Community Corner

Secret Santa Christmas Card Exchange This Christmas will be different in many ways. Here's an opportunity to share Christmas with others in an old school fashion, with hand written Christmas cards. We may not be able to connect together physically but a hand written card is a great Christmas gift. We would like to invite you to join us in a Secret Santa Christmas Card Exchange. All you need to do is • Sign up and provide your address. • Make a card or buy a card. • Write a Christmas greeting and message to the person or persons on your list. • Address it, buy a stamp, and put it in the mail. While you will bless someone with a Christmas card, you will also be blessed with one from someone else on the list. Please know that only the person with your name will receive your address. Your address will not come onto any other list or be given to any other person(s). If you would like a card sent to your child separately, let us know. Sign up here SIGN UP BY DECEMBER 13, 2020

Light of the World December 20, 2020 Join us December 20th, 2020 at 7pm for Light of the World. Chase those COVID Christmas Blues away! Join us for an evening of Christmas fun with a Christmas sing-along and an interactive virtual story.

Other ways to watch: Facebook live: Find it through our Facebook Page: https://www. facebook.com/springgardenchurch/ Our Website: www.springgardenchurch.ca Youtube: https://youtu.be/W_TyiUYReNM Youtube Promo Video: https://youtu.be/KRUPZMuOC2o Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship December 24, 2020 @ 7pm Join us on Christmas Eve, at 7pm for a Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship ONLINE gathering. You can find it live on our front page or our streaming page at the scheduled time. For more information, please visit https://www. springgardenchurch.ca/upcoming-events/2019/12/24/christmaseve-worship-gathering-hz9gx.

Our kids worship gathering will meet in person once we are certain it is safe to do so. Until then our kids will meet on zoom every Sunday following the children’s blessing. The only exception to this is on the first Sunday of each month. On these Sundays we’re encouraging youth and children to join their families to worship together. Here is the overall flow:

Children’s Blessing Ends • Kids Log in to Zoom (information for doing this will be sent out prior) • Big Group Teaching (Lead by one of our big group leaders) • Split into small groups (Our Zoom Moderator will sort people into their groups) • Small-Group Time (Small Group Leaders talk with kids about what was said during Big Group time) • Finished - Kids and leaders sign off and enjoy the rest of their Sunday

We emailed the information needed to join our online meetings. If you have received the email, please do not share it with other families. If you know of anyone who should have received the email please direct them to contact Jeremy (jeremy@ springgardenchurch.ca)

Spring Kids (Online) Here is an overview of what we will be talking about on Sundays for Spring Kids. Verse

Lesson

Dec 13

Dec 20

Dec 27 Ponder Point Bible Passage

The Lord Is Our Righteousness (Jeremiah) Jesus Is God’s Gift (Zechariah and the Angel) God's Son Brings Peace Jer. 23:5–6

Luke 1:5–25, 57–80

Luke 2:1–20 Remember (Birth of Jesus)

Prov. 3:5–6

Prov. 3:5–6

Prov. 3:5–6

**Please be aware that our Youth Worship Gatherings will be held online until further notice, even after the building is open to the public.**

December 27th: We will resume our regular worship gatherings for youth in grades 6-12 following the Children’s Blessing during our Sunday Morning Gathering/Livestream. Youth will be able to connect online and we will have our own time of worship and teaching similar to how we did before the pandemic. Youth who want to join us for worship on Sundays can do so through this link www.http://tiny.cc/SGCYouth **Please be aware that our gatherings will not begin until after the children’s blessing during the Sunday Morning Livestream**

December 6th, 13th, 20th: Our youth group will meet online after the Sunday morning livestream to discuss what was said during the speakers talk for the morning.

Life Groups this month will happen on December 10th for Jr High Girls (Gr 6-8) and December 11th, for the Sr High Girls (Gr 9-12). The Guy’s Life Group (gr 6-12) will also be meeting on December 11th, online.

December 4th: Online Escape Room - We will be participating in an online escape room hosted by Looking Glass Adventures.

December 19th: Online Christmas Party: We will be having our Christmas Party online this year, but there will still be games, prizes, and a different version of secret santa. More into to come!

To stay up to date on what is happening for your youth, please visit our google calendar which has all of our planned events. http://tiny.cc/YouthCal

If there is anything you’d like more clarification on, please email me (jeremy@springgardenchurch.ca)