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St. Andrew’s United Church, Georgetown, ON FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In Worship this Sunday we will look at the familiar stories of Shadrach, Me-shach and Abednego in the fiery fur-nace and also Daniel in the Lion’s Den. As we continue our journey through “the Story” we find ourselves in the book of Daniel. Daniel and his three friends Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego remain faithful to God and place their trust in God to keep them safe. At the start of Chapter 18 we see King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Baby-lon, trying to force his subjects to wor-ship him and other idols. He builds a gold statue of himself that is 90 feet tall. The three boys refuse the statue and the king threatens to put them in a furnace 7 times hotter than usual. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego continue to be loyal to God, and not the king, and they get thrown into a fiery furnace. Amazingly enough after this happens the three men are not harmed one bit because God protected them. They placed their faith and trust in God and they were saved. The good news is that King Nebuchadnez-zar saw their faithfulness to God and their lives were spared. A few chapters later we have a simi-lar story of faithfulness in the person of Daniel. Daniel is one of the exiles from Judah in the land of Babylon. Daniel was thrown into a pit with lions for his

disobedience to the king. With a strong and trusting faith in God, Daniel’s life was spared and the Lord kept the lions’ mouths shut so Daniel walked away safely from the pit. In both of these stories we see how faith and trust in God can bring good news to those in a tough situa-tion. It is the same for us today. When we place our trust in God we may be blessed in incredible ways that are life giving. Also in the service this week we will be receiving two new members into the congregation. Ove and Jac-queline Andersen will make a reaf-firmation of faith. The Andersen’s have been members previously but had become inactive and now wish to publically reaffirm their faith com-mitment to our church. Jackie has been attending regularly with her mother Joyce Gaudreau and Ove has been active in the Communica-tions Ministry. We welcome them to membership once again.

This week’s readings are: Daniel 3: 1-30 Daniel 6: 1-23

Sermon: Trusting in God

WORSHIP THIS WEEKEND

February 16, 2014, 10:00 am

The Story, Chapter 18: Daniel in Exile

News from the Pews is the electronic news-letter of St. Andrew's United Church, Georgetown, Ontario, produced every Thurs-day. If you would like to publicize an event, please send it in the body of an e-mail (not as an attachment) to: standrewsoffice@cogeco.ca by Wednesday night. For further information, contact our secre-tary, Heather Curtin, or our Minister, Rev. Grant Williams, at 905-877-4482.

Contact us: Website: www.standrewsuc.ca

Church Secretary/Office: standrewsoffice@cogeco.ca

Secretary Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays:

9:00 am - 1:00 pm Thursdays: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Minister Hours: Monday - Thursday

Grant Williams: standrewsminister@cogeco.ca

Sunday,

February 16

Reader:

Alan Grundy

Greeters:

Gail Bancroft

Laura King

Ushers:

Anne Cillis

Luise Zander

Counter:

Bruce Munro

AV operators:

Heather Curtin

Andrew Piper Jr

Announcements:

Communications

Next week,

February 23

Scout Sunday

Reader:

To be determined

Greeters:

To be determined

Ushers:

To be determined

Counter:

Joe Oatman

AV operators:

Andrew Katerberg

Graeme Thompson

Announcements:

Communications

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CIRCLE OF FRIENDS There is a group of ladies that meet at the church on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month. Our next meeting is Friday, February 14, from 9:30 - 11:30am.

OUTREACH VISIONING NIGHT Potluck Supper - Sunday, February 23, at 4:00 pm. The Outreach Leadership Team is hosting an Open Ses-sion with Pot Luck Supper to discuss ways that St. An-drew’s United Church can be more outreaching into our community. This is a visioning session to dream of ways we can live out our Christian calling through serving oth-ers. Please come with your ideas to share as we vision with the Outreach Team. All youth and adults are wel-come. For more information and to RSVP please contact Nolle Ohashi.

WEEKLY YOUTH GROUP The Youth Group will now be gathering every Friday from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm here at the church. We might play games, sing, run around, pilot space-ships, eat, watch things, or juggle groundhogs! Who knows? It'll be a different adventure every week, and you should come out and laugh with us!

MEN'S BREAKFAST The men's breakfast this month will be held on Saturday, February 15 at 8:00 am at Ares Restaurant.

DAILY BREAD BOOKLETS The Daily Bread booklets are avail-able for March/April/May. Please find them on the table by the pho-tocopier. A donation of $1 would be appreciated.

KEYS FOUND On the evening of Tuesday, February 4, a set of keys was found in the church parking lot. Please contact the office if you think they might be yours.

TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY Please note that there will be no Bible Study meeting on Tues-day, February 18th. The group will resume on Tuesday, Febru-ary 25th.

