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, February 5, 2012

10:00 am Hymn Sing in the auditorium

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Linda DeHaan

Song Leader: Ed Ford

Piano: Mary Groh

Guest Speaker: Luis Alberto Mata, a Counselor with the New

Life Centre

Sermon: Justice and Dignity to Welcome those who Bring Hope

To Our Land!

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

10:00 am Adult Sunday School.  Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realist Critique

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Aubrey Wilkinson

Song Leader: Marg Beer

Piano: Sharon Wilkinson

Junior Church: LaVerna Reimer

Speaker: Tim Reimer

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BIRTHDAYS

Feb.  6 Muriel Purdon    Feb. 11 Mary Wagler

Feb. 12 Salome Harrison

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DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you are interested in a weekly Bible Study, perhaps on Wednesday afternoons at the church, please let Pastor Tim know. The topic, and specific time, can be arranged.

If you know of an apartment, or upper floor of a house near the university, please let Pastor Tim know.

The food bank at Woodbine Baptist Church is in need of empty egg cartons. If you have any empty cartons, please bring them to church and Barb Bryson will take them to the food bank. She will collect them for a few weeks.

Friday, February 10 at 6:40 pm. Out of the Cold Program at Eastminster United Church.  Speak with Dalton Jantzi for more information.

Saturday, February 11. Men’s Breakfast 9:00 am at the church. All males welcome.

You are invited to an Open house style party for my “I can’t believe I’m turning 50″ Birthday on Sunday Feb 12th from 4pm-9pm at my house (2632 Victoria Park Av). I have invited people from Danforth, high school friends, Calvary and Greek Youth groups. As there is limited driveway and street parking you may want to car pool or take the TTC. Come when you can for as long as you like. Best wishes only please. Margaret Amanatides

Monday, February 13, 7:30 pm. Women’s group will meet at Linda Donohoe’s home.  All women welcome.

Take a leap forward with Outreach on Feb. 29 at 7:00 p.m. We’ve had lots of input and sharing of great ideas about where to go with outreach/service and now it’s time to get into action. Come and help us plan for a service and fellowship event for a Saturday in the spring. Come with ideas of who might need help and information about the kind of help needed. Some ideas to get you thinking: doing yard work for Salome Harrison, preparing the playground for summer use at SCOC, sorting food at the food bank, having a coffee with a street person, giving a mom/parents a break by playing with their kids, ??? You get the idea….the possibilities are limitless so we need your help in choosing a few the first time around. At the meeting I’ll give more information about how it can all work but you know there will be food involved! Hope to see you there!

Adult Sunday School Schedule
February 12 – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realist Critique
February 19 – Near Death Experiences (NDE)
February 26 – NDE and the Status of the Soul

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WIDER CHURCH AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Mennonite Centre Heritage Club presents…  Mennonites on the Move: Faith, Fear and Flight. Nicholas Dick, reflecting on the migrations of Mennonites throughout history from Prussia, Russia, Central Asia, the Americas and Canada, will look for common threads. Historically, Mennonites are not alone in moving from intolerant situations to the safety of a new environment. Some of these movements are prompted by faith and others by economic or political motives. The recent book, “Pilgrims on the Silk Road” by Walter Ratliff, describing the exodus in the early nineteenth century of Mennonites from Russia to Central Asia, is part of this discussion. Monday, February 6^th at 10:30 am, Craft Room, St.Clair-O’Connor Community.

February 11th: “Raising Our Voices Together” Party Fundraiser at the Toronto Free Gallery 1277 Bloor St W @ Lansdowne, 8pm, suggested donation $10    And     February 14th: “7th Annual Rally to Honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” – supporting the UN Committee to End Discrimination Against Women visit to Canada, meeting at 12.30 at Police HQ 40 College Street @ Bay, Rally followed by a feast. See no more silence posters on the bulletin board.

