St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, Ontario

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March is Mission Month

Women Mission Society (WMS) members Helen Cleghorn, Emily Finney and Marg Lewis shared their experiences and concerns from their travel in 2008 to Jobat,India.
The Disciple aged students will participate in learning centres throughout the month about India.
On March 22 parents/adults are invited to spend the morning helping students.They will build Taj Mahals and celebrate India. Join the children at 9:45 a.m and be prepared for a fun morning!
All the offering the children collect in March and April will go to helping the children of Jobat, India. The WMS will help us with this.
Please encourage your child to remember their offering and think of ways of increasing it.
Updates on our progress will be shared.

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March 29 Family Night

Come at 5:00 p.m for a potluck supper with your church family. After supper listen to the Worship band and make an Easter Story Centrepiece. The Easter basket will have 12 Easter eggs that are filled with symbols of the story. Each egg will help you remember the story.
Sign-up is in the church office.

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Holy Week - weekdays

Each night of Holy Week there is a service at 7:00 pm in the chapel.
This year the children can attend a Holy Week program in the Temple at the same time.
Come one night or all four nights.
We will hearing stories and doing holy week crafts..

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Good Friday - April 10

During the 11:00 a.m Good Friday Worship we will be having a children's program. We will be viewing the Three Tree story and creating a Good Friday craft.
Children who wish to attend the Sancutary Service are always most welcome but the children temple program is an alternative for other children.
Attend Good Friday as a Family and select the program that suits you!!.

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Beginners

The children of the Beginner department will follow the lectionary and look at selected New Testament stories leading to Easter.
On March 29 they will also look at India and how we can help others in other countries.
The beginners sing the last hymn before they join the service and learn about it..

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Easter Sunrise Service

* Join the Youth Group for an early service.
* It is followed by a light breakfast.
* Featuring the on those disciples

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Reminders to Parents

* To encourage March and April offering
* To attend the March 22 "Invite - An-Adult" to Church school in the Disciple Department
* Talk to the teachers, or Director Martha Fergusson and share your thoughts about the programRead the lectionary each week to the children (the bible passages in the service each week)

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Upcoming Events

March 22 Invite an Adult to the Disciples Church Schoolmorning program @ 9:45 a.m. March 29 India Celebration at Coffee Hour Bring loonies for the Jobat Hostel BrickCampaign. Come view the display . March 29 5:00 p.m- 7:00 p.m Easter Family Night- All ages Make a Easter Centerpiece, hear theWorship band and enjoy a potluck dinner. April 26- Family Night

Palm Sunday Parade
The church school children will enter the Sanctuary waving palms as a reminder of this story.
Holy Week
Each night join children in the Temple for their own reflections of this week.
Good Friday
Join us in the Temple for a children's program

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Thank You Volunteers!

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Tracy Blair and Diana Watson for co chairing the CE Committee for two years. *
Heather Ingram-Smith the new CE Chair*
Janet Banerjee and her family for sharing most of the items in the Temple for our India Unit. Also teens Lauren and Julie for helping her decorate the Temple
Emily, Marg and Helen our WMS India Mission 2008 Team.

Comments or suggestions are most welcome.