Central Presbyterian Church

A silent auction will follow the Strauss Concert on Saturday night. Among the items on the auction block will be a number of hand-painted roof tiles completed by a group of local artists. Proceeds from the sale of these “one of a kind’ plaques along with the rest of the proceeds from the auction, dinner and [...]

For Tickets or Information, Please contact the Church @ (519) 623-1080 or Elsie Botha @ (519) 620-4415 You can also reach us by email at RachelsHome@cpcmail.ca The Penny Project

On Saturday January 30th, the sanctuary of beautiful and historic Central Presbyterian Church will be filled with the classic music of Johann Strauss. The Alicier Arts String Quintet will perform six of his most famous waltzes: Wine, Women and Song Roses from the South Artist’s Life Voices of Spring Tales from the Vienna Woods Blue Danube [...]

 Here’s a gift that captures the true meaning of Christmas. Without us, the children of Rachel’s Home will get nothing this Christmas. But you can give these children food and vitamins. You can give them a chance to go to school. You can give them a chance at a better life. Again this year, we [...]

This year the Christmas Carol Singers Bazaar will held on Saturday November 14th from 11:30 am-1:30 pm. There will be pies, preserves and much more, including of course, the Carol Singer Dolls. We will also be introducing the “Rachel’s Home Slates”. Proceeds from the sale of these plaques will support our friends, the children of [...]

We have begun the tile project for Rachel’s Home. We are looking for volunteers to help paint, glue and shellac. Anyone who can spare an hour or so after church on October 25th, November 1st or November 8th is invited to join us in the hall after church. We will make sure that you’re out by 2pm. The [...]

Are you artistically inclined? Do you want to put those skills to work, to help the children at Rachel’s Home? Well, here’s your chance.  We have gathered up a selection of old tiles from the roof project. Under Yssie’s guidance, we will be make commemorative plaques and ornaments to sell at the Christmas Bazaar. We [...]

I want you to walk into the smallest bedroom in your house. Take a look around. Imagine that the furniture is gone. Imagine that it has been replaced with old beat-up bunk-beds, stacked three high on three walls. That’s a total of nine beds. Now I want you to imagine 22 children sharing that room. [...]

To date, we have collected more than 480,000 pennies for Rachel’s Home. Our Goal? We want to raise 1,000,000 pennies by the end of the year. These pennies will pay teachers’ salaries. They will pay for vitamin suppliments for the children and they will help pay for food and clothing for the children.   The Penny [...]

As you are aware, Rachel’s Home is struggling to feed the children with the resources it has. We are doing what we can to help. We are supplying them with: 20 Loaves of Bread/week 10 Litres of Milk/week 2 large tubs of peanut butter/week That amounts to a little more than 1 slice of bread [...]