Birthdays

December 8 - Joyce Cowan and Lisa Mansfield

December 12 - Myrtle LaPointe

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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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Positive Living

We are once again providing lunch boxes for Positive Living to distribute to those less fortunate in our neighborhood.  This year they are doing it on Thursday December 18th.  If you can provide a loaf of sandwiches for the luncheon, please see Carol Ann McGarr.

 

Blue Christmas Services for people for whom Christmas is a difficult time. 

Sunday, December 14, 4 p.m. at Covenant Christian Reformed Church, 278, Parnell Road, St. Catharines and Wednesday, December 17, 7 p.m., St. George's Anglican Church, 83 Church St., St. Catharines. 

 

150th Anniversary T-Shirts

Those who have not yet picked up their t-shirts to celebrate 150 years are invited to pick theirs up at coffee hour.   For anyone still wishing to purchase a t-shirt, see Bob and / or Jan today to order one.

 

Annual Reports

Committee chairs and group leaders: please have your reports for the 2025 Annual Report via email into the church office the first week of 2026.

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Coldest Night of the Year

The Coldest Night of the Year walk for the less fortunate takes place on February 28, 2026. The Westminster Wings team will be walking to support this event. If you like to donate and support the “Wings”, you can do so by printing Wings in the “Other” line on your offering envelope or by using Interac.

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​​Save the Dates!

We will be having an old-fashioned Hymn Sing on Friday, January 23 at 7:00 pm.  The following month, on February 6 at 7:00 pm will be a Trivia night! Details to follow.

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Connaught School

We will be collecting donations of winter clothing for Connaught School. All donations should be brought to the church office no later than December 14th.

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​​​​​Message from our 150 Anniversary Committee

The 150 Year Celebration Committee is collecting recipes that your grandmother may have made so that we can create these for celebrations during the next few months.  Karen Watson has provided a white mailbox to put these into after you’ve copied them.  It can be seen at coffee hour.

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​Roof Fundraiser

Can you help? The flat roof over the kitchen and ministers' study has been replaced! The replacement cost is $25 per square foot, be part of the solution, and purchase one or more square feet.  On the other line on your offering envelope mark "roof ". For interac donations, mark "Roof" on the message line. As of November 23, we are only at $3,049 which is roughly 122 square feet or 6% of our goal. 

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Weekly Bible Study

The Bible Study group meets every Wednesday at 10:00 AM in the Friendship Chapel.​​​​​​

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​​​Swiss Chalet Night

Our next Swiss Chalet night is Friday, December 19th at the Glendale location in St. Catharines.  10% of all bills will be donated back to our church.  Please let the office know if you plan to attend. Also, if you dine at this location at any other time, we can use those receipts too. Save your receipts and hand them into the church office.​​​​​​​

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​​​​United Church Assessment 2025

Westminster’s 2025 United Church Assessment is $7070.00, based on 103 church members and adherents, the cost is $68.64 per person. If you can help with the cost of the assessment, print “Assessment” on the “OTHER” line on your offering envelope or by interac e-transfer type “assessment” in the message box. Congregation contributions to date are $1677.00.

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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