MacNeill Baptist Church
News and Notes
Church Moderator: Sonia Rogers
Minister of Worship and Pastoral Care: The Rev. Dr. Susan St John
Director of Music: Monica Admiral
Custodian: Sandy Palin
Associate Ministers in Spiritual Care: Garry Blinch, Robert Bond, Claire Gosselin, David Jones, Felida Toledo
Pastoral Care: When you would like someone to pray with, to request a pastoral visit, or to publish a prayer request please contact
Susan St John at 905-512-9897 or sstjohn.macneill@gmail.com
Pastoral Care Team: Heather Hobbs, David Jones, Bruce Papky, Feli Toledo and Beverly Woods.
Your continued financial support of our congregation is appreciated. Donations can be mailed to the church, or made through e-transfer at donations@macneillbaptist.ca, or from the Donate Now link our website. Thank you for your continued generosity.
The MacNeill Directory 2026 is available in the narthex.
Sockerama- last day Nov 8
Your Outreach Board is again holding a sock drive for the homeless. For the next three Sundays, (October 25 to November 8), there will be a Sox Box in the Narthex to receive your donations of new winter socks. Donations will be delivered to Mission Services.
Farewell to Susan: A message from the Moderator.
Please mark your diary for Sunday November 29th at coffee hour after worship, when we will take the opportunity to say goodbye and farewell to Susan, as she takes her leave of MacNeill.
Memorial Flowers
The flowers in the sanctuary today are placed in loving memory of Ray Hobbs by Heather & Family. Ray died on November 6 2020. He is still much missed within our congregation.
A Note of Thanks from the Deacons
Last weekend was an important one in the life of our Congregation.
On Saturday October 24th MacNeill hosted the Fall meeting of ‘The Gathering of Baptists’, an inspiring and stimulating day-long symposium, in which the future evolution of the church was
explored from a variety of perspectives.
On Sunday October 25, MacNeill celebrated our 96th Anniversary. Our anniversary preacher was Dr. Brian Henderson, Executive Director AWAB who was also a presenter at ‘The Gathering’.
The Deacons would like to extend a very heartfelt thanks to everyone who offered their help and presence during the Gathering of the Baptists Symposium – to those who set up the chairs and tables, those who baked muffins, cookies & cakes, those who coordinated the serving of the lunch, those who helped to serve the lunch, those who managed and served the two coffee/tea breaks, those who did the dishes and the kitchen clean-up, and those who did the ‘set-down’ at the end of day, those who supported the online hosting of the whole day. The contributions of all of you made this a very memorable day for our brothers and sisters of ‘The Gathering’.
Combined with our 96th Anniversary Celebration, the whole weekend was rich in inspiration and challenge.
Women of MacNeill- Saturday Nov. 14, 2:30 in the parlour.
At our November meeting Ruby will share an update on the Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer. We participate annually. Please join us for prayer, reflection and friendship. An extended time for tea and conversation will be provided. For details see Ruby.
A Note from the Nominating Committee
In the next few weeks, we will be approaching some of you to consider serving on the Church Council, either as a member of a Board, or as a member of the executive of Council. Our Boards are:
- Christian Education
- Deacons
- Management
- Outreach & Service
If you are not approached but may be interested in helping in any of the areas covered by the various Boards, please contact Brian Power, Nominating Committee Chair.
Interim Worship & Pastoral Care Arrangements
The following interim arrangements have been made for the period following Susan’s leaving us.
- Bob Bond has agreed to serve as Interim Coordinator of Worship.
- David Jones has agreed to serve as Interim Coordinator of Pastoral Care.
Planning for this period will be on the Deacons’ agenda for the November 4 Deacons Meeting.
MacNeill Council Meeting Date– Please take note.
Council: Nov 25.
