East Zorra Mennonite Church
Volume 66 Sunday August 6, 2023 No. 32
Sunday August 6, 2023
10 a.m. Summer Combined Worship Service with Cassel Mennonite & EZMC
will be hosted at Tavistock Mennonite Church (livestream on TMC’s website)
Please note that there is no service at EZMC on this morning
This Coming Week
Thursday August 10th
- 7 p.m. Worship Committee Meeting
Next Sunday – August 13, 2023
10:30 a.m.
Ecumenical Worship Service in Queen’s Park, Tavistock
The Tavistock and Area Ministerial invites you to join us as the community churches come together for a time of worship and fellowship. All are welcome!
The service will be held in the Pavilion. Please bring your lawn chairs!
Along with our regular congregational offerings, we will also receive an offering in support of Tavistock Assistance Program (T.A.P.)
Following the service T.A.P. will host their Annual Community Lunch. Please join us and enjoy Sausage on a bun and potato salad. Free will donations to help cover the meal expenses are welcomed.
We hope to see you there!
Please note that there is no service at EZMC that morning.
EZMC Announcements
We will be printing an updated EZMC Church Family Photo and Address Directory in October 2023.
- If you moved or have a new phone number since the printing of the Church Directory In October 2022 and have not given your updated information to the church office, please do so. If you were not in the last directory but would like to be included, please contact the church office.
- We would love to see updated photos! Please send to Lisa, preferably in digital form (jpeg) by email at office@ezmennonite.ca. If you have a photo you would like her to scan, make arrangements to drop off and she will return to you. These photos can be casual. If you are submitting a photo please remember that professional photos are subject to copyright so permission would be needed from the photographer to include.
- Please note that we encourage every person or family unit to submit a photo. Thank you so much for your willingness to submit a photo! It is very much appreciated!
- Deadline to submit is September 22, 2023.
Beyond Our Church Community
Food Truck Thursdays at the New Hamburg Thrift Centre
Every Thursday from 4-8 pm, food trucks will be at the New Hamburg Thrift Centre until August 31st. A poster and schedule of the different food trucks is on the main bulletin board. See you there!
Tuesday August 15th 7 – 8 p.m., Online – Resettlement info session: Welcoming the stranger. Our Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) program allows friends, family, churches and community groups the opportunity to resettle refugees into their communities with financial assistance from the government. You’re invited to learn more about the BVOR program and the profound impact you could have in welcoming the stranger in the upcoming information session. To register, visit mcco.ca/events for details.
Wednesday September 20th 9 am – 4 pm. You are invited to go “Up the Nith” for a heritage bus tour led by Fred Lichti. Through stories and stops along the way, learn about the oldest Amish Mennonite settlement in Canada and today’s diversity of congregations–from the “tradition minded” Old Order Amish to the “change minded” Mennonite groups of Amish heritage. Cost-$85 per person includes lunch at Schmidtsville Restaurant. Pre-payment required. The tour starts and ends at Crosshill Mennonite Church. To register contact Doreen Erb 519-656-2561 or lderb2@gmail.com. Please see the attached document for more information.
How many school kits can you build in just four weeks?
Looking for a fun activity to do in August? Gather your kids, grandkids or students and take The School Kit Challenge to help children around the world attend school. More information coming soon! Want to learn more about what goes into a school kit? Visit MCC’s school kit information page
EZMC Summer 2023 Worship Service Schedule
Sunday August 20th 10 a.m. Worship Service at EZMC.
Sunday August 27th 10 a.m. Worship Service at EZMC.
Sunday September 3rd 10 a.m. Summer Combined Worship Service with Tavistock
Mennonite & EZMC will be hosted at Cassel Mennonite Church.
Sunday September 10th Welcome Back Sunday at EZMC