If you've driven by Governor Simcoe or one of the other High Schools in North St. Catharines in the past few days you know that the School Board was serious about closing their schools this summer. There is a frenzy of construction taking place around many of the schools and sections of some are clearly sealed off. Change is certainly the order of the day since our last service as an in tact North End location.  

In the spirit of summer though, I trust this change is proving to be a great blessing of "R&R" for some of our volunteer teams and a chance to connect with our Southridge family in one of the other locations. As we are soaking in these changes, we are already beginning to think about the post-summer season and want to begin the prayerful discernment process about what the fall season holds for the North End location.

To that end we would like to invite all who consider the North End their home location to a North End specific Town Hall Meeting on Sunday, July 15th, at 7:30PM at our Glenridge facility. We want to share some pertinent updates from a leadership perspective, and we also want to hear what you are sensing and hearing from God as you pray into this discussion. Collectively we are eager to hear what is God saying to us about how to proceed this fall.

We invite you to give this some prayerful thought and to join us on the evening of the 15th. We look forward to hearing from you!

Ed Willms

ps.  If you have questions or comments in advance, please let me know: ewillms@southridge.cc.