Christian Education Meeting Sunday November 18th immediately following the service in the Sunday School area.

Lunch will be provided. Please try to attend so we can plan out our year and discuss some new ideas. New members wanting to join this committee are welcome to join us. A thank you to everyone who has signed up to set-up and clean-up coffee and treats on Sunday mornings. I still require 2 people for March, April, May and June. The Sign up sheet is in the church office or contact Anne Marie/Tim Pauli at either 519-271-6718 or at timpauli@rogers.com.

OUR WEEKLY MISSION - The Thanksgiving Food Drive is going on in Stratford right now. Making purchases at the Food Bank Table in the Narthex would be a very easy way to support this very important project. Show your thankfulness in a very practical way. Music at Knox- Choir Practice is held every Thursday at 7:30pm. Please join us! Praise Explosion - Please speak to Suzanne if you are interested in joining this group.

Nursery Volunteers Today: Annie Pottle & Helen MacAlpine Nursery Volunteers Next week: Diane Parker & Bev Hider Church Opening Today: Tim Pauli Church Opening Next week: Tim Pauli Ushers this week: Dale Bast, Lori & Kirk Speiran, Ron Gray Greeters this week: Mary & Jim Dougall Greeters next week: Barb & Elmer Dredge Coffee this week: Dorothy Drake & Carolyn Stock Scripture Reader: Shirley Weitzel

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Nov 4th 2012 11:00 am

Minister- Rev. Mark Gedcke Director of Music- Suzanne Strahan

Stewardship Moment- Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 NRSV

Preparation for Worship - Prayer, Meditation and Quiet Visiting Prelude: To a Wild Rose - E. MacDowell, arr. A. Smith Welcome and Announcements CALL TO WORSHIP: Leader: We gather as this church People: We bring our joys and our triumphs. Leader: We bring our disappointments and sorrows. People: We bring our enthusiasm and zeal. Leader: we bring our doubts and our questions. People: we offer them to God, Leader: who was, who is, and who always shall be, People: our God
(from the gathering- Frances Flook, Ema/Devlin P.C. Emo, Ont.)

OPENING HYMN: # 434 For the beauty of the earth

PRAYER OF ADORATION, CONFESSION AND THE LORDS PRAYER (Sung #831):

PASSING OF THE PEACE: Leader: The Peace of Christ be with you Congregation: And also with you. (Please greet each other and return to your seat)

ANTHEM: Lord, I Stretch My Hands to You - Jay Althouse CHILDRENS HYMN: # 476 Amigos de Cristo / Friends of the Lord All the children are welcome to gather at the front of the church during the singing of the last verse. CHILDRENS TIME: SCRIPTURE READINGS: Ruth 1:1-18 Mark 12:28-34 SERMON: "Stand by me" HYMN # 481 Blest be the tie that binds OFFERING: Minuet - Handel, arr. Wolff OFFERTORY: OFFERTORY PRAISE: # 830 Praise God from whom all blessings flow PRAYER OF DEDICATION (together) Loving Provider, we share our thanksgiving through this offering. Help us to use our gifts and talents to stand up for those who are in need. Amen. Hymn # 449 Lord, listen to your children praying PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE CLOSING HYMN # 371 Love divine, all loves excelling (verses 1,2,4) BENEDIDICTION: Song of blessing: 622 Go now in peace POSTLUDE: Marche Royale - Lully, arr. Hopson
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For Sunday, November 11th, our worship service begins at 10:45 AM. We will have a Remembrance Day Ceremony that will lead us to having a minute of silence at 11 AM.

NURSERY NEWS Wanted: People of all ages. Qualifications: Have to love children. Job description: Willing to give 1 maybe 2 Sundays a month to playing with children during the church service. If this position appeals to you contact: Bev. Hider 519-271-4909 or jimbevstratford@sympatico.ca

Parents Mark your Calendars! November 18th Noon until 2pm Pizza Party with Rev. Mark. All of the children in the Sunday School are invited to stay after Church for an afternoon of pizza, games, music and fun!! Rev. Mark is excited to get to know the children of Knox and has invited all of them to join him for a great afternoon. We hope all the children can make it for this fun event!
FROM THE ALLEY
With the colder weather we are getting our winter coats into the store. If you have Kids winter coats and snow suits, we can use them. KIDS CHRISTMAS We are starting our collection of items for the Kids Christmas sale early. You can put donations in the bin in the Narthex. We are always short on gifts for men and teens. The sale will take place on Dec 8th. We will need lots of help on this day so mark your calendars now.

