Sunday, October 12, 2025 Thanksgiving Sunday

 This Sunday is also the final Sunday of the season of Creation. We will continue to delight and rejoice in God’s wonderful world. 

Hymn      Come You Thankful People Come #516

Scripture Lessons:        Deuteronomy 26:1-11

                                      Psalm 100 p.824VU

                                      John 6:25-35

Hymn       We Ploughed the Fields and Scatter #520

Message

Prayer:  God of renewal and new life, Loving and wonderful God, you know us. 

You know our needs and our bodies. You made us to eat. You have kept us fed. 

You give us bread to fill our bellies, and Scripture to feed our souls. 

Thank you for your bounty.

Thank you for your love. 

Thank you for Jesus, the bread of life, who broke of us. 

God of bread and food, this is the season of Thankfulness. 

And so we thank you for caring for us. Amen ( a prayer from the United Church of Canada)

Hymn       Now Thank We All our God #236

This Sunday’s services are 9:30 in Howick and 11:00 in Ormstown. Ormstown will once again be collecting food for the food bank, both seasonal produce and non-perishable food items would be grateful received. 

Many thanks to all who supported the BBQ Chicken lunch last Sunday. It was a great success and a great time to gather together to share a meal. 

Does anyone want to order a Canadian Church calendar, if so please speak to Anne Carpentier, to order what you need. 

Howick UCW will be meeting on Wednesday, October 15th at 7pm in the church. Marlene will be sharing ideas on using air fryers. 

Georgetown Presbyterian Church will be hosting a classical concert offered by Ryan Hull on Sunday, October 19th at 2pm. The concert is offered free of charge, but a free will offering will be taken to support research into orphan diseases. 

St Paul’s Stewards will meet on Wednesday October 22nd at 7:30pm in the hall, to review and finalize decisions discussed last month. 

On October 26th Howick United Church will be holding a Craft Day for children and will offer a mini-pizza lunch following the 11:00 service. 

On November 2nd we will be holding an All Saints service in both congregations. You can suggest some hymns for this service in memory of past family and church members. 

On Sunday, November 9th we will sharing a combined Remembrance Sunday service for Howick, Ormstown, and Georgetown churches. It will be held in Georgetown Presbyterian Church beginning at 10:30am.