Mission Moment
Chandha Kumari is a 16-year-old girl living in a rural village in India. She’s the eldest of five siblings and the financial strain weighs heavily on her family. Amid these daily struggles is the threat of child marriage, which remains a common practice in her village. Financial and social pressures led Chandha’s parents to consider marrying her off despite her age. This all changed when her mother attended a community awareness session on child marriage hosted by PWS&D’s local partner. Chandha’s mother shared with her husband what she learned during the session. Armed with knowledge about the legal age for marriage and the detrimental effects of child marriage, they decided to prioritize Chandha’s education and seek other financial resources to prevent her early marriage.

We are looking for someone to take over the preparing and printing of the weekly bulletin and annual reports ( once a year). Fred Kikkert has done this job for a number of years and is looking to pass the torch beginning in January of 2025. If you are interested in this position or learning more about it please speak to Steven.

Our October book for our Charge book club is And my name is…Tales of the Quilt by Margie Carmichael. They can be picked up at Burnside or by contacting Kathy Almond. Discussion on the book will be on Saturday Nov 2nd at 10 at Clyde River.

This Sunday we are going to revisit the 100 acre woods and use the various characters from the Winnie the Pooh books to continue to explore the Bible and how we can deepen our faith and relationships with God and each other during our morning services.

Clyde River choir will have practice on Thursday October 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the church. New members are always welcome.

We are excited to share with you that our pumpkin patch is ready and selling out quickly!! Rev. Steven has set his challenge for us…we need to raise $300. All monies raised will be used to purchase needed items for the pediatrics unit at the QEH. Our prize if we meet the goal will be to throw cream pies at Steven!

Clyde River congregation will be having an online auction this year from November 13- 22. More information to come but please be thinking of items that can be donated as this is our major fundraiser for the year.

Clyde River will be having their annual Christmas carol dedication service on Sunday December 8 at 11:00 a.m.

Canoe Cove will be hosting a first aid training course ( two day course) starting on Saturday October 26 at 9:00 am. ( Please note the change in date) 2nd date will be chosen by the participants. It is free of charge and we need to have a minimum 8 people registered for the course to go ahead. Please contact Dail Smith to sign up. This is for both congregations.

Youth group will meet on Friday October 11 at 6:30 at Clyde River Church.

There will be an open house at the North River Fire Department this afternoon until 3 p.m. and all are welcome.