We Can Do This St. Andrew’s!

December 10th, 2021

Florence Pangowish, left, of Better Beginnings Better Futures Community Closet, and volunteers Nurat Animashaun and Michelline Oake sort through donated items at the Community Closet in Sudbury, Ont. Photo courtesy of John Lappa/Sudbury Star/Postmedia Network

ADVENT GIFTING – we can do this!

St. Andrew’s United Church in Sudbury is partnering with Queen Elizabeth and Lansdowne Public Schools and folks who go to Better Beginnings Better Futures.

We are asking for donations of gifts of cash or gift cards for either Food Basics or Walmart. Also gloves (children or adult sizes), purchased toques (not hand knit), blankets and towels of any kind. small toiletries, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, hygiene products.

If you would like to contribute, please email Sylvia Carscadden at sylvia.carscadden@gmail.com or call her at 249-360-3474 to arrange for pick up.

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St. Andrew’s In-Person Worship Cancelled

December 10th, 2021

To the St. Andrew’s congregation:

In light of Dr. Sutcliffe’s December 8th announcement on behalf of Public Health Sudbury and Districts, St. Andrew’s United Church will not be offering in-person worship services until further notice.

You can join us for worship on our YouTube channel for the following services, both live streamed and later posted:

Sunday December 12 & Sunday December 19: These services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel, starting at 10:30 am.

Friday, December 24: Our Christmas Eve family worship will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel, starting at 5 pm.

Sunday, December 26: St. Andrew’s will share the link to a pre-recorded service with contributions from St. Andrew’s and other local United Churches that will be posted on St. Mark’s United Church’s YouTube channel.

Sunday, January 2 and beyond, until new information becomes available: Services will be live-streamed and posted on our YouTube channel, starting at 10:30 am.

The Emergency Planning Committee and Church Council will continue to monitor the Public Health announcements on a regular basis in preparation for their next meeting on Thursday January 6th, and will provide further updates when new information becomes available.

Making the “right” decisions is often not easy. But we feel that our call as Christians is to have the courage of our convictions, and your leaders at St. Andrew’s feel that it is an important time to affirm the Health Unit message that community well-being is most important, even as we yearn to get together.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact either of us by email or by phone.

Ralph McIntosh and Phil Thurston
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Co-Chairs of Church Council
St. Andrew’s United Church
111 Larch St.
Sudbury ON  P3E 4T5
www.st-andrews.ca/church/

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