Here is the link for the moment: https://youtu.be/43LGecDXHeM
This Sunday, November 5th, recorded and in person worship, we mark Remembrance Sunday and celebrate communion.
Sermon by phone: 204 410 1384
A Congregational meeting has been called for Trinity United Church on Sunday November 5th, immediately following worship to review and approve Trinity’s “Structure and Governance and Policy and Procedures Manual”. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend. This is the first notice of the meeting.
A new policy document has been developed for Trinity. The document is entitled “Structure and Governance & Policies and Procedures” and has been developed in response to the need for revision and updating of the old policy document that was last reviewed in 2014. The new document has been approved by the Trinity Board, but must also be approved by the congregation and, after that, the Regional Council.
You will be receiving an e-mail on Wednesday that will include a copy of the new document, some guidelines to help you review the content of the document, and a general agenda for the congregational meeting on November 5th following worship. Your opinions and advice are crucial to this process, so please try to attend the meeting on November 5th. Refreshments will be served.
Thank you from the Ad Hoc Policies and Procedures Review Committee
Sunday November 12th – Sunday School Sunday at 10:45am in the lower hall!
Thanks to everyone who brought a book, or bought a book, or stopped to talk about what they’d read, what they were going to read, and what they would NEVER read. We raised over $200 and had some great conversations!
Save the date: Praise and Worship service November 25th at 7pm! A message from Susan is in the video moment
Opportunities to help out at Trinity:
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.
Would you like to read scripture and/or create and write prayers for Sunday Worship? Please be in touch with Irma for more information.
United Church Calendars: are available now and cost around $8; please be in touch with Gerta by November 5th if you’d like to purchase one!
We hold in prayer Irma Nadeau as she recovers from surgery.
We hold in prayer the family of Betty Turnock who died this week. Details for the service will be announced.
We hold in prayer David, Marilyn, Colin, Marg and Jim Loat as Jim recovers from surgery.
We hold in prayer Don and Marion Schultz as they move through health issues.
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.
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
South Side Community Fitness and Fellowship: Wednesday at 10:30am Yoga; both online by zoom and in person
Bomber fund raiser: our last game is the play off game on November 11th! Did you know we receive about a thousand dollars for each game the fourteen Trinity people work? We are grateful for this amazing fundraiser!
We are grateful to Terry and Nancy DeLong and Ruth and Arnold Graham for cashiering this Sunday.
Scriptures for this week: Joshua 3:7-17; Psalm 107:1-7,33-37; 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13; Matthew 23:1-12
Scripture to ponder: Psalm 90:1 – God, it seems you’ve been our home forever; long before the mountains were born, Long before you brought earth itself to birth, from “once upon a time” to “kingdom come”—you are God.
Prayer: Holy one, We are each called to lead and serve with the gifts we have been given. Grant that we might do it with authenticity and honesty, so that the glory is yours O God. Amen
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