August 3, 2022

Great participation at Pride parade on July 24th.

Calvary Compass – August 3, 2022 - Calvary United Church, www.calvaryuc.ca  

 

Dear Friends of Calvary,

We are now into August and still experiencing the high temperatures and not a tremendous amount of rain to help our lawns and the farmers' crops. Hopefully all of you are coping well with this weather and staying healthy.

Kim Knowles will be taking vacation on August 8 to 15th. Nancy Hind will be checking the phone messages and collecting the mail. Thank you Nancy.

Rev. Kerry will be taking vacation from  August 13 to September 4. Rev. Wendy Noble  will be providing Emergency Pastoral Care while he is away. Please contact the church office if you need Emergency Pastoral Care and Rev. Noble will be contacted for you.

Ruthanne McLagan will be conducting the worship service on Sunday, August 14th. Bill Butt will be conducting the worship services for Sunday, August 21st and Sunday, August 28th.

The next editions of the Calvary Compass will go out on:

    * Tuesday, August 16th

    * Tuesday, August 30th

    * Wednesday, September 7th

Please send your notices to Mary Kannakko ( mkannakko@rogers.com) and she will put them in the next edition of the Calvary Compass.

Worship Services are all live-streamed:

Worship Services are all live-streamed:

Recorded service for July 31 - https://youtu.be/uoSNMCGnSVE

 

URGENT MESSAGE FROM ARK AID

Ark Aid has been short of food during the summer especially on weekends. They have consistently been serving 150+ people for each lunch and dinner.

If you or your family, team or other community group are able to create 20 bags to drop off at First Baptist Church Friday, Saturday or Sunday through August and September that would be a big help.

Here is the link to sign up:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15HcXdUX1R6aTCHFZ0hNt8KvrraLZSJTwLjYHTOfT0tw/edit?usp=sharing

Items can be sandwiches, granola bars, juice boxes, water, fruit, treats, yogurt, bagels, etc.

Feel free to pass the link along to others. Ark Aid thanks you for your help and concern for those in need in our community.

RIDOUT DOORS ON SUNDAYS

In the previous Calvary Compass, it was stated that the Ridout doors would be shut when the prelude began, but left unlocked in case people were late arriving. It was mentioned that a sign Welcoming people to come in for the worship service and to knock if unable to get in because the doors were sticking would be placed on the pillars. It was decided that the ushers would place these signs on the outside handles of the doors instead of placing them on the pillars. Hopefully this has not caused any confusion.

Calvary’s Library is now open for 30 minutes before Sunday service and 30 minutes after.

General Council 44: The Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne Elected 44th Moderator

The United Church of Canada has elected the Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, Kwisa’lakw, 47, as its 44th Moderator. She will be the church’s spiritual leader for the next three years and is the first Indigenous woman to be elected Moderator.
Watch online at the installation of the 44th Moderator of The United Church of Canada on Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. PDT/ 4:00 p.m. EDT/ 5:30 p.m. NDT. 

Psalm for the Week:

Psalm 25: 16-18           

            Turn to me and be gracious to me,

                for I am lonely and afflicted.

            Relieve the troubles of my heart,

                and bring me out of my distress.

          Consider my afflictions and my trouble

                and forgive my sins.

Prayer for the Week:

God of our journey,

in our wilderness you have attended to our loneliness

and cleared a way to you and to each other.

Grant us the strength, wisdom and the will to take steps

together into the future of safety and compassion.  Amen.

 

 

 

Kim Knowles