It is a time of construction both on the roadways that lead to CMCC and in the CMCC kitchen. Construction requires a need, a vision, tearing down the old, building up, patience, commitment to the task, the unexpected and anticipation of what the new will be. This Sunday we’ll begin a new series on “Faith Under Construction”. We’ll look at the call on Nehemiah’s life and what faith under construction teaches us.

Next Sunday we’ll continue our Faith Under Construction series as we look at the value of the Family of God.

As a reminder, the CMCC kitchen will be closed for renovations for May and June.  We will continue with our coffee and refreshment time in a simpler format. 

As a reminder, the intersection at Ottawa and Westmount is closed for construction.  Please allow extra travel time if needed on Sunday mornings.

Please pray for Snack Attack. For relationships to form. For encouragement to be given and received and for the community to experience the love of God.

The Gathering Church will once again be serving kettle popcorn at this year's MCC  Mennonite Relief Sale in New Hamburg,  May 30th and 31st. Many volunteers are needed to help make the sale a success. If available & interested in volunteering please contact Laura (lauraannally@gmail.com). 

The Gathering has reserved cabins and campsites at Hidden Acres Camp for a weekend of church camping, fellowship and worship the weekend of August 22 to 24.

In the past, this weekend has been a time of playing, enjoying creation, building up our relationships and worshipping God in the great outdoors.

To help us plan, would you please let Catherine (catherine@gatheringchurch.ca) know if you plan to attend. This can be a tentative plan. Having a general sense of numbers will help us with our reservation at HAC.  Please let Catherine know by May 12th.  

Once again this year, we will join as a faith community to offer new back-to-school clothing for the children of Chandler Mowat.  We’re grateful for Jenny-Lee’s leadership and commitment to leading us in blessing the children in this meaningful way.

This year we’ll pack and deliver the clothing on SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7^th.  Please save the date to join in this time of expressing God’s love to many.

The refreshment table team is looking for a few new volunteers to help starting in September. This would be on a rotation every 4-6 weeks. Please let Laura (lauraannally@gmail.com) or Catherine (catherine@gatheringchurch.ca) know if you're interested. 

New Hamburg Mennonite relief sale
May 30-31, 2025
Consider volunteering in the kettle corn booth

Worship at HAC
Sunday June 9th
3:00 to 7:00pm

Gathering Summer Camp
August 22 to 24

Women's Retreat
September 26 to 28
HAC

July 2 - 5, 2025
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON

More information will be coming in the weeks ahead.

Registration is Now Open!  Gathering 2025 Registration

Join delegates and congregational representatives for inspiring sessions, worship, and connection.

Our Vision and Care team members serve the church through offering prayer, care and wise leadership around our vision.  The Vision and Care team members are:  Marlene Hoekstra, Frank Hoekstra, Gloria Lebold, Doris Maiolo, and Alisha Nafziger.

The Leadership Board brings prayerful leadership to our faith community, meeting monthly to ensure we fulfill our mission and vision and faithfully oversee the many areas of ministry of The Gathering.  The members of the Board are: Wazir Ally, Clare Lebold, Craig Nafziger and Chris Pot.

• E-transfer to donations@gatheringchurch.ca.
• Cheque or cash in the white donation box at CMCC.
• Online through the donation button on our church website. (Part of your donation will cover processing and admin fees.)
• Please contact Marlene Hoekstra if you would like to arrange an alternate way of giving (click here).

Click  here for the regular MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) Newsletter.

Please submit any bulletin announcements for next week to Ruth at office@gatheringchurch.ca by Thursday at noon.