THANK YOU Another successful senior men's luncheon was held at St. Andrew’s today. Thanks to all the support from our volunteers who prepared food, set up, served and cleaned up. Thank you all for your sup-port of this event. Greg, Valerie, Brian, Marlene & Colleen

NEWS FROM MEMBERSHIP Watch for the new Welcome & Information Station to be launched at coffee time following Sunday ser-vices!! Newcomers are welcome to drop by & join us for coffee & conversation. Also anyone looking for in-formation on events & activities at St. Andrew's, we will assist you or direct you to the right source. Your Membership Team: Colleen Armstrong, Alison Annabelle, Barb Lewis, Laura King, Robin Thompson, Cindy Wood

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STAYING CONNECTED TO

ST. ANDREW'S ONLINE! St. Andrew’s has a Facebook site at: www.facebook.com/StAndrewsUnitedGeorgetown. On the site you will find news about upcoming events, pictures, videos and daily devotionals. Please “like” our site! Check it out! You can also follow us on twitter @SaintAndrewsUC to read late breaking news. Our Website at www.standrewsuc.ca includes lots of information about St. Andrew’s programs, events and ministries. Also posted are HD videos of the Sunday sermons. Look under the Media tab and chick on sermons.

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING MARCH 9 At the Annual General Meeting held on February 2, 2014, a mo-

tion was proposed to change the quorum for Board (of Directors)

meetings from seven members to six. This motion had to be de-

ferred to comply with the rules for amendments to the Church

Constitution. As a result, a Congregational meeting will be sched-

uled for Sunday, March 9, immediately after the worship service

to present, discuss and vote upon the motion to update Section

3.1g of our Church Constitution with the following: “Quorum for

Board Meetings shall be a minimum of half of the voting members

plus one (6 members).”

For this motion to pass, a two-thirds majority of voters present is

required.

WEEKLY GUITAR GROUP A new Guitar Group meets every Friday morning from 9:30 am - 10:30 am here at the church. We are beginner guitarists who are in the early stages of playing. Anyone who would be interested in join-ing us is welcome. We are currently taking beginner lessons at the Georgetown Senior Centre on Thurs-days from 12:45 to 1:45. If you want to join us and don't have a guitar see Grant Williams; he has gui-tars available. Contact: Gord Robinson.

KAIROS WORKSHOP Saturday, March 22, from 9:30 am until noon, Kairos will be pre-senting a workshop called "Indigenous Rights 101" in the church hall. There will be group participation time with question and answer sessions. Admission is by donation. Please contact Jackie Gray if you would like to attend, or for more information.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Please join us for an evening on:

'Women in Egypt' and their cur-

rent crisis in the Christian

Churches. (Islam has been the

official state religion since 1980;

Muslims are 88 % of the popula-

tion and 12% are Christian).

Theme: "Streams in the Desert'.

Friday, March 7th, 2014 at 7:30

pm. St. Albans the Martyr Angli-

can Church, 537 Main Street, Glen

Williams. Followed by desserts

and refreshments.

FOOD FOR LIFE Food for Life is a nonprofit organization that distributes surplus perishable food (baked goods, fruit

and vegetables, prepared foods, dairy and meat) free of charge every Tuesday from 1:30-2:30 pm and

4:30-5:30 pm at St. John's United Church, 11 Guelph St., Georgetown. Volunteers always welcomed.

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ZUMBA CLASSES Ditch the workout and join the party! Try Zumba classes for fun

and fitness here at St. Andrew's. Classes begin on Tuesday, January 14, and run until

March 25, in the downstairs hall from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. For more information contact Jacke-

line Bigras (instructor) at 416-400-8597 or visit www.ditchtheworkoutnow.com. $10/wk.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. To those

of us who are older, remember Valentine’s

Day at school? The valentine signed “Guess

Who” and we wondered if it really came

from that boy we so adored at the time. The

Valentine box that became such an impor-

tant part of the classroom for about a week before the big day! Maybe we even had a

little party! We all got a whole book of Val-

entines and it didn’t matter that almost eve-

ryone in the class got the same ones. Life

was so simple! Where did we go wrong?

Next Monday, February 17, is Family Day; a

holiday for all, a mid winter break and Lord

knows after this winter so far we need it.

Are you making any plans for a family event?

Maybe skiing, tobogganing, walk through the

woods, or maybe just a day to sleep in and

hang out at home. Just nice to have the pres-

sure off for a day.

FLORENCE’S FORUM

COMMUNITY

CASHH Cancer Assistance Services of Halton Hills (affectionately known as

CAShh) is looking for volunteers for our “GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE” campaign begin-

ning in April. If you are able to give of your time to our charity we would greatly ap-

preciate it! Please contact Marilyn Inglis at the CAShh office at 905-702-8886 or

minglis@cancerassistance.org for more information on volunteering opportunities.

