Hello Glenbrook,

I hope you’ve been staying dry in the last several days. It seems the weather is finally reflecting the season and I have been relishing wrapping myself in a cozy blanket, pulling on giant wool socks, and making a big cup of tea each evening (aka like 4pm ha ha ha). This week, we are celebrating our niece’s 8th birthday! Anna is actually almost reaching my height, whichmeans she will be towering over me by 9. For her birthday, Mike and I are taking her to Toronto to see The Lion King production at Mirvish! Although we won’t be going until the New Year, so we got her a lion stuffie and a Lion King necklace so she has something on the actual day. Ironically, taking me to this production was also the birthday gift Mike got ME for my birthday. So…basically Mike got both me, his 32 year old fiancée, and his 8year old niece the same gift for our birthdays and we are both equally psyched about it ha ha ha. November is a big month for the de Jourdan nieces. Next week would be Mary’s 6th birthday, and the weekend after is Emily’s 2nd birthday. So next weekend we’ll be getting together and celebrating with a big family party 😊

This Sunday we are thrilled to welcome a guest preacher, Rev. Glen Kukkola to Glenbrook! His message will be The Power of the Undervalued and Underestimated. Glenn is a friend of the congregation going back many years to his time as a Youth Pastor at St. Andrew’s Streetsville Presbyterian Church. Glenn has spent the past decade teaching architecture in Türkiye.

International Dinner - TOMORROW

The International Dinner is TOMORROW, November 16th at 4:00pm. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to come! If you are bringing a dish, please comefor around 4:00pm so we can organize and get things set up. We are going to be eating at 5:00pm and believe me it is going to be GOOD. I would also appreciate if you could send in a recipe – whether it is the recipe you used for this dish, your favourite recipe, or one that just reminds you of home.

I would love to get those in so we can compile a recipe book of our family.

See you tomorrow!

Christmas Concert

This year, our Christmas Concert will be held on Saturday, December 14th at

2:00pm. You may notice that this is a little bit earlier than previous years. We are hoping that this shift in time will allow those who cannot drive at night to be able to join! Also for those who have Christmas dinner plans will have time to do so after the concert. If you would like a ride to or from the concert, please let us know.

Please note a slight change in time for practice starting this week - this

Thursday please come at 7:00pm in the sanctuary. See you there with bells on!

Annual Seniors Christmas Luncheon

Before the above Christmas Concert begins, the seniors of the congregation should keep an eye out in the mail for the invitation to our annual Seniors Christmas Luncheon. More information to come!

Missions and Outreach

Canadian Foodgrains Bank/Good Neighbour Project

We have surpassed our goal and hit $6700, but if you still feel led to give you are welcome!!!

Sharing our blessings is one of the ways we can partner with God in His redemptive work. We all know this world is in NEED. Every act of kindness, every generous gift, every moment of service is a small piece of God's larger plan to bring healing, hope, and salvation.

Poinsettia Sales are here to mark the Christmas season's approach

Geraldine is heading up the sale once again this year and the plants will come from Sheridan Nurseries in Mississauga. To keep things simple there will be just 3 sizes of plants in 2 colour choices available for pre-order and pre-payment.

 Poinsettia - 4.5" - $ 9.00

Poinsettia - 6.5" - $16.00

Poinsettia - 8"    - $36.00

CHOICE OF WHITE OR RED ONLY

Pre-Payment via etransfer to the new Events Account using -

Glenbrookpcevents@gmail.com <mailto:Glenbrookpcevents@gmail.com>

Cash payments can be made on pick up only!

Sign up/Orders can be made at the lobby table starting this Sunday and MUST

BE IN BY SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24th. Orders can also be emailed to Geraldine at

rushtonbreeze@gmail.com <mailto:rushtonbreeze@gmail.com>

Plant pick up will be Wednesday Dec. 11th or Thursday December 12th

(Confirmation of this date to come).

Raw Carrot

If anyone missed our order date and has a craving for a warm bowl of goodness - we have the following soup packages available on a first come first serve basis this Sunday after the service.

