January 23, 2024
Calvary Compass – January 23, 2024 - Calvary United Church, www.calvaryuc.ca
Dear Friends of Calvary,
Even though the weather outside is cold and snowy, Calvary is a busy place with lots of activities taking place during the week and on Sunday morning. We encourage you to come to the activities and attend in-person worship services.
Jazz Vespers returns on February 7th at 7:00 pm. Encourage your friends and family to come and enjoy this wonderful mid-week service.
Worship Services are all live-streamed:
January 28 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmYJOS_uFVw
February 4th - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Vj5tnPkXM
Recorded service for January 21 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbyuGNDZpH0
ANNUAL REPORTS
Please write up your annual reports and send them to Kim by Friday, February 9th so that she can collate them and prepare the booklet containing the various reports before the Annual Meeting. Please note that submissions should use the Arial font and 12 pt. size. Do not format with page numbers, headers or footers.
TRIVIA NIGHT WITH THE KIWANIS
If you are planning to go to the Trivia Night on March 1st sponsored by Brian McNichol and Elmore Hill's Kiwanis group, you are encouraged to register yourself/teams up to 8 ahead of time. Having appropriate numbers ahead of time helps the steering committee with planning. The proceeds are sponsoring two charities; Youth Opportunity Unlimited and Thames Valley Education Fund. The cost is $200/team of 8 or $25.person or at the door $30/person. See poster attached for further details. It should be a fun event for all that attend.
LONDON COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY
The Outreach Committee will collect non-perishables for the London Community Chaplaincy throughout the entire year with the exception of July and August. These items are shared between both locations - Southdale and Limberlost, but are dropped off at the Southdale location periodically, as they have the larger storage area. Occasionally we will provide updates/suggestions regarding items currently needed. Breakfast items, such as boxed cereals, oatmeal, peanut butter, juice boxes and nut free school snacks (eg. granola bars and fruit cups) are some of the highest need items. As always thank you for your continued support and generosity.
Bonnie and Karen, Co-chairs of Outreach
SUMMER CAMPS AT SILOAM AND FIRST ST. ANDREWS
Siloam and First St. Andrews United Churches are sponsoring summer camps this year. There is sports, art, crafts, baking, music, outdoor games and many more fun activities The cost is $130/child/week and additional children $110/child/week. Subsidy is available
Contact Marilyn Arthur - sharedyouthandyaministry@gmail.com if you wish further information.
DE-COLONIZING CHURCH
Patty Krawec, author of "Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future" will be speaking at St. Aiden's Anglican Church, 1246 Oxford St. W., on Friday, February 2nd at 7:00 pm. Her presentation is entitled "De-colonizing Church". The tickets are free, but those wishing to attend are asked to register at this link: https://forms.gle/nvSyZGYo5wBobqwn7
Patty Krawec is an Anishinaabe/Ukrainian writer and speaker belonging to Lac Seul First Nation in Treaty 3 territory and residing in Niagara Falls. She serves on the board of the Fort Erie Native Friendship Center and sings with the Strong Water Singers, a hand drum group. She is cohost of the Medicine for Resistance podcast and in November 2021, after three years of personal fundraising, cofounded the Nii'kinaaganaa Foundation with journalist Nora Loreto and Blackfoot activist Terril Tailfeather.
Mardi Gras Pancake Supper
Wesley-Knox United church is having a Mardi Gras themed Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday (February 13th). We would like to extend an invitation to your church to join us if interested.
The meal will be served from 4:30-6:30 PM
Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for youth up to age 12 and free to children 5 and under (accompanied by an adult) - tickets are limited to 250
You can purchase tickets at Tuckey Home Hardware or by contacting EJ Lamb ejsmall@amtelecom.net or Richard Yake at 519 438 1597
Meetings this week:
• CHAMPION - Wednesday - 1:00 - 3:30 pm
• Worship Committee – Wednesday – 7:30 pm via Zoom
• Bible Study - Thursday - 11:00 - 12 Noon via Zoom
• Book Club - Monday - 7:30 pm via Zoom
Bible Study:
Scripture Readings for this Week: Psalm 111; Mark 1: 21 -28;
Psalm for the week:
Psalm 86: 4 -8 ( New Revised Standard Version - Updated Version)
Gladden the soul of your servant,
for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.
Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
listen to my cry of supplication
In the day of trouble I call on you,
for you will answer me.
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Prayer for the week:
O God, giver of every good and perfect gift,
all that we have comes from you. Make us a
generous people, never holding back. You call us to share,
your light so it will pierce the darkest shadows of your
immense and glorious creation. Amen.