The Granum Christian Reformed Church is hosting a Canadian Food Grains Bank Harvest Supper on Saturday, November 14 @ 6:00 pm. A special feature after the supper will be a presentation by local CFGB growers and a presentation by Chris Shiundu, National CRWRC relief coordinator in Kenya, who is involved in CFGB projects overseas. All churches involved in or interested in growing projects or food security in developing countries, are invited to attend this informative evening. Supper cost is by donation, proceeds going to the Canadian Food grains Bank. For more information or to RSVP please call Truusje at 403 687-2172 or Joanne at 403 687-2125

             Imanuel Christian Schools are pleased to announce that BAZAAR 2009 the long-awaited annual fundraiser for our schools will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at ICHS, 802 - 6 Avenue, North, Lethbridge. As usual, exciting plans are being made to entertain people of all ages. This week volunteers will be calling to ask for help on this special day. Please consider helping for an hour or two, many hands make light workIf you are not called and want to help in the kitchen or at a sales table please contact the Business Office asap as the time slots fill up quickly. Now is also the time to start working on your donations of crafts, baking and other items. Please call the Business Office at 403-327-4223 if you require more information. Thank you.

             Dordt College announces a new learning vacation to be held June 6-11, 2010. Join Dordt professors Jim Schaap and Robb De Haan as they lead their third Great Plains Experience, this time on the "Prairie's Edge." The motorcoach tour begins and ends in Sioux Center at Dordt, and takes in a wide spectrum of topics including wind energy, changes in farming practices, the 1862 Sioux Indian Uprising, and lifestyles in small, rural communities. You'll visit places in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota that most tourists will never find. That's the adventure! For a brochure or more information, contact Dianne De Wit at 712-722-6029 or ddewit@dordt.edu.

             Christmas at Sea As one way of showing Christ’s love, the Ministry to Seafarers distributes gifts to the crews of the cargo ships that frequent our ports during December. However, we depend on church members like you to supply these gifts. If you find shopping for and wrapping a gift is inconvenient, you may make a cash donation instead. Your cheque, made payable to the Ministry to Seafarers, should be sent to Christmas at Sea, Ministry to Seafarers, 401 East Waterfront Road, Vancouver, BC V6A 4G9. On the memo line of the cheque, please write Christmas at Sea. Volunteers will use the funds received to purchase items and make up gifts for distribution. PS Be sure to check out our website: www.ministrytoseafarers.com Please put gifts in the box in the back of church. Thanks!

Don’t send those piggies to market!!! Send them to Neal Dekens. If you are willing to donate pigs to the annual bazaar for Immanuel Christian Schools, Saturday, November 21,2009, please contact Neal at 403-635-5323 (cell) or 403-328-2754 (home). A gift-in-kind receipt will be issued in February 2010. If you need more information please contact the Business Office, 403-327-4223.

Reformation Day:

In the aftermath of the Reformation there emerged, as is typical of such events, a number of radical movements. One of these came to be called Anabaptism, opposed to infant baptism. Some of the Anabaptist, not all, insisted that Christians baptized as infants be re-baptized, a leader among these being Conrad Grebel, leader of the Swiss Brethren. As the movement spread northwest, it was organized in Holland by Menno Simons into the movement known as Mennonites. Another figure in the Anabaptist movement was Jacob Huter who promoted a kind of Christian communism. It is to the credit of Menno Simons that under his leadership Anabaptism gained respectability. He attempted to establish congregations patterned after the church of the apostles, teaching that true faith leads one in the way of Jesus, that baptism does not confer grace, and that service in the state and in war, and the giving of oaths are contrary to Scripture.

ADVANCED NOTICES

Nov. 10 Breakforth Early Registration Deadline

Nov. 13 GEMS Badge Night & Sleepover

Nov. 14 Canadian Foodgrains Bank Dinner by Granum CRC, 6 P.M.

Nov. 14 Cadet Annual Battery Drive, 9 A.M. - 3 P.M.

Nov. 15 Cadet Sr. Singing

Nov. 16 Cadet Swimming Party

Nov.21 Immanuel Christian Schools Bazaar

Dec. 11 Sunday School Christmas Program

Dec. 14 GEMS Christmas Party

Dec. 20 GEMS Sr. Singing

Dec. 21 Cadet Christmas Party

Dec. 30 Cadet Hurricane Hockey Game

Jan. 2 GEMS/ Cadets Bottle Drive

Jan. 29 GEMS/Cadets Spaghetti Dinner

Jan 29-31 Breakforth in Edmonton