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United Church Resource Centre in Waterloo Presbytery is located at:

St. Luke's United Church,
Betty Coulthard Roe, Director
1620 Franklin Blvd., Front 8,
Cambridge, ON N3C 1P2.
Telephone: 519-658-0357 E-mail: enquiries

Hours of Operation are:
Tuesday: 10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 4 pm
Thursday: 1 pm - 4 pm
Friday: 1 pm - 4 pm

Please Note The Resource Centre Has A New E-Mail Address   E-mail: ucrc@rogers.com

We are going to share an internet connection with St. Luke’s United Church. Thanks to St. Luke’s for helping us to save some money!

"Until you know that life is interesting - and find it so - you haven't found your soul." - - Geoffrey Fisher

did you know?...

In 1997 the Executive of Hamilton Conference established the Pastoral Care Team in response to the need for pastoral care for ministry personnel and their families. Members of the team are representative of both lay and ordered ministry, and of the six presbyteries of Hamilton Conference.

The pastoral care that the team provides is confidential and is shaped to meet a variety of concerns and situations. Please consult the following Word document for more information. (Opens in a separate window.)

Pick-up Locations...

Order Pick-ups at Harcourt Memorial United Church in Guelph and
St. James-Rosemount United Church in Kitchener

We welcome you to visit us in person at our location in Saint Luke’s United Church in Cambridge, but we are happy to drop off orders at the two drop-off points. Orders can be picked up at St. James-Rosemount Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

If you would like to pick up your order at one of our drop-off locations, please let us know when you are placing the order.

Of course, you are still welcome to visit the Resource Centre, and Betty will still be making deliveries to all presbytery and Presbyterial meetings.

what's new...

The Resource Centre carries a selection of bulletins suitable for funerals, weddings and regular, weekly services, too. We have many bulletins featuring the United Church creed and also The United Church crest.

It’s time to think about resources for Lent and Easter. Best selling resources from The United Church are:
Gathering Lent/Easter/Pentecost, $8.00 plus GST. This issue has suggestions for services for Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Of special interest is a re-enactment of the service of church union on June 10, 1925.
There’s No ATM in the Wilderness, Daily Reflections for Lent. $10.95 plus GST. The theme of this year’s devotional is money and our relationship to it. Written by 25 contributors from across Canada, it is suitable for individual or group use with a seven-session study guide included. Pick up your copy at the presbytery meeting for the special price of $10 including tax. Advance notice for group orders is much appreciated. Groups receive a 10% discount.

Lenten and Easter Resources from Other Publishers.
Abingdon, an American, Methodist publisher, offers three useful books full of worship service ideas. The Just in Time! series titles are:
Lenten Services, Palm Sunday and Holy Week Services and Easter Services, Sermons and Prayers. Each one costs $12.50 plus GST.
Lent & Easter Readings from IONA, Neil Paynter, editor. Wild Goose Publications, 2001. Reprinted 2008. $22.95 plus GST. This book of readings includes reflections and prayers for Ash Wednesday, the five Sundays in Lent, Palm Sunday and for each day during Holy Week. It features beautiful, heart-touching writing by many contributors including Ruth Burgess and Neil Paynter.

Upcoming Book Displays
Have you heard about Vision Day, happening on Saturday, April 10 at First United Church in Waterloo? The Resource Centre will be providing a book display for this event. Many of the books about new ways of being church are from the U.K. Perhaps you have heard about books with the words “messy” church or “mission-shaped” church in their titles? These and many others will be available at the display. Hope to see you there!

The Resource Centre will also be providing a display in partnership with UCRD (United Church Resource Distribution) at the annual meeting of the Waterloo Women’s Presbyterial on Monday, April 12 at St. James’-Rosemount United Church in Kitchener. Pat Gilmore will be bringing boxes and boxes of books from the distribution centre in Toronto, and she will also be on hand to offer some book reviews.

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