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Father’s Day Bike/Run/Walk
You are welcome to join us on Sun., June 17 for our annual Father’s Day walk/run/bike after the regular service. We’ll travel about 5 km and then enjoy a barbeque back at the church. Donations will be accepted for Rideau Hill Camp. A great way to spend time with dad! Or to enjoy fellowship and fitness with the gang at Knox.
Add comment June 4, 2017
Strawberry Social Upcoming
Join your Knox Edwards friends for the annual Strawberry Social on Wed., June 28 from 3-6 pm at Emerald Links Golf. Tickets are $6 and will get you a hearty helping of local berries with cake and ice cream. There are always delicious treats at the bake table and something for your flowerbed at the plant sale. Celebrate the start of summer with fellowship and fun.
Add comment May 29, 2017
Sunday School Sleepover
The annual Sunday School Sleepover is just around the corner. On Sat., Feb. 28, youth will enjoy games, crafts, snacks, songs, and stories — all with a beach theme! There might even be some sleeping. Please let Bonnie know if you plan to attend.
Add comment January 26, 2015
Fun for Father’s Day
Join us on Sun., June 15 as we bike, walk or run after the service (about 5 km) and then enjoy a barbeque back at the church. Donations will be accepted for Rideau Hill Camp. A great way to spend time with dad! Or to enjoy fellowship and fitness with the gang at Knox.
Add comment June 4, 2014
24 Piano Preludes
Knox is hosting a special event on Sun., May 4 at 1:30 pm. Our own Beverley McKiver will be playing 24 Bach Preludes for the Piano Restoration Fund. Photographic projections by Stephanie Wellman. Dramatic narrative by Jan Brown. The concert will be followed by tea, coffee and dessert. Tickets are $15. All are welcome to attend!
Add comment April 5, 2014
Sunday School Sleepover
Please be reminded that the Sunday School Sleepover will take place this weekend. Drop off is at 6 pm Saturday evening (March 1). Please let Bonnie know if you’re coming.
Add comment February 24, 2014
Judy Oatway to visit
Knox United at Edwards will welcome a special guest to the Jan. 26 service. Judy Oatway will bring the Sikri altarpiece for us to view. Judy has been working with the people of Kenya through missionary and social justice projects for several years. We first heard about the amazing Sikri altarcloth project when Judy’s daughter Karen spoke to us at our anniversary service in June. We hope you will join us to appreciate this project in person and meet Judy.
“Sikri is a rural village in the Diocese of Southern Nyanza, in western Kenya near Lake Victoria. It is an isolated farming community that has known poverty for much of its existence. In the 1980s it sank further into decline with the adverse effects of globalization and the ravages of HIV and AIDS.
Medieval altarpieces often present the Gospel narrative within a medieval context of history, social life, religious life and family life during times of upheaval and transition. The anxieties experienced during the Middle Ages are not unlike many of the anxieties experienced today by rural Kenyans, and the creation of an altarpiece based on a medieval prototype is one way to encourage healing and transformation in individuals who have experienced long-term oppression or trauma and are unable to recover or move on.
In August of 2011 “The Search for God: A Journey of Self-Discovery” was begun. Thirteen frames were made to form an altarpiece that tells the story of Sikri as interpreted through the Gospel narrative. Men and women gathered to tell their story in colour, thread and bead and with each stitch they were able to lay their pain to rest; they were able to reach out to one another; they recreated themselves anew, and discovered many new talents and rediscovered many that had been forgotten.
These talents led to them reaching out to new families, building a safe and healthy community where children and youth can play and participate in sports, and engaging in best practices to share and provide foods and fruits so that all can share in their prosperity.
In this transformation the people of Sikri are discovering themselves, their potentials, their strengths and their joys — and their faith. The central, angled panels express the people of Sikri’s belief that as they journey down the road to resurrection they will meet Christ and experience God.
Once it is returned to Sikri, the altarpiece will go into their new church building, aptly named the Church of the Resurrection.”
[Adapted from The Search for God: A Journey of Self-Discovery — The Making of the Sikri Altarpiece by Judy Oatway and Wilfred Osuri Alero. For more information, contact judyoatways@gmail.com]
Add comment January 7, 2014
Upcoming guitar concert Aug. 11
Concert with David Ross Macdonald, guitarist, singer/songwriter
Sunday, August 11 at 7 p.m.
Knox Edwards United Church
$20 at the door
Light summer refreshments
Add comment July 10, 2013
Strawberry Social set for June 26
Our famous Strawberry Social will once again be held at Emerald Links Golf and Country Club. The date is June 26 and it runs from 3 to 6 pm. Tickets are $6. The event includes a bake sale, plant sale, basket raffle, and kids’ fish pond. We are looking for berry pickers, ice cream scoopers, and other helping hands. Contact Judy if you can help out. We are also looking for theme baskets for the raffle. Contact Sallie if you are interested in bringing one.
Add comment May 16, 2013