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Sunday Services:  8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

Church School and Nursery are  provided at the 10:00 a.m. service.

Senior’s Service & Tea: 1st Wednesday of the month except July & August.

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

• Wednesday January 25     Healing Service
• Thursday January 26        Bible Study
• Friday January 27              Knitters
• Friday January 27              Ball Hockey
• Sunday January 29             Vestry
• Wednesday February 1     Seniors Service
• Friday February 3             Christ Church Ski Day
• Friday February 4             Dave Parson’s Quintet 7:30
• Sunday February 5          Black History Month
• Wednesday February 8   Holy Hollywood
• Sunday February 12         Muffin Breakfast
• Sunday February 19        African Drummers & Cultural Snacks
• Sunday February 26         Guest Speaker
• Friday March 2                  Pied Piper Panto
• Saturday March 3             Pied Piper Panto
• Sunday March 4                Pied Piper Panto 

THE RATS ARE COMING, THE RATS ARE COMING……

To Christ Church Anglican actually, on March 2, 3, 4, 2012.  The Youth Group’s 19^th annual English pantomime (or Family Musical as some professional companies call it) for this coming year will be The Pied Piper of Hamelin.  In case anyone is not familiar with it, this is a legend from the middle ages, about a town inGermany that was overrun with rats.  A wandering minstrel – who became known as the Pied Piper – played music which mesmerized all the rats into following him.  He led them to the river where they all fell in and drowned.  Unfortunately the town decided not to pay him for his work, so to gain revenge the Piper played for all the children of the town, enticing them to follow him up into the hills.  The children were never heard from again.

Much as parents may sometimes sympathize with the Pied Piper and in fact many undoubtedly have moments when they might consider hiring him, we can’t allow sad endings in a pantomime.  As usual, the names have been changed to protect the innocent, and liberties have been taken with the original story line to suit our purposes.  If you come to see the show, you will see lots of little rats, and one rather large one played by a well known local artiste.  You will meet an incompetent police force, and a queen with a serious attitude problem; a councilor who will remind you of Che Guevara and a widow woman with awful fashion sense; a young man suffering from unrequited love and a musical Piper.  There will be music and dance, laughter and tears, great sets, lighting and special effects, the usual complement of Uxbridge jokes – in short the best value entertainment Stouffville has to offer, suitable for all ages.

So mark down the dates and be prepared to come and support the young people who put so much effort into this annual production.  There will be 4 shows in the Great Hall at 254 Sunset Boulevard, 7.30pm on Friday March 2, 2pm and 7.30pm on Saturday March 3, & 2pm on Sunday March 4.  Everyone involved looks forward to seeing you there.

 

November 6th saw our Newcomers Breakfast at 9:00 sponsored by the Welcome Committee followed by the Remembrance Day Service at 10:00. We met and mingled with about 20 Newcomers at a fabulous breakfast then participated in a very moving and respectful service of Remembrane.  The choir was again spectacular singing “In Flanders Fields” by Eleanor Daly accompanied by Andrew Wells on the trumpet.  The Senior Youth participated in the service with a poem

called “In Flanders Fields”.                   

 

 

 

 

 

On Saturday October 30th Christ Church hosted Harvest Harmony featuring the Barons of Barbershop and the Ontario Heartland Sweet Adeline Chorus.  Also performing were students from Stouffville District Secondary School’s choir Spartan Sound.  What a fabulous evening of a cappella music.  Jim Rehill at one point in the evening directed both choirs proving once again his incredible musical talent.  Jim has been directing the Barons since 1996 raising thousands of dollars for their charity Harmonzie For Speech which supports children and adults with speach defects. What a fabulous evening of music!

Saturday November 12th – CHRIST CHURCH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MARKET. 

Our annual Market is always the highlight of the year – from the fabulous baking (pies, squares, preserves and individual serving sizes) to the highly successful Silent Auction….not to mention to Tea Room.  However, this fabulous event takes lots of volunteers to run smoothly. 

If you are interested in a Vendor table contact Diane Ferguson.  If you have an item for the Silent Auction contact Linda Hutchison.  If you would like to help with the Tea Room contact Cynthia Paulikot.  The Book Nook always needs lots of help – contact Sheila Copeland. Come out and join the fun.

 

 

On Friday October 21st a dedicated group of parisioners packed up 38 bags of men’s, women’s and childen’s winter clothing to be delivered to Porter House and Trinity Aurora.  This annual winter clothing drive is one of the most successful outreach projects Christ Church undertakes each year.  Many thanks to everyone who donated so generously.

                                                     

                                                       On Saturday, September 24^th, 2011 we held our 3^rd annual Ecumenical Animal Blessing service here atChristChurch.  This service was co-hosted byStouffvilleUnitedChurch and was a great day for creatures of all kinds to come out and be blessed.  The weather was excellent and through music and Scripture readings we celebrated the blessing of the animals in our lives and how animals help in our community.

 

On Sunday September 18th we officially welcomed our new Choir Director Oksana Vignan.  Oksana comes to us with a wealth of knowledge of various musical liturgical styles.  She hopes to expand the choir at Christ Church as well as adding a Youth Choir using our very talented young musicians.  Come and be part of the new Music Ministry at Christ Church.

