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Thanksgiving Food Drive

The Sharing Place Food Bank Thanksgiving time is coming up and what better way to be thankful then to share with those in need? As you are most likely aware, all food banks experience greater demands on their already limited resources at this time of year. With this in mind, Keele Street and Maple Leaf Christian Churches have decided to help “The Sharing Place”, our local food bank, by a door-to-door collection on September 30th.

A special thank you from Keele and Maple Leaf churches for everyone in our community who gave! Thanks for sharing in tough economic times, it really means a lot!

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Make Each Day Count

Not too long ago, on our way back from a wedding in Montreal, we decided to do the unusual thing and get off the fastest, most boring way from point A to point B, and slow down a bit and enjoy the journey. More often than not, the opportunity to enjoy the journey is snatched away because of the incessant urgency to arrive at point B. But once in a while, life trumps everything else, particularly when it is just me and Sheewee in the car together.

So, after we had left Montreal and travelled past Cornwall, we jumped off the 401 and made our way over to historic Highway 2, which follows the shores of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Lake Ontario. Not long after getting onto Highway 2, we saw a sign for Upper Canada Village. Now I have heard about Upper Canada Village all my life, but I’ve never been to it. In fact, I didn’t even know where it was, so the discovery was one of the surprises you encounter when you make it a point to enjoy the journey.

We stopped for a while to look around. Just outside of the village is an outdoor area surrounded by walls bearing the name, “Pioneer Memorial” (see the photo). As I walked into the area, I saw that the interior of the walls were embedded with old tombstones. Old tombstones and I get along REAL well. So I spent a few minutes going through the memorial. Each wall had a different cemetery name on it and most of the gravestones went from the late 1700’s to the 1860’s and beyond.

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Free Desktop Calendar

Photography is both an escape and a place of worship for me. It is a place where I slow down and look for God.

Recently I came up with a way of sharing my stuff with you: desktop backgrounds with a monthly calendar and a scripture verse on it.

These are all original images taken by me and I will make a new image available on a monthly basis. For August I have an image taken of small river landscape in Peterborough, Ontario.

If you would like to have this image for your desktop just “right click” on the links below and then “save as” the size appropriate for your screen resolution. Then, you have to set the image as your background, of course.

If you would like another size that isn’t available you can leave a comment and I will see what I can do. –Blessings, Grant

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Church Picnic

On August 12, after our worship service we will be meeting over at Etieene Brule Park for a church picnic.

Plan to attend this time of fellowship, fun and food! Why not bring a bit extra food and share it?!

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Sunday School Sunday

Sunday School
On Sunday June 24th, we begin our Summer Schedule with one service only at 10:30 am.

This year we will kick off our Summer Schedule with a special Sunday School Sunday. Come sing some familiar Sunday School Songs, celebrate the Sunday School Students, teachers and helpers, and you can even have your cake and eat it too!

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Historical Geography Sunday School

Bible Map One of the best things you can do to help increase your understanding of the Bible is having a good working knowledge of the Historical Geography of the Biblical Lands. Don’t miss this wonderful learning opportunity!

Weekly: 11:30 am
Teacher: Nelson Deutich

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Pastor-Eye-Zzed– “First of 2012”

First of 2012

How would you like to go from being last to being first?

For Christians that is kind of a tricky question because Jesus messes with our minds on this subject. We know that Jesus said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last.” (Mark 9:35). So before we answer the first and last question, we need to know: are you talking about going from last to first in the sense that since I am last, I will be first? Or are you saying that if I say I want to be first, then that will make me last? Are we talking about a hard and fast first here? Is this a legit first? Well, stop overthinking it would ya? Christians, sheesh! It is a simple question: How would you like to go from being last to being first?

Last week Samoa went from being last to first by skipping Friday. For Samoans, Friday December 30th never happened. They went to sleep on Thursday evening and woke up on Saturday morning—all without the aid of Frat party!

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World Vision Fill A Barn Update

Our goal of raising $1,200 to fill a barn with animals for a family in the Philippines was exceeded by God’s blessing and your generous help. We collected a total of $1,649. The additional money will be used to purchase additional animals.

Thanks to everyone who help to change a family’s life in the Philippines. Your love and generosity has made a difference!

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