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Announcements The 2025 Annual Congregational Meetings are scheduled for March 1st. after the service for each congregation. The EPPC Official Board will meet following the Elgin Annual Congregational meeting. The Young at Heart Breakfast Club meets Thursday the 19th of February at the Junction restaurant. If you are coming let Clint or Ted know by the means you are comfortable with by, noon Wednesday the 18th. Looking forward to seeing you there………..Ted Happy Birthday to Gary Petro and Morgan Wright. May your special day bring you more enjoyment than you can imagine. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Saturday February 21st at 1:30pm. – Local historian, Sue …

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Announcements The 2025 Annual Congregational Meetings are scheduled for March 1st. PUC: following worship service EUC: following worship service EPPC: following EUCs ACM Bible Discussions Groups Two meetings each week – Monday evenings at Portland UC (6:30-7:45PM) and Tuesday mornings in Elgin at the Guthrie House 10 Perth St.; (10:00AM-11:30AM). All are welcome to join in the friendly discussions and fellowship. For more information contact Jim Barton @ ccjimbarton@gmail.com or 613-328-4089. The Young at Heart Breakfast Club meets next on Thursday the 19th of February at the Junction restaurant. We missed last month because of the weather but we’re back this …

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Announcements Annual reports were due in the office by January 20th. Treasurers’ reports are due by January 27th. The 2025 Annual Congregational Meetings are scheduled for March 1st. PUC: following worship service EUC: following worship service EPPC: following EUCs ACM Bible Discussions Groups Two meetings each week – Monday evenings at Portland UC (6:30-7:45PM) and Tuesday mornings in Elgin at the Guthrie House 10 Perth St.; (10:00AM-11:30AM). All are welcome to join in the friendly discussions and fellowship. For more information contact Jim Barton @ ccjimbarton@gmail.com or 613-328-4089. Madeline Perrin best wishes for an awesome day. Happy Birthday Madeline.   Devotional …

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Announcements Annual reports were due in the office by January 20th. Treasurers’ reports are due by January 27th. The 2025 Annual Congregational Meetings are scheduled for March 1st. PUC: following worship service EUC: following worship service EPPC: following EUCs ACM Thank you so much to Liz for helping to spearhead the fundraiser at Portland United for Luz Mariela, and the Colegia Bautista school in San Salvador, and to the congregation for your support of this mission project. We were able to send approximately $400 US dollars to support Luz Mariela with her schooling and her medical expenses related to her …

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Announcements The 2025 Annual Meetings scheduled for March 1st PUC: following worship service EUC: following worship service EPPC: following EUCs ACM Annual reports are due to the office by January 20th, treasurers’ reports by January 27th. Thank you so much to Liz for helping to spearhead the fundraiser at Portland United for Luz Mariela, and the Colegia Bautista school in San Salvador, and to the congregation for your support of this mission project. We were able to send approximately $400 US dollars to support Luz Mariela with her schooling and her medical expenses related to her vision. We also received …

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Announcements The 2025 Annual Meetings scheduled for March 1st PUC: following worship service EUC: following worship service EPPC: following EUCs ACM Annual reports are due to the office by January 20th, treasurers’ reports by January 27th. Bible Discussion Groups Bible Discussion Groups will resume their meetings in the new year on January 5th and 6th. This past year the groups have completed reading the New Testament two more times and have read the first half of the Old Testament (up to Job). In the new year, we will resume our study in the second half of the Old Testament, while …

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Part two of a three-part series by Clinton Halladay Hope, Hospitality and Holy Humour Now, let’s talk about the innkeeper. He’s often cast as the villain of the nativity story — the one who slammed the door in Joseph’s face. But perhaps we’ve been unfair. Scripture doesn’t actually say he was cruel. It simply says there was no room. Picture Bethlehem during the census: crowded streets, every guest room filled, families packed wall-to-wall. The innkeeper could have said, “Sorry, nothing I can do.” Instead, he offered what he had — a stable. Not glamorous, but it was shelter. That small …

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This the first in a series of three parts by Clinton Halladay Hope, Hospitality, and Holy Humor Christmas is a season of light breaking into darkness, of joy arriving in unexpected places, and of kindness shown in small but profound ways. At its heart lies the miracle of Jesus’ birth — a story that has been told for centuries yet never grows old. Let us begin where the Gospel of Luke begins:  “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the …

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