To Trinity congregation: 

Leadership from the Pacific Mountain Regional Council has been ever present during these unprecedented two years with Covid 19. Tessa Brotsky and Treena Duncan both are worth reading as they reach out to church leaders in the region. This week's quotes are from them both:

For some of us, these days of uncertainty, war and instability are unfamiliar. For others of us, the ache of these tensions are all too familiar. I'm grateful for the places of love and moments prayer that I have in my life, that provides stability and comfort when all is presenting as grim, and unfair, and unending. I pray that you may have soft and hope-filled places to lean into for comfort and rest as well.
Warmly,
Tressa Brotsky
Communications for Pacific Mountain Regional Council

We will all have different comfort levels in different places, and for different situations. I pray that we will practice faithful empathy and commit to keeping United Church communities of faith and gatherings safe for immune-vulnerable members.
Blessings,
Treena Duncan, Executive Minister

Here at Trinity United Church, we have started our worship services live in the sanctuary with the choir leading the hymns. We were even gifted with an anthem this past Sunday…. such a treat! Singing the hymns with a mask on is almost normal … we sound much better than at home in the easy chair on ZOOM. Many thanks to the music and worship team for getting us into the sanctuary safely! 

Governance team invites all (with your own bag lunch) on March 27 after the worship service to introduce Trinity’s Visioning Proposal 2022. Crafted from a process Trinity followed before Covid when we visioned what we want to see from our work, this proposal suggests the Purpose for Trinity and continues with our Mission - how we plan to accomplish our Purpose.  

Just like everything in our personal life (we need to keep records, insurance, meds all up to date…), the church needs to keep its Vision up to date. Trinity's Vision is ancient and, to move forward, this needs to be taken care of. Strategic Planning says so!

Questions and concerns can be directed to Judi Carroll @ 604-941-2002 or Syd Sawyer @ 604-941-4565. 

Blessings from the Governance team: Pat McCann, Robert Nicolson, Rev Cathcart, Judi Carroll, Wendy Squires, and Syd Sawyer

In 2016 Trinity United Church voted to become a twinning church with the Kapa’a United Church of Christ on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.

The Kapa’a church is a Japanese Christian congregation first organized during the Second World War, and very soon grew to become one of the most open churches on the island of Kauai. More recently the congregation has called a new minister to the church, Pastor Rob Bork from Wisconsin and his partner Michael and their 2 children, Kyle and Bentley.

The United Church of Canada has no formal rules around twinning, but rather a set of guidelines for those congregations that choose to be in a twinning situation. Twinning is simply two churches coming together over a hand shake. Welcoming congregants from each other’s church when in the geographical area. We already have an established twining relationship with the Wesley Broadway Methodist church in North Palmerston, New Zealand. For TUC congregation members Hawaii is much closer.

The General Council meeting of the United Church held at Corner Brook in Newfoundland 2016, passed a general order to be “in Communion” with the United States United Church of Christ and it was discussed that Trinity and the Kapa’a UCC would be a good twinning opportunity.

Fundamentally, the United Church of Canada believes that twinning is about building a relationship with a goal to developing a friendship and to become like a family. The motivation behind our relationship comes from the gospel of Jesus - we are all God’s children - we are a global church

The discussion was originally brought forward by Ross and Sandra Dunning who for many years have been visiting this congregation.