Wednesday, October 18, 2006 · Page 32 Christian Reformed You are invited on Sunday at 10 a.m. for worship service with Pastor Fred Heslinga. Sunday school for children 311 yrs. Nursery is provided. oin us for our Lord's Supper elebration service at 6 p.m. GEMS and Cadets meet n Mondays from 7-8:30 .m. Coffee Break Ladies Bible tudy Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. ursery is provided. For more information call 76-5071. Holy Name CWL Twilight Retreat here on Fri. Oct. 27, 4 p.m. confessions, 5 p.m. mass, 6 p.m. K of C Fish Fry 7 p.m. guest speaker Mary Beth Mitchell, 8-9 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Donations of canned goods to Essex Food Bank is greatly appreciated. If you are interested in becoming a K of C member, please call 519-776-7812 or 519-965-1221. For the month of October, drivers are needed to take cancer patients to their appointments. Please call 776-5128. South County Cor VIII will take place Oct. 27-29. Grade 6, 7, 8 dance on Fri. Oct. 20 from 7-10 p.m. in the parish hall. The Amazing Race on Sat. Nov. 4. Join us for a treasure hunt around Essex County. Steak or chicken dinner afterwards. Tickets available from Claire. K of C Fish Fry on Fri. Oct. 27 from 4:30-7 p.m. in our parish hall. Takeout is available. Proceeds to our Parish Mission Club. For more information on the Bereavement Support Program, call 726-6313. St. Paul's Anglican The Essex Food Bank is in need of the following: jello, pork and beans, canned soup, peanut butter, macaroni and cheese and any kind of pasta as well as small empty jam jars. Please place your donations in the basket at the church entrance. Thank you. Thank you to everyone who helped at and supported the Pasta Dinner held on Friday. and Silent Concert Auction on Wed. Nov. 1. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Fireflies Concert from 7:308:30 p.m. with the auction to follow. Donations of items are needed. Please have all items into the office no later than Oct. 25. The money raised will go towards Shared Expenses for St. Paul's and Trinity. Contacts are Joanne Moore and Lori Lauzon. Tickets are now available for purchase in the church office. Essex United Sun. Oct. 22 worship at 10:30 a.m. SSC Volleyball at 7 p.m. Also at 7 p.m. let's watch TV together. Spirit Connections is interviewing the Rt. Rev. David Guiliano, our new Moderator and reviewing highlights of the 39th General Assembly. Also on Oct. 22 is the Gesstwood Camp colour walk from 1-5 p.m. Refreshments to follow. Oct. 27/28 is the Yard Sale. Ellen Smith and Al Halliday are the convenors. Items for the sale may be dropped off Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. till noon. Help will be needed on Thurs., Fri., and Sat. Sign-up sheets at the back of the church. 2007 church calendars are now available from the church office or Phyllis Armstrong. Salvation Army Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m., transportation is available, call 519-776-4628. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. is Home League for all ladies. Thursday at 7 p.m. is band practice. 8 p.m. Corps Council Meeting. Home League Luncheon on Fri. Oct. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets in advance are available from Home League members. Bethel-Maidstone U.C. Sunday service is at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Lilian Patey. Sunday school is at 10:30 a.m. A nursery is provided. New office hours are Mon., Tues. and Wed. from 6-8 p.m. Messages can be left on the answering machine. The Photo Directories have arrived. Please see Carson or Heidi after church to receive your copy. Turkey Supper is on Wed. Oct. 25 starting at 3 p.m. Help will be needed to pre- pare and cleanup for the supper. Rev. Wib Dawson will be speaking on Sun. Oct. 29 at B-M for the Bible Society. On Sun. Oct. 29 there is a "Falltastic Celebration" to help the Sunday school support Gesstwood Camp. Join them after church and Sunday school for fall treats and sundaes. The next task being undertaken is a float in the Essex Santa Claus Parade on Nov. 25, the theme being "Christmas In Candy Cane Lane". Donations of old white sheets (non-returnable); old rags; tin foil; brown craft paper; red, white and green poster paints; paint brushes of all sizes; white spray paint; fishing line; wide plastic red ribbon; old tree ornaments; tinsel, etc. and 2000 small candy canes in cellophane wrappers and lots and lots of help, all greatly needed and appreciated. Please keep Marcy and Carl Mackenzie Rutherford who are in hospital, in your thoughts and prayers and all others who are under the weather. A call or card would be greatly appreciated. The congregation extends its deepest sympathy to Hannah Flood on the death of her son Wesley. Parishioners are invited to join the Mission Group of St. Mary's on Oct. 22 for Apple Crisp Sunday. Thanks to Elaine Simard's donation of pumpkins, there will be pumpkin decorating for children of all ages. Please remember to bring mittens for the missions. Four evenings of discussion and information on parenting begin Nov. 6 from 7-9 p.m. at St. Mary's hall and continue on Nov. 13, 20 and 27. Sign up on Sat. and Sun. Oct. 21 and 22. You may also call 519-723-4458 to register for ideas on the most important vocation, parenting. St. Mary's school and church donated 792 pounds of food for area food banks in the recent Farm Credit's "Drive Away Hunger" campaign. Your gift of food is greatly appreciated. Don't forget to get your tickets for the adult Halloween and dinner party on Oct. 28 in memory of Pam McLean and the Children's Aid Society. Call 723-4510 for ticket information. Our sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Pat Knuckle and family on the recent death of their son. Congratulations to the Maidstone Recreation Centre on a successful summer season. Sand volleyball was enjoyable thanks to Brian Soulliere, J.P. Baillargeon and Earl Peiffer. Eighteen teams played in the family baseball tournament with the Deehan family winning the A division. The Bernard Hayes Trophy was awarded to the Joe Martin family. A donation of $1,000 will be made to St. Anne's School Bernard Hayes Bursary on their behalf. Tuesday euchre continues at the Centre at 1 p.m. and beginning Nov. 3 there will be progressive euchre starting at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a men's euchre tournament at St. Mary's hall on Sat. Nov. 4. Call 739-0475 for details and to enter your ten person team. The Recreation Centre also plans on resuming their Texas Hold'em poker. For details call 723-2216. Card party at St. Stephen's on Thurs. Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. Seedlings meet on Sat. Oct. 21 at Redeember from 10-11 a.m. The theme will be Thanksgiving. Friendship Circle meets on Mon. Oct. 23 at St. Stephen's. Scrapbooking weekend Fri. Oct. 27, 5-12 p.m. and Sat. Oct. 28, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 776-7846. St. Stephen's Turkey Supper will be on Wed. Nov. 8 beginning at 3 p.m. The next Soup Day will be on Nov. 19. December Soup Day is cancelled. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Burford/Wellwood family in the loss of a dear father, grandfather and great grandfather, George.