Christmas Party, Shoebox Gifts, & Adopt-a-Family
03/12/08 11:14
Christmas Party
This Week!
A last minute reminder about our church family Christmas party this Friday from 6:00 - 9:00 pm at the Tuscany Club. If you didn't get a chance to sign-up, it's not too late! Simply contact Lynda Blazina (403-288-6615) or Lorie Gordon (403-668-8886) to let us know you're coming, bring a food item to share and invite a guest to join you! Don't forget...everyone school-aged and over is asked to bring a wrapped "white elephant" gift (a used item you no longer want, chocolates, etc...) for a light-hearted gift exchange. Parents with pre-school aged children are asked to bring an inexpensive gift for their child to open.
Shoebox Collection Sunday!
If you and your family have packed a gift-filled shoebox for Operation Christmas Child, please bring your box to church this Sunday. The Tapestry team volunteering at the Samaritan's Purse warehouse on Thursday next week will take the boxes with them.
Adopt-a-Family
Once again this year, Tapestry is adopting a family for Christmas! Paul and Lynn Hanthorn and their seven children serve above the Arctic Circle in Ft. McPherson, NWT. Paul and Lynn have been up north as church planting missionaries for 17 years, seeking to love, serve and reach their community for Christ.
Tapestry wants to bless and encourage the Hanthorn family by providing a Christmas care package full of gifts and practical items. A sign-up sheet of things the family needs and/or would like will be available at church on Sunday. If you'd prefer to contribute toward the care package with a financial gift, you can give through our regular offering - just designate your gift "Adopt-a-Family". For more information, please contact Josh & Khara Tait.
Host a Japanese Exchange Student
Jay and Meg Vedoya are setting up an ESL (English as a Second Language) homestay program for this winter and are looking for a few host families for Japanese students. For now, they need one host family in Calgary (Dec. 30 to Jan. 3) and another in Cochrane (Dec. 17 to Dec. 29). The students pay for their stay.
This is a fantastic opportunity for building bridges between Japanese students and Canadian Christian families. Most of the students come from a non-Christian background (less than 1% of Japan's population is Christian) and staying with Christians in Canada is a great opportunity for them to make new friends and be exposed to the Gospel. It's like bringing the mission field to our homes! If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Jay & Meg by email or call them at 403-383-8607.
Sermon Scripture
Our Scripture passage for this Sunday is Acts 2:42-47. Check it out ahead of time and read about life in the early church.
God's Word in You
Here's the memory verse for this week:
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint (Isaiah 40:31 NIV).
A last minute reminder about our church family Christmas party this Friday from 6:00 - 9:00 pm at the Tuscany Club. If you didn't get a chance to sign-up, it's not too late! Simply contact Lynda Blazina (403-288-6615) or Lorie Gordon (403-668-8886) to let us know you're coming, bring a food item to share and invite a guest to join you! Don't forget...everyone school-aged and over is asked to bring a wrapped "white elephant" gift (a used item you no longer want, chocolates, etc...) for a light-hearted gift exchange. Parents with pre-school aged children are asked to bring an inexpensive gift for their child to open.
Shoebox Collection Sunday!
If you and your family have packed a gift-filled shoebox for Operation Christmas Child, please bring your box to church this Sunday. The Tapestry team volunteering at the Samaritan's Purse warehouse on Thursday next week will take the boxes with them.
Adopt-a-Family
Once again this year, Tapestry is adopting a family for Christmas! Paul and Lynn Hanthorn and their seven children serve above the Arctic Circle in Ft. McPherson, NWT. Paul and Lynn have been up north as church planting missionaries for 17 years, seeking to love, serve and reach their community for Christ.
Tapestry wants to bless and encourage the Hanthorn family by providing a Christmas care package full of gifts and practical items. A sign-up sheet of things the family needs and/or would like will be available at church on Sunday. If you'd prefer to contribute toward the care package with a financial gift, you can give through our regular offering - just designate your gift "Adopt-a-Family". For more information, please contact Josh & Khara Tait.
Host a Japanese Exchange Student
Jay and Meg Vedoya are setting up an ESL (English as a Second Language) homestay program for this winter and are looking for a few host families for Japanese students. For now, they need one host family in Calgary (Dec. 30 to Jan. 3) and another in Cochrane (Dec. 17 to Dec. 29). The students pay for their stay.
This is a fantastic opportunity for building bridges between Japanese students and Canadian Christian families. Most of the students come from a non-Christian background (less than 1% of Japan's population is Christian) and staying with Christians in Canada is a great opportunity for them to make new friends and be exposed to the Gospel. It's like bringing the mission field to our homes! If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Jay & Meg by email or call them at 403-383-8607.
Sermon Scripture
Our Scripture passage for this Sunday is Acts 2:42-47. Check it out ahead of time and read about life in the early church.
God's Word in You
Here's the memory verse for this week:
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint (Isaiah 40:31 NIV).