• Rev Lynn McKinnon – Join us welcome Rev Lynn to BUC for her second service with us.  We are looking forward to sharing worship with Lynn and starting this new adventure under her leadership.  Some things will return to “normal” with wearing masks being optional at each individual’s discretion, pews are back in their normal configuration with no more social distancing and social time after church will be back.
• Music for Worship; – Lee Dowan will be providing the music for the service on Sept 11^th so come prepared to sing.
• Choir Startup –    It is with excitement and pleasure that Lee would like to announce the return of practice and performance of our choir.  Rehearsals will begin on September 11 after the morning service and will be from 11:30 am for an hour.. Our numbers have slightly shrunk and we are looking for new members.  If you would be interested in joining, we would be delighted to see you. If you have questions about the choir, contact Lee by email at ladyleedow@shaw.ca  or call her at 403-818-9592.
• Volunteers needed – Please consider volunteering for the following opportunities to help out at the church.   There will be sign up sheets at the front table and even it you can commit to one Sunday occasionally or maybe once a month that would be very helpful.
  • Greeters – A friendly face at the door is needed to welcome people and provide help.  It’s a good way to get to know people and check in with old friends.
  • Coffee Time Volunteers – Coffee will be served after the service but we need some volunteers to make the coffee ahead of the service and clean up afterward.  Please consider helping out in this area even if it is only occasionally or for 1 Sunday a month.

• Rev Lynn Contact Information:  If you wish to contact Rev Lynn, her cell phone number is 403-866-4045 and her email address is  ReverendLynn@outlook.com.
• September 11 -Welcome back to Sunday school!
• Trivia Night:
  We are so happy to be holding an in-person trivia night as our Christmas Toy Project Fundraiser. We tried for an Airdrie site but all we looked at are booked for the night. We have dinner, paid bar, silent auction, 50-50 and loads of fun for everyone.
  Tickets are booked through Eventbrite with a discount if booked before Sept. 15, 2022. email:kiwanis.airdrie@gmail.com
• Garage Sale:
  We will be having our sale again this year. The date is Saturday, Oct. 22nd, 2022. Set up will be on Friday, Oct, 21st. We are asking everyone to start collecting items you would like to put into the sale. Please bring it to the Hall on Friday afternoon, Oct. 21st. We ask you NOT bring it to the church yet. We do not have the space to store everything. There will be more information coming soon regarding what we can and cannot take. If you have any questions, please contact Joyce Covey at 403-390-1925 or email at covster@shaw.ca.
• Faith & Family Night:
  Faith & Family Night at the Calgary Stampeders game is happening on September 17th and you’re invited to join the BUC cheering section! Please see Angela W to sign up or for more information.

• New start time:  – 10:00am Sunday mornings

• Q1 Financial Results:  The Treasurer will be providing quarterly snapshots of our financial position for your reference.  See the attached document for the financial status for the first quarter of 2022.  Steven Burford is working with Hannah to transition these responsibilities over to her.  He also started using a different software product to produce our financial statements as part of this transition process. If you would like to contact Steven, please leave a message on the church phone, 403-226-5844, and your request will be forwarded on to him.

• Card Ministry – If you think someone in the congregation might benefit from receiving a card from the church this week, contact Joyce Covey or Sheryl Page, our card ministers and ask them to send out a card.  Please contact them at covster@shaw.ca for Joyce or pagecovey@hotmail.com  for Sheryl.

Airdrie food bank

Go to the Outreach page to see what is needed at the Airdrie food bank.
Did you know that for every $1 that the Airdrie Food Bank receives they can purchase $3 worth of food items? If you choose to support them in this way, please mark your donation clearly, and BUC will submit all monies received, to the Food Bank.

Veterans Food Bank donations

At this time of year, we support the Veterans Food Bank run by the Calgary Poppy Fund that assists veterans, ex-service, widows & dependents in Calgary & area. Donations of food, socks, mittens, gloves, & toques are needed & can be left in the church food bank bin in the entranceway.

BUC community news:

Doreen Harrold has made 650 squares for Soap for Hope!
BUC Fundraiser with Shirley’s Greenhouse: 16 people participated and we raised $197.00

❄❄❄😢 Sadly, with reports of 5-10 cm snow tomorrow; Angela, Zoe and I made the hard decision to cancel our Fire Pit/Pumpkin evening Friday, October 29.

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We hope to have more events coming up in the near future. We will keep you posted!!

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Have a lovely day tomorrow enjoy the beauty of snow and stay safe ❤

Victoria

Hi everybody. We would like to invite you all to hang out with us at Nose Creek park in Airdrie this Saturday from 7-10 pm for an evening of games, roasting hot dogs over the fire and more.

What you need to bring:

-warm clothes for any kind of weather 🧤

-a camping chair

-a roasting stick

– a snack (if you don’t want hot dogs and chips)

– a blanket (optional)

– a water bottle

Please let us know if you plan on coming so we have the right amount of food.