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PRESBYTERIAN
WINTER 2021
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Participants in Orange Shirt Day on Sept. 26 at Armour Heights Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Ont.
On Sept. 11, the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church in Almonte, Ont., held a Yard & Bake Sale in support of the Centre Vie Orphanage in Haiti. The Yard & Bake Sale is an annual fundraising initiative that the congregation has organized for over 25 years to help feed, school and support the children at Centre Vie. This year, we arranged the tables in the church hall to be safely spaced apart and used arrows to direct guests through the maze of tables showcasing previous- owned treasures as well as baked goods. We prayed for a good turnout and the Lord heard our prayers. The 2021 Yard & Bake Sale raised over $1,200.
Everyone who drives by St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Lindsay, Ont., enjoys reading the latest information and messages that Jim McKechnie posts on the church sign. Pictured here is Jim on Labour Day, updating the St. Andrew’s church sign with a “Back to School” message.
Members of Stamford Presbyterian Church in Niagara Falls and Hope Presbyterian Church in Welland, Ont., have been busy. After hearing that Positive Living Niagara was looking for volunteers to assist with their annual Red Scarf Project, several members grabbed their knitting needles, crochet hooks and balls of red yarn and started creating twenty-six beautiful scarves. In December, Positive Living Niagara will hang these scarves, along with educational information about living with HIV and AIDS, around the Niagara Region. (Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day.) People who find the scarves are encouraged to take them home and keep them.