IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF
December 15th, 2024-December 22nd, 2024

You will find the video from this past Sunday at the following YouTube link: https://youtu.be/jsLy2ZpAhNA
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Announcements:  Coming Events - bold print - events here at St. Peter’s  

Dec.19 A Service for (Almost) The Longest Night (see below for further details)
Dec. 21 Advent Concert (see below for further details)
Dec. 22 Christmas Pageant & Silent Auction (see below for further details)
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Worship 7 pm
Dec. 25 Christmas Day Worship 10 am
Jan.10 & 11 Bonhoeffer: Cell (see below for further details)

The Life of St. Peter’s for the week of Dec. 15, 2024-Dec. 22, 2024

Today 1:00 pm Cambridge Community Players (Fellowship .Hall & Stage)
Monday 1:00 pm Facilities/Risk Management/Property Mting (Scout Rm)
6:00 pm TOPS - R.F.F. (Art Room)
Tuesday 6:30 pm Scouts - R.F.F. (Scout, Art, Chapel & Fellowship Hall)
Wednesday 10:30 am Bible Study is cancelled!
Thursday 7:00 pm Service for (Almost) The Longest Night (Sanctuary/F.Hall)
Friday 7:00 pm Cambridge Community Players (Fellowship Hall & Stage)
Saturday 7:00 pm John Miller & Friends – Advent Concert
Sunday 10:00 am Christmas Pageant Silent Auction & Lunch
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Pastoral Visit:  Pastor Laura is available for visits by appointment by calling the church office, 519-653-4721. Whether you have a particular pastoral concern or would just like some one-to-one time to get to know Pastor Laura, she would love to meet with you.
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On December 1st we celebrated our 190th anniversary. What an amazing milestone! Over these years our congregation has weathered many changes and challenges, and yet by the grace of God we are still here, witnessing to the love of Christ in our community.

As we reflect upon how far we’ve come, we are so thankful for your generosity. Your ongoing support and special gifts allow us to remain a vital presence in our community. Our community garden provides fresh, nutritious food to help address food insecurity in our neighbourhood. In the winter months, hats, mittens, and scarves are offered for the taking for those who need them. Our building provides needed community space to groups like TOPS, Scouts, as well as three other neighbourhood churches. And through our Sunday worship and Adult Study opportunities, we continue to nurture faithful and mature followers of Christ.

To help us end the year in a positive financial position, please consider making an extra-mile gift by cheque, cash or online via Zeffy at www.stpeterscambridge.com.

Thank you for being part of this journey together in faith!
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Prayer List:  Bill, Don, Lynn, Helen, Sharon, Donald, Shirley, Clara, Carol, Jeff, Aaron, MacKenzie, Rhett, Ken, Lee, Maria, Deborah, Fred, Anne, Sherri, Luis, Donna, Wayne, and Ginette, Mary
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Weekly Bible Study – Weekly Bible Study – cancelled until January 15th!
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WRAP UP YOUR SHOPPING EARLY…with gifts, that will make your shopping experience easy and support Local producers -

ESTA Premium Truffles –
$ 2.50 / Truffle Bar Milk – Chocolate
$10.00 / Cone Bag with Fifteen (15) Assorted Truffles
$10.00 / Snowman Milk Chocolate
$14.00 / Tree Shaped Gift Box with Fifteen Assorted Truffles
$9.00 / Gift Box with Ten Assorted Truffles

Brubacher Meats -
$25.00 / Summer Sausage

Snyder Heritage Farms -
$24.00 / 1 Litre Mason Jar Organic Maple Syrup

Please contact Alex Black or St. Peter's office 519-653-4721 to place an order.
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We need you to help feed our neighbourhood!  The freedom Centre has joined with Cambridge Community Table to offer a meal to our community twice a month on Tuesday night.  We need volunteers:  Food Preparation, set up, take down, meet and Greet.  Every hour you can give once or twice a month.  Call for information 519-591-6518 or email rosemary@freedomcentre.ca.  Donations of the following are always needed and welcome: Paper plates, Napkins, Paper cups with lids, Take out containers, Peanut butter, Jam, Lunch meats, Gift certificates for groceries , coffee, tea, sandwich bags, brown paper lunch bags, tin foil, saran wrap, sugar, dish soap, dishwashing tabs.
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Move with Robert (Free Exercise Class Mondays 1 – 2 pm, YMCA Certified Fitness Instructor – Wear exercise shoes/bring water/no registration required/ arrive by 12:45 pm – Trillium United Church, Cambridge)
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Lebanon Emergency Appeal – CLWR and the Humanitarian Coalition are rushing to provide life-saving aid to people in need in Lebanon. Please join us in prayer and consider donating today to double your gift. Give now at clwr.org/lebanon or call 1-800-661-2597 (Mon-Fri 8:30am-4pm CST).
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Service for (Almost) The Longest Night – December 19th at 7:00 PM Christmas can be a bittersweet time of year. It's a time that brings to mind persons, events, and relationships that have been a part of our lives in the past but have now changed or gone. It’s a time that can feel extra lonely because our feelings of loss or grief don’t match up with the joy and festivities of the season. On this (almost) longest night we invite you to join us for a quiet, meditative service that will give space for remembering, sharing our hurts and longings with God, and preparing our hearts to welcome Christ. A time of fellowship will follow.
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December 21, 2024 at 7 pm - Advent Concert here at St. Peter’s by a local vocalist named John Miller. All are welcome. There will be a Free Will Offering.
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December 22, 2024 - the Silent Auction and lunch will be held following our Christmas Pageant. More details about donating items for auction will follow.
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Bonhoeffer: Cell 92 - January 10 and 11, 7:00 pm | A cinematic theatre production created by Jerry Holsopple and Justin Poole. This thought-provoking single actor play focuses on the final period of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life, a German pastor and theologian involved in the Protestant resistance to Hitler and National Socialism. Two nights only, at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo. Tickets: uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/bonhoeffer-cell-92
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The red poinsettia by the lectern has been placed by Bill & Patricia Hewitt. Thank you!
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Come and Worship

Thursday December 19th
at 7:00 PM
A Service for (Almost) The Longest Night


Sunday December 22nd, 2024
Advent 7 Worship
10:00 AM
Christmas Pageant Silent Auction & Lunch


Tuesday December 24th, 2024
Christmas Eve Worship
7:00 PM
Holy Communion


Wednesday December 25th, 2024
Christmas Day Worship
10:00 AM
Holy Communion


Sunday December 29th, 2024
First Sunday of Christmas Worship
10:00 AM
Lessons & Carols


Sunday January 5th, 2025
Second Sunday of Christmas Worship
10:00 AM
Holy Communion