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In Beautiful Pakenham, Ontario, Canada

On-line Services Only at this Time

St. Andrew’s is committed to the safety of our community.
Given the current outbreak of COVID-19 in our area the church will be closed until further notice.

We determine on a weekly basis if it is safe to open.
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On-line services can be found on our YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/channel/UCxuAWRsCjRSwMvHrszIhyVQ

We offer prayers to you and your family for safety, good health and hope.

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Please join Rev. Dr. Jessica Hetherington for our Palm Sunday service this Sunday, March 28, 2021. You can watch the service live on our YouTube channel at 11:00 a.m. or view it later at your convenience at:
​www.youtube.com/channel/UCxuAWRsCjRSwMvHrszIhyVQ
 
Palm Sunday, also called Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week and always falls the Sunday before Easter. On Palm Sunday we commemorate and celebrate Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem. As he rode into the city on a donkey his followers spread palm branches at his feet and called Hosanna in adoration. Palm branches were considered symbols of goodness, victory and triumph. Today in the Christian church we re-enact this joyful day, remember Christ's sacrificial death on the cross and praise God for His gift of salvation.
 
Jessica will be serving communion so bring bread and juice (or crackers, cookies, wine, water) so you can participate.
 
Please also bring something to wave in the air during the service as we re-enact the joy of Palm Sunday. It can be a cedar branch, a long-stemmed leaf from a bouquet of flowers or you can make your own palm frond
(see instructions below).

Make Your Own Palm Fronds
 
Supplies
  • Sticks of some kind. Can be popsicle sticks, pencils, a wooden spoon or thin twigs.
  • Green construction paper or white paper you colour with green paint or markers.
  • Scissors
  • Tape or glue
 
Instructions
Option A
  • Trace your hand and fingers several times onto the paper.
  • Cut them out.
  • Tape or glue them to the stick, several on one stick. The fingers becoming the waving palm fronds!
Option B
  • Cut out strips of paper.
  • Glue or tape each one cross ways on the stick.

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Sweet as Pie
Sale

​$15 Each - Cash only at the door

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The ladies of St. Andrew's  are making pies!
Is one of these your favourite?
We're making them all!
Apple, Butterscotch, Lemon Meringue, Pumpkin, Raisin

Don't miss this opportunity to take home some fresh-made pies.
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Order Deadline: End of day March 31, 2021

Contact: Shirleen Duncan to order your pie at 613-850-6679
DO NOT ORDER YOUR PIES BY E-MAIL.
SHIRLEEN'S E-MAIL HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.
​If you ordered pies on March 26 or later please call Shirleen to confirm your order.

Pie pick up: April 3, 2021 from 12 – 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s

All services are available on our YouTube channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxuAWRsCjRSwMvHrszIhyVQ

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Join us for virtual coffee hour

Every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.
Click the following Zoom link and bring your cup of java:​
​us02web.zoom.us/j/84612761083
Meeting ID: 846 1276 1083


See yourself, your family and your neighbours doing all the things we love to do at St. Andrew's in the following video.

​Our Caring Community
It's Always a Good Time to Give the Gift of Food
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For more information visit The Hunger Stop at: lanarkcountyfoodbank.ca/
Donate Food
Food can be dropped off at several locations in our area.

Almonte
Patrice’s Your Independent Grocer
401 Ottawa Street

Carleton Place
Mitchell’s Your Independent Grocer
455 McNeely Avenue
Giant Tiger
320 Coleman Street
FreshCo
110 Lansdowne Avenue

The Hunger Stop Warehouse
84 Mill Street
​Donate Money
lanarkcountyfoodbank.ca/donate/donate-money/

​Online donations
You can use PayPal, Canada Helps  or make an e-Transfer. 

Cheques
Make cheques payable to Lanark County Food Bank and mail to, or drop off at, 84 Mill Street, Carleton Place, ON  K7C 1T5

Cash 
Please bring cash directly to the Food Bank during office hours. 

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Please consider renewing your regular donations to St. Andrew's.

​Donations have drastically fallen off during the Pandemic.
Here are ways to continue making your donations.

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Book Store
The Book Store in Stewart Hall has lots of books if you are looking for a good read. Thanks for donating your old books so others can enjoy them while supporting the Sunday school Food Grains Project.
If you have children's books please bring them in - they go really quickly!


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Our Origins

In 1840, the first congregation of St. Andrew’s United Church of Pakenham gathered together in worship. The people in that first congregation, made up of predominantly pioneering families from Ireland and Scotland, had sailed across the Atlantic, then up the St. Lawrence by steamer to Brockville, then by foot to Perth and finally through rough forest trails to their parcels of land in Pakenham. For the 175 years since that first gathering, subsequent generations have continued the tradition of worship with determination, faith, love and a strong sense of community. To this day outreach remains the heart and soul of our faith family.

Whether you're already part of our community or just visiting we hope our website will help tell the story of who we are.

You are welcome at St. Andrew's for worship, musical and special events and of course for our famous country church suppers.

For our full history click here.

Our recent history in photos.
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Join us for service Sunday mornings at 11 am

2585 County Road 29
Pakenham,  Ontario,  Canada

You can reach us by phone: 613-624-5400 or 613-277-5360
and E-mail:
  st.andrews.office@bellnet.ca
Website designed and maintained by: Rhonda Tees