Wednesday, September 27, 2006 · Page 31 Christian Reformed Join us on Sunday at 10:00 am for our worship ervice with Pastor Fred eslinga. Sunday School for ges 3-11. Nursery supervision is provided. We will be continuing our Alpha Program beginning at 6:00 p.m. Sunday. For information on any or all programs here in this church call 776-5071. Essex Retirees' Social Club Card winners for the week of September 18th were as follows. Monday Pepper winners ere first Ruby Robertson , second Betty L. O'Neill, most Peppers Cecile St. Denis, door prize Herald Ferguson. Tuesday Pepper winners were first Lawrence Renaud, most Peppers Ethel Queen, door prize Regina Garrod. Wednesday Pepper winners were first Cecilia Edwards, second Don Ames, most Peppers Cecile St. Denis and Betty L. O'Neill tied, door prize Eileen Ames and Mildred Gaspar tied. Bridge winners were first Richard Lecours, second Georgette Nadeau. We will be teaching a bridge class in the near future for beginners and those that need to brush up on their skills. Call 7766689 and get your name on the list. Call for more information on Tai chi, our women's exercise group, carpet bowling, horseshoes, choral group, drama group, crafts, quilting, bingo and pot luck dinners. Holy Name Bereavement Support Program begins Tues. Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. for six weeks. For more information call 7266313. To register call 7768483. Life Chain on Sun. Oct. 1 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at Talbot St. and Centre St. in Essex. Please join us. Essex Food Bank is in desperate need of men to do light to heavy lifting of food boxes. Please call 776-5607 if you can help. K of C Fish Fry on Fri. Oct. 13 from 4:30-7 p.m. in our parish hall. Takeout is available. Proceeds to Essex Food Bank. St. Vincent De Paul Society is having a Clothing Drive on Oct. 14-15. Their truck will be here before and after all masses. Thank you to everyone who volunteered and particiated in our annual parish icnic. Tastie Treats Shop in ssex is donating 5% of their ales of ice cream pie and ice ream cake to our parish. Please donate canned oods and or cash to support he Ontario Association of ood Banks. Pick up date is ct. 8. Sponsored by Farm redit Canada office in Essex. Raffle ticket draw on Sun. Oct. 1. Proceeds to our Youth Ministry. Tickets available at our parish office. Lifeteen program Sun. Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. The Edge begins on Wed. Oct. 4 from 7-8:30 p.m. A trip to Silver Tee Mini Golf is planned for Oct. 18 for the second meeting. Middle Earth begins on Wed. Oct. 11. Team leader planning meeting on Wed. Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. Confirmation meeting on Sun. Oct. 1 at 6:15 p.m. Please remember Chris Jackson and his family in your prayers. Essex United The flowers in the sanctuary this week were in memory of Betty Hodgins. Sun. Oct. 1 is World Wide Communion Sunday with worship at 10:30 a.m. At 7 p.m. SSC volleyball in the gym. Everyone over 18 is welcome. Sun. Oct. 8 will be Thanksgiving Sunday. Wed. Oct. 11 is the Fall Rally for the UCW Presbytery wide. Dinner at 6 p.m. with entertainment following. Sat. Oct. 14 is the annual Pork Barbecue. Tickets available at the church. Oct. 15 is Anniversary Sunday with Normalie Voakes as guest speaker and Jeff Gorick as guest soloist. St. Paul's Anglican St. Paul's requires two ladies to assist with the Altar Guild. This voluntary position requires 1-2 hours of your time every five weeks. You will be paired with an experienced member of the guild. Please notify the church office if you are able to help. Coming soon to a church near you...midweek BCP Morning and Evening Prayer Services. Watch for further details. An auction is being planned for the fall (date to be determined) as a fundraiser for both churches. Donation of items are needed. For more information please contact Lori Lauzon or Joanne Moore. Tai Chi classed on Wednesdays at St. Paul's from 10:30-11:30 a.m. No cost, just come out for fellowship. A volunteer is needed in the office on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon. If you can help please see Loretta. Volunteers are needed to be greeters, readers, intercessors (reading the prayers of the people) and for the pastoral care team. Please prayerfully consider helping in one or more of these ministries. A sign up sheet is at the back of the