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Burton Avenue United Church is a dynamic Christ-centred community of faith. For over 145 years, we have served the community of Allandale and the surrounding Barrie area, through meaningful worship, spiritual nurture and outreach into the community and wider world. We are inclusive, open, welcoming, willing to push the boundaries and take risks in order to be the hands and voice and heart of Christ. If you are looking for a church home where you will be welcomed, nurtured and challenged, Welcome to Burton Avenue United Church!

What's Happening this week!

EXPLORE BURTON aVENUE uNITED church
Saturday Oct. 12
  • Men's Breakfast - Just a reminder that our monthly Men's Breakfast is Sat., Oct. 12th at 8:00 am at the Golden Griddle at Koslov Centre. All BAUC men are welcome to join us for food and fellowship. You can even bring friend! Hope to see you there.
Sunday Oct. 13
Join us for Sunday Service at 10:00am!
  • Children and Youth are invited to Rainbow Club after our Children’s Story. Caregivers with toddlers & babies can make use of the Nursery, located off the Rainbow Club, where care is provided.  An usher can help you find your way.
  • Refreshments are served downstairs after worship during a time of conversation and visiting.
  • Newsletter - The latest edition was emailed on Friday.  If you receive a paper copy, it is in the mailslots in the foyer. If you are not on our list to receive the newsletter, sign up in the foyer or contact the office. Extra copies are in the foyer.

Wednesday Oct. 16
  • Burton Avenue United Church’s Kitchen Club –Our next meeting is Wed. October 16 from 9:30 – 12:30 downstairs in the kitchen here at BAUC.  We will be making Goodbye Turkey Casserole, quick and easy Chili and Pumpkin Streusel coffee cake. Please join our small group of like people who are sharing the work of cooking and taking home meals at a small cost of $2 per serving (or as able).  Everyone is welcome!  Please let Nancy Sawyers (coordinator) know so she can prepare for numbers email: nancysawyers@msn.com


News and upcoming events

  • New Members Sunday – will take place on Sun., Oct. 20.  If you are interested in taking the step into membership, please speak to Andrea Wheaton.
  • Photo Directory Pictures – updated pictures will be taken on Sun., Oct. 20 from 9:00 am until 10:15 am in the Lounge.  Please sign up in the foyer if you would like to have an updated photo taken.
  • Youth Inc. – Sun., Oct. 20 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Grades 6 and up.  All Welcome! Bring a Friend.
  •  After the Last River Movie Night - On Tues., Oct. 22 the Outreach Committee in partnership with TRC will host a screening of After the Last River. This film is a point of view documentary that follows Attawapiskat’s journey from obscurity and into the international spotlight during the protests of Idle No More. It was filmed over 5 years. Please arrive at 6:45 as movie will begin at 7:00 pm sharp. We will follow the movie with refreshments and a discussion led by TRC. A freewill offering will be accepted at the door with proceeds going to support the community of Attawapiskat. 
  • Roast Beef Dinner - Fri. Oct. 25, at 6 pm.  Adults $20. children 12 and under $10. Tickets are available after church on Sunday mornings or through the week at the church office.  Click HERE for more details. VOLUNTEERS are needed for the following: Servers, Pies, Vegetable preparation, Table/Chair set-up, Table Place Setting, Clean Up.  If you are able to offer your help for any one of these, please sign-up on the sheets available after church.

