Donations of baked goods, etc. will be received between 6 & 7 pm on May 31st .

We would appreciate your support in this endeavour

]]> http://summersidepresbyterianpei.ca/2013/05/22/june-1st-bake-sale/feed/ 0 http://summersidepresbyterianpei.ca/2013/05/15/the-summerside-community-choir-celebrates-thirty-five-years/ http://summersidepresbyterianpei.ca/2013/05/15/the-summerside-community-choir-celebrates-thirty-five-years/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 12:26:37 +0000 Shelley MacLeod http://summersidepresbyterianpei.ca/?p=712 SCC performs at Indian River: The Summerside Community Choir celebrates thirty-five years of singing with a gala concert on Sunday, June 9, at historic St. Mary´s Church in Indian River. This concert marks not only a milestone for the almost-seventy voice choir; it is also conductor Mark Ramsay´s final appearance with the choir before leaving to study for his Masters in Choral Conducting at the University of Toronto.

The program for the evening is diverse, including traditional staples from the choir´s repertoire going back to its inception in 1978, and a number of exciting and intriguing new pieces. Several sets will unfold as the evening progresses, each introduced by a choir member , who will weave into the music anecdotes and acknowledgements of past accomplishments, accompanists and conductors. There will be sacred and spiritual sets; a set celebrating our Canadian heritage; a set dedicated to mothers and children, (a theme of a former concert); songs that explore the deeper meaning of music and our deep connection to the sea, so important to life in Atlantic Canada.

Samples to whet the appetite of concert-goers are Eric Whitacre´s beautiful “The Seal Lullaby”, Franz Biebel´s familiar “Ave Maria”, Kurt Bestor´s haunting “Prayer of the Children”, Aaron Copeland´s “Zion´s Walls”; and lively renditions of favourites ” Fogarty´s Cove” and “Ah! Si monMoineVoulaitDanser”

Tickets for this concert are $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for students, and are available from choir members in advance or at the door. The concert begins at 7:30pm ; doors will open at 6:30. This concert is not part of the Indian River Festival series and SCC is very grateful to the Festival for allowing us to perform at St. Mary´s.On June 9, join the Summerside Community Choir in an evening of joyous song in one of the most acoustically-perfect venues on PEI, and share in the celebration of thirty-five years of vocal magic.

It’s that time of year again!  Plans are underway up for the  16th annual Huntington’s Indy Go-Kart challenge, Saturday, June 8,at the Burlington Amusement Park here on the Island.
With your help in the past, the PEI Indy Go-Kart Challenge has raised $102,745.35 in the last fifteen years.

We are hoping to raise $4,000 for Team Hurst this year and could certainly use your help.  If you are in a position to donate this year, it would go a long way in helping them on the race for the cure.

As you know, HD is a genetic disease.  Each child of an HD parent     has a 50/50 chance of inheriting this fatal disease.  As most members of our church know, Glenda Hurst died almost five years ago after a 25-year battle with HD which she had inherited from her father.

Our family had been hoping to be spared a recurrence of this gene. But it is not to be so.  Stephen and Glenda*s second eldest daughter, Laurel, was diagnosed in 2010 with HD.  At the age of 31, she is  showing definite symptoms of HD.

And, in August 2012, one month after her marriage, their oldest daughter, 34-year-old Kristi-Jayne, was diagnosed with HD. Their other two daughters have not been tested yet.  Your support would mean so much.

You can pay by cheque or on line using your credit card  (MasterCard or Visa only).

http://huntington.akaraisin.com/2013PEIIndy

Or you can do it the old-fashioned way and make a cash donation  or pay by cheque (made out to the “Huntington Society”).   If you can support Team Hurst, great!  If you aren’t able this year, just keep the Hursts in your prayers! If you wish to show your support through a donation, see Stephen or Janet-Rose Hurst or Lauren McBeath.

If you’d like to enter a team, contact Stephen or Janet-Rose Hurst at 888-3013 to find out how to go about it.

Thanks for listening, caring, and sharing! _____________________________________________________

Phone # 905-576-2345 (effective April 23 at 5 pm)

Our Vision is to be a church responding to human hurts and hopes within its walls and beyond.

 To live out our Mission and our Vision we have established Ministries in which members of our congregation participate. We believe that every Christian has been gifted and called by God to serve Him and others. One of the goals of Session is to encourage congregational ownership of and participation in our church ministries. The more congregational members we have participating in ministries the stronger the sense of community will be within our congregation and the stronger our witness will be in the community and globally.

 Our current Ministry Teams are:

Christian Education (Sunday School, Youth, Nursery, Adult Bible Study)

Communications (Office Liaison, Newsletter, Website, Acknowledgements)

Fellowship (Family Fellowship, Ladies’ Breakfast, Receptions, Book Club, Adult Fellowship)

Mission and Outreach (Seniors’ Afternoon, Ten Thousand Villages, Seniors’ Outreach Worship, Mission Education, KD Lunch, Habitat for Humanity)

Pastoral Care (Card and Mailing, Home and Tele-Care, Hospital, Meal, Prayer)

Worship (Service, Music, Welcome, Decorating, Technology)

 If you would be interested in sharing your gifts by participating in one of the existing Ministries or if you have a passion to begin a new ministry please contact a member of the Ministries Support Team.  If a new ministry or team is to be established the Support Team will present the idea to Session for approval.

Ministries Support Team Members:

Rev. Brad Blaikie, David Buell, Nancy Harvey, Debbie Richard

Monday, July 7 th Saturday, July 12, 2014

Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
Canada Youth is a quality youth ministry program that is highly  valued by our denomination. A biennial event provides additional opportunities for participation and a greater window for youth and youth leaders to attend. It allows for additional leadership training opportunities and a broad experience of the Church. The Church perpetually identifies youth, the mission of the Church, and leadership development/equipping as essential values. CY is intensely and intentionally focused on these three essential values.

In January of 2007 the teams were introduced:

The Design Team: Chair-Katherine Schaefer, Shelley MacLeod, Bruce Montgomery, Greg Walker and Nita Ellis

In the summer of 2008, Finance and Property contracted a company called “Campaign for Coaches”. This group met with Finance and Property, Session members and some congregational members. With their help and several volunteers from the congregation the “Faith in our Future” campaign moved forward and with this a new revised fundraising team:

Faith in our Future Team – Chair-Susan Cameron, Rev Vicki Homes, Al MacIntyre, Roxanne Campbell, Don Craig, Nancy Harvey, DR Morrison and Mary Wilcox

All congregational members were contacted and visited if possible to discuss this new and exciting time in our church. With the visits calculated it was arrived at the feasibility and budget of our new church. Moving through “Our Faith in our Future” campaign was a exciting time as well as a time for questioning and reflection and a test of Faith.

Rev Vicki said it best “ In many ways this campaign has caused us to stop and reflect on who we are, what we hope to be and how we will achieve that goal ”.

Pam Campbell, the church’s Music Director wrote a beautiful song for our campaign “Faith in our Future” with Nancy Beck. The music composed by Pam and Nancy wrote the words. This was also a fundraiser for the new church by selling the autographed CD.

When the fund raising efforts were concluded, Session presented a budget to the congregation and the Design Team so more revisions were necessary on the new church plans. By 2009, Session directed the Design Team to continue working on the Coles Associates church plan and to try to identify ways to lower the projected building cost.

When the church design is put to tender, building contractors will be able to give a more accurate figure. The Design Team believes that the “Adapted church design” has a very good but modest functional design. The church must move forward and have Faith in our Future!!!