Welcome!
Our Church building is closed and we will not be holding face to face public worship,
but we have not stopped being the church...
Due to the current situation with COVID-19, our building is closed to the public, but we are now working in the office. You can call the office, Tuesday to Friday 9:30-1:30pm, and messages will be checked regularly. We are asking people not to come to the office at this time. Please call if you need something and we can make arrangements. We will provide as much information on this site as possible. See our latest modified service below. Previous modified services can be found on our "worship services" page. We will also schedule gatherings by zoom and other methods to stay connected to one another.
Our phone is tree is working. If you need to talk to someone, please feel welcome to call our Minister, Kate at 519-670-1535 or connect via email kate@lakeshoreuc.org to arrange a time to speak or meet virtually.
Like everyone, we want to do our part to flatten the curve and avoid community spread of the virus.
Our Safe Spaces Team met last week and decided it would be prudent to wait to make a decision about returning to in person worship until the end of September, giving families a chance to adjust to new school routines and to see how the process roles out in our area.
Check back here often, we will update as quickly as we can.
Holding you in prayer.
Our phone is tree is working. If you need to talk to someone, please feel welcome to call our Minister, Kate at 519-670-1535 or connect via email kate@lakeshoreuc.org to arrange a time to speak or meet virtually.
Like everyone, we want to do our part to flatten the curve and avoid community spread of the virus.
Our Safe Spaces Team met last week and decided it would be prudent to wait to make a decision about returning to in person worship until the end of September, giving families a chance to adjust to new school routines and to see how the process roles out in our area.
Check back here often, we will update as quickly as we can.
Holding you in prayer.
Please fill out this quick survey for our Safe Spaces Team
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfP0GRSdNoD5rOw-HImV0d9ABe1VcyTJFQN48zrTGa63tvkKg/viewform?usp=sf_link
If you would prefer a paper copy, just call the office and we will send one to you.
Worship Service for Sunday, September 13, 2020
Join us for our weekly Virtual Coffee Hour, Sundays at 10 am - Please note time change!. Email Kate for the information to log in kate@lakeshoreuc.org
Church School - Sunday, September 13, 2020
Here's a maze and and colouring page that you can make into a book that tells the Exodus story.
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Offering and Donations
We can now accept online donations from Canada Helps. Click on the donate now button, with our thanks!
Here is a fun video explaining PAR (pre-authorized remittance) for church offerings, from St. Andrew's United Church, Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. Thanks to Jim and Jen Tenford for allowing us to share!
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We are glad you popped by!
We are working hard to keep our website current and up to date.
Feel free to visit often!
Please join us for Sunday Morning Worship - 10:30am. (On Hold, until COVID-19 emergency passes)
56 North Street
Goderich, Ontario
Usually church is finished at 11:40am.
You are most welcome to join us downstairs in the fellowship hall following worship for coffee, tea and lemonade!
Come as you like - dressed up or casual - you will find it doesn't matter to us.
Shirts and shoes would be appreciated!
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Church School and Nursery is provided September through to end of June. Pew pails, containing colouring and drawing activities for children to work on during the service are available in the narthex. We have added a table and chairs with child friendly activities to the back of the Sanctuary. You might want to accompany your pre-schooler at the table, but school age children are welcome to explore the table during worship.
Once a month, and sometimes more frequently, we have a Multi-generational service which is specifically designed to be accessible to all generations in worship. Through the summer we invite children to remain with their families. Be assured that we love the children who join us on Sundays for worship, and we do not mind the noise they may make. |
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The Church office is open Tuesday- Friday 9:30am-1:30pm
Feel free to call us at 519-524-2103, you will find our Office Administrator, Shirley Rodger on the other end of the phone.
If you would like to receive our weekly announcements via email, send a message to Shirley office@lakeshoreuc.org and she will add you to the list.
The announcements are sent out on Friday.
Our minister is the Rev. Kate Ballagh-Steeper and is available via the church office or kate@lakeshoreuc.org
We can now accept online donations from Canada Helps. Click the button below to make an online donation with our thanks.
Check out "Lakeshore Waves,"
our Advent Newsletter, 2019 2nd Edition
Recent Happenings at Lakeshore United
Photos courtesy of Dawn Cumming, Elizabeth French-Gibson, Marilyn Potter and Kate Ballagh-Steeper.
Support the Life and Work of Lakeshore United Church
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You give financially but want to offer more?
There are always volunteer opportunities at Lakeshore!
Christian Development Worship Pastoral Care Stewardship and Finance United Church Women Communication Congregational Life Audio Visual If you are interested in any of these opportunities, just contact the Church office or our minister. |
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Another way to give...
Loyalty Funding is another way to give that does not take money out of your pocket. Loyalty Funding provides the opportunity to purchase gift cards for stores you use regularly - like the grocery store, gas station and drug store. When you purchase cards, a percentage of each card is donated to the Church.
The first $1000 raised supports our work with FOTOCAN and the Orphanage work they do in Latin and Central America. After that, the funds raised will be contributed to our General Fund to support the ongoing ministry of the congregation. Follow the link to learn more. The more members of the congregation who participate, the more money we raise!
www.loyaltyfunding.ca/lakeshore
The first $1000 raised supports our work with FOTOCAN and the Orphanage work they do in Latin and Central America. After that, the funds raised will be contributed to our General Fund to support the ongoing ministry of the congregation. Follow the link to learn more. The more members of the congregation who participate, the more money we raise!
www.loyaltyfunding.ca/lakeshore
The Welcome Project
Welcome Project Part II is now underway!!
The paperwork has been signed and we are awaiting word for final approvals of our next sponsorship. We have undertaken the sponsorship of a young Syrian man, 32 years old, who is currently in Lebanon. Ward was almost finished his Business program at a Syrian University when the civil war in Syria escalated to include his neighbourhood in Aleppo. He fled to Lebanon where he is not allowed to work or study. Like other Syrians there, they eek out a living doing odd jobs or work that is paid "under the table", but which is often exploiting their labour and need to survive.
Ward is arriving on September 17th, and will have to quarantine for 14 days once he is here. We are excited to finally be welcoming them!
Peter, Hellen and their family who arrived in February 2016 are settled into life in Stratford, Ontario. All the adults are working and all the children are now in school! Peter says he likes the cold, but I'm not sure the teenagers in the family would agree!
We have been deeply blessed by the way our journeys in life and faith have intersected.
The paperwork has been signed and we are awaiting word for final approvals of our next sponsorship. We have undertaken the sponsorship of a young Syrian man, 32 years old, who is currently in Lebanon. Ward was almost finished his Business program at a Syrian University when the civil war in Syria escalated to include his neighbourhood in Aleppo. He fled to Lebanon where he is not allowed to work or study. Like other Syrians there, they eek out a living doing odd jobs or work that is paid "under the table", but which is often exploiting their labour and need to survive.
Ward is arriving on September 17th, and will have to quarantine for 14 days once he is here. We are excited to finally be welcoming them!
Peter, Hellen and their family who arrived in February 2016 are settled into life in Stratford, Ontario. All the adults are working and all the children are now in school! Peter says he likes the cold, but I'm not sure the teenagers in the family would agree!
We have been deeply blessed by the way our journeys in life and faith have intersected.
One of our new friends enjoying the beach at Camp Kintail
Humans of Lakeshore
New Humans of Lakeshore stories are coming soon! Based on "Human's of New York" by Brandon Stanton, this is an opportunity to learn interesting things about our church family.