Waging Peace Tour – Muslim and Christian Alternatives. A documentary about overcoming interfaith mistrust, featuring Ontario Christians and Muslims. A screening and panel discussion with Executive Producer Sheri Hartzler, from MennoMedia, Sunday, February 19, 2 pm at Toronto United Mennonite Church, 1774 Queen Street East.
In 2010 the MCEC delegate body passed a motion requesting resources to discern common responses to the ongoing conflict in Palestine/Israel. These screenings will provide an opportunity to view the MennoMedia documentary and to have follow-up conversation to explore what is possible and to discover what others are doing in our local communities and beyond.

Consider  watching the one minute documentary trailer available at www.wagingpeacealternatives.com
Further details available at: http://ontario.mcc.org/waging-peace-tour

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 29, 2012

10:00 am Adult Sunday School.  The Quaker Experience Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realistic Critique

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Erma Martin

Song Leader: Bob Martin

Piano: Jessica Martin

Junior church: Dalton Jantzi

Speaker: Tim Reimer

Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:12-15, 17-22, Luke 9:51-62

Our Annual General Meeting will be held today after the morning service and a finger-food potluck lunch. 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.

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

10:00 am Hymn Sing in the auditorium

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Linda DeHaan

Song Leader: Ed Ford

Piano: Mary Groh

Guest Speaker: Luis Alberto Mata of the New Life Centre

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BIRTHDAYS

February 1 James Goudros                    February 2 Murray Lumley

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you are interested in a weekly Bible Study, perhaps on Wednesday afternoons at the church, please let Pastor Tim know. The topic, and specific time, can be arranged.

If you know of an apartment, or upper floor of a house near the university, please let Pastor Tim know.

The food bank at Woodbine Baptist Church is in need of empty egg cartons. If you have any empty cartons, please bring them to church and Barb Bryson will take them to the food bank. She will collect them for a few weeks.

The Mennonite Centre Heritage Club presents…  Mennonites on the Move: Faith, Fear and Flight. Nicholas Dick, reflecting on the migrations of Mennonites throughout history from Prussia, Russia, Central Asia, the Americas and Canada, will look for common threads. Historically, Mennonites are not alone in moving from intolerant situations to the safety of a new environment. Some of these movements are prompted by faith and others by economic or political motives. The recent book, “Pilgrims on the Silk Road” by Walter Ratliff, describing the exodus in the early nineteenth century of Mennonites from Russia to Central Asia, is part of this discussion. Monday, February 6^th at 10:30 am, Craft Room, St.Clair-O’Connor Community.

Friday, February 10. 6:40 pm. Out of the Cold Program at Eastminster Church.

Adult Sunday School Schedule
February 12 – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realist Critique
February 19 – Near Death Experiences (NDE)
February 26 – NDE and the Status of the Soul

MDS invites their volunteers to participate in MCC Ontario’s response to Attawapiskat. MCC Ontario will lead the response to an invitation from community leaders to erect modular homes in this isolated community. MDS supports and encourages skilled (licensed) volunteers to participate. MCCO has nurtured relationships in Attawapiskat for 20 years. If you are interested please contact Lyndsay Mollins Koene, MCCO at 705-264-2494

Waging Peace Tour – Muslim and Christian Alternatives. A documentary about overcoming interfaith mistrust, featuring Ontario Christians and Muslims. A screening and panel discussion with Executive Producer Sheri Hartzler, from MennoMedia, Sunday, February 19, 2 pm at Toronto United Mennonite Church, 1774 Queen Street East.
In 2010 the MCEC delegate body passed a motion requesting resources to discern common responses to the ongoing conflict in Palestine/Israel. These screenings will provide an opportunity to view the MennoMedia documentary and to have follow-up conversation to explore what is possible and to discover what others are doing in our local communities and beyond.

Consider  watching the one minute documentary trailer available at www.wagingpeacealternatives.com
Further details available at: http://ontario.mcc.org/waging-peace-tour

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 22, 2012

10:00 am Adult Sunday School- Studying John Howder Yoder, Anabaptists in the Continental Reformation

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Marg Beer

Song Leader: Dalton Jantzi

Piano: Kathy Wert

Junior Church: Leslie Sheriff

Speaker: Tim Reimer

Sermon: Worship in the Spirit

Scripture: John 4   The Women at the well.

