Weekly Announcements
For the week of July 20th 2025
News & Events
NEWS
FRIENDLY REMINDER: HOSTS NEEDED FOR COFFEE HOURS
If you are interested in hosting, please sign up using the sheet on the welcome table. Expenses can be reimbursed through the office; all you need to do is submit your receipt(s). Please note that coffee hours will only take place on Sundays if someone has signed up to facilitate!
OFFICE HOUR UPDATE
Please note that Jenna will be away from the office July 21-25. Canon Lisa will be in for her usual hours, but the office will be closed on Monday, July 21st. Please call ahead if you’d like to come by. Normal office hours resume Monday, July 28th.
CANON LISA’S SUMMER HOLIDAYS
Canon Lisa will be taking her summer holidays this year from August 4th – September 2nd. Our Honorary Assistant, Captain The Rev. Greg Bailey, will be covering the 8am & 10am services on August 10th, 17th, and August 24th. The Lay Readers will be leading a Morning Prayer Service on Sunday, August 31st- please note therewill be no 8am service on this Sunday.
NAME TAGS
Gentle reminder to please wear your name tags at church to help new members of the community get to know everyone!
NEW LIBRARY BOOKS
Our new Indigenous books will be in the Library and ready to borrow. Please stop by and take a look and a book! Thank you to the kind person who anonymously donated four of these books, we are very grateful to you.
FOOD BANK COMMUNITY GARDEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Our Local Outreach Ministry is looking for a handful of volunteers to help harvest vegetables at a community garden (Hoover Pk. & 10th Line) in aid of the Stouffville Foodbank. Help is needed Tuesday evenings from 6pm-7pm so the fresh produce can be delivered to the Food Bank on Wednesday morning. You don’t need to be available every Tuesday, but if you’d like to help, please give your name to Jenna in the office.
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MEMBERS FOR SYNOD
Are you between the ages of 16 and 30 and interested in church governance? If so, speak to Canon Lisa to express your interest in becoming a youth and young adult member of Synod. As a group of 40 like-minded youth, you will attend Pre-Synod (Oct. 4) and Synod (Nov. 7 - 8) and play a key role in voting on the important matters facing our Church.
LIBRARY HIGHLIGHT: OUR OWN AUTHORS
Please take a look at the Christ Church adult library as we have two books of poetry authored by Larry Hopperton, who’s a member of our choir, and one book, "Grant us Tomorrow", a medical memoir which the stories of the Health Team missions to Northern Ghana with GRID and NEA, authored by Dr. Jennifer Wilson who is a GP from Uxbridge.
York Region Food Network's Good Food Box
York Region Food Network is a non-profit community organization based in Aurora and serves the Region. The Good Food Box program offers fresh, quality fruits and vegetables from local farmers at 19th Avenue Farmer's Market and sell them at wholesale pricing. They've recently added a pick-up location in Stouffville. The program is open to everyone and The Good Food Box is available for pick-up on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. The contents of each box are different and will change based on seasonal availability. Each Good Food Box contains 6-8 types of fruits and vegetables and cost $18 (plus PayPal fees). The boxes are packed in Aurora by YRFN staff and a team of volunteers. For more information, check out their website (here).
MISSING KEYS
Are you missing a set of keys? A set has been in the church office for a couple months and no one has come to claim it. If you have been missing your keys, we have them! There's a Freightliner tag attached to the ring. If this sounds like your keys, please contact the church office!
EVENTS
2025 CHRIST CHURCH GOLF CLASSIC
Mark your calendars! This year’s golf tournament, will again be held at Spring Creek Golf Course on Saturday, September 6th. The maximum number of golfers is 54 with a shotgun start time of 3:00pm. Non-golfers are cordially invited to join the group for supper after the golf. More info to come, but if you have any questions, please contact the office or Jermain Franklin.
FRIDAY NIGHT FLOOR HOCKEY RETURNS!
We are excited to announce that Friday night floor hockey is coming back to Christ Church! Join us Friday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm starting September 12th for a multigenerational pick-up hockey league (minimum age of 12 to play). This will be "No contact" hockey with sticks and goalie equipment provided. Players may choose to bring additional safety equipment. No ice hockey sticks (except goalie sticks) will be permitted.
Light refreshments will be provided. For further information please speak to Adam, James or Geoff. This event is open to the community. We look forward to seeing you there!
HIP CULTURE IN CONCERT – SEPT. 18
Tickets are available now for Hip Culture in Concert on September 18th at 7pm at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, music written and composed by Christ Church member Iggy Natoli and with performances by Andrea Stewart-Franklin. Tickets available through hipculturemusic.com
ACW SAVE THE DATES
Save the date for upcoming ACW events:
1) October 19 - ACW hosted parish Muffin Breakfast. Ruth Patterson - guest speaker
2) November 23 - ACW Sunday. More details to follow.
YOUTH INVITED TO DIOCESAN FALL RETREAT
Registration is open for the Diocesan ReCharge Youth Retreat on Sept. 26-28 at Muskoka Woods, open to youth age 12-18. The cost is $130 for the weekend, and $50 for the optional bus with subsidies available. All meals, snacks accommodations and activities are included. Please speak to Canon Lisa if you are interested in attending. The deadline for registration is Sept. 14.
SAVE THE DATE: OUTREACH CONFERENCE
The 2025 Outreach & Advocacy Conference, “Seeking Signs of Resurrection,” will take place online on Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Rodrigo Espiuca, an Anglican priest, environmental and human rights lawyer, coordinator of advocacy strategies for the Diocese of Brasilia, and newly appointed Communion Forest facilitator for the Americas, will be the keynote speaker. The day will also feature workshops on a variety of outreach and justice topics. Registration will open in September.
SAVE THE DATE: DIOCESAN WORSHIP SERVICES
Bishop Andrew Asbil is encouraging Anglicans to attend one – or more – of the five large worship gatherings planned around the diocese in 2025. “It’s an opportunity for our community to come together and pray and sing and rejoice as followers of Jesus Christ,” he says.
The dates and locations are:
Sept. 27 at 2 p.m. at St. James, Orillia
Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. at St. Paul, Bloor Street
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
If you would like to add someone to our prayer list, please fill out our prayer request form. We ask that you seek permission from the person you wish us to pray for before submitting the form. Only first names will be read out during the service to help preserve privacy.