Announcements for Sunday, June 18, 2023

Sunday, June 18, 2023
11:00 A.M.

Worship Song: VU#381 “Spirit of Life”
VU#574: “Come, Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love”
Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15
Reflection: Love and laughter
VU#624: “Give To Us Laughter”
Sung Dedication: VU#227 “For the Fruit of All Creation”
VU#580: “Faith of Our Fathers”

You may 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

The service from June 11th is available to view on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/LsLV77AT_fw

Every Sunday, before worship at Lakeshore Trinity, we read this Land Acknowledgement on the front screen.  Recently I took a online study offered by the United Church of Canada, on healing thesettler colonialism that established our country, its laws and institutions. We looked at the causes of Indigenous land loss, cultural and language loss, the loss of children and family breakdown, and the Church Doctrine of Discovery. We explored all this through the stories of our own ancestors’ arrival in Canada. We got in touch with family history we may not even have known about – where they came from, why they left their home, whose territory they settled on, who was dispossessed by their arrival.

The painting, No Trespassing, shows the Pembina Escarpment in southern Manitoba, land just beside my great-grandparents’ farm, where I spent childhood summers. Today I ask “Who did the trespassing?” The UCC study was an unsettling and profound learning for the 100+ people from across Canada who joined in, and was a step toward Right Relations. Perhaps I can offer a reconciliation gathering later this year, if there is interest. One step towards reconciliation that is available now: Resilience Montreal, on the corner of Atwater and Ste. Catherine, offers meals and shelter and support to the Indigenous homeless population, recently in the news because of the difficulty of finding residences for many of them. To donate, you may go to: resiliencemontreal.com

BOOK NOOK NEWS:
In honour of National Indigenous History Month, on display in the hall from the shelves of our mini-library, is the title: The Other Side of the River: from Church Pew to Sweat Lodge. The author, the Rev. Alf Dumont, engagingly talks of living between the worlds of Indigenous and of Christian spirituality, and of building bridges between the two. This book is a current recommendation of the United Church Bookstore.
Also on display are a few of the Nook’s richly illustrated items.
Please borrow from this selection for your relaxing summer perusal.
Judy Lindsay

SUMMER PLANS
From July 2nd until September 3rd, we will once again be combining services with our fellow churches in the West Island/Riverside cluster. The summer schedule, with church addresses and zoom links for the services, will be included in next week’s Announcements.

WE GIVE THANKS
The email address for e-transfer is: ltuc98givings@gmail.com. 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
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email: lakeshoretrinityunited@gmail.com
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