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PRESBYTERIAN
SPRING 2021
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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Women from Armour Heights Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Ont., attended an online women’s retreat where they crafted a new COVID-19 pulpit fall, which was then assembled by Sandy Green. Even though COVID-19 keeps us physically apart, we are spiritually stitched together.
Rob Robertson, from St. Andrew’s Presby- terian Church in Ottawa, Ont., accepted the Kerry Kaiser Award on behalf of the St. Andrew’s “All Saints.” The award was presented to the All Saints by Ottawa’s Centretown Churches chair, Kristine Burr, for engaging the most donors and raising the most money in the annual walk to support the Centretown Emer- gency Food Centre. Kerry Kaiser, who was the long-serving director of the Centre, passed away in December.
Gail and Bob Bowes of St. Andrew’s Pres- byterian Church in Ottawa, Ont., deliv- ered the frozen berries they grow and sell to support the congregation’s refugee sponsorship fund.
The Living Christmas Tree Committee of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Lindsay, Ont., prepared a virtual presentation of their annual Living Christmas Tree service for Christmas 2020. The presentation, entitled “Christmas Hope,” went online Dec. 6, 2020, and has garnered over 1,000 views.
A fall recital was held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Victoria, B.C., on Nov. 18, 2020. The audience sat back, relaxed, listened and were taken away with the beautiful music performed by the talented Jorge Eduardo Flores Carrizales and Rio Kadama. It was the first recital since COVID-19, and it was such a joy to attend; for 45 minutes, listeners forgot about the pandemic. The congregation looks forward to continuing these recitals once provincial health mandates allow it. PHOTO CREDIT: JEAN MARCELLUS
St. Andrew’s-Chalmers Presbyterian Church in Uxbridge, Ont., presented a virtual modern-day Christmas Pageant, “Do Not Be Afraid.” The video footage was filmed over the course of four hours on a Saturday and was expertly edited into an entertaining pageant for the Sunday following Christmas.