This Week in Our Churches
Saturday, May 27 from 8 to 11 am plan to attend the Country Breakfast at Rockwood United 119 Harris Street. Bring your family, friends and neighbours for a delicious breakfast and lively conversation. Breakfast is $10 per person for scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, potato casserole, toast, juice, coffee or tea.
If you can help serve, cook, clear tables or clean the kitchen afterwards, please contact Marcia Haworth.
Saturday, May 27 at 1:00 pm join us on Zoom for Spiritual Saturday, a time to connect, pray and recentre yourself.
Email Lisa at lleffler@live.ca for more details.
Sunday May 28 at 10:00 am join us at Stone and on Zoom for Pentecost Sunday and our Pastoral Charge Picnic. Rev. Heather Leffler will lead worship. We will enjoy music of our combined choir, celebrate communion and share a potluck picnic and activities. You are invited to bring your own cutlery, plates, and lawn chairs. Coffee and tea will be provided. If you can help
with hosting, please contact Brian at dbmfarm@gmail.com
or 519-856-9783.
Tuesday, May 30 at 7:30 pm at Stone, join us for Bible Study, conversation and dessert. Bring your favourite and least favourite quotes from the epistles to share.
Thursday, June 1 at 10 am at Rockwood in Day Hall you are invited to join the ladies for Tea and Talk. Share in the lively conversations, laughter, and enjoy delicious refreshments!
Thursday, June 1 at 7 pm at Stone join the Rockwood Stone Choir Practice.
Saturday, June 3 at 10 am the Affirming Church Discernment Circle invites you to join them at Stone for an information session if you have any questions about the Affirming vote.
Zoom participation is available upon request by emailing Lisa at lleffler@live.ca before June 2
Coming Up
Sunday, June 4 join Rev. Heather Leffler for a Celebration
of the UCW at Stone at 9:45 am and for Worship at Rockwood
at 11:15 am. Zoom will open for conversation before worship at Stone at 9:30 am and remain open until after Rockwood’s service.
Sunday June 4 you are invited to the Chimes 15th Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser at Rockwood.
Dinner and Show: $20. Pulled pork dinner starts at 5:30 pm with the show to follow. Show only: $5 (payable at the door): 6:45 pm
Purchase tickets from Marcia Haworth (cmhawort@sentex.net). Vegetarian or gluten free options available upon request at time of ticket purchase.
Thursday, June 8 from 10 to 11 am men are invited to Coffee Connection on Zoom. Share in the lively conversations and laughter.
Thursday, June 8 at 7 pm at Stone join the Rockwood Stone Choir Practice.
Sunday, June 11 at 10 am join Rev. Heather Leffler and guest speaker Natasha Luth for Rockwood’s Anniversary Service and Lunch at Rockwood and on Zoom. Our guest Natasha Luth from the Queer Christian Community of the Ecumenical Campus Ministry at the UofG, will speak about her personal experience as a Queer Christian and the importance of a continued church community within that identity.
Following worship at 11:15 am we will be voting whether to become an Affirming Church in person and on Zoom.
Plan to stay for a potluck lunch.
Friday, June 16 come to Faith, Food, Friendship and Fun beginning at 6 pm, at Rockwood.
Join us for dinner, activities, conversation, a craft, and casual time of worship. Contact Heather at hleffler@rogers.com or 519‑265‑7385 by the Wednesday before if you plan to attend.
Wednesday, June 21, 7:30 pm at Stone and on Zoom, join the Genesis Book Club to discuss Klara and the Sun, the eighth novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, published in 2021. Set in the U.S. in an unspecified future, the book is told from the point of view of Klara, a solar-powered AF (Artificial Friend), who is chosen by Josie, a sickly child, to be her companion. Klara and the Sun offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator. It explores how artificial intelligence might play a role in our future and is a poignant meditation on love and loneliness.
Our Church Family
Church Booking: If you are interested in booking a room in one of the churches for a meeting or event, please contact Sherol Steinberg sherol.steins@gmail.com at Rockwood or Jack and Edie Ward jfward44@gmail.com at Stone.
Offering Praise – If you have a song, dance, art, poetry or other creative expression for Offering Praise in worship, please contact the Heather Leffler at hleffler@rogers.com .
Updated Contact Information – If your contact information has changed, please email Karen Richardson krichard@uoguelph.ca for Stone or Heather Leffler hleffler@rogers.com for Rockwood. If you need a copy of the directory contact Karen or Heather.
How can I continue to support our churches?
PAR: To sign up for monthly Pre-Authorized Remittances or to change your givings,
for Stone contact Bill Allen at stoneuc.treasurer@gmail.com or 519‑841-4170 or
for Rockwood contact Amanda Hunter-Anthony at rockwooduc.treasurer@gmail.com or 519‑856‑1129.
E-transfer to Stone at stoneuc.treasurer@gmail.com or
Rockwood at rockwooduc.treasurer@gmail.com.
In the memo, please designate whether your offering is for your church, M&S and/or Other and include your contact information.
Cheques can be sent to
Stone United Church, PO Box 57 Rockwood, ON N0B 2K0 or
Rockwood United Church, 119 Harris St., Rockwood, ON N0B 2K0.
Canada Helps is a Canadian registered charity that enables other charities to receive credit card donations.
Go to Stone https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/80455 Rockwood https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/48574
You can designate your offering in the message box.
Care of our Congregations
As we continue to be mindful of Covid-19 while worshipping in person, meeting in small groups and sharing meals with one another, please continue to self screen and remain home if you have symptoms. Masking and social distancing is left to your comfort. Please respect the needs and preferences of people around you.
Zoom will be available for any committees or groups who choose to meet online to include people who can’t be there in person. Contact hleffler@rogers.com to set up your meeting.
