Welcome

If you are looking for a Sunday service we are offering them online and in person at 10:00 a.m. Streaming info is:

To watch via Twitch 
https://twitch.tv/crescentfortrougelive
To watch on YouTube
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY_yu6hzsG1yoisFBHvGm5A?view_as=subscriber
To watch on Facebook 
https://www.facebook.com/cfruc/

You can also join the pre-service Zoom coffee time at https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8653579944?pwd=VTF2TWw4TUpEK2ZpOXFSdGpTTnk4UT09

Contact Marc @ [email protected] for a passcode.

Crescent Fort Rouge is a safe place for all people to worship regardless of race, creed, age, ability, cultural background, sexual orientation or gender expression. CFRUC is a safe space for everyone to be who they are. We are a place of human connections.

Lots going on in these cold winter months!

UPCOMING WORSHIP SERVICES

Sunday, January 19, 2025—The 2nd Sunday of Epiphany; Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:5-10; 1 Cor. 12:1-11; John 2:1-11. The beginning of the week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Joint CFRUC and Harrow worship service at CFRUC at 10:00 a.m. We will reflect on Paul’s description of our “spiritual gifts” against the backdrop of the life and work of Jesus. After worship, the Collaborative Ministry Team will be leading us in a process to reflect on our experience with our ministry collaboration so far, as they prepare an interim report to the congregational leadership.

Sunday, January 26, 2025—The 3rd Sunday of Epiphany; Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6; Psalm 19; 1 Cor. 12:12-31; Luke 4:14-21. We consider Paul’s metaphor for the church as the body of Christ, and Jesus’ declaration of his public ministry. At Harrow we will be celebrating the sacrament of infant baptism.

Sunday, February 2, 2025—The 4th Sunday of Epiphany; An interactive exploration of the story of Ruth and Naomi. Joint Harrow and CFRUC service at Harrow at 10:00 a.m.—noon. (Please note location and service time).

Former moderator and current regional Growth Animator, The Very Rev. Jordan Cantwell will be our guest and lead us through a process designed to help us think about ways we can support each other and strengthen our ministry, as we consider concrete ways of being church as we move forward into the future. Refreshments will be served.

“100 Project” – 1925 – 2025 – Celebrating the Centennial of the United Church of Canada. In January, we are collecting items for Poseidon: hats (new) baseball hats & sunhats for warm weather outings; Items to be used for Bingo prizes such as: small toiletries, costume jewellery, especially bracelets ( no necklaces) and packaged candy and chocolate bars”

Why donate to CFRUC?

Donations and legacy gifts such as bequests are much appreciated and enable us to continue in our mission to feed the spirit and serve our community. More about donations below.

Donations can be made to Canada Helps. Just click the button below!

or by etransfer to [email protected]

How Donations and legacy gifts are used to support the work of the church:

Gifts that are undesignated are the most flexible and therefore most useful. The donor is entrusting the allocation and use of the gift to the Church, and the Church’s Leadership Team is then able to allocate the funds to general operations, current projects or priorities and/or longer-term investments or plans.

Donors may also designate their gift, or a portion thereof, in one of three ways:

1. General Fund: This is an unrestricted account to manage day-to-day operational expenses. It serves as the central pool of money from which expenditures for salaries, programs, maintenance, utilities and administrative costs are funded. The church may also draw from the General Fund to support emerging priorities, time-sensitive opportunities and/or longer-term plans.

• Capital Improvement Fund: This is a separate account for major projects that improve the overall value, functionality and useful life of the building, as distinguished form general maintenance. The current major capital improvement project is the Accessibility Project. From time to time, the Leadership Team approves a specific short-term project which donors may choose to support.

Note: Contributions directed toward major or short-term projects will be used as designated with the understanding that when the need for such a program or project has been met or cannot be completed for any reason, as determined by the Leadership Team, the Leadership Team will direct the remaining restricted contributions to be used where it deems they are most needed.

• Endowment Fund: This is a restricted fund as defined by Canada Revenue Agency, where the principal amount is maintained and only the income earned on it can be used by the church. This fund is intended to provide long-term financial stability and a permanent source of income for the church.

How to Donate:

1. Envelopes for one-time gifts of cash or cheques are available in the pew or through the office for ongoing donations that can be tracked for charitable receipts.
2. Credit card donations are made through the secure service Canada Helps
3. E-transfers are accepted at [email protected]
4. Crescent Fort Rouge participates in The United Church of Canada’s (PAR) program which enables an automatic monthly donation of a pre-authorized amount from your bank account. Contact the office (204-475-6011 or [email protected]) for a PAR information brochure.
5. Bequests and Estate Gifts which must be specified in the donor’s will.

Receipts:

As a congregation of the United Church of Canada, Crescent Fort Rouge United Church is a registered Canadian Charity. In normal circumstances, charitable tax receipts are issued for contributions received in the previous calendar year each February. If you require a charitable receipt before that, contact the office (204-475-6011 or [email protected]).

Tax receipts for contributions made through CanadaHelps are issued electronically by CanadaHelps.

More information: A copy of our Policy on Bequests can be obtained by emailing [email protected]

Donations can be made to Canada Helps. Just click the button below!

or by etransfer to [email protected]

• Our Administrator Terry’s regular office hours will be Tuesday to Friday, from 9-12. You can email Terry at [email protected].

We continue to collect non-perishable food items to help stock the emergency food pantry of our 1JustCity partners at the West End Drop In.

Upcoming Events & Programming

During times of heightened public distress over new or ongoing world conflict, and to mark Orange Shirt Day, Red Dress Day, the International Day of Peace, peace sabbath, Remembrance Day, and vigils for the National Day of Mourning to name a few we gather with a broad and extended community.