White Gift Sunday
December 8, 2024
The White Gift Service honours the joy of giving during the Christmas season and is an annual tradition of Streetsville United Church presented by the young people and Sunday School children. The gifts were traditionally wrapped in white paper to celebrate the act of giving rather than the value of the gift so that all might participate no matter their age, ability, or financial resources. All White Gift donations support our church outreach projects.
Cloth for the Cradle
During this Advent and Christmas season we will use some prayers and activities from the book, Cloth for the Cradle, which comes from the ecumenical Iona Community of Scotland. Not all the prayers feature cloth, but the primary, interactive activity does, and we will engage this “Cloth for the Cradle” activity on the fourth Sunday of Advent. I love this idea of sanctifying ordinary things like cloth during a sacred season. So, I also challenge you to wear some extra cloth during the Sundays of Advent:
Dec. 8 is “Mitten Sunday”
Rev. Joe challenges you to bring an extra toque, pair of mittens, scarf, or sweater for each of the corresponding Sundays, which we will then give to the Open Door ministry of Square One.
Dec. 15 is “Scarf Sunday”
Dec. 22 is “Sweater Sunday” (ugly Christmas sweaters encouraged!)