Quick Bites is a St Giles 100th Anniversary project that will run weekly from October to June 2024-2025 during Sunday Coffee Hour. Its goal is to introduce St Giles folk to the church’s regular programs, activities, governance, and history. Each Quick Bite is half-an-hour long and the leaders are members of the congregation. Take a look and see what you might want to learn about. It’s optional. Each week’s Quick Bite also will be announced in the church bulletin. Grab a coffee and a snack and meet the teachers and talk to the kids after the service.
| Title | Summary | Time | Location | Who’s invited? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quick Bites A St. Giles Centenary Project | Learn about St. Giles in just half an hour a week | 12:30-1:pm every Sunday after coffee hour from October 2024 to June 2025 | Various locations in the church | Optional weekly bite-sized learning opportunities open to the entire congregation regardless of age. |
| Date | Topic (subject to change) | Leaders (subject to change) | Location | Time |
| Sunday 29 September | Introduction | Laura | Service Announcement | 11:45 am |
| Sunday 06 October | Learn about the Sunday School, its lesson plans and teachers | Daisy, Mary & Nick | Sunday School corner | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 13 October | Learn about Bible Study | Paul and Don | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 20 October | Learn how to do coffee hour: set-up | Kaye & Jean | Kitchen & Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 27 October | Learn how to do coffee hour: clean up | Kaye & Jean | Kitchen & Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 4 November | Learn about the pie bakes for the Christmas Fayre | Kaye & Jean | Kitchen | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 10 November | Learn about the various tables at the Christmas Fayre | Kaye & Jean | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 17 November | Learn to sing an Advent carol | Heather & Katie | Stage | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 24 November | Learn to sing a Christmas carol | Heather & Katie | Stage | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 1 December | Learn about the Christmas pageant | Laura | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 8 December | Learn about the Christmas decorations in the Sanctuary | Laura | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 15 December | Learn about the Christmas decorations in the Banquet Hall | Laura | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 22 December | Christmas Cookie exchange | Laura | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 29 December | Organize taking down the Christmas Decorations | Laura | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 5 January | Learn about the Free Table | Laura | Free Table | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 12 January | Learn about the Book Nook | Laura | Book Nook | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 19 January | Learn about recycling at St Giles | Laura | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 26 January | Take a tour of the Sanctuary | Don | Sanctuary | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 02 February | Take a tour of the Banquet Hall | Rob | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 09 February | Learn about the organ | Heather | Chancel | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 16 February | Learn about maintenance at St. Giles | Laura & Rob | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 23 February | Learn about the Session at St. Giles | Isaac & Paul | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 02 March | Learn about the Food Bank St. Giles supports | Kaye & Stan | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 09 March | Learn about the Church video system | Rob | Sanctuary | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 16 March | Learn about the Communion silverware | Laura & Paul | Paul’s office | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 23 March | Learn about decorating the Sanctuary for Easter | Laura | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 30 March | Learn about St. Giles’s Easter breakfast | Kaye & Nancy | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 06 April | Learn an Easter song | Heather & Katie | Stage | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 13 April | Learn about the Church audio system | Rob | Sanctuary | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 20 April | Learn about St. Giles’s art program | Laura & Daisy | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 27 April | Learn about St. Giles’s gardens | Rob, Mary & Nick | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 04 May | Learn about the Great Glebe Garage Sale & St. Giles | Kaye & Jean | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 11 May | Learn about communications at St. Giles | Stan & Paul | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 18 May | Learn about Gracefield Christian Summer Camp | Paul | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 25 May | Learn about the Centretown Churches Social Action Committee (CCSAC) | Stan | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 01 June | Learn about Presbytery | Paul | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 08 June | Learn about Assembly | Paul | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |
| Sunday 15 June | Learn about the Presbyterian overseas mission work St. Giles supports | Stan & Jean | Banquet Hall | 12:30-1:00 pm |