Nominating Committee Announcement

There are vacant positions on some teams and committees – volunteers are needed to step into these positions and help.
The openings are:
    1 vacancy in Finance
    1 Regional Representative
    1 Regional Representative Alternate
    1 Church Council Vice-Chair

If you can volunteer for one or more of the teams / committees, please speak to Anita Kox, Donna Campbell or Ted Hyde.

Upcoming Church Meetings

Church Council: Monday June 15 at 7pm
Congregational Life Team: April 28, May 26, June 23 at 7pm
Outreach Committee: June 9 at 1pm
Property & Stewardship Committee: TBA
M&P Committee: April 29 at 7pm

Upcoming Church Fundraisers

Art Café – Sat. April 25, 2026 – 9am-12noon – “Painting with Wool-Spring Theme” Partial proceeds to Melville United Church community activities.

Progressive Euchre Tournament – Wed. April 29 2026 – Doors open at 1pm and starts promptly at 1:30pm. Entrance by donation. New and experienced players are welcome! Prizes and refreshments.

Yard Sale – Saturday May 23, 2026 – details will be posted soon. In the meantime, start gathering items you want to donate to this fundraiser.

Special Event for April

Jan Watt will be at Melville to talk about the Ailsa Craig Foodbank – Come and meet Jan on Tuesday April 14 at 1pm in the lower hall. Our congregation has been donating specific items each month during the United Church’s 100th year celebrations to the Ailsa Craig Foodbank.

Other Activities

Birthday Lunch – May 3 after our service – Is it your Birthday this month? Please come and enjoy with us! Bring sandwiches or a dessert to share…stay for fellowship.

UCW – May 4 at 1:30 p.m – All are welcome to our special speaker at this meeting. Come learn about Kathy’s travels to Nunavut. UCW will be meeting in the lower level of the church. All are welcome to attend.

Yoga – Weekly on Wednesday & Thursday 9-10:30am $5/person. All are welcome.

Melville Makers – Monday April 20 at 1pm – 3:30pm (3rd Monday of each month) All are welcome to come and craft or just join in our lively chat.

FOOD COLLECTION FOR FOOD BANK: In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the United Church of Canada, the Congregational Life Team of Melville UC is organizing a collection of food items for the Ailsa Craig and Area Food Bank.

For the month of April, you are invited to donate brown or white sugar and jam.

Safe Food Handling course – Charlene has made an enquiry about having a one day (approx. 6 hrs) Safe Food Handling course at the church, if enough people are interested. We would need ten people to attend in order to have someone come from the Health Unit. It could be a weekday or on Saturday. If you know of someone from the community who would be interested please pass on this message. Contact Charlene Darel via email charlenedavedarel@gmail.com if you are interested in taking this course.

Melville United Church Constitution

Members of our church congregation have worked diligently to write our church constitution. It was approved by the congregation on July 7, 2025 and by the Antler River Watershed Regional Council on August 6, 2025. You may read our constitution using this link:

Melville United Church Constitution