Announcements for Sunday, February 13, 2022

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022, 11AM  

Join us in worship via zoom.

Gathering is at 10:45AM and the service starts at 11:00AM.

• Checking in

• Welcome and Call to worship

• Prelude: Voluntary on ‘Converse’ – C. Albrecht

• Opening Prayer

• Hymn: VU#260 “God Who Gives to Life Its Goodness” 

• Reading: Luke 6:27-38      

• Message: “A participation ribbon faith?”   

• Prayers The Lord’s Prayer (Sung VU959) 

• Offering: Dedication, doxology (VU#541), The Creed 

• Hymn: VU#691 “Though Ancient Walls” 

• Blessing

• Choral Amen VU#974 (Jim Strathdee) 

• Postlude Voluntary on ‘O Store Gud’ – S. Hine

The link to participate in the service is:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7197797321?pwd=RmF4Q0c1UVJlN1BIaUhEM1gvTk1MZz09

Meeting ID: 719 779 7321

Passcode: 442730

You may also join us by phone at: (438) 809-7799

To see recorded videos of the latest services, follow the link to Lakeshore Trinity’s YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ESwAcMObqU_y_8VLd8ouQ

Also on the YouTube channel, you will find a playlist, including all the old services from the past 2 years.

 

ZOOM COFFEE TIME!

WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, 10AM

Zoom on over for coffee and chat! Wednesdays at 10AM. The link is the same to access all Lakeshore Trinity’s zoom events:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7197797321?pwd=RmF4Q0c1UVJlN1BIaUhEM1gvTk1MZz09

Meeting ID: 719 779 7321

Passcode: 442730

or by phone at: (438) 809-7799

 

MATTHEW KABWE IS MARTIN LUTHER KING

This is Black History Month, and Matthew Kabwe is playing Martin Luther King Jr. in Saskatoon’s Persephone Theatre production of The Mountaintop, by Katori Hall. The play is set in a Memphis motel room on the eve of King’s assassination, as he questions his life and contributions to social justice.

Matthew’s reflections:

“For me, Martin Luther King Jr. is a bucket list character, someone I’ve always wanted to play.

It is Black History Month, so it is good to explore a story like this. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most important figures of the last 100 or 200 years. The things he was talking about or fighting for are still germane today – not just for black people in the U.S. and Canada and the world, but for everybody living in these countries. He is still very much relevant.”

Matthew’s mother, Maureen Scott Kabwe, co-chair of our Church in the World committee, offers these thoughts on the legacies we honour during Black History Month:

• “The end is reconciliation, is redemption, is the creation of the Beloved Community. It is this spirit and love that can transform opposers into friends. It is this type of understanding that will transform the gloom of the old age into the gladness of the new age… this love (which) will bring about miracles in (our) hearts.”

  Martin Luther King Jr., Facing the Challenge of a New Age, 1960

• Nelson Mandela released from prison, the miracle of the end to South African Apartheid, February 11, 1990

• Archbishop Desmond Tutu: “I am because we are. We are all connected.”  South African Ubuntu theology

MONDAY MEALS FOR THE HOMELESS

On Monday afternoons in the church kitchen, Catherine Lee and her team of volunteer cooks are continuing to produce hot meals for the clients of the over night shelter, Halte-Transitions in Pierrefonds. Funding for the meals project comes largely from Angels of Mercy, a registered charity providing meals and clothing to homeless people in Montreal.

Catherine has long been closely involved in supporting the homeless population of our city. She is acutely aware of the challenges of life on the street and is committed and tireless in her efforts to bring some comfort to their lives. In addition to cooking hot meals, she is appealing to our congregation forwarm clothing, most especially men’s long underwear and socks. Also hot water bottles! A hot water bottle on a cold night can be a lifesaver.

As soon as we are back meeting and worshipping in the building, we will be providing places to collect these items.

 

WE GIVE THANKS

• The e-transfer protocol is outlined in the Happenings email.

• Don’t forget to include your envelope number and indicate how you wish to have your offering divided. If not indicated, it will be designated as local offering.

• Until further notice, please continue to make offering cheques payable to St. John’s United Church. You can still drop them in the mail slot, even though the church is closed due to COVID.

• For the moment there will be no change for people who use PAR*. 

*Pre-authorized remittance (PAR) is a way to donate to the church through automatic withdrawals from a bank account or charges to a credit card (the latter not recommended as the service fee to the church is higher). Many of our Dorval-Strathmore friends use this easy method and changes can be made anytime. If anyone is interested in signing up or getting more information, please contact Joan Levasseur at (514) 631-4455 or jblev@ca.inter.net

 

 

HELP FOR REFUGEES: AN APPEAL FROM BEACONSFIELD UNITED

Beaconsfield United has made contact in recent months with several refugee families who are soon to be released from the YMCA facility and will be starting their first homes in Canada.

If you have gently-used clothing, furniture or household goods to donate, please email or call the church:

Email: community@beaconsfieldunitedchurch.com

Tel: (514) 695-0600

or complete this form online: https://forms.gle/LZtn1jsLp4H5xidg9