church. Essex Deanery A.C.W. Fall Tea will be held on Sat. Sept. 30 from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Church of the Redeemer, Oldcastle. Come and enjoy a lovely afternoon "dresses" for tea, sign the guest book and shop in the Country Store and Bake Sale. Habitat for Humanity invites you to a day of family fun in Celebration of Building Homes. Building Hope Sat. Sept. 30 from 1-6 p.m. at the Ciociaro Club Outdoor Pavilion. Tickets can be purchased by calling 519-969-3762 ext. 23. Oct. 2-8 is Homelessness Awareness Week. On Wed. Oct. 4 the Homeless Coalition of Windsor-Essex County will host a Soup Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Charles Clark Square in Windsor. They're back! St. Paul's Pasta Dinners resume on Fri. Oct. 13. apple pie and ice cream. Tues. Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Ruthven/Olinda U.C.W. meet. Devotions Joyce, Program Ida, Lunch Lottie and Marg O. All are welcome. Peter and Kathy Baker of Durham spent the weekend with their mother, Norma Gemmell. Leamington Pregnancy Resource Centre Banquet at Colasanti's this Fri. Sept. 29 at 5:45 p.m. Tickets are available at Souled-Out Books. Bob Dutko will be the guest speaker and Sure Foundations will provide the music. "Fill The Barn" mission project is coming along nicely. Let's see how many animals we can provide for pastors and farmers on the mission field. Weather has been a bit unsettled this past weekend. We had several days of rain. Happy birthday wishes on Sunday to Marg McGee; on Wednesday to John Simpson. We wish you both the best of wishes. Happy anniversary on Wednesday to Mike and Tara Campbell as they celebrate #3 already. Best of wishes folks. The Pleasant Valley Community Club held a Pepper party on Tuesday. The winners were Barb Booker, Bob Ford, Cecilia Edwards, John Simpson, Josie Dresser, Ruth Ferguson, Don Ouellette and Helen Slavik. Come out every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. for Pepper with friends and neighbours. The regular euchre party on Saturday winners were Lynn Will, Eileen Salter, Madeline Diesbourg, Mary Demars, George Diesbourg, Ed Hedges and Helen Malott. Door prizes went to Bob Matthew and Joyce Hedges. Come out on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. for euchre with friends and neighbours. Sat. Sept. 30 and Sun. Oct. 1 Ruthven Apple Festival at Colasanti's Tropical Gardens. Come and have a piece of On Monday, September 18, there were 13 enthusiastic people who attended the first fall afternoon of cards at the Millen Centre. Euchre was played. Winners were: Men's 1st - George Diesbourg, 2nd - Don McMurren, Ladies 1st - Vera McMurren, 2nd Donna Eyraud. Lone hands The Colleen Chevalier. Friendship club will be offering a wide choice of cards, board games, etc every Monday from 1-4 pm.Come meet and join the group. Everyone welcome. Golden Links card game winners on Fri. Sept. 22 were Joanne Diesbourg, Blanche Vetor, Carl Leclair, Vera McMurren, Thomas Allison, Ethel Allison, Bob Matthew. Door prizes to Mary Demars and Madeline Diesbourg. The next card party is on Fri. Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Any ladies interested in helping with the child care for the Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) program for two hours per week, please contact Margaret Ann Gold. Iona College Prayer Series "Every Time I Go To Pray I Fall Asleep" Oct. 3 and 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Presented by Rev. Ann Corbet at Bedford U.C., 3340 Sandwich St., Windsor. For more information call 519-973-7039 or visit www.iona college.edu Thank you to all those who supported our own Janet Bennett with your prayers and pledges in the ALS Walkathon. Sun. Oct. 1 has been proclaimed as the International Day of Older Persons. To mark this day the WindsorEssex County Health Unit and the Council on Aging are inviting area seniors to join them for a rally and symposium at the Centres for Seniors, 635 McEwan Ave., Windsor from 2-4 p.m. For more information call 519-971-9217. Leamington U.C. is holding a youth retreat on Oct. 20-22 at Gesstwood Camp for teens in grades 8-12. For more information call 519326-9461 or email melodee@mdirect.net Emmanuel United Church offers a Nursing Bursary to one qualifying student. For more information please refer to the application forms on the bulletin boards. Habitat for Humanity will be hosting a