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To be a compassionate, inclusive and joyful faith community TRINITY HAPPENINGS FOR November 22nd- 29th

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Sunday, November 24th, 2019

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READING: Colossians 1:11-20 READER: Diane Harrop SERMON: The God Within

Don’t leave home without…

• Name Tag

• Item for the food basket

• Or… your glasses! Especially if you want to read along!

Wait… Where’s Waldo?.................I can’t find Him! Bring him too (if you find him!!)

USHERS THIS WEEK:

Aidan Bagshaw

Helen Humenick

Barb & Ron Riddell

This Photo by Unknown Author is

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Fellowship time:

Ruth & Lorne Robertson

The Bazaar Committee

Trinity Kids this week:

Brad Fletcher. Thanks Brad!

MEETINGS

Mon. Nov. 25 – 9:00 a.m. – Community Living

Mon. Nov. 25 – 12:00 p.m. - Rotary

Mon. Nov. 25 – 1:00 p.m. – M.M.H.

Mon. Nov. 25 – 6:00 p.m. – Muskoka Youth Choir

Tues. Nov. 26 – 12:00 p.m. – GAP Lunch

Tues. Nov. 26 – 1:00 p.m. – Alzheimer’s Drop in

Tues. Nov. 26 – 3:30 p.m. – Elderberries Choir

Tues. Nov. 26 – 5:00 p.m. – YWCA Getting Started program

Tues. Nov. 26 – 6:30 p.m. – Brownies/Sparks

Wed. Nov. 27 – 9:00 a.m. – Sanctuary Working Group

Wed. Nov. 27 – 11:00 a.m. - Waypoint

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Wed. Nov. 27 – 1:00 p.m. – MMH, downstairs mtg. rm.

Wed. Nov. 27 – 5:00 p.m. – YWCA Circles South Muskoka

Wed. Nov. 27 – 8:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Thurs. Nov. 28 – 1:00 p.m. – Study Group

Thurs. Nov. 28 – 4:00 p.m. – Feldenkrais Class

Thurs. Nov. 28 – 5:30 p.m. – Supper Club

Thurs. Nov. 28 – 5:30 p.m. – Choir Practice

Fri. Nov. 29 – 10:00 a.m. – Tai Chi

Fri. Nov. 29- 12:00 p.m. – A.A. Meeting

Sat. Nov. 30 – 9:30 a.m. – Feldenkrais Class

Comic Corner

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If not, then please do!!!

YOU DON’T HAVE TO GIVE SUNDAY GIVINGS A

SECOND THOUGHT SHOULD YOU GO ON P.A.R.,

it’s simple, it’s easy, it’s accurate, PLUS: Juris likes

this! Come and see Courtney in the office during

the week! All we require is a signature and a voided

cheque!

MANY THANKS TO THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP!

PLEASE KEEP THIS IN YOUR MIND…

STUDY GROUP

Good News! Study Group is back

running on Thursday afternoons at

1:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room. We

are examining the novel The Fifth

Gospel by Ian Caldwell. It is a

murder mystery based on the

mystery surrounding the Shroud of

Turin. Copies are available online

for $5-$10. Join us!!

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Another busy week with preparations for the bazaar going every day. There has been

so much going on around me, it has been hard to focus and get everything done!

This can happen to anyone in life where you get so busy, you forget the little things,

like taking care of yourself and spending time with your friends and family.

That’s what our pastoral care team is for! They can help you through the tough times

in your life and whatever is getting you down. If you would like a visit from the

pastoral care team, please give the office a call and let me know. We can’t help if we

don’t know you need it! Thanks, and have a wonderful and safe weekend!!!

HAVING TROUBLE SEEING THE TEXT IN

THE BULLETIN? We are now offering LARGE

PRINT bulletins for Sunday service! Please

ask your usher for one if you need it! Thank

you!

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Coffee Hour Schedule for the rest of the Year

NOTE: The signup chart is now in the auditorium for you to sign up for

coffee hour from September 2019-August 2020. Please consider this,

as we love our fellowship here at Trinity and we need volunteers!

Special thanks to Steve Ormsby for making and posting the chart for us!

Can’t be at Church on Sunday? Great

news! Now you can join our live stream

or catch the sermon at your convenience

from wherever you are! All you need is

an internet connection on your device.

Go to www.youtube.com and search

Trinity United Gravenhurst Live church

service. There is also a direct link in the

upper left corner (the red play symbol

button) on our website www.trinityunitedgravenhurst.ca!

The Gravenhurst Bifocals Band will

be presenting a concert here at Trinity

United on Sunday December 8 at 2:00

p.m. Freewill offering will be accepted.

Please come out for this great concert!!

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Trinity Kids needs your Help! We are in need of new volunteers to look after our

youngest members during service in the fireside room! If

you love kids or are just a big kid yourself, please speak to

Brad Fletcher regarding this opportunity to help out and be

a Trinity Kids leader!

Thank you for your help and consideration!

Welcome Kim! We would like to take

this opportunity to welcome our new

Custodian Kim Tingey to the team here

at Trinity. She will be taking over

cleaning the church from Ted, who is

leaving us for another opportunity. Kim

will start on December 1. Welcome

Kim!

Tai Chi at Trinity!! We would like to welcome the Taoist Tai Chi

Society to Trinity! They will be using the auditorium on Fridays

from 10-12 for a Tai Chi class starting September 13. Class is

open to members of the society, but anyone is free to join.

Plus, you can take one FREE class before joining! If you are

interested, please come and see what it’s all about!

