**Please note: the city is repairing and repaving Summerside Ave and it may be closed when you come. Please enter the church parking lot from Mapleridge Ave for the next couple of weeks**
Photo directory: don’t forget to come for your picture!
Here is the link for the moment: https://youtu.be/KiS_kYk0ivM
Thanksgiving worship this Sunday, October 8th, 10:45am, in person and online worship.
Sermon by phone: 204 410 1384
Thanksgiving Sunday is a time when we are grateful for many things: family, friends, homes and food on our tables to name a few. To share our gratitude we are collecting items for West Broadway Community Ministry and Camp Morgan at the Brady Landfill. (see attachment for picture of items)
Camp Morgan: because of the changing nature of the weather, Outreach folks will purchase what they need; also donations of wood are needed for the sacred fire and keeping warm; money can be dropped into the Camp Morgan jar (the one with the heart stickers all over it!)
West Broadway: fruit cups, canned tuna, salmon, or meat, cereal and oatmeal; men’s and women’s warm socks and long underwear
Everything can be dropped off and/or placed on the sanctuary stairs until Sunday October 15th
Save the date Sunday, October 22 following worship
With Rev. Elizabeth Brown’s retirement at year end ,the United Church of Canada and the Prairie to Pine Region, requires that we create a Trinity Church Profile team and complete several things as part of the process. A “Church Profile Team ” has been formed consisting of Charles Powell, Nancy DeLong , Barb Tallman, Ross Tallman and Dale Kendel ( acting as chair). The purpose of the team is to create a Faith Profile for Trinity United Church that expresses the needs, the wants and the wishes of Trinity. This is Step #1, before the search and hiring process for a new Minister can occur.
Step#2: a Congregational Consultation will be held on Sunday October 22 after our regular service. Lunch will be provided, thanks to the Fellowship Committee. We will be finished by 1:30. Stay tuned for more details, but please plan to attend.
Soup Fundraiser thank you to all who made and/or bought soups! We made just under a thousand dollars to be split with Good Shepherd!
We are looking for a few people to help prepare and serve communion. We’ll provide the training and you’ll work in teams; if anyone is interested, they can contact Ruth at 204- 253-0274 or 204-290-3050. It is a once a month commitment, on a rotating basis.
BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!
Are your shelves cluttered with your summer “beach reads”? Or are you looking to stock up for the coming winter months? Bring your books to Trinity during the month of October and take a few home – “Pay what you please”. Books change every day so check back often! Tell your friends who may not attend Trinity; the table will be set up on some Saturdays as well as during the week (the church is open Mon-Fri, 9am to 1pm). Thank you. Isabel Tymofichuk
United Church Calendars: are available now and cost around $8; please be in touch with Gerta if you’d like to purchase one!
We hold in prayer Don and Marion Schultz as they move through health issues.
We hold in prayer Joann Sauve on the death of her sister Terry.
We hold in prayer Ellen and Harry Johnson as they mourn the death of Ellen’s brother Bill and nephew William.
We celebrate and hold in prayer our caretaker Samantha Nedokus as she trains to play goalie for FC Northwest Starz to play at the Canadian Nationals in Halifax October 4-9th. Way to go Samantha!
We hold in prayer Betty Turnock while she is in hospital.
We hold in prayer Val McKay and her mom, Anne.
We hold in prayer Susan and Doug Delaney’s family members Darryl and Diane Knight as they move through health struggles. They are grateful for all our prayers.
We hold in prayer community members and families as we mourn Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe and all Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
We continue to hold the people of James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby village of Weldon, Saskatchewan in our prayers.
Upon hearing the preliminary research findings on deaths and unmarked graves at the Alberni residential institution, The United Church of Canada, both regionally and nationally, hears the Tseshaht First Nation’s specific Calls for Truth and Justice directed to us, and commits to continued conversation with them about specific actions in response. Every Child Matters.
Would you like to read scripture and/or create and write prayers for Sunday Worship? Please be in touch with Irma for more information.
“The Ministry and Personnel Committee would like to extend congratulations to Trinity’s caretaker, Samantha Nedokus. She is an avid soccer player and has been invited by the Manitoba Women’s team, the FC Northwest Starz of Winnipeg, to play at the Canadian Nationals. Ten teams will compete at Canada Soccer’s 2023 Toyota National Championships for the Jubilee Trophy in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Samantha’s games are on Oct. 4 (4:30pm), 6 (4:30pm), 7 (2pm), 8 (noon) and the finals on Oct 9 (8:30 or 9:30am). She is excited to serve as the Starz starting goal keeper. Below is a link to the web site if you would like more information and link to the live stream games.” https://www.youtube.com/@CanadasoccerTV/streams
Programs at Trinity; please note the changes below:
Trinity Walkers: On Tuesdays, let’s start at Trinity and walk to King’s Park and back. Meet at 9:30am at the church or meet me/us in the park at 10am at the 2nd parking lot (This is the lot closest to the flower gardens). We can walk a short loop through the flower garden or a slightly longer loop around the perimeter of the park. Please call Maryann for this or any other walk you’d like to take.
Trinity Yoga: Saturdays at 10-11am Yoga; 11-noon coffee and fellowship; online by zoom
Bible Study: Mondays at 1:30pm – note the new time! in person and online – no bible study October 9th
South Side Community Fitness and Fellowship: Wednesday at 10:30am Yoga; both online by zoom and in person
Bomber fund raiser: thank you to all the folks who volunteered for the games! We have all games filled! If you’d like to volunteer and are not sure what it entails, be in touch with Marilyn or Irma or Elizabeth and we’ll arrange for you to “shadow” someone for part of any of the next 2 games. As an added incentive, we’ll offer you access to the stadium for part of the game!
We are grateful to Gerta de Jong, Karen Wall, Marilyn Loat for cashiering this Sunday.
Scriptures for this week: Deuteronomy 8:7-18; Psalm 65; 2 Corinthians 9:6-15; Luke 17:11-19
Scripture to ponder: Psalm 139:9-10a: If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me… .
Prayer: O God, we come seeking wisdom for the way. Plant the seed of your love in our hearts where it may be nourished with the story of your faithful people and take root in our lives. Amen
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