During this time of the year when the stars are bright and the darkness lingers we remember the story of the three magi and how they followed the star to find the Holy One, the baby Jesus. You are invited to pay attention to the ways in which the Holy is guiding you in 2021. […]
We today sent by email, and tomorrow by paper mail, tax receipts for 2020 donations made to Naramata Community Church. Check for an email from “finance (at) naramatachurch.ca” for your receipt and cover letter (it might have gone into your “spam” box!), and please email us if you have any questions. Thank you!
You are invited to join us for a weekly Bible study on Tuesday mornings from 9:00 – 10:00. Our focus for tomorrow (Jan 12) will be Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) and John 1:43-51. The meeting will begin with sharing one joy and one challenge in our lives right now. Since the season of Epiphany is the time that […]
We warmly welcome Rev. Lori Megley-Best to Naramata Community Church, effective January 11, 2021. More details will be forthcoming. She plans to contact all congregation members in the remaining weeks of January, when she will be working remotely. We’ve had the church office painted (thanks, Hayden Painting!), the carpets are cleaned, we’ve reorganized some files, […]
Tonight at 5 pm we will host a “Festival of Lessons and Carols”. Contact holyholyholy@shaw.ca to request the Zoom link if you don’t have it already! The Festival of Lessons and Carols tells the Christmas story from the ancient prophecy to the birth of Jesus. The story unfolds by readings of the familiar texts alternating […]
FYI We had a website “critical error” the last 2 days due to a WordPress update crashing our site! At no time was donor information accessible or compromised; our donor information rests only with the Co-Treasurers computers and with CanadaHelps (for online donations unless they are marked anonymous); no personal donor info is on our […]
Effective immediately, we will no longer be offering Sunday in-person worship, in compliance with the new Provincial Health Order released effective November 19. We have updated our COVID-19 Safety plan, which you can see on that page of our website. We can continue to provide hall use space to the AA group which meets Friday […]
In honour of Remembrance Day, the Naramata Community Church will be playing some beautiful carillon recordings this Wednesday November 11 (before and around 11 am). We as a community cannot gather this year at the cenotaph in Manitou Park due to COVID-19 event guidance. We hope that you instead enjoy this small offering, as we […]
NARAMATA COMMUNITY CHURCH is holding its annual All Saints’ service on Sunday, November 1 at 10AM via Zoom. All Saints’ Day is a time when we honour and give thanks for all those who have died. During the service names of the departed will be read aloud. If you have loved ones you wish to […]
Monday, October 12, 2020 Dear Friends, Happy Thanksgiving! We are very excited to update you with our latest news! We had a meeting of our congregation yesterday morning. Over 25 people were in attendance to consider a Report of the Search Committee (Ardee McKim, Jean MacLeod, Ian Fraser, and Karen Henderson). This committee has been […]