MINISTER’S MESSAGE
Greetings, everyone!
Happy Easter! Okay… don’t read that part until Sunday.
Because first we experience – again, and as if for the first time – the Good Friday story. I know, a lot of people don’t like Good Friday and even try to avoid it. But Easter Sunday makes so much more sense when we share everything that Good Friday means.
Sure, it’s the day we remember Jesus’ crucifixion, but the day allows us to explore so much more than an annual remembrance of an historical event (as important as that was and is). It also marks the end of our spiritual journey of Lent. Everything that we have experienced, our discerning and reflecting, all gets brought to this event. Brought to the cross. In the crucifixion and the burial stories, we are given the opportunity to let go. To be free of the baggage that weighs us down. We bring all of our sadness, our hurt, our own denials and betrayals, and we let them all go. And then, a little lighter, a lot freer, and finally forgiven (by ourselves, because God is ahead of us on that one!), we’re ready to really embrace everything that Easter means.
And then we can shout-out, Happy Easter! And every bit of creation will be shouting along with us. If we’re ready to fully welcome both the Good Friday and the Easter experience, the wonder that is Spring will be more than just a magnificent display of nature at work. It will provide reminders all around us of the gift of God’s love, light, and life. Every green spear piercing the dirt and reaching for the sun, every exploding tree-bud above us, every birdsong, every life-giving drop of rain… all reminders of the gift of abundant stronger- than-death life.
I hope we’ll see you this weekend… in our church home or from your own homes (see the zoom details below for both services). Until then…
Peace,
Rev. Steve
EASTER SERVICES
Good Friday April 15, 7:00PM at Lakeshore Trinity United also on zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us /j/7197797321?pwd=RmF4Q0c1UVJlN1BIaUhEM1gvTk1MZz09 Meeting ID: 719 779 7321, Passcode: 442730
By phone at: 438-809-7799
Easter Sunday, April 17, 7:00AM: West Island Sunrise Service at the Pointe Claire windmill/St. Joachim point. Please bring:
a mask
your own coffee
a non-perishable food item or a store-bought bread for donation to the West Island Mission food bank.
Easter Sunday Communion Service, April 17, 11:00AM at Lakeshore Trinity, with special music.
SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2022 11:00AM EASTER SUNDAY
Prelude: Aria -J. S. Bach -Stephen Vannevel, trumpet Call to Worship & Lighting of Christ Candle
Sung Response: VU#164 ”The Day of Resurrection Opening Prayer
Hymn: VU#155 “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”
Scripture: Luke 24:1-12
Reflection: “Why are you looking among the dead for one who is alive?” Anthem: A Jubilant Song – M.L. Lightfoot
Offering, Sung Dedication: VU#540 “Grant Us, God, the Grace”
Our Statement of Faith: VU#918
Hymn: VU#468 “Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ”
Prayers and The Lord’s Prayer (VU#959)
Sharing of the Bread & the Cup
Communion Prayer
Hymn: VU#173 “Thine Is the Glory”
Commissioning and Benediction
Choral Amen: VU#974
Postlude: Voluntary -J. Clarke -Stephen Vannevel, trumpet
You may also join the service via Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us /j/7197797321?pwd=RmF4Q0c1UVJlN1BIaUhEM1gvTk1MZz09 Meeting ID: 719 779 7321, Passcode: 442730
Or by phone at: 438-809-7799
Welcome back to the choir on this Easter morning!
We also welcome trumpet player, Stephen Vannevel, and thank him for his contribution to our worship. Thanks to Maestro, Rafael de Castro, for co-ordinating the music, and for his fine work on the organ.
YOUTH WORSHIP LEADERS ON PALM SUNDAY
Thank you to our young people, who provided such capable leadership in the Palm Sunday service last week: Nolan and Emma McRobbie, Bethan Wardrop, Amanda and Sean Watson.
Our lives are blessed by your presence.
WEDNESDAY MORNING COFFEE CONTINUES ON ZOOM Join us for coffee, Wednesday mornings, 10:00AM
https://us02web.zoom.us /j/7197797321?pwd=RmF4Q0c1UVJlN1BIaUhEM1gvTk1MZz09
Meeting ID: 719 779 7321, Passcode: 442730
or by phone at: 438-809-7799
WE GIVE THANKS
The email address for e-transfer is: ltuc98givings@gmail.com. There is no need for a security question. Please include your envelope number and indicate how you wish to have your offering divided. If not indicated, it will be designated as local offering.
Cheques should be made payable to Lakeshore Trinity United Church. They may be dropped in the mail slot at the church or sent by regular mail if you are not attending church in person.
Rev. Steve Gillam can be reached by phone or text at 514-235-9383 or by email at macduffsdad@hotmail.com.
Lakeshore Trinity United Church
98 Aurora Ave.
Pointe-Claire, QC, H9R 3G7
514-697-6459
Office Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 9:00AM to NOON
email: lakeshoretrinityunited@gmail.com
On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Lakeshore-Trinity-United-Church- 101331995747334
