2010 Mission and Outreach Report
Members of the committee: Ernestine Schonberg (chairperson), Sylvie White, Anna Preston, Leslie Ward
The focus is on mission initiatives and mission education within St. Andrew's Maple. We make recommendations about expenditures from the mission fund as well as suggestions about other mission initiatives to session. We will focus on outreach into our community.
Presbyterian Sharing: $4,945 - contributions from our congregation in 2010.
Canada Ministries grant finished in December 2010.
Presbyterian World Service and Development Fund supported by our congregation, support Evangel Hall Mission, Vaughan Food Bank, Christian Blind Mission, Bible League (day planner), RBC (our daily bread), Haiti Earthquake ($467), World Vision ($1200 for stable of animals for underprivileged area in our world); Gift of Change $200 - lay training centre in Ghana.
Maplefest outreach, awareness, and presence in our community; Bake table at Lion's Pancake Festival; Display at the library, free for the month of October, with help from Sunday school; sold approximately 25 Presbyterian 2011 calendars; gave out approximately 40 advent calendars to our church families.
We shared our space this year with ESL (English as a Second Language) Mondays to Fridays 9-1; AA twice weekly; Great Big Theater Company (drama camp for children). The Romanian Church left for a different location in November 2010.
We are certainly open to sharing our facilities within the community because of our location and the parking area.
We had 4 Mission lunches to raise funds this year, with great support from the congregation. Thank you!
Many thanks to Hugh and Jackie Cook for looking after our sign in front of the church. Very well done.
Also thanks to Udo and Ernestine Schonberg for looking after the lights in the Sanctuary during the month of December. It shows our lovely stained glass windows as a sign and beacon of hope during Christmas.
Thank you all for support of the many Missions and Outreaches of 2010.
Ernestine Schonberg, Chairperson