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Sunday, January 29, 2012

10:00 am Adult Sunday School.  The Quaker Experience Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realistic Critique

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Erma Martin

Song Leader: Bob Martin

Piano: Jessica Martin

Junior church: Dalton Jantzi

Speaker: Tim Reimer

Our Annual General Meeting will be held Jan. 29, after the morning service and a finger-food potluck lunch.   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.

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PRAYER CONCERN

Let’s continue to pray for Mary Wagler who continues to heal after hip surgery last week. She is now at Hillcrest Rehabilitation  Hospital, where her phone number is 416.597.3422, ext. 4316. Mary Wagler,  Toronto Rehab. Institute (Hillcrest Centre),47 Austin Terrace, Rm. 316, Toronto, ON  M5R 1Y8 She welcomes your calls and visits.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The report booklets and financial reports are in your mailbox.  Please take them home to read and bring them back next Sunday for the annual meeting.

If you are interested in a weekly Bible Study, perhaps on Wednesday afternoons at the church, please let Pastor Tim know. The topic, and specific time, can be arranged.

If you know of an apartment, or upper  floor of a house near the university, please let Pastor Tim know.

The food bank at Woodbine Baptist Church is in need of empty egg cartons. If you have any empty cartons, please bring them to church and Barb Bryson will take them to the food bank. She will collect them for a few weeks.

The Mennonite Centre Heritage Club presents…  Mennonites on the Move: Faith, Fear and Flight. Nicholas Dick, reflecting on the migrations of Mennonites throughout history from Prussia, Russia, Central Asia, the Americas and Canada, will look for common threads. Historically, Mennonites are not alone in moving from intolerant situations to the safety of a new environment. Some of these movements are prompted by faith and others by economic or political motives. The recent book, “Pilgrims on the Silk Road” by Walter Ratliff, describing the exodus in the early nineteenth century of Mennonites from Russia to Central Asia, is part of this discussion. Monday, Feb. 6^th at 10:30 am, Craft Room, St.Clair-O’Connor Community.

Directory update:

Agnes Billedeau,  2703 St. Clair Ave. East, Apt. 239, Toronto, ON   M4B 3M3

Adult Sunday School Schedule
February 5 – Hymn Singing
February 12 – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realist Critique
February 19 – Near Death Experiences (NDE)
February 26 – NDE and the Status of the Soul

MDS invites their volunteers to participate in MCC Ontario’s response to Attawapiskat. MCC Ontario will lead the response to an invitation from community leaders to erect modular homes in this isolated community. MDS supports and encourages skilled (licensed) volunteers to participate. MCCO has nurtured relationships in Attawapiskat for 20 years. If you are interested please contact Lyndsay Mollins Koene, MCCO at 705-264-2494

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 15, 2012 Stewardship Sunday

10:00 am Adult Sunday School – John Howard Yoder- Pacifism is the Second Reformation

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Dalton Jantzi

Song Leader: Kathy Wert

Piano: Roger Horst

Speaker: Mary Groh

Sermon: Exploring Stewardship

Scripture: Romans 12:1-13.

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

10:00 am Adult Sunday School- The Quaker Experience

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Marg Beer

Song Leader: Dalton Jantzi

Piano: Kathy Wert

Speaker: Tim Reimer

Sermon: Worship in the Spirit

Scripture: John 4   The Women at the well.

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PRAYER CONCERN

Let’s keep Mary Wagler in our prayers. On Monday she had surgery to repair a broken hip she suffered a day earlier. She is in Toronto Western Hospital, but will soon (probably Monday, Jan 16) be moved to a rehabilitation hospital. Her phone number at Toronto Western is 416-603-5801 ext 8520. She welcomes your calls and visits.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

We will be doing the evening program at SCOC on Sunday Jan.15th. Meet at 6:50 pm. Everyone is welcome to join the Danforth Tabernacle Choir.

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.

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. If you haven’t already done so, please submit committee reports today.   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.

Adult Sunday School Schedule - 10:00 am.
January 29 – JHY – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realistic Critique

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WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wednesday, January 18 7:30 Meeting Room, St. Clair-O’Connor community The Mennonite Centre Heritage Club presents… Mining Justice.   This evening, we will learn more about the Mining Justice campaign and how we can support a private member’s bill wending its way through the Canadian parliament that will make Canadian mining companies accountable to human rights and environmental standards. Two short videos will be shown to illustrate the issue. For further information, go to Ottawa.mcc.org/mining justice.

