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Message from the Board
The
ABC's of Church Redevelopment has reached its next stage. Now that
we know our strengths and weaker points here at Centennial its time
to set goals with time limits and improve us as needed, doing this
without it costing us any of our strength.
It's that time again to get ready
for Christmas, plan all the special services and the Annual Christmas
Party - this year with a special treat - the Sunday School children,
with the help of teachers and a few soloists from the Choir will
perform their Christmas Pageant. Come out and enjoy a very festive
evening.
The board is currently doing its
yearly recruitment. This year, thankfully, we are loosing very few
but we still need to fill their chairs and hopefully expand by a few.
So far we have two great people to join the board for 2003 but we
would really like a minimum of five. If you are interested in being
a part of the running of the Church or interested in more info of
what being a board member entails please talk to any board member or
leave a message with Jean in the office.
While you celebrate this joyful
time of the year please keep in mind, "Jesus Is The Reason For
The Season."
Merry
Christmas,
Jean Grimshaw
Editors'
Column
Murray
& Diane Strome
wmstrome@shaw.ca
and dianestrome@shaw.ca
We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks to
all of you who have submitted articles and reports for the
Roundabout. Without you, we could not do our job. If you don't see
your submission in this issue, it will appear in a future one.
Our Christmas gift to
you is a Centennial Christmas Card, on the back cover of this issue.
Please feel free to make photocopies to send to your friends. You can
also purchase cards, which are already folded with envelopes during
the coffee hour following the Church service. If you have internet
access, both the Black & White and Colour versions are available
on Centennial's web site in Adobe Acrobat format. You may download
these and print them on your computer, or put them on a floppy
diskette and take the diskette to any of the major copy centres to
have them printed professionally.
This issue of the
RoundAbout is available for viewing on the website, and also in PDF
format, which you can download and print if you wish. We are using a
different method of printing this issue. We hope that the quality
will be improved, especially for photographs.
Thanks again to the Weigels for folding
and addressing the newsletter and to Brenda Roessingh for providing
the original artwork for the cover and children's pages.
Do you
Remember?
Submitted by Lois McGill
·
Our Church Manse once stood where the gymnasium and daycare centres
now stand. It was converted into a residence for the caretaker, and a
house on Carey Road was purchased during Rev. Dr. Parsons' ministry.
·
The "RoundAbout Centennial" newsletter is
named after the intersection that was located at the convergence of
Douglas St., Government St., Hillside Ave. and Gorge Road.
·
The Assembly Hall is the first building, which at that
time, had a balcony.
·
The pulpit, before 1994 stood on a low platform just in
front of the organ. The latest move was made about when Rev. John
McGibbon was the minister.
·
The Glengarry Hospital Church Service, held the first
Monday of each month, has been conducted by volunteers from our
Church since about 1980. The services at the Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion
started soon afterwards, and for many years now have been conducted
by Will Dunlop .
·
Prairie Night began as "Guest Nite" in 1946
while Rev. Ashford was the minister.
·
Mrs. Vi McKenzie was
a greeter at the front door for many years. She was followed by Laura
Robertson and Mary Brooke.