Rev. Emma Duncan
Gary Evans, Clerk of session

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Going and coming


It’s Labour Day weekend, the end of summer for many, the start of a new church year, and so, in the next few weeks various activities will be starting up around Knox, starting with Rally Day Sunday on Sept. 9 when courtesy of the board of managers there will be a barbecue after the regular church service.

In the meantime, everyone is reminded that Sunday’s church service reverts back to the normal time, that is 10:30. The earlier church service was done as an experiment this year, something that many other churches do in the summer, as we tried to address not only the heat and humidity, but also to provide a bit of flexibility for Sunday activities.

And the search goes on
As Rev. Bob explained last Sunday, the search process has continued over the summer with the committee still meeting on a regular basis. There was somewhat of a lull after the flurry of early applications, but there has been renewed interest over the summer months as a number of additional applications have been received.

Rev. Bob tries to get copies of all the new applications out to the committee as soon as possible, so that when they do meet, there is the opportunity for good discussion. And, of course, with the internet these days, there is also the opportunity for committee members to gain additional information on any of the candidates…information that will help find the ideal candidate for the Knox pulpit.

And some other pieces,
• We welcome the Rev. Gordon Ford, from Niagara-on-the-Lake as our guest minister this Sunday. Rev. Ford, who was a classmate of Rev. Bob, will in the pulpit for most of September, that is except for Sept. 9 when Rev. Bob will be with us once again for Rally Day.
• The church office hours will return to normal this week, well, almost normal, as Monday is a holiday. But other than that, Trish will be in the office Monday and Fridays, 9 am-12 noon, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 am- 3pm.
• The Knox Quilters will be holding a fall rummage sale on Saturday, September 22 with the funds raised by this sale going to the Quilters Malawi Orphan Care project