Thursday, 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.  Posters posted on the bulletin board.

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 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: Strangers No More

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

10:00 am Adult Sunday School – John Howard Yoder- Pacifism is the Second Reformation

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Dalton Jantzi

Song Leader: Kathy Wert

Piano: Roger Horst

Speaker: Mary Groh

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BIRTHDAYS

January 8 Becky Bowman          January 11 Linda Lumley

ANNOUNCEMENTS

On Wed. Jan. 11 at 10:00 am there will be a meeting at the church to discuss a vision for outreach, DMC style. Several other items, including Vacation Bible Camp, will also be discussed. Everyone is welcome to participate. Please let Linda Donohoe or Dalton know if you will be there.

We may be small, but we are mighty!!! Thank you so much for your continuing support of both our food drive and the mitten tree project. Once again you demonstrated that individuals and small groups can make a difference. Krista, Dave, Dylan and Sadie delivered to Woodbine Heights Baptist Church approx. 100 lbs. of dry goods that you donated. As well, Ruth Ewert picked up bags that contained 41 pairs of gloves/mitts, 64 hats, 10 scarves, 16 pairs of socks and 1 blanket. These will be distributed by the Evergreen Centre to street youth and their children. Thanks for caring.

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.

Monday, January 9, 7:30 pm.  Women’s group will meet at LaVerna Reimer’s home, 31 Clapperton Ave.  All women welcome for a time of fellowship.

Friday, January 13, at 6:40 pm Out of the Cold program at Eastminster Church. 310 Danforth Ave. come with your voices and instruments to provide music for the homeless while they eat their dinner. Speak with Dalton if you have any questions.

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.

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.

Adult Sunday School Schedule - 10:00 am.
January 22 – JHY – The Quaker Experience
January 29 – JHY – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realistic Critique

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.

WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

“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

Faith Communities Meeting in Toronto to discuss Occupy Movement. On January 12, at 7 pm at the Church of the Holy Trinity will be a meeting for faith communities to discuss issues that need questioning and structures that need challenging. The Church of the Holy Trinity is located next to the Eaton Centre.

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.

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.

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, December 18, 2011

10:00 am Adult Sunday School.  The Science and Significance of the Virgin Birth

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Aubrey Wilkinson

Song Leader: Marg Beer

Guest Speaker: Muriel Bechtel

Scriptures: Luke 1:26-38; 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16

Sermon: When God Builds a House

Junior Church: Dalton Jantzi

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Christmas Eve Service 7:00 pm

There will not be a Christmas Day Service at Danforth. However, we are all welcome  to attend the Christmas Day Service at Toronto United Mennonite Church, at 11:00 am. 1774 Queen Street East. 416-699-6631.

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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

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BIRTHDAYS and ANNIVERSARIES

Dec. 26 Marg and Jim Beer (Anniversary)

Dec. 27 Melissa DeHaan    Dec. 28 Don Bowman

Dec. 29 Rod & Pat Bailey (Anniversary)

Dec. 30 Karl Reimer

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are collecting mitts, hats, scarves and socks for our mitten tree project for Yonge Street Mission. As any of you who have/had teen age children know, black is the preferred colour for this type of clothing (and just about any clothing) so please keep this in mind when you donate larger sizes (which are the most needed). The young children appreciate the brighter colours. Thank you for your support of the outreach projects of Danforth Mennonite Church.

Christmas Carolling –  Tuesday evening December 20.

Information update for those who are able to go Christmas Carolling.

(a) Eva and Frank are inviting us back to their home after carolling for food & fellowship

(b) Leslie will coordinate the treat trays & baskets that we take along that evening, and is asking if a couple of people would assist her after church on Dec. 18. Please contact her or speak to Linda or Dalton if you’d be willing to help.

(c) Please sign up for carolling so that we have a good mix of voices that evening. More details will follow.

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 by the end of our centennial year.

The desk in the small office needs a new home. If you’re interested in having it by the end of December please speak to Vic Guerin.

