Dust off your baking pans and rolling pins, we are looking for baking for the bake table and the cookie walk!! If you are making special Christmas cookies for the cookie walk please sign up on the board by the hall.
Keep watching for updates on how you can help make our bazaar a success!
Now that fall is around the corner the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for the Regen Marketplace Food Bank has begun.
Your donations can be dropped off before Sunday services on September 22nd, 29th and October 6that Emmanuel United Church.
If you wish to make a financial contribution you can do so by envelope or on-line indicating it is toward Regen Food Drive.
The foods most in need at the food bank are:
Thank you for helping those in need in our community. Your support is very much appreciated.
CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSING FOOD EMERGENCY IN KIBERA
“This spring the constant heavy rainfall is causing massive flooding in Kenya and Kibera (Village of Love). This is creating unbearable conditions. Roads have become rivers. Bridges have collapsed. Homes are being washed away. Further, with droughts in East Africa during the past several years, the end of grain shipments from Ukraine with the war, and now the flooding, there’s a chronic shortage of food and life necessities. Families in Kibera are having to evacuate from their flooded/collapsed huts, carrying what little they have on their shoulders, hoping to find a place to live. The Obaras (of Village of Love) are purchasing what food they can find and afford and are offering what support they can. But their resources are exhausted. They need our help. All financial assistance will go directly to help these children of God. You can donate through the Village of Love website Village of Love Canada – supports AIDS orphans within loving African families – Welcome! or through Keith Knill.”
If you are interested in helping out with our upcoming “Summer Sip-N-Talk” this year, you can help in a variety of ways!
No coffee or tea needs to be made just a few jugs of lemonade.
Sign up on the sheet on the Time and Talents board.
If you cannot help in the kitchen donate a couple of bags of store bought cookies.
Homemade is great too but not necessary.
Drop all donations off in the kitchen on Sunday morning.
We very much appreciate everyone working together to create such a wonderful social setting.
If you have any questions talk to Diane.
Our spring trunk sale was a damp success!
We had 11 paid tables plus a coffee table. And when the rain came we all made it safely inside, except the plants and BBQ. A splendid time was had by all. $255 was raised for the UCW, but $560+ was raised for the general fund by plant sales alone. The Men’s club raised $186.25, Mike Davis and family donated $200 from the BBQ, plus the outreach table, and plus the people who gifted back their proceeds from their sales; the General fund raised well over $1,000. Thanks to all who had a spot or came to buy and visit on Saturday.
Currently, El Nino is causing unusually heavy rains- throughout East Africa. The slum community of Kibera has been experiencing flash floods. Flooded streets mean that businesses can’t operate. Neither can food trucks enter Kibera. Even when the rain stops, the truckers are afraid to enter, because in the time it takes to unload their goods, there can be another downpour, preventing them from leaving! On the one hand there is a food shortage that is driving up prices. On the other hand, the women we support have less buying power because their businesses are not functioning well. There is much hardship and hunger.
Kijiji Cha Upendo (Village of Love) is providing the families with emergency food baskets. The total amount required to feed 135 families is $5,000. We are currently short by $3,000. Find out how you can help by going to Village of Love Canada – supports AIDS orphans within
More information: https://www.villageoflovecanada.org/
Great News! The new roof is paid for! We have reached our $35,000 fundraising goal for the new roof over the Fellowship Hall
We are so grateful for your donations to the roof fund. Your generosity is a great inspiration to all of us at Emmanuel United church. Thank you for choosing to make a difference through your donation. We appreciate your support more than words can express.
Mario Finoro, Board Chair
Brought to you by BioPed Footcare Brampton Clinic & 53rd Brampton Sparks & Embers
Soles 4 Souls Canada turns unwanted shoes into opportunity by keeping them from going to
waste and putting them to good use. Through their microenterprise program, they help
people in developing countries launch and sustain their own business selling donated shoes
Mon March 18th to Mon April 22nd 2024
Drop off your gently used shoes at the church, with Laura Fisher, or any one of the 53rd Sparks
& Embers!
Thank you for your generosity!
Winter Coat, Boots, Ski Pants and Warm Sweater Drive – Adult Size Only
Do you have any gently used Adult size winter coats, boots, ski pants or warm sweaters you no longer need? If so, please consider donating them to those in need of warm clothing this winter season.
Throughout January you can drop your donations off in the church coat room. Signs will be posted where you can hang up the coats and sweaters and bins will be available for boots and ski pants. Please do not bring other items as there will not be room.
Your support is greatly appreciated to help those in need in our community during this cold winter season. God Bless.
Thank you to all who supported our fundraiser this year and helped to decorate our sanctuary this Advent season. The total raised was $72.50. The contributors and their dedications for the poinsettias are listed below:
