​Let us continue to keep in touch with church friends who are not able to attend our Sunday services and who welcome prayers, phone calls, cards, and visits. Their contact information is in Church Directory. These friends include (but are not limited to): Tom B, John B, Erna & Jake B (Ester’s parents,) Reg F, Agnes G, Abe H, Francine and Theo I, Erika I, Hertha J, Mary L, Helene M, and Marlene W.
Have I missed anyone?  Let me know. Would you like a friendly visit? Let me know.
 
Laur’s and my annual Christmas card is available in the foyer – along with a sweet treat.
With love from your community chaplain, Jan Steven. 

The Westview Centre for Women always needs blankets and sleeping bags. If you have some you don’t want or need, you are welcome to bring them to Grace MC. Either Erika or Jan will bring them to the WCFW. There are pamphlets about the Westview Centre in the rack in the entranceway.
If it’s more convenient for you to drop off during the week, you can leave them at Laur’s and Jan’s home at 63 Beamer Ave. – wrapped in a plastic bag - please and thank you! I can also do a pick-up.
 
Mary K, Ester, and I also welcome donations of homemade shawls and small blankets for our Bears and Blankets program for Elders in Long Term Care. We have provided 117 care-kits thus far. We have requests for 171. Our care-kits go to Seniors who don’t get many visitors and who are lonely. I can pick up if needed. Contact Jan at church or at 289-990-4839 or [email protected]

Did you know that you can volunteer at MCC from home? Donor Stewardship Support Volunteers help by phoning and thanking donors for their gift, and helping to write out thank you cards.
For more information, contact: Beth Hovius
Phone: (519) 745-8458 ext. 239
Email: [email protected]
https://mcc.org/get-involved/volunteer/donor-services
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“Violence begets violence; hate begets hate; and toughness begets a greater toughness. It is all a descending spiral, and the end is destruction — for everybody. Along the way of life, someone must have enough sense and morality to cut off the chain of hate.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
 
“Evil, even in the darkest moments, is impotent before the miracle of human kindness. This miracle defies prejudices and hatreds. It crosses cultures and religions. It lies at the core of faith.” – Chris Hedges, “How Kindness Saved My Life”