Welcome

Welcome to our very unofficial website. Just exploring what is to have a web presence. I hope the posts and photos below give a little of the flavour of Hillcrest!

From Me to We

This last Tuesday our junior youth had the opportunity to move from Me to We (our theme for the year) as they donated money from their fundraiser to Hidden Acres and to Sarah Sine and Jaime Doucet who will be swimming Lake Ontario in support of Multiple Sclerosis.

Holy Week Film Fe(a)st

Get Your Hands Dirty This Summer

Anyone with children in grades 5 to 9 or anyone else interested in learning more about Rockway Mennonite Collegiate are invited to lunch on Nov 23rd. Please RSVP to David.

This Wednesday

This Wednesday is the first night of our four-week series on the Bible.  Come on out and let's explore this together!  Supper is at 6pm and the class goes from 7-8:30.

J-Frog Calendar of Events

Here is the calendar of events of the J-Frogs this winter.
There are some buttons on the header to enlarge it.

J-Frog Calendar Fall/Winter 2008 - Upload a Document to Scribd

Mystery Day

This year's youth mystery day kicked off with a great photo scavenger hunt at Fairview Mall.  They were so excited to start that they could hardly stand still!

We had them hugging strangers . . .

 . . . visiting Ronald . . .

. . . gathering flowers . . .

 . . . getting dressed up . . .

 . . . high-fiving seniors . . .

. . . arm-wrestling babies . . . 

. . . in the end they were all jumping for joy!

Thanks for a great day guys!!

Video on Trial

Just some videos I am using for discussion in Sunday School Class.

Campfire VBS

Well we unfortunately did not have our usual photographer for the last night but we have some great pictures from the second Friday.  There are going to be a number of pictures from the parachute game.  They were so good.  Look at all the smiles!

Then of course it was time for Agent Angel

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 She helped the priest Ezekiel eat the scroll.

  

Campfire VBS 2008

We are back in action on Friday nights. This Friday (the 22nd) will be our last night.

We were led in some great singing



We experienced Isaiah's strange vision



Afterwords Ellis helped us understand Isaiah's vision.



Then we gathered around the fire for some great kettle cooked popcorn.

Campfire Nights

Just a reminder that this Friday (Aug 8th) we will be beginning our VBS campfire nights at the backyard across from the church. Bring your friends and neighbours and your own bowl and cups for the juice and popcorn. We will be starting at 7pm.
See you there!

Adventures in Israel/Palestine

For those of you interested in what Dean and the Yella group is up to here is a link to their blog that they will be regularly updating.

All Good Things Come to an End

Both Venture Club and J-Frogs are starting to wind down but this past Tuesday saw the Venture Clubbers experience 'Bible-Time' food and activities while J-Frog's brought their frog-friends for some fun and ice cream.

The J-frogs grabbed their friends and some good old-fashioned fun . . .

Passing a volleyball with their feet.

Playing air hockey with their own lungs.


And getting fixed up with their ice cream Sunday.



Over at Venture Club . . .
They made Bible-time mosaics

Prepared the Bible-times food (and yes onions were a part of the diet back then!)


Baked up homemade Bible-time pitas


And kicked back Bible-times style with no chairs.



Thanks so much to everyone involved in making this a meaningful year.

New Address

We've dropped the clunky old address and we can now be reached at the easy to remember
www.hillcrestmc.org

Youth - Art and the City II Coming Up

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First Annual Pancake Tuesday

Here are a few pictures from Hillcrest's first ever Pancake Tuesday. Venture club took this on offered great hospitality and service.



Not to mention the great eats! Thanks so much guys!

Easter Weekend

There are many opportunities this Easter weekend to connect and worship.

Fri. Mar. 21 10:30 AM Good Friday Service, including Footwashing. *Special Missions offering.

* Each year Hospitality & Outreach holds 3 Special Missions Offerings (Good Friday, Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve). A portion ($5000.00) is designated for Wycliffe Bible Translation, with the remainder given toward the work of other agencies and services in our area and beyond. 10% of each offering is retained to be used for the work of Hospitality & Outreach Ministry Team. Please mark all offerings ‘Special Missions Offering’.

Sat. Mar. 22 11:30 PM Easter Vigil (that's PM folks! The service will be brief)

Sun. Mar. 23 8:30 AM Easter Potluck Breakfast - Please bring Easter breads, muffins, coloured eggs, cheese or fresh fruit (ready to serve) and any dishes/utensils you may need. Drinks will be provided.
9:30 AM Easter Carolling
9:45 AM Easter Service including Communion. Worship Leader - David Driedger. Tithes & Offerings for General Fund.
11:00 AM The Church at Study. Classes for all ages - children, youth and adult.

Lent Opportunities

Tues. Feb. 5 6:30-7:30 PM Pancake supper at Hillcrest served by Venture Club, followed by ‘Ash Wednesday’ Service 7:30-8:15.

Wed. Feb. 6 - Mar. 19 Noon Soup, Sandwich, Sermon & Song! Lenten Services at Zion United Church, New Hamburg. Theme - “I am ...” ...shepherd, light, bread, way, truth ...Free-will offering to support the Canadian Bible Society.

Month of Guided Prayer - Join with other Mennonites in the K-W and New Hamburg areas in a Month of Guided Prayer beginning Sunday eve. Feb. 10. We'll be praying with the Gospel texts for Lent individually and in weekly small groups. Registration: $25.00. Registration forms are available in the literature rack. Sponsored by the Mennonite Spiritual Directors of Eastern Canada.

Six Nations Learning Tours

For more information on the Saturday learning tours at Six Nations see here

Jan will be leading a group on Feb 23
David will be leading groups on Mar 29 and Apr 19