Birthdays

November 17 – Greg Valde

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Anniversaries

November 18 – Rick and Carol Ann McGarr (48 years)

November 18 – Greg and Sheila Valde (25 years)

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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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Celebration of Life

A Celebration of Life for Colin and Janet Matthews will be held following this Sunday’s worship service in the Fellowship Hall. A light luncheon will be served. All are welcome to attend as we gather in fellowship to honour their lives, with the Westminster Community.

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150th Anniversary T-Shirts

T shirts that celebrate our 150 Years Celebration can be selected at coffee hour on November 23 and/or Nov. 30. Cost is $20. To be paid then or at pick up, two weeks later.

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Memories

If you have not done so, please submit your favourite memories at Westminster to Jan Tanouye or Janet Lilley. To have the Memories Book ready by Christmas, all submissions must be in by the end of November.

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Children’s Shopping Day

Our Annual Children’s Christmas Shopping Day will be held on Saturday, December 6th from 9:00 am to noon for children aged 3 to 12. Parents/Guardians are required to register their child(ren) prior to the event. The registration form is available through the church’s website.

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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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Fielding Winery

For anyone who enjoys wine or would like a gift idea for the Christmas Season, Westminster is again having a fundraising event with Fielding Estate Winery.  Our church will receive 25% of all sales to support our community and neighbourhood. Please visit the church office or see Lisa Mansfield by the end of November to place your order.

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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. Your name will appear on the roof grid in the fellowship hall. On the other line on your offering envelope mark "roof ". For interac donations, mark "Roof" on the message line

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​150 Cereal Boxes

Our friends at St. Georges Anglican Church need our help with supplying cereal for their Community Breakfast Program.  Since our church will soon be celebrating 150 years of community service, do you think our congregation can band together and graciously gather 150 boxes of cereal? Let's give it a whirl!! Please bring your cereal donation to the church office, do not put your cereal donation in the community food barrel.

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Weekly Bible Study

The Bible Study group is on hold while Rev. Miller is away. Bible Study group will resume on Wednesday, December 3.​​​​​​

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​​​Swiss Chalet Night

Our next Swiss Chalet night is Friday, November 21st 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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​​Euchre Club

Westminster's Euchre Club is back!  They meet every Monday at 1:00 p.m.  An initial fee of $10.00 per person will be collected. This will be for the use of the premises. An additional weekly fee of $3.00 for each Monday attended. The $3.00 breakdown is as follows: $1.00 towards prize money, $1.00 towards the ticket draw, and $1.00 to the church.

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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