Click here to see the Fall 2025 edition of the Acorn newsletter
Link to Sept 7 web version of our morning service
Click here for the main parts of the service: Readings, Message, Prayers of the People and the Lords Prayer
Whats Upcoming in and around Rowntree
Every Tuesday – Knit Happens ! 
Ask Rev. Wendy to send you the link or call the office ( 519-432-8075) for her info , if you are interested in attending for conversation as crafting (not just knitting) is optional. Drop in between 7- 8:30 pm.
This is backpack collection time. For many years Rowntree has been collecting backpacks for kids at the start of the school year, to be donated to ELUCO. Please bring in donated backpacks as soon as possible.
Rowntree Sunday morning services resumes at 9:30 am in September.
ELUCO’s major yearly fundraiser, Its Walk And Roll for families happens Sept 28. Please see or contact Judy White or Freda Owen if you can sponsor.
Food donations to ELUCO’s food cupboard always appreciated. Please leave them in the bin inside the glass doors.
Making our building greener
Rowntree is constantly trying to make our building ‘ greener’ , ie reducing our carbon footprint. In 2024 we partnered with Faithful Footprints of the United Church and Thomas Dyna-Build renovators of London to re-work the Brampton St. entrance. This job was completed in the fall but was more extensive than we’d planned; we found insulation missing, roof leaks and ventilation lacking from previous work which had to be fixed. So we ended up with a bigger bill than we figured: costs went from $27,600 to $43,800, some of which Faithful Footsteps covered. However, we should significantly reduce our natural gas usage and make our building greener. We’ve introduced a fund-raiser to pay this off : Green (Rown)Tree and asking for your financial help. So when you donate, please apportion some to this. Thank-You
The United Church is 100 years Young
The 100th anniversary of The United Church of Canada was launched with special services, locally and nationally, on June 9, 2024, and will culminate with a national service on June 8, 2025. The occasion will also be recognized at the 45th General Council, to be held in July in Calgary, Alberta.
This is a year of celebration but also of lament. While honouring the good work we have done, we also name honestly our history as a denomination, acknowledge our colonial past and our role in residential schools, as well as other harms done by stances we have or have not taken collectively.
More about our history
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