Ministries
Fall Retreat
Youth Fall Retreat 2025Our youth headed out on the annual road trip to Fall Retreat at Muskoka Woods from September 26–28! We were blessed with beautiful weather and an incredible weekend together. The theme this year was “What Are You Building?” based on Psalm 127:1–3, reminding us that unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. It was a weekend filled with powerful worship, meaningful small groups, great fellowship — along with plenty of laughter and a definite lack…
GEMS Campout
The GEMS began their season with a fun weekend campout for the grade 5-8 girls. The girls enjoyed fun activities together, lots of laughter and of course, cozy campfires at night. On Thursday all the girls got together for a campfire at the Sheurwater’s place. Everyone is looking forward to a new, exciting season of GEMS on Thursday nights. For more information contact gems@mrcc.ca
VBS
Vacation Bible School was a great fun success this year! The lead team of Alicia, Cassy, Emma, Alissa and Jessica led a team of over 40 volunteers to run the Maker Fun Factory! Every morning was started by Emily and Mariah and their drama team, opening the day with skits and songs. Children enjoyed hearing Bible stories, building crafts and projects, fun games and activities, and yummy snacks. And the theme always reminded them that they were God’s children, created…
Cadet Cub Car Night
The Cadet boys’ club always wrap up their season with the Cub Car Racing night. Each boy creates a cub car, which is judged on appearance and workmanship, and then is entered in the race. The boys also receive prizes based on points earned during the year. It is always an exciting, loud evening, totally enjoyed by the boys, dads, judges and leaders! Thank you to Murray and Ron and all the counsellor leaders for making this a great year…
Christmas Parade Float
A Sweet Idea The Wingham Christmas Parade was fast approaching, and the decorating team was hard at work. Jan dreamed up a pretty sweet idea! It was the coffee break ladies that made all the candy themed decorations. The theme was “Jesus makes life sweet”. The theme idea came from the cotton candy we were going to hand out. Jan, Karen, William and Lindsay braved the cold on Saturday morning to put it all together. Josh drove his truck and…