Damage at the Church Building

Some people might have heard that there was an incident at the church yesterday. Apparently, a driver failed to set the parking brake while making a delivery involved with the road work further up Cooper St. The 5-ton truck took off, all by itself, headed down the street directly at the church building.

The very good news is that nobody was injured. It could have been a very dangerous situation.

The truck took out the metal railing and damaged the retaining wall that lead to the lower Queen Street door. The truck then hit the buttress next to that door, deflected to the west and took out a downspout and then broke one of the windows on the Fellowship room. Of course, the walkway and some of the sod were also damaged.

The Operations Committee is presently evaluating the damage. Fortunately, there is no question about who is at fault and where the liability will lie! There will likely need to be some kind of engineering evaluation in case there was any structural damage. (If anyone does have contact with a good structural engineer, please let us know.)

Things could have been much worse, so we are thankful that they were not. The entrance to that Queen Street door will have to remain closed until it can be made safe.

Potato Sunday

Our Sunday School team was busy planting potatoes this past Sunday.  Each year we plant potatoes and in the fall donate all of the harvest to Thursday Night Supper & Social.  The Sunday School students were encouraged to take home seed potatoes to plant and grow through the summer.  In the fall we will hold the Grand Gardener contest again to see who grew the largest potato (by weight).

Message from Malawi

We just received this message from Malawi.  Please keep Bill & Marg and Yvonne in your prayers while they are travelling in Malawi.

Hi we are having a great trip. Have toured northern  Malawi visiting many PWS &D projects. It is warm with some periods of rain. Best Wishes Marg & Bill & Yvonne

Gala Dinner Tonight

There is a Gala Dinner at 5pm in support of the Thursday Night Supper and Social tonight at St Andrew’s everything has been prepared. While we do not want anyone to take any risks to get there, if you can come, you will definitely be given a wonderful meal.

Something for our children this summer!

 

We are excited to have the staff of Camp Cairn back this summer.  This is a great week for our children.  Everyone is welcome to participate: friends, neighbours, grandchildren.  We will also need some adult helpers.  If you can help out, please speak with Joni.

A special Sunday service!

Sunday is going to be extra special! We have two wonderful celebrations. We will be celebrating the Sacrament of Baptism, so please help us support this beautiful family. And then we will be celebrating a 90th birthday. Come out and join us for worship and celebration at 10:00 am.

Holy Week Services

Our Holy Week Services will begin with Palm Sunday.

Please join us.