Grant has a couple of guitars to loan you if

you would like to join the St. Andrew’s gui-

tar group (got to give them a name). They

jam on Friday mornings in the church at 9:30

a.m, It is a group open to anyone. Yes ladies,

that includes you. Do you have coffee too? I

might come for that.

Well the good Lord willin’, I’ll see you next

Sunday.

Remember; Love keeps the world going

round and round so share the love.

Florence

SCOUTING FUNDRAISERS

The 4th Georgetown Venturer Scouts are embarking on a grand challenge this coming summer, Adven-ture 14, a high adventure jamboree to be held in Newfoundland the first week in August. The youth have been working hard to raise funds to help cover some of the costs of the event and to purchase needed equipment as well.

Scout Popcorn! The Venturers also have Scout Popcorn available for anyone who has already run out or missed the an-nual fall sale. Currently available for immediate delivery are the following flavours:

Unbelievable Butter (microwave)($20) Butter Light (microwave)($20) Kettle Corn (microwave)($25)

Caramel Corn with Almonds, Pecans & Cashews ($20) Jalapeno Cheddar ($15) Butter Toffee Light ($20)

Double Caramel Crunch ($30) Please contact Christopher Boyd at critipher@gmail.com to place your order.

Chocolates! Everyone loves Chocolate! Georgetown Venturer Scouts are offering Chocolate this year! Each item is $3 each and proceeds go to help our Venturers get to Newfoundland:

Chocolate Bars with Almonds Chocolate Covered Almonds

Nut free options:

Caramel Chocolate Bars Bite-sized Chocolate covered Caramels

Bite-sized Chocolate with Sea Salt Regular Chocolate Bars

Crisp-rice Bars Please contact Christopher Boyd at critipher@gmail.com to place your order. When you place your orders, please include a contact email and/or phone number as well as an address so we can arrange your delivery. Thank you!

GRANT’S WORLD

OUR CHURCH VISIONOUR CHURCH VISION

With God’s Help we will:With God’s Help we will: develop Spiritual and personal growth through Christian faith and fellowshipdevelop Spiritual and personal growth through Christian faith and fellowship

welcome and encourage new ideaswelcome and encourage new ideas

encourage outreach programsencourage outreach programs

offer programs for all ages and stages in lifeoffer programs for all ages and stages in life

foster personal growth and friendship through Small Groups ministriesfoster personal growth and friendship through Small Groups ministries

be more visible in our communitybe more visible in our community

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Monday, February 17 7:00 pm Auction meeting

Thursday, February 20 10:00 am Bible Study 7:00 pm Choir practice Friday, February 21 9:30 am Gord’s Guitar Group 7:00 - 9:00pm Youth Group Sunday, February 23 Scout Sunday 10:00 am Worship: The Story Chapter 19 4:00 - 6:00pm Outreach Visioning Potluck

Week-at-a-Glance Thursday, February 13 7:00 pm Choir practice

Friday, February 14 9:30 am Gord’s Guitar Group 9:30-11:30am Circle of Friends 7:00 pm Youth Group

Saturday, February 15 8:00 am Men’s Breakfast, Ares restaurant

Sunday, February 16 10:00 am Worship: The Story Chapter 18

Happy Valentines week! Last Sunday, for our annual Valentine’s service we had the men singing at church. The sanc-tuary was alive with sound and movement as people swayed and clapped their hands. Mike was playing drums and Rob playing guitar and Sue on the piano. At the end of the service the choir sang a Bob Marley tune called, “One Love.” Bill Elgie sang the so-los well but he sure is no Bob Mar-ley! Sorry Bill. I think the best quote I read this week was by one of our youth after the service. He said. “You know your church is awesome when the choir sings One Love-Bob Marley with guitar and drums.” It is nice to see our young people engaged in the wor-ship service. Thanks to all the men who came to sing and those who accompanied them.

I have recently found out that we now have a guitar playing group on Friday mornings. There are about 6-7 people strumming away in the sanctuary. Sounds like a lot of fun! As a matter of coincidence I just happened to be in a conversation with Bruce Clendening. He was going through some things in his home that were his wife Elizabeth’s. He found three guitars and offered them to St. Andrew’s. What a great honour to receive the gui-tars that she loved to play and now they may be a blessing to others as we grow our music ministry. If you would like to join the guitar group on Fridays please see Gord Robinson and if you would like to borrow a guitar come and see me. Today we hosted our semi-annual Georgetown Senior Men’s

lunch. In the gym we had about 85 men join us for a hot chili lunch. This lunch is the first one that we have hosted since the passing of Wayne Barrett who or-ganized the lunches for years. At the start of the lunch we paused for a moment of silence to honour Wayne. We owe a huge thanks to Greg Howard and Brian Heinmiller for agreeing to coordinate today’s meal. I heard the chili was deli-cious! We are blessed with so many volunteers who stepped up to help today. Blessings, See you on Sunday, Grant