Knox Presbyterian Church

Please make sure that all giving for 2010 is into the office or offering plate by December 26, 2010. Offering and donations received after December 26 will be deposited on January 3, 2011. Those who are on PAR and prefer not to receive envelopes, please contact either Janice Ruppenthal or Cheryl Pugliese.

The 4th Annual Gracefield Fundraising Gala Dinner and Auction will be held on Saturday, December 11th beginning at 5:00 pm with dinner at 6:00 pm. Hosted at Westminister Presbyterian Church, 470 Roosevelt Ave. Tickets $40 each (meal cost: $10, charitable donation: $30). For tickets, contact Helen Beck.

Donations of Christmas baking (cookies and squares) would be appreciated to fill boxes that are distributed by elders to housebound members of the congregation. The boxes are decorated by the Sunday School and a card expressing best wishes is also enclosed in each box. Baking may be left in the Iona kitchen on Sunday, December [...]

Small Christmas gift bags for our Centre 120 guests will be distributed on Saturday December 18 with some much needed items e.g., socks, toiletry, chocolate. (They were a big hit the last few years!) You can be part of this by dropping by the Centre 120 table at coffee hour to pick up a list [...]

Noon Day Recitals from 12:30-1pm: December 1st, Mervyn Games (organ) December 8th, Ernest Ruppenthal (piano) December 15th, Rachel Laurin (organ) Please mark these dates on your calendar and join us for wonderful music at noon!

The members of the History and Archives Committee invite you to visit the History and Archives Room at the south side of the stage in Geneva Hall on November 28th after the service. The room has been refurbished in recognition of the life and service to Knox Church of committee member, Bill Tremblay. We look [...]

Please start booking for this winter weekend (February 13-14, 2011) to be sure of a room as it is combined with a couple`s weekend. Rooms can be booked for Friday as well as the weekend. Contact Gracefield at (888) 493-2267 or email info@gracefieldcamp.ca

The next book club will meet on December 5th at 7pm. There will be no book to read as the club will have a forum of open discussion.

Please mark your calendars and join us for an outstanding evening of “Opera Magic” by the lead singers at Rideau Park United Church, Saturday, November 20th at 8pm.

Each year the Temporal Board asks the Congregation to look around at the beautiful building that Knox occupies. It was built in 1932 and designed by