Here is the link for the moment: https://youtu.be/D6pknoJ60Wc
Sermon by phone:204 410 1384
Last day for financial donations to be credited to the 2023 tax year is December 31, 2023.
A message from the Worship Committee: Beginning in January, Trinity United Church will be in a time of transition as we search for our new minister. Our community will continue to meet on Sunday at 10:45 a.m. The Worship Committee is arranging guest speakers and services. Please watch the Thursday email announcements for details. We plan to record services on Sunday and send the link early the following week. If you have worship or guest speaker ideas – please pass them along to the Worship Committee. We look forward to worshipping and learning together during this transition.
Worship Committee: Kyle Chorney, Carolyn Pierson, Ethel Campbell, Marguerite Zaworonok, Gerta DeJong, Leslie Johnson (or call the office 204 269 1632)
A message from the Profile Team:
We are asking members of the Trinity United Church to consider the opportunity to be on the Search team. The Search Team will be responsible for reviewing applicants and interviewing for the position of Minister. The Board asks you to think about this over the advent season. If you have questions as you ponder this, do not hesitate to reach out and ask questions to Barbara Tallman or Terry DeLong (contacts below). A deadline of January 8th has been set to receive the names of those interested in being on the Search Team. Search Team members are required to attend a mandatory education session via Zoom on January 13, 2023, from 830 am to 1230 pm. Search Team members are approved at a congregational meeting. The expected date of this congregational meeting is January 17, 2023. More information on the congregational meeting is forthcoming.
Please contact us if you have questions:
Barbara Tallman (email: barbara1.tallman@gmail.com Phone: 204 330-5070)
Terry DeLong (204 254 3450)
We hold in healing prayer Carol Potter.
From Elder Mike: we hold in prayer John who was diagnosed with cancer and responding well to chemotherapy.
We hold in prayer Don Schultz and their familieson the death of Marion Schultz. A celebration of her life is January 13 at Trinity.
We hold in prayer Vic and Marlene Bryll and their son Thomas and daughter-in-law Dana as she awaits surgery for cancer.
We hold in prayer Audrey Whitman as she deals with a cancer diagnosis.
We hold in prayer Val McKay and her mom, Anne.
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: Advent is here, the weather has changed and our lives are busy. Even so I enjoy walking with you. Please phone me and let’s arrange a time and place. If you are hesitant about walking outdoors then how about walking a loop in Ikea and then stopping for a coffee. If Tuesdays don’t work let’s try another day.
Trinity Yoga: Saturdays at 10-11am Yoga; 11-nooncoffee and fellowship; online by zoom – resumes in January 2024
Bible Study: Mondays at 1:30pm – resumes in January 2024 – in person and on zoom
South Side Community Fitness and Fellowship: Wednesday at 10:30am Yoga; both online by zoom and in person – resumes in January 2024
We are grateful to Ruth and Arnold Graham and Edgar Rosales for cashiering this Sunday.
Scriptures for this week: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13; Psalm 8; Revelations 21:1-6a; Matthew 25:31-46
Scripture to ponder: Luke 1:37: For nothing will be impossible with God
Prayer: Holy one, as we begin the new year with our feet firmly on the earth you created, taking a breath and knowing your spirit is within us and among us, feeling our heart surrounded by God’s love, we are courageous people of God, ready to live out our faith in the world. Amen
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