Someone said to me, I am glad we are on the other side (Christmas). Do you feel like that? Christmas is over and you can get back to the normal routine of life? I cannot count how many people said to me, let’s get together over the break for a coffee or a visit. I wonder - why not get together through out the year, instead of trying to cram it all within 20 days or so?

One thing we don’t do well is “savour the moment.” As a culture, we jump from one thing to the next. As a result, relationships suffer, tensions rise, and we never feel fulfilled or satisfied. Always looking for the next best thing.

There is an old Christmas carol called the “Twelve Days of Christmas” celebrating and giving of gifts from Christmas day to Epiphany, January 6. In today’s dollars, these gifts did not come cheap. According to PNC Bank's 41st annual Christmas Price Index, the cost of all the gifts in The 12 Days of Christmas is $49,263.47 in 2024. Total number of gifts given adds up to 364 gifts, for total price tag of $209,272.

I thought it might be inspiring to look at this and see what in fact these gifts mean to us today.

Join us for an interesting and inspirational last Sunday of 2024. And a happy New Year to you all – Pastor Jim Reimer.

Growth Groups Starting Up!

Our Small Groups will start up again on January 8^th.

General sign-ups are open. Simply reply to this email to express your interest or ask questions. This is a great opportunity to connect deeper with God and each other and enjoy the support, encouragement and joy of one another.

There will also be a Jan 2 zoom meeting for those interested in facilitating or hosting so please let us know if you would like the link to join in that as well.

Christmas eve Community Dinner

We want to extend a warm thank you to all who took part in various ways for this wonderful dinner to take place. Many people attended and enjoyed a lovely meal enjoying the company of others.

Celebration of Life – R J Warren

Saturday, Jan 11, 2pm there will be a Celebration of R J Warren’s Life held at KCF.

Bring finger food/goodies if you can. If you would like to take part in hosting, setting up or cleaning up please reply to this email.

Our Daily Bread

If God is leading you to help someone not be hungry, to have a safe place to go for community, and to experience the love of God, please consider Volunteering or sending Our Daily Bread a financial gift today.

Etransfer: odb@odboffice.com

Here is a video link that captures the heart of ODB. We hope you can take a moment to click on the link and watch it. We also invite you to share this link far and wide. https://youtu.be/BNJbNrIdQkY?si=I5Yip9tu08MoYKvf

Rides to Church

If you can offer someone a ride to church on Sunday, please let us know.

Tithes and Offerings

Those who are wanting to support our Church with offerings (during this time, it is very much appreciated) it can be done by etransfer to office@kcfoffice.com, through our website via PayPal, or by calling in to the office with a credit card or mailing in your cheque. Thank you for your continued giving to the church with your tithes and generous offerings.

Anne-Marie Rasmussen – Administrator