held on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 am in the Friendship Chapel. All are welcome!

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Euchre Club

Euchre is back at Westminster! The club meets Mondays at 1:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. More information will be provided soon.

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Official Board Update: Safety and Security

Over the past few months, Westminster has been responding to ongoing concerns related to the use of our church property, including garbage accumulation and people without shelter staying on or near the property. Niagara Regional Police have been called several times this year to assist with specific situations, and in August we undertook a cleanup with police support. 

Westminster now has a Sunday morning protocol in place to help us respond consistently and respectfully, with attention both to the dignity of people who are unsheltered and to the safety and accessibility of our congregation and property. We are also continuing to examine longer-term options. Other organizations in the neighbourhood have implemented measures such as fencing and security, and Westminster is considering what may be appropriate in our own context. 

We will continue to provide updates as this work develops.

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Flat Roof Fundraising Committee

On Friday Oct 30th at 4:30 pm, your Flat roof fundraising committee is putting on a soup, roast beef on a bun meal to help pay off the loan for the flat roof. Coffee/tea and dessert will accompany the meal. Eat In tickets are $20 and take out (soup and beef on a bun) are $15. The sign-up sheet is on the Fellowship Hall bulletin board. Tickets are available at the church office. 

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Rental Units
Expressions of Interest are now being accepted for the 16 below market rental units at 27 Valleyview Road behind Westminster United Church.  Units will be assigned by a lottery to be held, likely in September. Anyone who wishes to apply can go to www.stcatharinesrentals.ca.

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​Cogeco Email Problems

To protect our church members' privacy, our weekly newsletters are sent using the Bcc setting which hides our members' email address. Unfortunately, some email servers will consider mass email (especially ones hiding email addresses) as junk or spam email. Due to Cogeco's current default settings for their customers' email, our members using their cogeco email service may not receive our weekly newsletters.

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Cereal Boxes
The Community Breakfast Program at St. George’s Church in downtown St. Catharines is run all year. Let us continue to assist them by bringing in another 150 cereal boxes. We are told sugary cereals are the preferred choice. If you plan to assist this program, please drop off your donations at the church office.

 

Swiss Chalet

Our next monthly Swiss Chalet dinner is Friday, October 16th at 5pm at the Glendale location. 10% of your bill is donated back to our church!

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Choir Practice

The choir meets every Thursday at 7:00 pm in the chapel.

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Coffee Hour Volunteers

Coffee Hour has been flourishing over the last several months. Many thanks to all our coffee hour hosts! If you are able to assist with coffee hour, please speak to Lisa Mansfield.​​

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E-mail Addresses

Weekly newsletters are being sent out via-email. If you are not receiving a copy, please forward your email to the church office and/or speak to Jude Kudera