Weekly Update

 

 

Worship Recordings are available to our registered website users at valleyviewmc.ca > Watch > Past Worship Services. An email is sent to the congregation when Sunday Worship is available to view each week.

 

 

10:00am - Worship at Valleyview

 

Thanksgiving - Youth lead Worship

 

Worship Leader: Youth

Speaker: Youth

Song Leader: Heidi W

 

11:00am – Second Hour: Potluck Meal

 

Following our worship, everyone is invited to a potluck lunch downstairs.

 

What to Bring: 

·     Food to Share (Peanut Free, Sesame Free) for potluck lunch 

·     Your own dishes, cups, and cutlery

·     Please bring a serving dish and utensil for your potluck contribution. Label your dish with your name and be sure to collect it before leaving.

 

Children’s Sunday School classes will return October 27th

 

Wednesday, Oct 16:

7:30pm – Church Council Meeting

 

Thursday, Oct 17:

7:30pm - Male Chorus Rehearsal

 

October 18 – 20, 2024: Valleyview Unplugged, Fall Church Retreat

 

 

There is no worship service at Valleyview in London this weekend.

 

Valleyview Unplugged Fall Retreat at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp, Sauble, ON

 

Worship Leader: Jacques P

Song Leader: Donelda F

Counters: Ben R, Heather P

 

Retreat participants: A free-will unreceipted cash offering to the general fund is collected during Sunday’s worship. This offering helps offset Valleyview’s commitment to pay food and room costs.

 

 

Worship: To Hope and Act with Creation is our fall worship series, providing an Anabaptist lens as we seek justice and peace for all creation. In a time when the groans of creation are growing in intensity, Mennonites are invited to join Christians all over the world in marking the Season of Creation - six weeks in September and October of worship, prayer, and action dedicated to the healing of our common home. (We will extend into November.)

 

Romans 8:14-25 provides a rich scriptural framework for the season, inviting us to join creation in lament and praise as we seek reconnecting as kin within the whole, moving away from a culture of destruction into a fully restored and embodied web of life.

 

October 20: Valleyview Unplugged, Annual Silver Lake Church Retreat
There is no worship at Valleyview in London this weekend.

 

October 27: Worship Guests, the Valleyview Male Chorus
Second Hour: Male Chorus performance

 

November 3: To Hope and Act with Creation series #4 - Freedom
Second Hour: Maria & Jacques P – sharing about their time in Morocco

 

November 10: Peace Sunday
Second Hour: Potluck meal for all

 

 

For ways to donate please visit www.valleyviewmc.ca/Give.

 

Donations received in October: $1,774

Monthly donations target:  $24,158

Total donations received Year-to-Date: $217,463
2024 Annual donations target: $289,897

 

Announcements

New and updated announcements are marked with purple font.

 

Borrowing Coolers & Ice Packs – deliver by Oct 13th

If you contacted us during our earlier request to provide a cooler & ice packs, a reminder to please drop them off at the church this Sunday, October 13^th (Thanksgiving).

Seeking Disposable Plastic Containers!
Welcome Wednesday needs your disposable plastic containers and lids (“Mennonite Tupperware!”).  We could really use your plastic ice cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, margarine, recycled takeaway/delivery and whatever else containers WITH lids. Please bring them to Valleyview and leave them with Lynne W, Doris K, or at the Church Office.

Many thanks! - Lynne W.

 

mcc.org/lebanonemergency

 

SLMC Work Weekend – For those who enjoy physical labour! Help out at Silver Lake’s Fall Work Weekend Nov. 1-3. A family-friendly event with free, delicious meals cooked for you. Registration and more info at slmc.ca/retreats.

 

MCEC:

1.       Volunteer Opportunity for all ages! The MCEC Creation Care Working Group is making plans for the coming year, and we would love your help! We have set four goals for this year:
1)     To host a book club related to creation care/environmental justice themes,
2)     To run a social media campaign highlighting what creation care looks like,
3)     To create Earth Day worship resource for churches for April 2025, and
4)     To amplify ideas and initiatives happening in congregations.
If you are passionate about 1 or all of the above, or if you would like to learn more about our working group and have ideas for how to support and engage MCEC congregations in the work of creation care, please reach out to Jay Reesor and Sara DeWeerd (co-chairs) at creationcare@mcec.ca.

 

2.       Wendy Janzen, MCEC Eco-Minister, and Herb Sawatzky, pastor of Bethany Mennonite Church, invite you to join in a monthly prayer for our planet. Let’s come together to pray for our concerns around climate justice (ways that climate change has unequal impacts on marginalized and vulnerable populations, both human and more-than-human). October 10 is the first meeting and will then take place the second Thursday of the month, for 30 minutes, beginning at 11:15a.m. Sign up for the Zoom link at mcec.ca.

 

Menno Singers:

Saturday, November 2, 7:30pm (Trillium Lutheran Church, 22 William St, Waterloo): Menno Singers and The Laurier Singers with Artistic Director Brandon Leis join voices to present music for All Souls’ Day – ‘Love, Loss & Eternity.’ Tickets $25, Child/Student $5 at the door or from choir members.

 

Sunday, November 17, 3pm (St Matthews Lutheran Church, 54 Benton St, Kitchener): Menno Singers hosts its Annual Messiah Sing-Along with soloists and orchestra. Bring a score, sit in parts and join your voices to sing (or come and listen). Admittance by donation.

 

For the latest news and volunteer opportunities, visit links below:

 

MCC (Mennonite Central Committee): mcccanada.ca

MCEC (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada): mcec.ca

MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service): mds.mennonite.net

· September edition of On the Level:  https://conta.cc/4esqtQj

MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates): www.meda.org

 

   Attendance Practices at Valleyview

 

Scent-Free Zone: Severe Scent Allergy

Valleyview is a scent-free zone as many participants have strong reactions to scented products. Please refrain from using all scented products: cologne, perfume, hairspray, hand and body lotion.

No Peanuts: Allergy Alert

Some members in attendance experience serious peanut allergy. Please refrain from bringing, eating, or serving any food labelled as containing peanuts or with warning “May contain peanuts”.

Masking Policy at Valleyview

Please wear a facemask if you feel more comfortable and remember to stay home if you are not feeling well.