You are invited to join us this Christmas Eve at 5pm
Longest Night
A Quiet, Candlelit Christmas
German Christmas Service at Mount Zion Waterloo
Join us Saturday Dec. 20th 2025 @ 4pm at Mount Zion Waterloo for our German Christmas Service.
A Not Totally Dramatic Reading of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”
Do the shopping malls have you down? Are the Amazon delivery trucks irking you? Is Mariah Cary really the Queen of Christmas? Does the word “hallmark” cause a spike in your blood pressure? Perhaps as Leonard Cohen said, “There Ain’t No Cure For Love” but there is a cure for the Shopping Mall, Amazon, Mariah Cary, Hallmark Blues.
Please consider attending a reading, in five staves, of the beloved classic “A Christmas Carol” at St. John’s. The readers will be Andris Kalnins, Jeff Kargus, Karen Greening, Maureen Rueckwald, and Anda Sprudzs. The Master of Ceremonies will be Pastor Sylvia Poetschke. Between staves there will be a group singalong of Christmas Carol with the accompaniment of Lynne Zander on the mighty pipe organ!
After the reading and singing, all will be welcomed to the church basement for treats, sweets, and beverages.
There is no cost for this event. It is a gift from the people of St. John’s to the people of Arnprior, McNab/Braeside and the rest of the Ottawa Valley. It is a thank you for the wonderful people who donate time and money all year to their brothers, sisters, children, and elders of the community. Please come relax, enjoy and see where the spirit leads you.
Contact
Andris Kalnins
613-863-0202
Building an Inclusive Church – Training Workshop
Conversations Across the Church
Have You Registered Yet? Conversations Across the Church – Nov. 30
Join Bishop Larry and the national officers of the ELCIC on Sunday, November 30 at 5:00 p.m. CST for Conversations Across the Church — an hour-long online gathering featuring worship, reflections from our ELCIC national church officers and a conversation with new ELCIC National Bishop Larry Kochendorfer. We hope you’ll plan to attend what we intend on becoming a regular church-wide online gathering.
Be a part of the conversation! When you register, please make sure to answer the following question on the registration form: If you could ask Bishop Larry one thing as he begins his new ministry as National Bishop, what would it be?
Can’t attend at that time? Be sure to register and receive a copy of the recording directly in your inbox following the recording.
**For those attending live: We encourage you to have a candle ready to light before the start of the event. We’ll take time at the beginning to light the candle together.
REGISTER EARLY – space is limited: bit.ly/4otMfZB