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TREASURER’S REPORT

TIMS SABBATICAL COSTS – $1430 was raised to help cover these costs.

Those who want to make end of year donations dated 2011, can do so in the offering on Jan 1. Offerings for 2011 cannot be accepted after that.

Adult Sunday School 10:00 am.
January 8 – John Howard Yoder (JHY) – Pacifism in the First Reformation
January 15 – JHY – Pacifism is the Second Reformation
January 22 – JHY – The Quaker Experience
January 29 – JHY – Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realistic Critique

LOST – an ipod was left behind by a student who was here with a TOOLS group a few weeks ago. If you find it please call Carolyn in the church office.

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WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church Eastern Canada invite you to grow our family this Christmas. Take a look at the Christmas Gift Guide in your mailbox and prayerfully consider your participation in extending the mission of the wider Church.

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

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Pastor: Tim Reimer  

Elders:  Dalton Jantzi,   Erma Martin

Continuing the ministry of the Danforth (1909),  Morningside (1950)

and Warden (2009) congregations

Sunday, December 11, 2011 Third Sunday of Advent

10:00 am Adult Sunday School. Just War Tradition

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Mike DeHaan

Song Leader: Ed Ford

Piano: Kathy Wert

Speaker: Deborah Ferber and Emily Puccini

Sermon: Confessions of a Young Anabaptist

Scripture: Psalm 126

Junior Church: Margaret Amanatides

Everyone is invited to stay for a potluck lunch following the service.

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

10:00 am Adult Sunday School.  The Science and Significance of the Virgin Birth

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Aubrey Wilkinson

Song Leader: Marg Beer

Piano: Sharon Wilkinson

Speaker: Muriel Bechtel

Junior Church: Dalton Jantzi

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BIRTHDAYS

December 13 Dave Ringer         December 16 Frank Crandell

December 17 Rebecca Guerin

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please bring your food donations and put them in the bin provided. WHBC has suggested we contribute a few staple items so that many people can be given the same thing: cans of hearty soup/stew, canned vegetables, canned chick peas, canned kidney beans and canned black beans.

We are collecting mitts, hats, scarves and socks for our mitten tree project for Yonge Street Mission. As any of you who have/had teen age children know, black is the preferred colour for this type of clothing (and just about any clothing) so please keep this in mind when you donate larger sizes (which are the most needed). The young children appreciate the brighter colours. Thank you for your support of the outreach projects of Danforth Mennonite Church.

Christmas Carolling  -  Tuesday evening December 20.

Information update for those who are able to go Christmas Carolling.

(a) Eva and Frank are inviting us back to their home after carolling for food & fellowship

(b) Leslie will coordinate the treat trays & baskets that we take along that evening, and is asking if a couple of people would assist her after church on Dec. 18. Please contact her or speak to Linda or Dalton if you’d be willing to help.

(c) Please sign up for carolling so that we have a good mix of voices that evening. More details will follow.

Christmas Sunday Church Service. The response from our congregation indicated that we should have a Christmas Eve Service. There will not be a Christmas Day Service at Danforth. However, we are all welcome to attend the Christmas Day Service at TUMC at 11:00 am.

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 by the end of our centennial year.

Directory update: Aubrey and Sharon Wilkinson have a new email address  aubreywcma@hotmail.ca

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WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kit the Season!  URGENT! Mennonite Central Committee urgently needs 10,000 school kits and 10,000 hygiene kits after shipments to drought-affected East Africa have largely drained MCC’s supply. On December 16, join us at one of several Christmas Kit Packing Parties across Ontario or plan your own local event. For more information, visit mcco.ca/kit-the-season or call 1-800-313-6226

416-422-2406

Pastor: Tim Reimer  

Elders:  Dalton Jantzi,   Erma Martin

Continuing the ministry of the Danforth (1909),  Morningside (1950)

and Warden (2009) congregations

Sunday, December 4, 2011 Second Sunday of Advent

10:00 am Hymn Sing

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Murray Lumley

Song Leader: Kathy Wert

Piano: Marg Groh

Speaker: Margaret Amanatides

Sermon: Prepare the Way for the Lord

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11

There will be no Junior Church

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Sunday, December 11, 2011 Third Sunday of Advent