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Great news everyone! We now have

an active Facebook page! Find us at

Trinity United Church Gravenhurst and

like the page! Then don’t forget to

“check in” when you come to service

and send “like” requests to your

friends! We are doing well with 58

likes on our page now! Way to Go!!

ATTENTION KEY HOLDERS

I am in the process of updating my list

of keys and keyholders for the church.

If you (or someone you know) has a

key to the main entrance to the church,

please come and let Courtney know

what number it is! I need to update the

list so we know what keys are out

there! Thanks for your consideration.

Do any of these items look familiar? These

are some of the many items I have in my lost

and found box in the office. There are glasses,

gloves, hats and more! If you have misplaced

something and you think it might be here,

please come by the office and check! Thank

you for reuniting with your belongings.

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MUSKOKA YOUTH CHOIR On Monday December 2, the Youth Choir will

complete another term with a puppet performance

for Christmas at the Manor. Visitors welcome, but

seating is limited. The children will regroup after

March Break (Monday, March 23, 2020) for another

8 week session culminating in a Mother’s Day

performance at the Manor. Children 5 years old and

up are welcome. We meet Monday nights from 6-7

p.m. Call Lynda Valcourt at (705) 826-3255 for more

information.

United Church 2020 Calendars We

have ordered a small number of 2020

United Church Canadian Church

Calendars. If you would like one,

please come and see me in the

office. They are now available to

take home! Cost is $5.00 each and

they will be sold on a first come, first

served basis. Thank you.

A HUGE THANK YOU to the guys

from Beaver Creek for coming to

clean the church this week in

preparation for the bazaar. They did

a thorough job and we are so

pleased! Thanks guys!!

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Christmas Flower Sale Knox

Presbyterian Church is selling

Christmas flowers, and I have an

order form in the office. If anyone

wants some, please come and see

me BEFORE December 1. The order

will be available for pick up December

17.

Pricing:

4” Poinsettia - $5.00

6” Pionsettia - $8.00

10” Poinsettia - $20.00

Mixed tropical planter - $20.00

6” Table Centre - $20.00

Mendelssohn Choir Christmas

Concert On December 4, 29 people

from all over Muskoka will attend a

Mendelssohn concert and Christmas

activities by bus. Reservations are now

CLOSED. Have fun everyone going on the

trip! Thanks to Lynda Valcourt and Roger

Pinney for organizing this excursion!

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Christmas Pageant Preparations for

our annual Christmas Pageant are

underway! The Pageant will take

place on Sunday, December 15, 2019

at 7:00 p.m. Free will offering will be

taken to support the Gravenhurst

Women’s Centre and G.A.P. If you

would like to be in the pageant, please

speak to Penny Varney. Thanks!

Alzheimer’s Drop In Our church

hosts an Alzheimer’s drop in! The

group meets on the last Tuesday of

the month in the Fireside room at

1:00 p.m. for conversation and

goodies. For more information

about the group, please speak to

Sylvia Purdon, Pat Bruin or Robbie

Quinn. Next meeting is Tuesday,

November 26, 2019.

Feldenkrais Classes Reija Boken

is continuing her Feldenkrais

classes teaching gentle movement

on Thursdays at 4 p.m. and

Saturdays at 10 a.m. New

members welcome. Please come

and see what this well being

method is all about!

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Ladies Christmas Dinner This

year’s Ladies Christmas dinner will be

held on Wednesday, December 11th

at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are available in

the office or from Steve Ormsby at

$10.00 each.

The dinner is prepared and served by

the men and we could use some

additional help this year. If you are able to help, please contact

Steve Ormsby at (705) 687-5117.

G.A.P. Needs your Help!

Gravenhurst Against Poverty needs

supplies for their food giveaway on

Thursday evening. If you have any

CLEAN plastic or reusable grocery

bags, please bring them in for G.A.P.

to use for their free food giveaways!

Thanks in advance and thanks for

your help with the bread bags and

newspaper bags!

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AN INVITATION TO ALL MEN

Once a month, on the second Saturday of each

month, 70-90 interesting and engaging men enjoy a

hearty breakfast and fellowship at the Catholic

Church on John Street. It is the Christian Men’s

Breakfast event that has been going on for the last

25 years. It is a non-denominational group of Men

who support each other and learn about life from

others.

The breakfast of eggs and sausages starts at 8AM

and it gives everybody time to talk to each other before singing a few old-time Christian songs.

Then there is a speaker for 30 minutes who explains how Christian beliefs and faith have

influenced his life’s journey.

On any given Saturday, there are 5-10 men from Trinity attending this breakfast. We

wish to invite all men who have not yet been there to come out and meet all these good

people. If you want to know more about this do not hesitate to contact Juris Svistunenko 705-

684-8882, Dave Trethewey 705-238-2363, or Robert Anderson 705-687-6688. Next breakfast

date is Saturday, December 7.

OUR WEEKLY REMINDERS - PLEASE CONSIDER

FOOD BANK APPEAL

WE ALWAYS NEED FOOD FOR OUR BASKET IN THE NARTHEX

Thank you to everyone who has been bringing in food for the food bank. Please continue to do so

if you can. The community needs it and greatly appreciates it! There is a list of the most

commonly used/required items on the bulletin board by the office. Please note that we NO

LONGER accept cash or cheques for the food bank. If you would like to give the food bank a

monetary donation, please go to their office at 620 Muskoka Road N on Tuesday, Thursday or

Friday afternoon. Corrine will be happy to assist you! Thanks.

SUPPER CLUB

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Just a reminder that the Supper Club always needs volunteers.

If you have a spare hour or two on Thursday afternoon/evening,

come on down and help out! We would greatly appreciate it!

Nov. 29 – Neville Stevenson

Dec. 1 – Jane Woods