The Christ Church Annual Golf Tournament was held September 10th in brilliant sunshine to a full field of golfers.  Some of the highlights were:

Winning Team:

      - 9      John Hall, Copie Senior, Nick McCowan, Russell Ward
Second Place Team:    

      – 7            Brian Moffatt, Jeffrey Stapleton, David Stapleton, Bruce James
Tied for Third:         

      – 5       Jim Rehill, David Rehill, Scott Rehill, Mike Rehill                    

      – 5        Jim Winters, Hugh Miller, Frank Macina
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Most Honest Team:                              

     O’Neil’s  -  Kelly Martinniello, Bob Tabone, Hugh Gagnon, Vanessa Censoni
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Men’s Closest to Pin:                 Jeff Stapleton
Women’s Closet to Pin:               Carol Wilson
 Men’s Longest Drive:                 Brian Moffatt
Women’s Longest Drive:              Linda Stapleton
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Draw Prize:

       First Prize – Golf Stool made by Mike Reilly             Rod Hooper
       Second Prize -  Camera                                   Scott Rehill
       Third Prize   -  Jar of Golf Balls                        Derek Sawyer
 

Noteables:  Rehill foursome included Jim and all 3 sons for the first time, Scott, Mike & David.
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Jason -  A leftie…played golf for the very first time and did quite well.
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Perfect weather, great dinner and wonderful friendship.  All in all a successful tournament.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES:  On Sunday June 19th we honoured our graduates Kashtin Callaghan, Jenna Goldsmith, Ellie Smith, Caroline Gillespie, Matthew Hadaway, Christopher Daniels and Billy Sutton. Congratulations to all and we’ll miss you as you travel to further your studies.  Kashtin Callaghan was awarded the Warden’s Bursary to help with expenses while she pursues her studies at Trent University. We at Christ Church wish you all much success.

CHRIST CHURCH 2ND ANNUAL BALL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT On Saturday, June 25^th we held our second annual Christ Church ball hockey tournament.  It was an enjoyable day with kids of all ages turning out to try and capture the coveted Christ Church Cup (which is second only to the Stanley Cup in fame and value!).  After a hard fought day of very close games and a great pizza lunch, the Hornets team came out on top.  They now have the bragging rights for the coming year.  A big thank you to Jane Smith for scorekeeping, everyone who came out to help with the tournament and to Rev. Jason and Rev. John and for all of those who have made our ball hockey nights one of the most enjoyable and fruitful ministries over this past year.  See you in September when we resume the Friday ball hockey nights. We are always looking for new players of both sexes. Every welcome to join in the fun.

CHRIST CHURCH MEDIEVAL BANQUET & FAIR MAY 28TH 

Oyez!!!!  Oyez!!!!  Oyeh!!!! Now hear this!  T’was a night of rollicking entertainment at Christ Church Anglican on Sunset Boulevard in Stouffville last Saturday!

That was the scene last Saturday night when the parish invited all to a night of medieval festivities.  Perhaps the only church in Canada where you could buy water-soaked sponge balls to throw at the minister with his head projecting through the stocks, but he was a good sport and soaked it all up willingly.  He was still chuckling about the experience Sunday morning.

There was the handsome His Puissant Majesty King Vincent Henri of Stouffville and his beautiful Queen Wendy the Fair of West Markham in all their finery with their Lady-in-Waiting Lady Eleanor of Aqua Velva and His Grace Jason Lord Archbishop of Newcastle at the Royal Table with their goblets, the Court Jester at their command.  We beheld delightfully pretty ladies in medieval costumes circulating through the crowd,  monks washing dishes and other royal duties, games of toss and a punch and Judy for the kids, two groups of roaming balladeers,  the Jolly Dragon Tavern for those with a thirst, the scullery in frantic action preparing the feast, a proud knight in his chain mail with his grandchildren in their lovely dresses, a villain in the stocks repenting his sins, it was a feast for the senses and took us all back to those wonderfully romantic times. The Banquet had people gnawing on their pork ribs with appropriate vegetables grown in the Royal fields we believe. There were no dogs to toss our bones to!  During the meal there was professional level musical entertainment from our young people, absolutely phenomenal talent we all thought.

All followed by a musical concert by the combined groups of balladeers. As if that were not enough, we then had a jousting competition with the crowd roaring for blood as it were.  The loser was busy demanding a new judge as in the photo-finish he detected a new situation in his favour!

The King showed his remarkable singing talent with his huge booming voice enchanting us. Our favourite song was “Henery the Eighth I am”; to our knowledge never before sung by a King himself? Perhaps that is why he is in our choir?  Our witty monk acting as master of ceremonies kept surprising us with his charm and humour and kept the pace up.  Sadly, later spotted with a beer and thereby breaking his vow of abstinence.

The silent auction, with a vast variety of unique items donated by parishioners, was a great success and raised valuable funds that will go toward church programmes in support of the community.

This was a sell-out event well supported by people in the community who all seemed to have a wonderful time.  An outstanding evening to remember.

Submitted by Don Pratt, photographer and a happy guest.

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