10:00 am Adult Sunday School. Just War Tradition

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Mike DeHaan

Song Leader: Ed Ford

Piano: Kathy Wert

Speaker: Deborah Ferber and Emily Puccini

Sermon: Confessions of a Young Anabaptist

Scripture: Psalm 126

Junior Church: Margaret Amanatides

Please circle next Sunday, Dec. 11 on your calendar. We are planning for a potluck lunch following the service. This time of fellowship will be an opportunity to welcome and get better acquainted with students from Tyndale Theological Seminary.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Adult Sunday School – John Howard Yoder’s (JHY) Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution will serve as background material.

December 18 – Pacifism in the Reformation Part I

Please bring your food donations and put them in the bin provided. WHBC has suggested we contribute a few staple items so that many people can be given the same thing: cans of hearty soup/stew, canned vegetables, canned chick peas, canned kidney beans and canned black beans.

We will begin collecting mitts, hats, scarves and socks for our mitten tree project for Yonge Street Mission. As any of you who have/had teen age children know, black is the preferred colour for this type of clothing (and just about any clothing) so please keep this in mind when you donate larger sizes (which are the most needed). The young children appreciate the brighter colours. Thank you for your support of the outreach projects of Danforth Mennonite Church.

Thursday, December 8, 7:00 pm Carolling at the Werts. 714 Logan Avenue.

Friday, December 9, 6:40 pm Out of the Cold Program at Eastminster United Church. Speak to Dalton Jantzi for more information.

Saturday, December 10, 9:00 am Men’s Breakfast. All males welcome.

Saturday, December 10 William Graham Christmas Concert at the church.

Christmas Carolling –  Tuesday evening December 20. Information update for those who are able to go Christmas Carolling.

(a) Eva and Frank are inviting us back to their home after carolling for food & fellowship

(b) Leslie will coordinate the treat trays & baskets that we take along that evening, and is asking if a couple of people would assist her after church on Dec. 18. Please contact her or speak to Linda or Dalton if you’d be willing to help.

(c) Please sign up for carolling so that we have a good mix of voices that evening. More details will follow.

Christmas Sunday Church Service. The response from our congregation indicated that we should have a Christmas Eve Service. There will not be a Christmas Day Service at Danforth. However, we are all welcome to attend the Christmas Day Service at TUMC at 11:00 am.

SCOC Sugar Plum Fair. Thank you all for your support. The Sugar Plum Fair raised over $1500.00 for the residents of Long Term Care at SCOC. Thanks again.

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 by the end of our centennial year.

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WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

MennoMedia Annual Warehouse Sale: Friday, December 9, 9am-5pm and Saturday, December 10, 9am-1pm at 490 Dutton Drive, Waterloo, ON, Unit C-8. For Further information contact: Kathy Shantz: 1-800-631-6535

Give a gift that makes a difference. MCC Christmas Giving catalogue is now available. There are copies in the rack by the stairs or please call the MCC office at 519.745.8458 for free copies   or  https://resources.mcc.org/content/2011-simple-giving-mcc-christmas-giving.

Kit the Season!
URGENT! Mennonite Central Committee urgently needs 10,000 school kits and 10,000 hygiene kits after shipments to drought-affected East Africa have largely drained MCC’s supply. On December 16, join us at one of several Christmas Kit Packing Parties across Ontario or plan your own local event. For more information, visit mcco.ca/kit-the-season or call 1-800-313-6226.

416-422-2406

Pastor: Tim Reimer  

Elders:  Dalton Jantzi,   Erma Martin

Continuing the ministry of the Danforth (1909),  Morningside (1950)

and Warden (2009) congregations

Sunday, November 27, 2011 First Sunday of Advent

10:00 am Adult Sunday School – The Constantinian Shift

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Erma Martin

Song Leader: Dalton Jantzi

Piano: Roger Horst

Meditation: Marg Beer

Junior Church: Leslie Sheriff

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 Second Sunday of Advent

10:00 am Hymn Sing

11:00 am Worship Service

Worship Leader: Murray Lumley

Song Leader: Kathy Wert

Piano: Marg Groh

Speaker: Margaret Amanatides

There will be no Junior Church

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BIRTHDAYS

December 1 Roger Horst           December 2 Krista Alexander

December 3 Pat Bailey

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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 by the end of our centennial year.

