Church Family Announcements

Next Sunday - August 3
Next week, Wendy Gritter will be bringing a message from God’s Word to us. Wendy is the director of New Directions Ministries, and attends Meadowvale Christian Reformed Church. She’ll be preaching on John 15:1-11 & challenging us on our Intimacy with God, our Actions for God & the joy that those bring. We hope you’ll join us again!

Prayer Requests
Some of our older members will recall the Heemsbergen family, who moved to Holland Christian Homes. We are saddened to have to report that Tina Heemsbergen’s daughter (Ann) passed away earlier this month. Please pray for this family.

Announcement from Church Council
As Council has previously advised, Pastor Joan DeVries had been granted a leave of absence until July 21.  Pastor Joan has also requested that she be able to add two weeks of vacation to the end of her leave of absence, so she will now return on August 5.  Our Worship Coordinator, David Locke, will be working with Pastor Joan to line up preaching for these additional two weeks.  During this time, any pastoral care matters should be referred to your Pastoral Care Elder. If you are unsure about your Pastoral Care Elder, you can contact Rita Klomps.

Staff Vacation
I will be away on vacation from August 2nd, returning on August 12th. Mom and I are traveling east to Fredericton to visit family and then on to PEI - just because. We would covet your prayers for a safe journey and a refreshing vacation.  -Jacqui Cornelisse

Pastor John will be returning from vacation this Wednesday, July 30. He leaves on August 2 to August 9 to attend SERVE. If you have a situation that requires immediate attention please contact Youth Elders - Cindy Schreutelkamp or Jackie deVisser.

Pennies for AIDS
Kids, don’t forget to save up your pennies and bring them in anytime to build our mountain of hope to fight against AIDS in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Come Celebrate with Us!
Rick Nanninga, a former pastor of this church, is celebrating 25 years in the ministry as well as turning 50 years old. These milestones will be recognized at an open house at the Fellowship CRC of Brighton ON. on Aug 30 from 1-4 pm. All are welcome to attend.

Food For Life
You have no doubt seen the ad on the sign out front. Every Tuesday morning, we are a drop in centre for Food For Life, an organization that picks up perishable foods from various grocery stores and drops these at points throughout the city for pick up by those with an identified need.

ClearView church is not managing this program. We are strictly a drop-off location and the project is managed by Food For Life in partnership with Halton Housing, with the assignment of a coordinator from Sheridan Woods (across the street from the church). We are privileged to be able to serve the community in this way and ask that you all would pray that those who need this service the most would not let anything stand in the way of utilizing it.

What to Do, What to Do?
Are you wondering how you can serve or serve in a different way beginning now or in the fall? Are you new to ClearView or have you been here a few years and feel like you just are not fitting in. I would love to sit down with you and discuss what would be the best fit for your spiritual gifts, personality style and passion. I will make myself available this coming week, day or evening as well as the weeks following my return from vacation (August 12th). Please call ahead for an appointment. Jacqui Cornelisse – Ministries & Outreach Coordinator – 905-829-2242 ext. 226

Sea to Sea Bike Tour
The Sea to Sea Bike Tour will only be crossing through Canada for a few days on its 2008 Tour in August. There is only one Canadian Rally being held on August 24th at Queenston Heights, Niagara Falls, Ontario. We want to invite as many as possible to attend this event to show our Canadian hospitality and support and encourage our Canadian cyclists and neighbour US cyclists.