Events

Michelle KasaboskiChristmas Concert Cancelled due to illness.

Is Chalmers your family this Christmas? We are having a Christmas dinner for Chalmers folk. Ruth Tracy has offered her home, complete with wood burning fireplace, easy entrance and bathroom on the first floor. She will cook the turkey and the rest of us will bring our contributions to the dinner. Location: 1749 Trident Yacht Club Lane (It's about 20 kilometers out from town going east on highway 2 towards Gananoque) Rides will be provided if needed. If you would like to come, please let Jane MacEwen know as soon as possible:

A very Merry, very snowy Christmas everyone! With regret, we need to cancel this afternoon’s Christmas Eve Service at Chalmers at 4pm due to the inclement weather. You are welcome to join Westbrook United’s online service for a Christmas Eve Zoom service at 6 pm, the invite is below to a Zoom Service. Have a candle ready in the comfort of your homes and join in, one and all, at 6 pm on Christmas Eve. Westbrook United Church is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Westbrook United Church Christmas Eve Service Time: Dec 24, 2022 06:00 PM Eastern Time ... Read More

Christmas Day Today's service is pre-recorded and available on the Chalmers YouTube Channel.  There is no live service. Minister: Rev John Suk  

Minister: Rev Nancy Clarke  

Minister: Rev Nancy Clarke  

From the Chalmers Commission: The Structures Working Circle (SWC) has now had two fruitful round-the-circle conversations. The object of the time limited conversations is to recommend a model of congregational administration/decision-making reflective of Chalmers present needs and capacity. The model will feature the principles of Restorative Practice which all our Circles have been using. At the last meeting, the group reviewed the additional underlying principles we wish in our decision making and some of the governance requirements of the United Church of Canada Manual. We have begun to flesh out a framework of how Chalmers’ Circles might adapt to UCC ... Read More

Minister: Rev Dr Nadene Grieve-Deslippe

Strategy meeting for the Structures working group The Zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83823105027?pwd=WUxMZFM3ZWlEL1l1NnN1Z1dVQ0h3Zz09 Meeting ID: 838 2310 5027 Passcode: 746801

Minister: Captain Rev Beatrice Gale RMC Chaplain

The Structures Working SMALL Group (David, Nick and me) has been beavering away on how best to outline to all Chalmers’ folk how we see the structure of our decision-making body, and what and how the Circles will contribute to the next months at Chalmers.  We have some outlines of responsibilities of each of the Circles, and now want each of the Circles to discuss their lists of potential responsibilities, and give some feedback.  All the Circles are being asked to meet sometime between now and next Thursday, January 27 to review what they have been doing.  More information will ... Read More

The Structures Working Group is asking for our help.  After the most recent meeting on January 9 (see announcements for details), David King, Mary Davis Little and Nick Steinberg have been building details on the proposed model of our new way of decision making in Chalmers.  This model has been developed following all the current ways we have been connecting and conducting the ongoing work of Chalmers.   We have been asked to assist them in filling in details of all that we are currently and could be doing.  It is important to have input from everyone so that we can ... Read More