DALSTON-CROWN HILL and FOREST HOME UNITED CHURCHES
Welcome to Fall. After this extreme summer, let’s hope we have a great stretch of moderate temperatures until Winter comes calling.
Summer temperatures such as we’ve had this year, create an uncomfortable sanctuary in these heritage church buildings, so at Dalston-Crown Hill, we moved to the church hall in the basement for the summer. It was quite comfortable there, as long as the blinds remained down on the south windows.
We were so appreciative of Lay Leader – Pat Edmonds, and Ministry Student, Joy Cowan who led our worship services throughout the summer, along with one Sunday led by a member of our congregation.
Rev. William Haughton, or “Will”, joined us as Minister on September 1st. Will lives in Barrie but is no stranger to Oro-Medonte. His family has had a cottage in the area since before he was born and he enjoys the amazing cycling available all over the township throughout the good weather.
Will has previously served churches in Cambridge, London, Dundas, Norfolk County and Barrie, all in Ontario. He loves working as a minister and helping people connect to the God who loves us in good times and in bad.
When he’s not working, Will loves reading, cooking, playing different sports and spending time with family.
Will looks forward to serving our communities and enjoying many good times with us!
At Dalston-Crown Hill Church, a “Camp Awesome” was held August 20-24, for children ages 5-12. Living Waters Presbytery supplied the leaders, while members of the church handled the registration and snacks. The 9 children and a few of our youth who assisted throughout the week, had a lot of fun, playing games, creating some amazing crafts, learning songs (which they performed for parents/grandparents on the last day), and seemed to work up quite an appetite for the snacks. The theme of the camp was “Water of Life”, with each day focusing on some aspect of water. One day, the children packed up bags, each with a full meal’s ingredients, along with the recipe for the meal, which went to the Native Friendship Centre in Barrie, for their food bank. We had quite an assembly line going! The campers learned a valuable lesson on giving to those less fortunate.
Forest Home’s annual Corn Roast was held on August 24 at the church. The weather was superb, the food good, with hot dogs, salads, corn and lots of wonderful desserts. The Bake Table had a lot of great home baking for people to purchase for the week-end. Besides the great food and fellowship, live music entertained the crowd throughout the evening. A great time for all who attended!
It’s Fall and that means our Annual Fall Supper will take place at the Dalston United Church on Saturday, November 3rd. We are located at 1734 Penetanguishene Road (County Road 93). This is a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings and home-made pies. There are only two sittings this year, 4:30 and 6:30 p.m., so you will want to reserve your tickets early. Adults are $20 and children under 12, $8. For your tickets call Joe and Susan at 705-722-6965 after Oct. 1.
On Sunday mornings everyone is welcome to gather for worship at Forest Home United Church in the village of Forest Home at 9:00 am and at Dalston Crown-Hill United Church in the village of Dalston at 10:30 am. Sunday mornings our choir at Dalston practices at 9:45 before the 10:30 service……preparing for a few weeks at a time. If you love to sing, please join us!
Dalston Crown-Hill has been newly renovated to be accessible. Come check out the facilities that are available for a variety of gatherings, whether for community or private events. For details call Al at 705-737-2552.
To stay tuned to upcoming events, follow the postings on Facebook at Forest Home United Church and Dalston Crown-Hill United Church or check out the websites at: www.DalstonCrownHillUnitedChurch.net or email dalcrown@gmail.com
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