Another year is here, with new set of activities in the community
King's Corners

St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church
Submitted by
Kathy Patterson

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church wishes you a Happy New Year and a warm welcome to join us.

Our Sunday worship service is at 10:30 a.m., with Sunday school and nursery care provided.

The choir is gearing up again and welcomes new voices.

The Wednesday Prayer and Praise group meets at 7:30 p.m. in the pastor's study, and the Busy Moms group is meeting at Sandra's Friday morning at 10 a.m.

Call the Church office at (905) 833-2325 for more information, prayer requests, or if a ride is needed.

Kingcrafts Arts Guild

Happy New Year!

Welcome back Kingcrafts members to the start of another inspiring year. Groups will all start meeting this week.

New members are welcome. During the studio sale, many visitors expressed interest in joining. Now is a great time to try us out. Half-year memberships are available to new members (January to July). Feel free to drop in and visit or contact our e-mail address below.

Most groups meet at Kingcrafts House (12936 Keele St., King City) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday.

The exceptions are the jewelry, bead and wire groups, which meet the second and fourth Mondays of the month at 7 p.m.; the silk painting group, which will meet every other Saturday at 10 a.m. (dates to be announced).

Monday : Needlework and quilting groups meet Mondays; copper enamelling and decorative painting meet Tuesdays; pottery and weaving meet Wednesdays; watercolour, acrylics and oils groups meet Thursdays; and stained glass and wire sculpture groups get together Fridays.

Contact Kingcrafts at (905) 833-1897 or kinginfo@kingcrafts.ca

All Saints' Anglican Church

Submitted by

Claire Alexander

"I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year,

'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.'

And he replied, 'Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God.

That shall be to you better than light,

And safer to you than a known way!'"

In 1908, Minnie Louise Haskins published The Desert, at Warmley House, eastern Bristol, from which comes this opening to her poem God Knows. Read by King George VI to encourage his Second World War listeners at his first Christmas broadcast in 1939, and read again at the Queen Mother's funeral in 2002, it roots us afresh in 2008, with the Pakistan crisis.

Set to music forty years ago, The Gate of the Year appeared in 2004 in an arrangement by Eleanor Daley for female voices, commissioned by the Alliance World Festival. Daley's name weaves together memories of premiering one of her earlier compositions, conducted by Norma Brubacher and All Saints' enhanced choir.

Currently, we invite you to worship at 10:30 a.m. with the choir, led by Michael Leach at the organ. Or join early risers Sundays at 8 a.m. in the Chapel. Holy Communion is open to all who are baptized, and others may choose to come forward for a prayer of blessing. Participate in a friendly coffee hour afterward. Sunday School and nursery are provided at 10:30 a.m.

This Sunday (Jan. 13) enjoy the men's monthly breakfast at 9:15 a.m. between the services, with sausages and eggs - and even crepes flipped by our own minister Nicola.

The movie Amazing Grace, about Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery, is coming Jan. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Do join us in the Fellowship Room. Enter by the office door at the east end of the church. If there is a weather warning, call the church to hear of any cancellation at (905) 833-5432.

Ash Wednesday falls Feb. 6 this year, with an early Easter Sunday, March 23.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday evening Lenten events Feb. 12, 19 and 26. Rev. Jerry Loweth will lead us in discussion on medieval church history, the Reformation, and the Gnostics. This will be an interesting series for all history buffs.

All Saints' Anglican Church, at 12935 Keele St. in King City, is a few doors south of King Road. The church office is open Tuesday to Friday, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. If you know of a need or have a family member in hospital, contact Rev. Nicola Skinner at (905) 833-5432, or e-mail allsaints@ eol.ca. the Web site is at www.allsaintskingcity.com

Seniors' euchre The first euchre evening for 2008 at King City Seniors' Centre will be this Friday (Jan. 11).

It will start at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.

Library closed Sunday

Some renovation work is being done at the King City branch of the Township's public library, so it will be closed this Sunday (Jan. 13).

It will reopen at its usual time Monday morning