St. Alban’s New Minister

St. Alban’s Welcomes its New Minister
By Don Robinson


The Anglican parish of St. Alban the Martyr in Glen Williams is looking forward to welcoming its new minister, Reverend Aaron Orear, on Monday, May 4.

Since the retirement of Rev. Grahame Stap in April, 2008, the congregation has been ably served by the interim minister Dr. Rev. Barbara Sykes of Guelph. Barbara’s enthusiasm and helpful leadership quickly endeared her to the congregation and to those charged with leading the church through its transition. Her warm manner will be heartily missed but we hope to see her and husband Ralph frequenting the streets and shops of Glen Williams on occasion (that is whenever Ralph’s crops aren’t needing tending).

Rev. Aaron Orear is a native of Wisconsin. He graduated from The University of Wisconsin in 1995 and was actively involved in teaching, writing and theatre until 2003. Aaron attended Trinity College at The University of Toronto where he received his Master of Divinity degree in 2007. He is married to Amy Levett who is a Canadian. Since May, 2007, Aaron has served as Assistant Curate at the large Anglican church of St. Jude’s in Oakville. This is a demanding position and Aaron has been heavily immersed in the challenges of serving the varied needs of parishioners.

Aaron and Amy discovered the hamlet of Glen Williams prior to considering a position with St. Alban’s and immediately fell in love with its unique charm.They are eagerly looking forward to relocating, to meeting many of our citizens and to participating in the unique life of The Glen. If you meet Aaron and/or Amy casually on the street or in the shops, we would ask that you extend them a typical Glen welcome.

St. Alban’s extends an open invitation to come and meet our new minister after May 4 either in one of our Sunday services or by visiting with Aaron at Alban House on the church grounds. (If you would like to arrange a meeting in advance, call the office at 905-877-8323.) St. Alban’s welcomes any and all who would like to sample our style of fellowship (we ain’t fancy – we’re Glen folk) or would just like to discuss some personal issue with Aaron at any time.

Thank-You!

The Town Hall Board would like to extend a big thank you to Phil Lewin and Ian Jarvie. Ian and Phil put their hammers and saws to work until they had constructed a much needed closet for storing cleaning supplies for the Town Hall. Thanks again Phil and Ian.

Shoreline problems

Solutions to shoreline problems are in the works
By Joan Robson

Many of you have been wondering why no action has been taken to correct the erosion along the shore of the Glen Williams Parkette. The Town of Halton Hills is currently working through the details with CVC so that we comply with current environmental requirements. With CVC’s approval, the town hopes to find an interim solution to address safety issues and provide for continued use of the parkette. Complete reconstruction in a different manner would follow as a longer term plan. The latter requires permits from Ministry of Natural Resources and Department of Fisheries, a very lengthy process. We will keep you posted and, we hope, you will see progress shortly.

Glen residents clean up the town

By Janet Giles

Didn’t our town look a lot neater in the afternoon of April 18? The Glen Williams Town Hall Board would like to thank all the residents who came out in the morning and helped to clean up the unsightly litter that accumulated over the winter. Special mention goes to Ross Kelleher who reportedly found the largest discard, Jill Scott the longest and Brett Giles the strangest.

What we really need is for someone to invent a coffee cup and cigarette filter that biodegrades 10 seconds after they are thrown from the vehicle! Surely someone is on that mission.

Refreshments were enjoyed by all after the work was done and it was generally concluded that things were in much better shape this year than in the past. The message must be getting across that it really is not acceptable to toss your refuse by the side of the road for others to gather. The general conclusion was that a lot of the more unusual finds were there accidentally. So thank you everyone for helping to keep our planet cleaner!