Sunday, January 1, 2012 Bulletin
DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
Pastor: Tim Reimer
Elders: Dalton Jantzi, Erma Martin
Continuing the ministry of the Danforth (1909), Morningside (1950)
and Warden (2009) congregations
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
10:00 am Hymn Sing
11:00 am Worship Service
Worship Leader: Linda DeHaan
Song Leader: Ed Ford
Piano: Kathy Wert
Speaker: Tim Reimer
Sermon: The Beginning and the End
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13; Revelation 21:1-6
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Sunday, January, 8, 2012
10:00 am Adult Sunday School. John Howard Yoder – Pacifism in the First Reformation.
11:00 am Worship Service
Worship Leader: Linda Donohoe
Song Leader: Marg Beer
Piano: Mary Groh
Speaker: Tim Reimer
Theme: The Strangers Among Us
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BIRTHDAYS
January 4 Vic Guerin
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Many thanks to the 23 people who shared the gift of singing Christmas Carols one evening last week. Our efforts were appreciated by seniors at SCOC, Ina Grafton Home and in their homes. Our thanks also to Eva and Frank who once again extended their gift of welcome and hospitality to the carollers.
A sincere thank you to the following children for helping to ice the cookies which we enjoyed following our Christmas Eve Service: Sadie & Dylan Alexander; Liam Beer; Shelby Hardwick; Kailyn Horst; Kai & Kieran Lockyer. Your work was appreciated.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Those who want to make end of year donations dated 2011, can do so in the offering today. Offerings for 2011 cannot be accepted after that.
Tim’s Sabbatical Costs – $1430 was raised to help cover these costs.
CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL- We have a few spots left to teach Children’s Sunday School during Church for the new year. A long term commitment is not required. We are looking for anyone who has a willingness to serve in this area. There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board. Thanks, Jennifer Hayward.
Council is pleased to announce that Pastor “Ash” of the Freedom Gospel congregation will be renting the office on the main floor. In the past, that room has seen service as the Outreach Worker’s office, a Sunday School room, the library, storage closets, and sometimes a bedroom for visiting TOOLS groups. However, for at least the next year it will be Pastor Ash’s office and “off limits” to the Danforth congregation except for whatever materials we did not manage to store elsewhere.
Council also thanks Vic Guerin and Marg Beer for serving on the liaison committee for the rental arrangements with the Freedom Gospel congregation. If you’re wondering where the library materials went, they know! Danforth gains an increase in rental income, while Pastor Ash obtains a much improved office space. We look forward to the continued growth and success of our sister congregation.
Our Annual General Meeting will be held Jan. 29, 2012 after the morning service and a finger-food potluck lunch. Please reserve the first half of that afternoon for this important business meeting.
As always, REPORTs are due from the various standing committees. To have the amalgamated report in everyone’s hands by Sunday Jan. 22, Carolyn needs to have an electronic copy (ie a Word document) in her in-box by Sunday Jan. 15th.
Congratulations to the committee chair who already submitted her report before fleeing Toronto’s wintry weather!
One agenda item for this meeting will be some discussion of Vacation Bible Camp for 2012.
Although “new business from the floor” will be welcome, it would help if you tell Mike DeHaan about it earlier so we can all be prepared to discuss it.
NOTE: DMC’s Annual General Meeting is open to anyone who attends here, regardless of formal membership status. As always, first-time guests are especially welcome to the potluck.
Monday, January 9, 7:30 pm. Women’s group. A host is needed. Please sign up on the bulletin board if you would like to host, in your home or at the church.
Saturday, January 14, 9:00 am. Men’s Breakfast. All males welcome.
We will be doing the evening program at SCOC on Sunday Jan.15th. Everyone is welcome to join the Danforth Tabernacle Choir for this event.
Have you laid your bricks into the House of Peace for Humanity? Building began on Peace Sunday, November 5, and is ongoing. Bring your ideas of concrete ways we can contribute to a culture of peace, one idea on each block. Bricks, pens and glue are available by the house. We are aiming for 100 good ideas.
Adult Sunday School 10:00 am.
January 15 – John Howard Yoder- Pacifism is the Second Reformation
January 22 – JHY – The Quaker Experience
January 29 – JHY – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realistic Critique
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WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
There is a 3 bedroom townhouse available at St. Clair O’Connor. For more information contact Margaret Nemeth at 416 757 8757 or email: m.nemeth@scoc.ca
“Celebrating Mennonite Literature”: Rudy Wiebe, twice recipient of the Governor General’s Award for fiction, is the first writer to appear in Conrad Grebel’s nine-week series on Mennonite literature. Wednesday, January 11, 7:00 pm, Conrad Grebel University College Chapel, 140 Westmount Rd. N, Waterloo. Everyone is welcome. grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mennolit
Tuesday, January 19, 7:00pm in the Conrad Grebel Chapel, 140 Westmount Rd. N, Waterloo. Rediscovering the Sacred Through Laughter. This workshop presentation is an equipping session for local churches, worship committees, liturgists, preachers, etc. The goal is to help worship planners and congregations think about the use of drama in worship, give some suggestions of both material and technique and perhaps even a little practice. $25. Space limited to 50 participants. For more information and to register contact infocguc@uwaterloo.ca or 519-885-0220 x24264 Payment taken at the door only. Receipts given.