DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
We welcome all guests who have joined us.
GTA Mennonite Fellowship Festival
11737 McCowan Road
Stouffville, ON L4A 4C3
(905) 640-2127
There will not be a service at DMC on August 18
DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bar-b-que Potluck
September 8
Following the church service
Please use the sign up
sheet to place your order
Worship Schedule reminder
August 18
Service at Willowgrove
August 25
Message: Carol O.
Worship leader Mike D.
Song Leader Dalton J.
Musicians Dalton J.
Greeters Anne R., Carol J.
ZOOM host Bonnie W.
A/V Tech Don B.
Treasurer’s Report: We received $5,787 in offerings in July. We are now well below our 2024 offering budget but due mostly to the absence of a paid Pastor we still have a $23,942 operating surplus to the end of July. Other income and expenses are relatively as expected, except for a substantial increase to our insurance premiums.
In July there was $100 donated to the Benevolence Fund and there is now $651 in the fund. Our goal, as stated in the policy, is to have a minimum of $2,000 in the fund for future situations of need.
Donations to Danforth Mennonite Church are always welcome through Sunday morning offerings, mailed cheques or email transfers at dmmc2174@gmail.com. Please contact Roger H. if you would like to join the monthly giving program which happens through bank transfers on the 15th of each month. Thank you to all for your generous support for the work of our church.
The next
DMC Outlook newsletter
will be published mid September. Please send in your articles/photos by August 31st. This edition covers activities between May – August.
WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dear Heritage Club Supporters: Summer Greetings! Here is some exciting information on three upcoming Heritage Events that may be of interest to you: 1) Saengerfest: A centenary Mennonite Song Festival, is happening on Sunday, August 25, 2024 from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM at St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 54 Benton Street, Kitchener, ON N2G 3H2. Please join in to commemorate the centenary of the 1920s Mennonite immigration to Ontario from settlements in present-day Russia and Ukraine. The singing and music will be led by Mark Diller Harder, joined by various other community contributors. For more details, see https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/saengerfest 2) Montreal River Alternative Service Camp Historical Plaque to be installed! The Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario and the Ontario Heritage Trust will install a commemorative historical plaque at the site of the WW2 Alternative Service (Conscientious Objector) Camp at Montreal River, just north of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. A number of you will either be related to, or acquainted with, Mennonite men who chose Alternative Service during the Second World War and served at Montreal River or other similar camps across Canada. All are invited to the official unveiling of the plaque on Thursday, September 26 at 4:00 pm at Conrad Grebel University College. Bus Trip to Sault Ste. Marie/Montreal River. The next day, September 27, the MHSO has arranged for two buses to go from Waterloo to Montreal River for the installation of the plaque on September 28. Overnight accommodation has been set aside for bus participants for Friday, September 27 so they can take part in the Plaque installation the next day at the Montreal River site. The buses will then return to Waterloo For further details (bus costs and overnight accommodation costs), and to reserve a spot on this trip (accommodation deadline is August 27), go to https://www.mhso.org/content/montreal-river-alternative-service-camp-bus-trip 3) Heritage Club event at St. Clair O’Connor on Wednesday September 25 at 7:30 pm where Mennonite academic and author, Hildi Froese Tiessen, will be presenting and reading from her recent book: On Mennonite/s Writing. More information to come. Harold Thiessen, Heritage Club Coordinator
***NEW DATE*** MCC Ontario annual general meeting
Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, 7 p.m.
Grounded in the church, our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an opportunity for us to be accountable, transparent and responsive to you. We invite you to join in celebrating the impact you’ve made of sharing God’s love and compassion in the lives of so many in Ontario and around the world. Delegates from constituent congregations are invited and authorized to vote. The meeting will take place over Zoom. For more information, go to mcc.org/Ontario-AGM.
GTA Mennonite festival for world relief
Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 A.M. – 4 P.M., Willowgrove Farm, 11737 McCowan Rd, Stouffville
Save the date for a fun-filled day at the GTA Mennonite Festival for World Relief. It starts with the food, so come hungry and ready to enjoy traditional (and not so traditional) Mennonite favourites! Tickets are now on sale at gtamennonitefestival.ca.
In Summary, upcoming events:
At Danforth
August
17/18 Willowgrove joint service weekend
September
8 Bar-b-que lunch
Wider Church
August
22-24 Theatre of the Beat Festival
25 Song Festival
September
21 GTA Mennonite Festival
23 MCC Ontario AGM
Community corner
September
11 Yorkshire Rose Quilters meeting
30 National Day of Truth and Reconciliation