UNITED CHURCH WOMEN (UCW)
Our purpose is to provide an environment through
which women of all ages may have an opportunity to express and
demonstrate their loyalty and devotion to
Jesus Christ.
What do we do?
- Pursue spiritual growth as we continue our faith
journey.
- Actively involve ourselves in the life of our
Church.
- Conduct fund raising activities to support our
Church, United Church projects and the West-Island Community.
How do we
function?
We have three active units who meet monthly to enjoy
fellowship and laughter while pursuing our spiritual growth. We extend
a warm invitation to all women of the
Congregation to join us and to make new lifelong friends. Our many
activities can
be described as follows:
- The Monthly Unit meetings are held from September to May, either at the Church or at the home
of
one of
the unit members. Come and join us at one of our unit meetings:
- 2nd Monday morning of each month
- 2nd Monday evening of each month
- 2nd Tuesday evening of each month
- Each unit also has home members who are not able
to attend meetings, who are, however, able to help us reach out to
people by phone and help with our catering and baking needs.
- Two or three times per year all our members
meet one evening for a
General Meeting. A major part of this is devoted to a presentation by
an outside speaker. Sometimes the meeting starts with a pot-luck supper.
- Once a month we take our turn to greet the
Congregation at the door for the Sunday service, read the Scripture and
take up the offering.
- Sometimes, when our Minister is away on holidays
or study leave, we prepare for and conduct a Sunday worship service.
- Once a month we serve coffee, tea and juice after
the Service. We also make sure there always are sufficient supplies for
this.
- We regularly decorate the Church for special
occasions as Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas.
- We place The
Upper Room in the Narthex, supply Bibles to the Confirmands and
maintain the Library. We also sell the Canadian Church Calendar in the
Fall.
- We run an efficient "Catering Service". We do a
lot of fund raising by organizing a Fall
Bazaar, several Banquets and Military Whists.
- We are actively involved in Outreach. We have
monthly visits to Ste.
Anne's Veterans' Hospital and have, in the past,
provided financial contributions to, for example, Montreal City
Mission, Mission
and Service, Caring and Helping Hands, Cheshire
Foundation, Saint Columba
House, West-Island Women's
Shelter, West Island
Palliative Care Residence and
Ste-Geneviève United Church.
"A
Church Family To Come Home To!"
Special
Tribute to Ste-Genny's UCW: I want to be a
U.C.W.
For further information, contact any one of us below or contact the Church Office:
Contacts
Diane Milford,
President
Jennifer Reeves, Past-President
Diane Milford, Treasurer
Beryl Biggar, Recording Secretary
Marilyn Wood, Corresponding Secretary
Unit Leaders
Unit II: Heather Gault
Unit III: Jennifer Reeves
Unit IV: Marilyn Wood
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