  • The Syrian family - We are still in need of drinking glasses, mop & pail, broom & a wok. Please let Christine Nayler or Ruth McDonald know if you have any of these items to donate.
  • Photo Directory – a pdf copy was emailed to those on our mailing list. If you want a printed copy, contact the office.  Please check your info and let the office know of changes. 
  • Card and game night – Friday, Nov. 1 at 7 pm. Prizes and snacks provided for $3.00 entry fee.  Sign up sheet to come.
  • Evensong – please join St. George’s Choir in an Evensong Service celebrating All Saints Day on Sun., Nov. 3, 2019 at 4:00 pm at St. George’s Anglican Church. 
  • Book Club – Our reading selections for the next two months are:
  • Tues., Oct 29 at 7:30 pm  The New Farm by Brent Preston.  At the home of Linda Morris. 
  • Tues., Nov. 26 at 7:30 pm The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.  At the home of Miriam Oben.  All are welcome.
  • Study Group -  The thoughts we have about God determine not only who we are, but how we live. With the book, The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows, you are invited to put your ideas about God to the test. Do they match up with what Jesus reveals about God? Once you have discovered the truth about God in Scripture, you can engage in a process of spiritual formation aimed at making these true narratives real in your body, soul and mind, helping you to grow in the knowledge of our good and beautiful God.  We will gather weekly on Tuesdays either 2:00-3:30 or 7:30-9:00 beginning Nov. 5-Dec. 10. Then continue from Jan. 7-Feb. 4, 2020. There is a sign-up sheet in the foyer.
  • You are Invited to join the fun!   We are very excited that our Rainbow Club and Youth Class continue to grow in numbers.  We have an especially large number of grades 6+.  With that, we really need to create a second youth class. Please consider volunteering as a leader with these young people, or with the younger children so that we might free up our current teachers to work with the youth.  
  • Ushers and Greeters List - Scheduling for the 2020 list of greeters and ushers will soon be done.  WE ALWAYS NEED MORE PEOPLE. We like to have enough people so that everyone only gets scheduled for a couple of two-week sessions in the year.  Scheduling can be arranged according to your availability. Please seriously consider serving here – we have 52 weeks to cover and any training needed can be arranged. Also due to increased elevator usage, the #4 usher will be on elevator duty only now and an elevator only usher will be needed over the coming summer months. If you can help with any of these positions (usher, greeter or elevator) please advise the office or Linda Hudson at 722-6085 or email her at  bitterlyn@hotmail.com

lend a helping hand

Socktober is here! Did you know that socks are one of the most requested and needed items at homeless shelters, especially during the winter months? That is why we are once again holding a Socktober Sock Drive. We are collecting new men and women’s socks as well as underwear. Long underwear is especially welcome.  Busby and Youth Haven request underwear in small and medium sizes. This drive is in support of both The Busby Centre and Youth Haven.  

Barrie Food Bank -  is in need of juice, jam and toilet paper. Busby Street Centre - is in need of coffee, tea, sugar, peanut butter, sunscreen, bug spray and deodorant. Youth Haven -   Youth Haven’s pantry is looking for the following items: Kraft Dinner, Pasta Sauce, Mr. Noodles, Tuna, Chef Boyardee, Cereal, Coffee, Oatmeal - instant breakfast packages, Pancake mix and Maple syrup, school/work snacks, Soup (minus tomato soup)**we have lots of beans so don’t need any of those right now.**  This food is used in the shelter and to provide food packages to youth living on their own.  Donations can be dropped off at 22 Wellington St. East.  Thank you

The Open Hands Mission Team is supporting a number of projects in Nicaragua including the building of a school.  Donations in support of the Nicaragua Mission should be made payable to "Open Hands United Mission.

             ON THE WEB
Website Update – our website has been redesigned.  Note that the address has changed from .ca to .com. Please email blindalleyarts@rogers.com for corrections, changes, or additions to the website.

Burton Avenue United Church Facebook Page
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On Going

 Name tags  If you do not yet have a BAUC name tag (or have misplaced yours 😊) please add your name to the list in the foyer, or speak to Lois Delaforce

Resource Corner - Both the Affirm Team and the Truth & Reconciliation Committee have compiled books and other resources that you can borrow or keep. On the bulletin board right outside the sanctuary the Outreach Committee have posted information about Mental Health Awareness – take any flyers or information that you need.

2019  Church Offering Envelopes - in the mail-slots in the foyer.  If you wish to have envelopes, please call Stacey at the church office.  If you regularly use visitor envelopes, please consider asking for an envelope number as it makes it easier for our office to record your donations for tax receipt purposes.

Car Pool to Church – Are you able to occasionally offer rides to church for those needing them?  We are wanting to collect a list of those able to offer rides.  If you wish more information or are able to offer rides, please speak to Andrea Wheaton.

Your Givings Are Safe With Us – If you plan to be away from church over the summer, please consider the use of preauthorized remittance (PAR) or leaving your church envelopes with post-dated cheques in a larger envelope available from the church office, Alan McGee or Devon Williams. They will be securely stored and put on the offering plate on the appropriate Sunday.

Pre-Authorized remittance program (PAR) - It is a convenient way to replace having to remember to bring envelopes to church or playing catch-up at the end of the summer while you were away.  Forms are available in the foyer or call the office.

Parking Lot - Did you know that on Sundays there is parking on the other side of the school next door to us?  There is also the lot behind the school which can be accessed from Cumberland St. or there is now a road from our lot to it. Please leave the parking spaces closest to the church for those who have difficulty walking a further distance.

People with hearing aids!!  The sanctuary is equipped with a loop system which works with your hearing aids.  You must have a “T coil” installed and activated.  Set your hearing aid to “T coil”.