June 20, 2023
Calvary Compass – June 20th, 2023 - Calvary United Church, www.calvaryuc.ca
Dear Friends of Calvary,
Wednesday will be the Summer Solstice (longest daylight of the year) and the official beginning of summer. Please take note that Blessing of the Fields and the Annual Meeting for the Caradoc Growing Project will take place this Wednesday evening at 7pm, near Strathroy.
If you are an early riser, on June 21st, please join with many friends and neighbours who gather on the green at 6am, behind the former Normal School, to welcome in the longest day with Indigenous drumming and smudging ceremonies. All are welcome.
Last Sunday was the last Sunday School meeting until September. There are lots of paper activities for the children, found on the credenza in the sanctuary.
The office will be closed on Friday, June 23 and re-opens on Tuesday, June 27.
A Celebration of Life service for Jean Knowles will take place at Calvary on Saturday, June 24 at 1:30pm. Jean was a long-time member of Calvary who passed away on May 7th in her 95th year.
“Blessed Are Those Who Mourn, for They Will be Comforted” Matthew 5:4
Live-Streaming
A giant Thank You is extended to our live-stream team who are in the booth located up in the balcony every Sunday to provide the live-stream for those who watch our worship services at home and far away places. Thank you to Ken McLagan (our lead tech), Mary Margaret Farrow, Tim Lindsay and sometimes Ruthanne McLagan and Heather Meatherall, when she is home from university. Also, thank you to Kim Knowles for preparing the PowerPoint slides to accompany Rev. Kerry’s order of service.
Worship Services are all live-streamed:
June 25th - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TWirT0h42c
Recorded service for June 18th - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlUP1LT5zTU
LONDON COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY (Southdale location)
We will be collecting non-perishables for LCC until Sunday, June 25th. Breakfast items, school snacks (nut-free) eg. granola bars, applesauce, puddings, etc. and pasta sauce are currently needed. Thanks for your ongoing support!
Cold weather clothing collection for Life*Spin
Following a successful clothing drive to gather spring and summer clothes for Life*Spin, the Outreach Committee is planning a similar collection for fall and winter clothes.
If you have winter clothes no longer needed as you clear closet space for summer clothes, consider tucking items away for the fall collection.
Life*Spin offers a free store to our neighbours who find the purchase of suitable clothes cost-prohibitive.
Further details will follow later this year. Please DO NOT bring your items to the church until we request them at a later date.
CANADIAN FOODGRAINS AND THE CARADOC GROWING PROJECT
The Blessing of the Fields and the Annual Meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 7:30 pm. Instead of going to the fields, you will be getting a tour of Crooked Creek Acres elevator close to Strathroy. "This is where they process grain for human consumption, a specialty process. This year's experience will hopefully enlighten people to the process that allows the crops to feed people and animals, and in the case of the Caradoc Growing Project and Canadian Foodgrains Bank, to feed hungry people around the world."
The Calvary Catalyst will be emailed out on Wednesday of this week. For those without email, a copy has been put in the mail. Thank you to Bruce Jones for his hard work preparing the Catalyst for us!
Meetings this week:
• CHAMPION - Wednesday - 1:00 - 3:30 pm
• Bible Study - Thursday - 11:00 am - 12 Noon via Zoom
• Celebration of Life service for Jean Knowles - Saturday -1:30 pm
Bible Study:
Thursday - 11:00 -12 Noon
Scripture Readings: - Matthew 10: 24 - 39
Psalm for the Week:
Psalm 86: 4 - 8 New Revised Standard Version translation
Gladden the soul of your servant,
for 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 my trouble I call on you,
for you will answer me.
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.
Prayer for the Week:
O gracious Saviour,
You are present with us in bread, wine, water, and the word.
Comfort us with these gifts of heaven and arouse us to share
them with those who we called to serve.
In your name we pray. Amen.