About us …

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Who Are We Today …:
Demographics:

• A Presbyterian congregation located in south-east Burlington, Ontario
• A consistent weekly attendance at worship of approximately 120 people
• Many seniors but also younger families, with a weekly Sunday school program for nursery through grade six

Our Attributes:

• We have a fulltime Minister and an office manager
• We are financially stable with no debt
• Our fully renovated facility is air conditioned, fully accessible, has listening devices and is well maintained
• We are visible in the community. Our facility is used by organizations such as Sparks, Girl Guides, Pathfinders, Scouts, Narcotics Anonymous, Food for Life, a bridge club, Halton Region ROCK program and GTA Zimbabwe Seventh Day Adventist congregation
• We are thankful to God for our accomplishments since our inception in 2007. Now we focus on our future.

Service / Music:

• We offer a traditional style of worship but occasionally inject something musically different
• Our choir is small but mighty
• Congregational involvement with the service

Congregational Wellness:

• We strive to be a
  • supportive congregation, caring for each other
  • welcoming and friendly congregation
  • compassionate community of Christians
  • hard-working group with a hopeful & optimistic attitude
  • congregation that enjoys fellowship
  • giving, sincere, committed community
• We are responding to increasing pastoral needs
• We are a faithful community, actively engaged in spiritual growth

Community:

• We are a community-minded congregation, supporting local and world-wide needs.
  • Apart from Food for Life and the local organizations using our facility, our local outreach efforts include a Christmas Dinner for the less privileged, a Christmas Wish project, a weekly social club and contributions to local charities
  • We support world-wide needs through the national church with contributions to Presbyterians Sharing and Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D). In addition, we sponsor two children via Christian Children’s Fund of Canada and participate in the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas child (shoeboxes) initiative.
• We are an active member of Hamilton Presbytery and Presbyterian Church in Canada

Where are we going …
Demographics:

• Continue to be located in south-east Burlington, Ontario
• A congregation with ministries for all ages
• Growing attendance at our weekly worship services
• A growing range of programs for youth, nourishing what we have while also collaborating with other Presbyterian Churches on the execution of a youth outreach program

To Help Achieve our objectives:

• Shared youth leader with the other Burlington Presbyterian Churches
• Vacation Bible school in cooperation with Camp Kintail

Our Attributes:

• Continue to be a financially stable congregation with no debt, a full-time minister, office manager and shared youth leader
• Continued sharing of our facility with community organizations

Service/Music:

• A continued traditional style of worship and periodically a special type of service. Our Service & Worship committee is actively planning and holding additional services such as Celebration of Lives Lived, Longest Night, 70’s Music concert, Seniors service, joint choir concert, and so on
• A strong choir to lead our music ministry
• More congregational involvement with the service for those who want to

Congregational Wellness & Community:

• Continue to thank God for our accomplishments but remain vigilant about ensuring we remain a strong and vibrant congregation engaged in spiritual growth, supporting increasing local and world-wide needs, expanding outreach programs, and continuing to be an active member of Hamilton Presbytery and Presbyterian Church in Canada

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