A Congregational meeting has been called for May 26th, following worship, to deal with the following motion:

That First United Church, Waterloo enter into an agreement with Kindred Works to explore development of the Church Property and that the congregation direct the Board Chair and the Board of Trustees to sign the agreement.

A second Congregational meeting is also being called, following the first one, to deal with the following motion:

That Lori Case be appointed to the Board of Trustees until the next annual meeting.

A second meeting is required because Trustees can only be appointed by the congregation at a specific Congregational meeting to deal with the matter. The exception to this is that trustees can be appointed annually at the AGM.

Jeff Learmonth, a candidate for ministry from our congregation, will be ordained this weekend in Port Elgin. The Ordination will be at the Celebration of Ministry Service which will be livestreamed on YouTube on Saturday May 25th at 2:30pm (Click the button below)

We congratulate Jeff and wish him well in his future ministries.

On Saturday, June 1st, Waterloo Region will be celebrating 2024 Summer Pride Festival at Willow River Park (Victoria Park).

The United Churches of Waterloo will all be in attendance. We will need some volunteers to help setup, take down and staff the table. First United, Emmanuel and Westminster will all share a table.

Please email gregjcase@gmail.com if you would be willing to take a shift at the United Church Pride table. Please consider coming and spending some time at the Pride Festival.

If anyone is interested in Planting and maintaining the vegetable planters at the Church, please contact the office at 519-745-8487 Ext 201 or office@firstunitedchurch.ca

It’s time to renew or start your annual subscription.  Our Current Group Expiry date is July/Aug 2024.  Get 8 issues of the award winning United Church Broadview for just $30.  Please make cheques payable to First United Church, with “Broadview” on the memo line or ETransfer to firstunitedchurch@rogers.com. The Deadline has been extended to May 31, 2024.

YOU ARE INVITED TO EXPERIENCE THE KAIROS BLANKET EXERCISE

First United Church in Hilliard Hall
William and King St, Waterloo (enter off of Caroline Street)

Freewill donation, proceeds for Crow Shield Lodge. Dress for the weather. We begin with smudging outdoors. Bring a refillable water bottle.

Register at https://kairosblanketexercisejune2.eventbrite.com/

More information below

Strawberry Extravaganza!

Saturday, June 22, 2024

1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Tickets : $10.00

½ the proceeds going to the United Church Healing Fund

Join us for fresh local strawberries and wonderful entertainment from our First family!

Join us for a worship service to kick off a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of The United Church of Canada. The 100th Anniversary kick-off service will be held at Metropolitan United Church in Toronto on June 9th(Sun) at 4 pm. It will also be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. General Secretary, the Rev. Michael Blair will be the preacher for the service.  Rev. Hoeun Lee will be co-presider at worship.

Bus or carpool option to attend the 100th Anniversary kick-off service - Click Below

Watch the Livestream on the United Churchh Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@unitedchurchcda

While much of our lives at First United slow down come summer, the needs of our community do not.

There are a number of ways you can help us support others over this slower season. We can use donations of non perishable foods for our food cupboard. We are in need of sanitary napkins and incontinence supplies for our period supplies.

Our fence ministry would appreciate new and gently used socks, T-shirts, baseball/sun hats and new men's underwear.

Thank you so much for your continued support of all our ministries.

First United Church will be receiving $4,000 from the Western Ontario Waterways Regional Council(WOWRC) KW Post-Secondary Ministry Fund, to help further the ministry objectives laid out in our “Flourishing Connections” program.

First United Church will also be receiving $8,000 from the WOWRC Ministry with Children, Youth, and Young Adults Fund, to  support “Generation Now”!

Read all about "Generation Now" and "Flourishing Connections" by clicking below

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival ...

Click below to find the time and the Zoom link.

Camp Bimini, St. Paul's, Ontario (Google map)

Kids Across the Regions is a fun, faith-filled weekend for children (in grades 4-8) from across the three regional councils of Antler River Watershed, Western Ontario Waterways and Horseshoe Falls of The United Church of Canada! APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 24th 

Audacious Hope youth and young adult event is happening July 3-6, 2024 at Brock University in St. Catharines, ON. It promises to be a life-changing event!

Join us for transformative worship with leaders, Adele Halliday and Mitchell Anderson, cutting-edge workshops with Moderator Carmen Lansdowne, Jim Cain, Andrew Hyde, Julian Munro, and many others.

Registration must happen before May 31, 2024

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