Here is the link for Sunday worship, December 31, 2023: https://youtu.be/HEDvDqbT114
Sermon by phone:204 410 1384
A huge and most appreciative THANK YOU to all those who helped with the organization, presentations, set-up, food donations, serving, and clean-up for Elizabeth’s retirement luncheon. Your generosity and involvement are testament to the love, caring, and fellowship that Trinity provides and made the luncheon the success that it was.
As we move into the new year, it’s time to take down the Advent/Christmas decorations in the church. If you have a few minutes after church on January 7th, we’ll pack things away for another year. Many hands mean they be down and packed away in a much shorter time! Thanks for your help.
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 Monday email announcements for details. We plan to record services on Sunday and send the link early the following week (Monday or Tuesday following a long weekend). 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, 2024, 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, 2024. 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)
With Elizabeth’s retirement, we are looking for volunteers to help us out with the ministry of Trinity. Please prayerfully consider these opportunities and be in touch with the person listed or the office (204 269 1632 tuc@mymts.net) We are grateful for every gift given and appreciate all you do for Trinity. Thank you for those of you who have already assumed some these responsibilities.
We need someone to be responsible to close and lock the church after worship on an occasional basis. There is a check list and video to show you what needs to be done. Most Sundays we have someone in place but there is the occasional Sunday when we need someone to turn off the lights, shut off the monitor, projectors and screens, lock the sanctuary, etc. Contact the office if you’d like to help on a Sunday morning.
We need someone to record services on a Sunday morning. We have the camera and will provide good training. If you like taking videos of your family and friends, and would be willing to expand that knowledge to recording Sunday morning services, please contact the office
Related to the last request, we need someone to edit the videos once they have been recorded. You can use the program on your home computer or on the computer in the sanctuary and training and tutorials will be provided. Most videos require just a bit of editing … there is the odd one, however that might require more and that’s where our expert will help you out! Please contact the office.
We continue to need people to read scripture and pray for Sunday services. We will record these so that if you’re unable to be in worship, your recording will be there. please contact the office
And if you’d like to lead a service and/or deliver a message, please be in touch with the worship committee.
From Terry DeLong: Our small group of Trinity volunteers that puts on a half hour Service at 2 Personal Care Homes in Winnipeg, will be losing 2 valued members (Elizabeth and Tom). And so, we would welcome anyone who would like to join us, even it is only once in a while. Our remaining team consists of our pianist Nancy DeLong, Debbie Spindler, Maryann Koop, Barbara Tallman, Val McKay, Joann Sauve, and myself, Terry DeLong. Nancy picks out the well-known hymns that we sing and I lead the order of Service, but am happy to relinquish my duties to anyone else that would like to do this. We “perform” the first Wednesday of the month at St. Norbert Personal Care Home where Val’s mom resides and the second Wednesday of the month at Waverley/Rosewood where Bernice Gregory lives. This is 10:30am- 11am and runs from Sept.- May. Car-pooling can be arranged. We usually have about 20 St. Norbert residents attend and 30 at Waverley/Rosewood although we actually had 50 there at our Advent/ Christmas Service earlier this month!! We always get far more out of doing this than what we put into it, especially since we don’t have any rehearsals. We just wing it!! Our next “performance” will be Jan. 3, 2024. If this interests you and you have some spare time, even sporadically please contact Nancy or myself at 204-254-3450, nanter1@shaw.ca or terry_delong@hotmail.com. Thank you for your time and consideration.
We will provide updates with new (and exciting) opportunities for folks to help out.
Thank you for all your generous offers of your gifts, skills and talents.
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 families on 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: 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-noon coffee and fellowship; online by zoom – resumes on January 6, 2024 – new link will be sent out.
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 January 10, 2024
We are grateful to Ed and Isabel Tymofichuk and Ken and Elaine Johnson for cashiering this Sunday.
Scriptures for this week: Mark1:4-11; Psalms 29; Acts 19-1-7; Genesis 1:1-5
Scripture to ponder: Psalms 29:11: God gives strength to his people and blesses them with peace.
Prayer: Holy one, in this new year, give us strength as we live out our faith in the world, bless us with peace in our hearts even when unrest surrounds us. Amen
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