Pastoral Care
Throughout the continuing pandemic the Pastoral Care Team has appreciated the support and guidance of Rev. Laura Springate and the technological expertise of several members of our church. We are very pleased that the Public Health guidelines have allowed us to now attend church services in person.
The Team continues to make their regular telephone calls to members of the church. Some visits have taken place where health guidelines permit.
The Blue Christmas Service took place on Sunday afternoon, December 18 at 3:00. Everyone who attended seemed to appreciate finding strength and meaning from Rev. Laura’s message and the inspirational music provided by Svetlana.
Again the Team participated in the delivery of the Friendship Baskets at Christmas Time. A huge vote of thanks goes out to Joan Dobson for co-ordinating this wonderful initiative.
Betty Renwick continues to send greeting cards to the members on the Pastoral Care list. These are greatly appreciated by everyone who receives them.
This year our team members include Ruth Ann Carney, Mary Lynne Harvey, Janice Hopkins-Boucher, Marilyn Jensen, Shirley Johnston, Norma Johnson-Wells, Claire Knudson, Dorothy Latour, Diane Riethman, Rev. Laura Springate and Joanne Lewis.
I sincerely appreciate the continued dedication of everyone on the team and for their professionalism and resilience especially during these trying times.
Respectfully submitted,
Joanne Lewis, Chairperson, Pastoral Care Team
Mission & Outreach
Although challenged by the isolation of Covid 19 our congregation has continued to think beyond the walls of our church, supporting the important work of the Mission and Service Fund of our denomination and numerous Local Outreach and Christmas projects.
The Mission and Service Fund supports many projects, chaplaincies, street ministries etc in Canada and is counted on by our 79 international partners for support around the world. In 2022 City View United members once again donated generously to support these national and international efforts.
Local Outreach support continues to be a priority for our members, and we thank everyone for their ongoing donations. Offerings marked “Local” were distributed in the following way in 2022:
Jan & Feb- Centre 507 downtown drop in centre
Mar & Apr- Algonquin Campus Ministry
May & June- Nelson House Women’s and Children Shelter. July & Aug- Wabano Centre For Aboriginal Health
Sept 7 Oct- Carlington Chaplaincy
Nov & Dec- Caldwell Family Centre & Food Bank
Thank you to Holly and Frank for reading the “Minute for Mission” in worship on a monthly basis. The Minute for Mission shares information about the local organizations that we support, as well as initiatives and organizations supported by the Mission and Service Fund of the United Church of Canada. Thank you to Sheila for organizing our readers each month.
A big thank you to all our friends who have put time and love into projects that gave us the opportunity to share Christ’s love at Christmas time. We thank our church community for your generous support of these outreach opportunities.
The Mission and Outreach Committee also sent many good wishes and prayers to Lambert, a vital member of our team, as he continued his mission work in Dambai, Ghana throughout 2022. Through his business endeavours, Lambert is seeking to create jobs and foster stable incomes and a good quality of life for people in the City of Dambai.
In 2022 we were also happy to welcome back into in-person worship our former Telci group home friends Laura Allingham and John Robson. This church community is one of their “Happy Places” as it has been for many years. They have been especially happy to join everyone for coffee again.
In closing, thank you to this City View community for your continued support of outreach through this congregation.
Respectfully submitted by your Mission and Outreach Committee,
Dawn Hamilton, Marg Knight, Lambert Okrah, Frank Pole, Sheila Smith
Hamper Sub-committee Report
Members of the Committee: Bob Pegrum, Joan Dobson, Barb Williams, Fern and Dave McGale, Ron Horton, Michele Suitor and Larry Dobson
Committee Members: Honorary Chair: Bob Pegrum, Chair: Joan Dobson, Members: Barb Williams, Ron Horton, Fern and Dave McGale, and Michele Suitor
This year, we were able to receive support again from The Nepean Kiwanis, The Rotary Club of West Ottawa, and Unifor for a total of $3,800.
With some generous donations from the congregation, we bought $6,600 in Metro/Basic Food Vouchers. Debra Dynes Family house received $2,500, Caldwell Family Center $3,000, and 6 families (4 from Sir Guy Carleton and 2 from our church) received $1,100.
Debra Dynes received $500 worth of mittens, hats, and scarves.
Our very successful Sock Toss in church brought in 170 pairs of socks, which went to the Caldwell Family Center.
Late donations to the fund meant that we could also give cheques for $500 each to Caldwell and Debra Dynes.
n addition, we bought socks and Tim Horton gift cards for the homeless in the market area. Members of the congregation also donated hats, gloves and $10 gift cards for Tim Hortons and McDonald’s.
Our opening balance in our account was: $6,043.65 Total Receipts: $11,470.00
We spent in total: $8,816.55
Our closing balance was: $8,697.10
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Dobson, Co-Chair, Hamper Committee
United Church Women
The Phoebe Unit
Our Phoebe group was still not meeting in the early part of the year. We started meeting again in September. The group now meets the 2nd Tuesday of month at 1:30 pm as night driving isn’t good for many of the ladies.
Phoebe’s didn’t have a specific table at the bazaar but did make different items and gave a helping hand with different tables.
In July we lost a very dear member. Jean Baenziger was a very dedicated member of the UCW and much-loved member of Phoebe’s. Jean also volunteered her time and talent to other church activities.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat Beauchamp, UCW Member
UCW Financial Statement 2022
Due to the pandemic, the UCW did not start meeting again until September and only had a couple of informal meetings before the end of the year. We received $70.00 in givings and donated $350.00 to the Hamper Fund. Our closing balance was $368.79.
Respectfully submitted
Sue Turcotte