This Week at St. Andrew's

The monthly meeting of the 'Wine, Cheeses and Jesus' fellowship group will be held tonight, Thursday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room. Our new Associate Minister, the Rev. Bob Faris, will join us for an evening of informal conversation.

Road Closures and Restrictions - Sunday, June 19th

1) Luminato is being held at David Pecaut Square (formerly Metro Square) until June 19th. While King, Adelaide and Richmond streets will remain open, many surrounding north/south streets will be closed, and there may be significant congestion on King St. W. due to pedestrians and parking for Eco-Cabs. The north curb lane on Wellington St. W. will also be closed in order to park generators, trailers and catering trucks.

2) Celebrate Bloor Festival - Bloor St. East and West, from Church St. to Avenue Rd., will be completely closed to celebrate the official re-opening of Bloor St.

3) North by Northeast Music Festival - there will be curb lane closures on Victoria St. and Dundas Square near Yonge-Dundas Square.

The monthly meeting of the Wine, Cheeses and Jesus fellowship group will be held tonight, Thursday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room. Our new Associate Minister, the Rev. Bob Faris, will join us for an evening of informal conversation.

Everyone is welcome. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Remmelt Hummelen at oestgeest07@yahoo.ca or to Judy Neal in the church office.

The traditional service of Holy Communion originally scheduled for Sunday, June 12 will take place on June 19th.

A special congregational meeting will be held on Sunday, June 26 in the Great Hall immediately following the worship service. At this meeting we will review and vote on the bids for our new church sign and for restoration of the north (King Street) facade. Everyone is encouraged to attend this important congregational meeting.

The Church School picnic has been postponed until Sunday June 26, 2011. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Erica Cooke at cookegande@rogers.com by Wednesday June 22, 2011.

5) Presbyterians Sharing... JUSTICE MINISTRIES: Migrant agricultural workers in Canada

Our gifts to Presbyterians Sharing support the work of Justice Ministries. The Bible is full of stories of uprooted people. There are more than two hundred million migrants worldwide. In some provinces, the number of temporary foreign workers annually outnumbers the number of new immigrants. Each year, thousands of people travel to Canada to do seasonal farm work. Why is such a journey made? How can we respond to our uprooted brothers and sisters? Eleven Presbyterians will travel to the Niagara region of Southern Ontario June 24-26, 2011 to learn about and meet with migrant farm workers and labour union representatives seeking answers to these questions. Most participants of this gathering were participants of the migrant mission trip to the US/Mexico border (in 2007 or 2009) and have committed to learn about migrant workers in Canada.

Donations to the Church, and to ministries such as the 'Out of the Cold' programme, can be made online. To learn more, please click on the button below!