In Beautiful Pakenham, Ontario, Canada
The building may be closed but out church is still open.
The building may be closed but out church is still open.
Your health and safety are of paramount importance to us . For this reason, our church will be closed for the foreseeable future.
Please stay safe, healthy and hopeful until we can gather again.
Please stay safe, healthy and hopeful until we can gather again.
The outdoor church service that was scheduled for Sunday, September 20, 2020 has been cancelled.
This decision is based on the steady increase of new cases in the region and changes to the rules for social gatherings.
The Premiere of Ontario today announced that starting
Friday, September 18, 2020, the limit for indoor gatherings is a maximum of 10 people and for outdoor events is a maximum of 25 people.
As responsible, caring members of the Pakenham community we continue to make safety our number one priority.
We are working to make our church ready for in-person services and events as soon as that becomes possible.
The Premiere of Ontario today announced that starting
Friday, September 18, 2020, the limit for indoor gatherings is a maximum of 10 people and for outdoor events is a maximum of 25 people.
As responsible, caring members of the Pakenham community we continue to make safety our number one priority.
We are working to make our church ready for in-person services and events as soon as that becomes possible.
Get the scoop here on reopening our building.
Our building is closed but we understand you may need the comfort that only God can provide in these difficult times.
We are offering Sunday services online.
All services are available on our
YouTube channel (PPC_Pakenham_ON_CAN) at:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmg2AlJxbvawuaBLbF_OSw/featured
The recording is posted every Friday for the following Sunday.
We are offering Sunday services online.
All services are available on our
YouTube channel (PPC_Pakenham_ON_CAN) at:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmg2AlJxbvawuaBLbF_OSw/featured
The recording is posted every Friday for the following Sunday.
Boy, did we have fun!
The Choir couldn't stand it anymore so we had an event!
Dave and Hélène Wilson generously hosted at their beautiful Green Elms Farm.
Our heartfelt thanks for their generosity and hospitality!
Don't worry we followed all the rules. We held the event outside, we wore masks, kept six feet apart and didn't sing as a group.
In spite of all the rules we had a great concert of soloists (all more than 16 feet away from our masked audience), story-tellers, instrumentalists and punsters.
And we took the opportunity to honour Marilyn Snedden for more than fifty years of contributions to the choir, church and community.
Meet Brian Thompson, Leader of our online Sunday services and coffee hours.
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We are inviting you to a
Zoom "Coffee Hour" Every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Join us online at: us02web.zoom.us/j/84612761083 Meeting ID: 846 1276 1083 |
Here are ways to continue making your donations during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Welcome to Stueytunes!
St. Andrew's own Director of Music, Tony Stuart, has a podcast about rock and roll music. In 10 minutes or less Tony will teach you about the people, places and stories behind some of the world’s most popular music. When you’re ready, buckle up and join Tony at: stueytunes.podbean.com/
St. Andrew's own Director of Music, Tony Stuart, has a podcast about rock and roll music. In 10 minutes or less Tony will teach you about the people, places and stories behind some of the world’s most popular music. When you’re ready, buckle up and join Tony at: stueytunes.podbean.com/
Prayers in a Time of Pandemic
Prayer For a Pandemic
by Cameron Bell,
an amateur poet living in Alliston, Ontario
May we who are merely inconvenienced
Remember those whose lives are at stake.
May we who have no risk factors
Remember those most vulnerable.
May we who have the luxury of working from home
Remember those who must choose between preserving their health and paying their rent.
May we who have the flexibility to care for our children when their schools close
Remember those who have no such options.
May we who have to cancel our trips
Remember those who have no safe place to go.
May we who are losing our margin money in the tumult of the economic market
Remember those who have no margin at all.
May we settle in for quarantine at home.
by Cameron Bell,
an amateur poet living in Alliston, Ontario
May we who are merely inconvenienced
Remember those whose lives are at stake.
May we who have no risk factors
Remember those most vulnerable.
May we who have the luxury of working from home
Remember those who must choose between preserving their health and paying their rent.
