Horseshoe Falls Regional Council News

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Birthdays this week:
July 9 - Lina Kudera
July 10 - Bev TenBroeck
 

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.

Bible Study
Bible Study will be on hold for the summer and will return in September.

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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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Swiss Chalet Fundraiser
We raised $1200 at the Swiss Chalet Dinner held at our church on June 30th,  this money will be applied to the flat roof loan .A big thank you to those who bought dinner and gift basket tickets. Words cannot express the value of the volunteers who put on the dinner.

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Charles Daley Park
As part of our 150th Anniversary celebrations, we will be having our Worship Service at Charles Daley Park on Sunday, July 12. A picnic will follow; the church will provide hotdogs, hamburgers, and watermelon. There will be a water filling station - please bring a reusable personal water bottle. A free parking code will be given to church members attending the service. Anyone needing a ride to the park should contact the church office.
 
Summer Services
Starting tomorrow, July 5 through until August 30, our worship services will be held in our air-conditioned Friendship Chapel.

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Technical Help
We need a volunteer or volunteers to advance the slides for our summer services. If no one volunteers, we may return to solely using hymn books during the singing of the hymns. If you are able to read and press a button, then you have the qualifications! Please see me (Jude) following the service tomorrow if you are interested in helping.

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Charles Daley Park
As part of our 150th Anniversary celebrations, we will be having our Worship Service at Charles Daley Park on Sunday, July 12. A picnic will follow; the church will provide hotdogs, hamburgers, and watermelon. There will be a water filling station - please bring a reusable personal water bottle. A free parking code will be given to church members attending the service. Anyone needing a ride to the park should contact the church office.

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2026 United Church Assessment

Westminster's 2026 United Church Assessment is $6600.00. Based on 100 members and adherents, the cost is $66.00 per person. To date, we have raised $941.

 

Men's Breakfast

The Men's Breakfast program is on hold for the summer. We will reconvene in September.

 

​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, July 17th at 5pm at the Glendale location. 10% of your bill is donated back to our church!

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Save the Date!

Sunday, August 30th, 2026 will be Rev. Dr. Paul Miller's retirement Sunday. Details to follow.

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Choir Practice

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

 

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