Adult Sunday School Schedule – John Howard Yoder’s (JHY) Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution will serve as background material.

December 11 – Just War Tradition
December 18 – Pacifism in the Reformation Part I

Danforth Christmas Banquet at Danforth Mennonite Church on Saturday Dec.3^rd. Punch at 6:00 Dinner at 6:30. Program of Christmas Carols after Dinner in the sanctuary. The committee is asking for help with clean-up after the dinner. Please sign up if you are willing to help in this way. ( sign – up sheet on bulletin board) Thanks from the committee! (Vic and Mary Jane Guerin, Garry and Jennifer Hayward, Bob and Erma Martin)

We can’t do great things. We can only do small things with great love. (Mother Teresa)

Two of the small things our congregation does with great love are the Mitten Tree Project and a food drive, and both of these are especially important at this time of year.

A small group (Barb Bryson, Linda Donohoe, Jennifer Hayward, Dalton Jantzi and Virginia Smith) met and discussed our food drive efforts. We felt it might have more impact if we put an emphasis on this 4 times a year rather than collecting on an ongoing basis. This group decided to support the outreach work of Woodbine Heights Baptist Church (WHBC) this year with our food donations.  The WHBC runs a weekly lunch program as well as a daily food bank that serves O’Connor Ave. (north to St. Clair) to Danforth Ave. and Donlands to Main St.

On Sunday December 4^th please bring your food donations and put them in the bin provided. WHBC has suggested we contribute a few staple items so that many people can be given the same thing: cans of hearty soup/stew, canned vegetables, canned chick peas, canned kidney beans and canned black beans.

Also on Sunday December 4^th, we will begin collecting mitts, hats, scarves and socks for our mitten tree project for Yonge Street Mission. As any of you who have/had teen age children know, black is the preferred colour for this type of clothing (and just about any clothing) so please keep this in mind when you donate larger sizes (which are the most needed). The young children appreciate the brighter colours.         Thank you for your support of the outreach projects of Danforth Mennonite Church.

Thursday, December 8, 7:00 pm Carolling at the Werts

Friday, December 9, 6:40 pm Out of the Cold Program at Eastminster United Church

Saturday, December 10, 9:00 am Men’s Breakfast

Saturday, December 10 William Graham Christmas Concert, at the church

Christmas Carolling –  Tuesday evening December 20. Please circle the date on your calendar and watch for more details in the weeks ahead. If you are able to assist in planning for the evening please speak with Dalton.

Christmas Sunday Church Service. The response from our congregation indicated that we should have a Christmas Eve Service. There will not be a Christmas Day Service at Danforth. However, we are all welcome to attend the Christmas Day Service at TUMC at 11:00 am.

SCOC Sugar Plum Fair. Thank you all for your support. The Sugar Plum Fair raised over $1500.00 for the residents of Long Term Care at SCOC. Thanks again.

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WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Occupy Toronto Outreach Committee and the Interfaith Committee supporting Occupy Toronto, invites members of faith communities to gather with Occupy Toronto on Community Outreach Day – Sunday, November 27 at 1 pm at St. James Park, Adelaide or King St. East, just east of Church St. This gathering will be a peaceful witness against the growing gap in our city between the few who are very wealthy and the many who are poor. This will be a family friendly event.  

Give a gift that makes a difference. MCC Christmas Giving catalogue is now available. There are copies in the rack by the stairs or please call the MCC office at 519.745.8458 for free copies   or  https://resources.mcc.org/content/2011-simple-giving-mcc-christmas-giving.

Kit the Season! URGENT! Mennonite Central Committee urgently needs 10,000 school kits and 10,000 hygiene kits after shipments to drought-affected East Africa have largely drained MCC’s supply. On December 16, join us at one of several Christmas Kit Packing Parties across Ontario or plan your own local event. For more information, visit mcco.ca/kit-the-season or call 1-800-313-6226.