Brome County Community Bulletin Board
December 16
Chanukah party in the Eastern Townships. For the sixth year, Chabad of the Eastern Townships will be organizing a Chanukah party for the Jews of Brome County, as well as “weekenders” and visitors. Festivities will include the lighting of a five-foot menorah. A delicious buffet with traditional latkes and doughnuts will be served. Menorah kits and dreidels will be distributed. The party will take place Saturday night, December 16, at 6 p.m. For more info. please contact: Chabad of the Eastern Townships at 514820-6770 or chabadeasterntownships@gmail.com.
December 16
Saturday, December 16, holiday shopping, Church of the Ascension, West Brome 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Eileen’s baking, Cindy’s knitting, and other hand crafted items. Soup lunch available. Information: 450-263-3025.
December 16
Old fashioned Christmas dance. Saturday, December 16 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Trinity Anglican Church, 409 South St. Cowansville. Come celebrate the season with the County Folks Band. Music for all tastes. Friendship and good humor abound. Come be a part of it all. Enjoy the canteen with Jane’s hot dogs and Barbara’s baked goods. Door prizes, 50-50 drawing, and treats. Support the church and food bank — $8.
December 17
Royal Canadian Legion Cowansville, 120 Davignon, will hold a breakfast Sunday, December 17, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome, $8.
December 17
Christmas sing-along: Join in the singing of your favourite Christmas music, both sacred and secular, and enjoy a few Christmas stories and humour as well as some tasty seasonal refreshments. This bilingual, ecumenical afternoon is a great family event sponsored by the Ecumenical Committee of Sutton and will be held in the hall of Grace Anglican Church at 3 p.m. on December 17. Information: 450-538-0530.
December 24
St. James Anglican Church – Foster: We welcome you to join us on Sunday, December 24 at 2 p.m. for a Christmas Eve service, Rev. George Campbell officiating. We are the little church on the hill, 725 Lakeside, Foster. Join us afterwards in the hall for a potluck Christmas buffet. Everyone is welcome. Call Kate at 450-539-1123.
CHURCH BULLETINS
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH – DUNHAM
Sunday services at 10 a.m. — all welcome! The Reverend Sinpoh Han. Information: 450-295-2045.
ANGLICAN PARISH OF BROME Services are at 9 a.m. First Sunday of the month — Holy Trinity, Iron Hill; second Sunday of the month — St. John the Evangelist, Brome; third Sunday of the month — Church of the Ascension, West Brome; fourth Sunday of the month — St. Aidan, Sutton Junction. Canon Tim Smart, rector. Information: 450-5388108.
BEDFORD PASTORAL CHARGE OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
You are warmly welcomed to join us each Sunday for an uplifting spiritual experience. We welcome you and your ideas as we provide a safe place where individually we seek out a greater purpose for our lives. Every Sunday at 10 a.m. join our community in either Bedford, Stanbridge East, or Mystic. Services in Bedford and Stanbridge East are followed by coffee and snacks. The address for each church can be found on our website: bedfordpastoral.org. For more information please contact Wendy Near at the church office on Thursday and Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. by phone 450-2483044 or call 450-248-2739, or by email at Bedford.pastoral@yahoo.ca.
CALVARY UNITED CHURCH SUTTON A warm welcome awaits you at our Sunday worship service in Sutton at Grace Anglican Church at 9 a.m. followed by a coffee hour at 10 a.m. in the church hall. Information: 450-538-0530.
COWANSVILLE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
Cowansville Community Baptist Church meets Sundays at 10 a.m., 137 rue John, Cowansville. Everyone is welcome.
CREEK/WATERLOO PASTORAL CHARGE
Sunday, December 17 — Third of Advent — worship and music: Creek United, 278 Brill Rd., West Bolton service and Sunday school, at 9 a.m.; St. Paul’s United, 4929 Foster, Waterloo service at 10:30 a.m. Reverend Dave Lambie, minister. For information or to leave a message call: 450-539-2129.
EMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH Come together for a thoughtful and spiritual experience and give yourself a good start to the week. Sunday worship is at 203 rue Principale, Cowansville, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday school is this Sunday. We serve the United Church communities of Brigham, East Farnham, Farnham, and Cowansville…but really anyone can find a home here. Give it a try and sample a Sunday. Wheelchair accessible. Leading our worship service on this third Sunday of Advent will be Deborah Beattie. Please join us on December 24 at 3:45 p.m. for our Christmas Eve candlelight family service. Details to come next week. Church office: 450-2630204. Website: emmanuelcowansville.ca.
ÉGLISE CATHOLIQUE ST. ÉDOUARD CATHOLIC CHURCH
366 Knowlton Road, Knowlton. You are invited to participate in a bilingual Mass Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Christian meditation is now on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (side door). The group is now bilingual and has been formed to introduce meditation to newcomers. We welcome beginners and experienced meditators. Regular attendance not required. Information call Linda Spear: 450-538-2506. GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH 52 Principale sud, Sutton, welcomes everyone for Sunday services at 10:30 a.m. All welcome. Canon Tim Smart, rector. Information: 450-538-8108 or visit our website at www.gracechurchsutton.org.
GRANBY UNITED CHURCH Where God Unites all Children. Be a part of the family. 101 rue Principale, Granby. Please call 450-372-1417 for information and to confirm time of our services. guc-eug@bellnet.ca.
KNOWLTON-MOUNTAIN VALLEY PASTORAL CHARGE
Serving the regions of Knowlton, Bolton Centre, Mansonville, and Vale Perkins. Worship service at 11 a.m. at Knowlton United Church, 234 Knowlton Road (450-243-6078). A warm welcome is extended to all. Handicapped access available. Should you require the services of the minister, please contact the Rev. Steve Lawson at 450-242-1993.
LIVING HOPE CENTER
Living Hope Center, a full gospel church, meets on Sundays at 10 a.m. at 101 Albert Street, suite 1000 (under Uniprix) in Cowansville. For more information call pastor Tony Farrugia at 450295-3573. Come and worship the Lord Jesus Christ with us.
ST. GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 130 Principale, Granby, welcomes everyone for Sunday service at 11 a.m. All welcome. Bienvenue a tous. Reverend Richard Gauthier, rector. Information: 450-372-2197.
ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH
24 St. Paul’s Road, Knowlton. St. Paul’s — a dynamic, diverse community pursuing and serving Jesus in the Eastern Townships 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday services (traditional, contemporary and modern music and format). Please check out our new website: www.stpaulsknowlton.ca. Everyone welcome! Telephone: 450-242-2885. Christmas Events! December 20 — Messy Church Christmas 5–7 p.m. December 22 — Service of Hope 7 p.m. A time of reflection for those who find the holidays difficult. December 24 — 10 a.m.: The Fourth Sunday of Christmas. December 24 — 4 p.m.: Christmas Eve family service — tree decorating and a visit from Santa. December 24 — 9 p.m.: Classic Christmas Eve service — a traditional Christmas Eve. December 25 11 a.m.: Christmas Day service.
TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH
409 South Street, Cowansville. All Sunday services are at 10:30 a.m. Come and join us as we endeavor to learn and practice God’s loving will. We’d love to welcome you. Reverend George Campbell. Information: 450-955-3325 (leave message).