Family Fun Day in celebration of Building Homes Building Hope on Sat. Sept. 30 from 1-6 p.m.at the Ciociaro Club. Tickets are available by calling 519969-3762 ext. 23. Oct. 2-8 is Homelessness Awareness Week. The Homeless Coalition of Windsor-Essex County will host a Soup Day on Wed. Oct. 4 at Charles Clark Square from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community Spaghetti Dinner on Fri. Sept. 29 from 5-7 p.m. Takeout is available. Presbyterial Essex U.C.W. Fall Rally on Wed. Oct. 11 at Essex United Church. R.S.V.P. by Oct. 4 at 519-776-5121 or 519-7764000. There has been a lot of work going on at Cottam United Church. Pastor Kim and the congregation would like to invite everyone to a Rededication Celebration which will be held on Sun. Oct. 1 starting at 10:15 a.m. Special guests on that day will be many people, both inside and outside the congregation, who helped to make this vision a reality. There will be special music by the choir and Jeff Gorick who will share his gifts of music and song. Bring a friend. The Essex Food Bank need people with strong back to help carry supplies on Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9 a.m. Please call 776-5607. Ruthven Apple Festival is happening this weekend. Cottam United Sun. Oct. 1 Rededication Celebration. We will also be celebrating World Wide Communion. Lunch will follow. Property Committee is looking for people interested in doing some church flower bed clean up and trimming bushes. Call 839-4165. The C.E. Committee is still in desperate need of volunteers to help teach Sunday school for this unit as well as at least two people to share responsibility for the nursery. Speak with Sharon or Tracy. Happy belated blessings to Emily and Russell Goddard and Mary Paluch. Happy birthday blessings to Christine Morand and Heather McLeod and special angel Joe Strong on the 28th of Sept. and to Lillian Wells on Oct. 9. Happy anniversary blessings to Karen and Paul Colenutt on Oct. 1 and Barbara and Clair Cowan on the 6th. Trinity Anglican Church Thank you to Jeff Gorick for coming and sharing his musical talents with our morning service. Tai chi classes to start Wednesdays, at St. Paul from 10:30-11:30 am. Happy Birthday this week to Sharon Kistulinec. The U.C.W. Social Committee will be meeting on Thurs. Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. to plan the Turkey Supper which is on Oct. 25 at B-M. World Communion Sunday is Oct. 1. The Iler Lodge Nursing Home Service is on Tues. Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. Thanksgiving Sunday is Oct. 8. Gesto U.C. annual Turkey Supper is on Thurs. Sept. 28 starting at 4:30 p.m. Takeout is available. Woodslee U.C. are having a Community Spaghetti Dinner on Sept. 29 from 5-7 p.m. Takeout is available. St. Mary's Mission Group held a successful Refugee Shower and coffee hour last weekend after mass. They were able to fill a van with household goods and also received $500 in donations. Future events include the October Mitten Drive and the Apple Crisp Sunday on Oct. 22. For the next two weeks St. Mary's parishioners will be collecting canned goods for the Ontario Association of Food Banks after all the masses. The Fish Fry on Fri. Oct. 13 at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Essex from 4:30-7 p.m. will benefit the Essex Food Bank. Tickets are available at the door. Mark your calendar for the adult Hallowe'en and dinner party in memory of Pam McLean on Oct. 28. For tickets call 723-4510. All proceeds will go to the Children's Aid Society. Many thanks to Jeff Evon and Rosanne Lauzon for organizing the inter-parish baseball game between St. Mary's and St. John's recently. It was great fun and an event that bears repeating. Gesto Turkey Supper is on Thurs. Sept. 28 starting at 4:30 p.m. Takeout is available. World Communion Sunday will be held on Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. Chapel service at the Country Village on Oct. 3 at 10:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Sunday is on Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. at Gesto. You are invited to a Community Spaghetti Dinner on Fri. Sept. 29 from 5-7 p.m. at Woodslee United Church. Takeout is available. Haiti Mission Project annual Walkathon on the Chrysler Greenway from Harrow to Kingsville is on Sat. Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. For more information call 519776-9949.