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PRESBYTERIAN
SPRING 2021
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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Amanda de Boer, music director at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Oshawa, Ont., started a charity fundraising drive for feminine hygiene products. This year, to keep everyone safe, she planned a “Drive Thru Event,” which was held Sunday Nov. 22, during one of the worst snow- storms of 2020! Thanks to a gracious offer from St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Oshawa, the event was held in the church’s large and conveniently located parking lot. St. Paul’s congregation helped advertise the event, and many from the congregation came to donate both money and products—and have a physically distanced picture taken with Santa! This was a very successful event with $1,750 in cash donations and over 11,500 individually wrapped hygiene products donated to several local Oshawa charities.
On Sunday, Nov. 1, members of First Presbyterian Church in Portage la Prairie, Man., prepared a take-out version of the church’s annual Turkey Fall Supper. They were very surprised and pleased by the overwhelming success of pre-selling the meals, with a total of 257 orders received. Donations of supplies for the supper came from the congregation as well as from three local farms. People were thankful for such an excellent meal and for the church taking on such an endeavour in these hectic times. Adapting the sup- per into a take-out service was a big undertaking and learning curve for the congregation, but they are grateful for what they have learned and hope to be able to provide a take-out meal again in place of their annual Spring Dinner.