$10 Package    Flying Chicken Noodle

                        Mulligatawny

                        Hearty Lentil Barley

                        Carrot

                        Spicy-ish Italian Sausage

                        Potato and Bacon

$11 Package    Blistered Tomato and Red Pepper

                        Corn Chowder

                        Moroccan Butternut Squash

See everyone this Sunday :)

Open Door Gift Card Drive

As the Christmas Season approaches, we put forth the opportunity to participate in the Glenbrook tradition of an Open Door Gift Card Drive.

We once again will be collecting $25 or better still for a whole family, a $50 Walmart gift card. These cards are mailed out to families to give them the dignity of shopping for gifts or for Christmas Meal items for themselves. The cards are needed as soon as possible and can be dropped in a basket on the offering table in the sanctuary. (If you wish for someone to shop for these cards for you then you can etransfer the amount of your donation via the new etransfer email

glenbrookpcevents@gmail

This endeavour has come up fast and at a time so soon after your generosity has been proven, but NEED exists in an ongoing manner all around us.

Thanks in advance for supporting the Open Door.

Open Door AGM

Last week the Open Door held their AGM and it was a wonderful evening of sharing how God is blessing this ministry. Please find the report attached.

Harbourtown Sound

Glenbrook folk have enjoyed the concerts of Chris Starkey's barbershop chorus (Harbourtown Sound) in the past so let him know if you are interested in attending this year's "Holiday Spectacular". Featured choruses will include Harbourtown Sound, the reigning international women's chorus champions A Cappella Showcase, and an up-and-coming youth choir "Young Voices". The finale will have over 100 voices onstage and promises to be "spectacular". Please see Chris Starkey for tickets or email him at

godlovespresbystoo@gmail.com <mailto:godlovespresbystoo@gmail.com> .

Items – Needed and Need a Home

One item that is needed currently within our congregation is a bed! Do you or someone you know have a bedframe and mattress?

Alternatively, if you are looking for some items, the following are available:

1) Walker/Rollator

2) Bed Rail

3) Raised toilet seat

4) 4-pronged cane

Please contact Geraldine if interested!

Upcoming Workshop – Biblical Foundations for Narratives of Hope

The Rev. Dr. Patricia Dutcher-Walls, Moderator of the 2024 General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, will lead this in-person workshop forboth clergy and laity. It will consider tales of hope from the Bible that lay a foundation for our own stories of hope and possibility. Participants will explore ways to find parallels in these ancient tales of hope for us today in the midst of challenging times. Listening to these stories and each other engages our spiritual imagination in the service of our faithfulness

and future as God’s people.

 When: Saturday, November 23, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Eastern)

Where: St. Giles Presbyterian Church; 15 Lambeth Rd., Toronto

Register: Contact mcopeland@presbyterian.ca by Friday November 15.

For more information, please visit

https://presbyterian.ca/2024/11/05/upcoming-workshop-biblical-foundations-fo

r-narratives-of-hope/

Meet & Greet Rev. Dr. Jerry Pillay

You will find attached an invitation to meet and greet the Rev. Dr. Jerry Pillay, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, on Thursday, December 5, from 2pm–4pm at Knox College, 59 St. George St, Toronto.

Come for a time of conversation with Dr. Pillay as he speaks about the importance of our ecumenical relationships, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Canadian Council of Churches.

Please indicate your intention to attend no later than Monday, November 25 by emailing the Rev. Victor Kim, Principal Clerk, at vkim@presbyterian.ca. 

November Schedule of Volunteers

Please let me know if there are any dates which I need to change or move

for you 😊 If you would like to join the volunteer team even once every few months, let me know! Ann

Service for Sunday, November 17th 2024

Please note that all services will be available on the SAME link each time. So click on the link below to watch all services live with us.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GlenbrookPresbyterian/live

Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 1:4-20

                              Psalm 146

                              Mark 12:38-44

Message: "The Power of the Undervalued and Underestimated"

Guest Speaker Rev. Glen Kukkola

Samantha Black

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