August 29, 2023
Calvary Compass – August 29, 2023 - Calvary United Church, www.calvaryuc.ca
Dear Friends of Calvary,
It is hard to believe that we are now in the last week of August and the children will be going back to school on Wednesday September 6th. (Thames Valley District School Board has decided to have a PD Day on the Tuesday). Summer has flown by!
Rev. Kerry will be returning from his vacation and back preaching on Sunday, September 3rd. Kim has returned from her vacation and is working 9 to 12 this week.
Regular office hours commence on Wednesday, September 6th. (Tuesday - Thursdays - 9:00 am - 12 Noon and 1:00 - 4:30 pm and Friday - 9:00 am - 12 Noon)
Thank you to Bill Butt for leading our worship services the last three Sundays. His messages have been thought provoking. The photos from Mount Elgin Residential School have provided a snapshot into what the past and present was and is there.
A special Thank You to Ken McLagan for always being up in the booth each Sunday to provide live-stream for our worship services and manage the PowerPoint. This summer, he has been doing it all on his own without any assistance. As Bill Butt mentioned, it requires a lot of knowledge and skill to work all those buttons and switches and make the changes for the various parts of the service. Thank you for your dedication.
Sunday School will begin Sunday, September 10th which is Gathering Sunday.
The Compass will be returning to its weekly editions starting on Wednesday, September 6th. Tuesday the 5th is a stat holiday for Kim.
CHAMPION will return to its weekly meetings starting Wednesday, September 6th.
Worship Services are all live-streamed:
September 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgRRUV0QUCo
Recorded service for August 27 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHZJmzqN2es
CATALYST
If you have poems, articles, letters to the editor or photos, the deadline for submitting to the Catalyst is Friday, September 8th. Please send all items to Bruce Jones - scouterbruce@rogers.com
Please remember that if you are sending photos which include people, please make sure that they have signed a permission slip. These can be obtained from Kim Knowles.
Calvary T-Shirts
Show your Calvary spirit by wearing a Calvary t-shirt to Calvary events or out in the community.
The cost is $15. Currently we have stock for:
1 – Large
4 – Extra Large
2 – 2XL
We are taking names to hopefully put in another order, so let us know if you want one! Contact Kim in the office.
GENTLY USED LAPTOPS
A friend of Bonnie and Brian McNichol is going to Uganda, Africa in September to visit a school to which he and his father contributed funds through the charity, Reach One, Touch One. He is looking for gently used laptops to take with him for the school to use.
If you have a laptop you no longer need, please contact Bonnie and Brian McNichol at 519-681-6677 or bbmcnichol@gmail.com by Wednesday, September 6th and they will see that he receives it before he leaves September 16th.
Meetings this Week:
* Billiard Buddies - Tuesday - 12:30 - 2:30 pm
* Affirming Committee - Tuesday - 7:00 pm via Zoom
Bible Study via Zoom will return on Thursday, September 7th.
Psalm for the Week:
Psalm 67: 1 -5 (New International Version Translation)
May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine on us
so that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.
May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the people praise you.
May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples with equity
and guide the nations of the earth.
May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.
Prayer for the Week:
God, we give thanks and praise to you.
There is nothing that you cannot do.
Grant us glad and blessed hearts as we
raise our songs and prayers of praise to you.
You are the Holy One we worship
all the days of our lives. Amen.