May we who have the flexibility to care for our children when their schools close
Remember those who have no such options.
May we who have to cancel our trips
Remember those who have no safe place to go.
May we who are losing our margin money in the tumult of the economic market
Remember those who have no margin at all.
May we settle in for quarantine at home.
Lockdown
by Fr. Richard Hendrick
March 13, 2020
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and gray and clear.
They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other across the empty squares,
Keeping their windows open so that those who are alone may hear the sounds of family around them.
They say that a hotel in the west of Ireland is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.
Today a young woman I know is busy spreading flyers with her numbers through the neighbourhood
So that the elders may have someone to call on.
Today churches, synagogues, mosques and temples are preparing to welcome and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary
All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting.
All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way.
All over the world people are waking up to a new reality.
How big we really are.
To how little control we really have.
To what really matters.
To love.
So we pray and we remember that - yes - there is fear
But there does not have to be hate.
Yes there is isolation.
But there does not have to be loneliness.
Yes there is panic buying
But there does not have to be meanness.
Yes there is sickness.
But there does not have to be disease of the soul.
Yes there is even death.
But there can always be a rebirth of love.
Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.
Today, breathe.
Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic
the birds are singing again.
The sky is clearing, spring is coming,
And we are always encompassed by love.
Open the windows of your soul
and though you may not be able to touch cross the empty square,
Sing.
by Fr. Richard Hendrick
March 13, 2020
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and gray and clear.
They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other across the empty squares,
Keeping their windows open so that those who are alone may hear the sounds of family around them.
They say that a hotel in the west of Ireland is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.
Today a young woman I know is busy spreading flyers with her numbers through the neighbourhood
So that the elders may have someone to call on.
Today churches, synagogues, mosques and temples are preparing to welcome and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary
All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting.
All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way.
All over the world people are waking up to a new reality.
How big we really are.
To how little control we really have.
To what really matters.
To love.
So we pray and we remember that - yes - there is fear
But there does not have to be hate.
Yes there is isolation.
But there does not have to be loneliness.
Yes there is panic buying
But there does not have to be meanness.
Yes there is sickness.
But there does not have to be disease of the soul.
Yes there is even death.
But there can always be a rebirth of love.
Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.
Today, breathe.
Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic
the birds are singing again.
The sky is clearing, spring is coming,
And we are always encompassed by love.
Open the windows of your soul
and though you may not be able to touch cross the empty square,
Sing.
A prayer from Rev. Dr. Richard Bott during the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this time of COVID-19, we pray:
When we aren't sure, God, help us be calm;
when information comes from all sides, correct and not, help us to discern;
when fear makes it hard to breathe, and anxiety seems to be the order of the day,
slow us down, God;
help us to reach out with our hearts, when we can't touch with our hands;
help us to be socially connected, when we have to be socially distant;
help us to love as perfectly as we can, knowing that "perfect love casts out all fear."
For the doctors, we pray,
for the nurses, we pray,
for the technicians and the janitors and the aides and the caregivers, we pray,
for the researchers and theorists, the epidemiologists and investigators,
for those who are sick, and those who are grieving, we pray,
for all who are affected, all around the world... we pray
for safety,
for health,
for wholeness.
In this time of COVID-19, we pray:
When we aren't sure, God, help us be calm;
when information comes from all sides, correct and not, help us to discern;
when fear makes it hard to breathe, and anxiety seems to be the order of the day,
slow us down, God;
help us to reach out with our hearts, when we can't touch with our hands;
help us to be socially connected, when we have to be socially distant;
help us to love as perfectly as we can, knowing that "perfect love casts out all fear."
For the doctors, we pray,
for the nurses, we pray,
for the technicians and the janitors and the aides and the caregivers, we pray,
for the researchers and theorists, the epidemiologists and investigators,
for those who are sick, and those who are grieving, we pray,
for all who are affected, all around the world... we pray
for safety,
for health,
for wholeness.
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!
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.
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.