The Spruce Lodge annual Christmas, Garden, Bake & Variety Sale will be held Saturday, November 17th from 9 am to 2 pm in the Spruce Lodge Auditorium. All proceeds go toward programs for our residents.

PWS&D Giving the Gift of Opportunity in Nicaragua

UNFORGETTABLEthats the word that most accurately describes the two weeks I spent in Nicaragua as a participant on a Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) Youth Food Study Tour, says Colleen Borland. Along with eight other young adults from across Canada, she visited development projects supported by Presbyterian World Service & Development and CFGB to witness firsthand how food security and nutrition programs are changing the lives of small-scale farmers and their families. If I had to choose one lesson that embodies my experience in Nicaragua, it would be this: the most valuable gift you can give someone is opportunity. To learn more about Colleens experience and the work of our church in Nicaragua, read the latest issue of PWSDevelopments. Visit WeRespond.ca or order your copy by contacting Emily Vandermeer (1-800-619-7301 ext. 293, evandermeer@presbyterian.ca).

Presbyterian Sharing
CANADA: Reaching up and reaching out

University Presbyterian Church is located in the busy, lowincome Jane & Finch community in north-west Toronto. It is a very diverse neighbourhood, with one of the highest proportions of youth, sole-supported families, refugees, immigrants and public housing tenants of any community in Toronto. University Church is reaching out to the community through its Reaching Up program, which offers a homework club, music school and youth mentoring. The goal is to promote educational excellence as the ultimate solution to overcoming poverty and violence. Presbyterians Sharing supports University Church as it reaches out to families who are seeking to give their children a brighter future.

Minister: Rev. Mark Gedcke 519 575 8817 or by email at mgedcke@knoxstratford.com Director of Music: Suzanne Strahan Treasurer: Shannon Archer Office: 519-271-0373 knoxs@wightman.ca OFFICE HOURS 9am- NOON Tuesday through Friday

Phoenix Survivors of Perth County invites you to an open house on Friday Nov 16th from 12-2pm at 95 Frederick St. Please call 519 -273 -7780 for more information. ************************************************* Reminders from the WMS- Womens Missionary Society November 20th- Retirement Tea for Rev. Anne Yee Hibbs 2:00pm till 4:00pm Avonton Presbyterian Church 66th Synodical- April 16/17, 2013 Kincardine WMS 100th Anniversary- May 15th 2014 Womens Gathering May 16-19th 2014 IODE Yuletide Tour of Homes Mark your calendars for Saturday Nov 24th and Sunday November 25th 11am till 4pm for the annual tour of homes. There is a flyer on the bulletin board at the back of the Church with more information. Tickets are $ 20 per person and can be purchased from any IODE member or by calling Mary Bondi at 519 271 5522.

Knox North Easthope Presbyterian Church invites you to a Gospel in Harmony with a festive Flare Close Connection on Sunday Nov 18th at 7pm. Tickets are $15 per person. There is more information on the bulletin board at the back if you wish to attend. St. Andrews Presbyterian Church will be hosting a Raise the Roof Snazzy Fundraiser and Dessert Auction. It will be held on Nov 24 th starting at 5:30pm. Tickets are $15. There is more information on the bulletin board. St. Andrews Presbyterian Church is also hosting a fundraiser for selling seeds in the community. Seed Plots vary and are available for $10.00 or $15.00. For more information contact their church office at 519 271 5668. County of Perth Community Choir will be hosting their first concert called Sing for the Joy of It here at Knox on Tuesday Nov 27 th at 7:30pm. Tickets are available at the door and cost $10.