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Letter from our Governance TeamHello Trinity Church family! Spring has put a skip in our steps and the sun has encouraged more enthusiasm for getting “out” and “doing” more! Living on the west coast of Canada with the four seasons makes for variety and change. The Governance team met this week to review Trinity’s ongoing work. Zoe, the church administrator, will be off for 6 weeks starting the beginning of July and back mid August. The Governance team agreed that for this time that Trinity can simplify some of the tasks. The position can be divided into 2 volunteer positions…one to create the Sunday PowerPoint, and the other to be receptionist in the office 2 mornings per week to answer emails, pick up the paper mail, listen to phone messages. These positions might be appropriate for someone you know that would like to help Trinity out for those 6 weeks or a student who is looking for volunteer hours. Trinity’s reopening has been exciting with more of us venturing into the building to attend worship and meetings. Thank you to those that have taken the time to write up the communicable disease prevention plans for your planned activities and meetings. Worship is the only place that we are asking attendees to wear a mask as singing is included…. we ask all individuals to take responsibility for their own protection (and others) while attending activities and meetings at Trinity. Wearing a mask is one more layer of protection needed. We ask you to take the precautions that make sense for yourselves and those around you wherever you are. The Governance team wishes Rev David Cathcart a peaceful, healthy month away in May. Trinity’s worship and music team has scheduled pulpit supply for this time…we look forward to our Sunday services and thank this team for their creative planning! Questions and concerns can always be voiced to Judi Carroll @ 604 941 2002 and Syd Sawyer @ 604 941 4565…or any member of the Governance team. Let’s open our windows, listen to the birds, enjoy the sounds and sights of the wonderful spring before us! Blessings to you all from Trinity Governance team: Robert Nicolson, Pat McCann, Judi Carroll, Wendy Squires, Rev David Cathcart, Syd Sawyer |
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The week of May 1, 2022
Hybrid Worship on Sunday, May 1, 2022 SUNDAY at 10:30 am: Healing Pathways, featuring Linda Lund and Jan Morrisey will lead our Sunday worship at 10:30 am on ZOOM and in-person at the church. To join the ZOOM Meeting, CLICK HERE to "log on" on Sunday morning or dial 778-907-2071 to participate by phone. We will send out an email with all the ZOOM information on Sunday morning as well. Rev David will be away for the month of May, so we are grateful to our guest leaders for joining us today!
UCW Annual General Meeting: Will Your Anchor Hold? The Strength of Your Faith. Pacific Mountain United Church Women AGM is Saturday, April 30 (tomorrow) from 1:30 to 4:00 pm via ZOOM. Speakers: Jiemei Li, Treena Duncan, Communion by Rev Bill Cantelon. To join Zoom Meeting on Saturday just, CLICK HERE, Meeting ID: 893 4022 3192, Passcode: 958551.
Celebration of Life for Nick Marshall: Please join the Marshall family at a service on Tuesday, May 17th at 11:00 am here at Trinity. Jennifer would appreciate an email j_marshall@shaw.ca to let them know how many people to expect. Please know, no more flowers or cards or gifts are necessary. Let's just get together and talk and laugh and share memories of Nick.
Celebration of Life for Bob Carman: The Carman Family sends their sincere thanks for the cards, calls, and visits received following Bob's passing in February this year. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 28th here at Trinity. You can also join via the Trinity livestream on YouTube.
Covid Update: As you are all aware the vaccine passport requirement has now been lifted for indoor gatherings. This affects all the groups using the church and they have been informed. It does not affect our worship services as we have not needed to check passports. What it does mean is that hopefully in the near future we may be able to resume having coffee after services, but for the time being we will stay as we are. We will keep you up to date with any decisions made. It certainly will be nice to be able to meet for coffee after service again. Thank you for your patience and understanding. - Your Governance Team
Annual Reports, please: With our new Governance Model, comes a new way of reporting for the Annual Report. If you have been tasked with a report, this is your friendly reminder to get it in to the office via email no later than May 16 (but anytime sooner is good too!). Thanks so much.
From your Worship & Music team…
Sunday Worship Leaders in May at Trinity May 1 – Healing Pathway with Linda Lund May 8 – UCW May 15 – Rev. Dorothy Jeffery May 22 – Zooming with St. Andrew’s Wesley, Vancouver. The Congregation can join in-person from the sanctuary or on Zoom. May 29 – Robert Nicolson
Camp Spirit 2022: Trinity United will be again hosting a week of Camp Spirit this year! July 11 - 15, 2022
Camp Spirit encourages campers to explore faith through listening and experiencing the sacred stories, enjoy times of creativity and science, move to music, share a meal together and appreciate getting to know one another! We are looking for donations to cover "camper-ships" to cover the weekly rate of $150 for a camper! Make your donation out to Trinity United Church, but make a note that it's for Camp Spirit Camperships. That money will be made available to folks who want to register their kids but need financial help.
Mission & Service Emergency Fund: United Church Mission & Service partners are responding to the War in Ukraine. You can help by donating through Mission & Service Emergency Fund: as part of this Fund, 100% of your donation goes directly to emergency relief, with 85% of your donation responding to this designated emergency and 15% responding to future emergencies that do not receive intense media coverage. Right now in Ukraine, people urgently need shelter, clean water, food, and medical attention. To DONATE: CLICK HERE.
Trinity Prayer Circle: We have two prayer circles set up to receive and act on your prayer requests. Please refer prayer requests to Linda Lund (778-883-3064/linda.lund60@gmail.com).
Trinity + Worship: Missed the In-Person Sunday Gathering? Check out the Sunday service with Rev David CLICK HERE , streamed on our YouTube Channel this past Sunday, April 24.
Prayers of the People: May 1 to 7, 2022
In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle of the World Council of Churches this week, we pray for the peoples of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. CLICK HERE to find out more about this part of the world and the ecumenical prayer cycle. In our own Pacific Mountain Region of the United Church of Canada, we pray for Pacific Mountain Regional Council. For candidates who will be recognized into their ministries, those who will retire and others who are being recognized for their work in the Church.
Healing Pathways: We are offering distance healing during those times or whenever convenient for both practitioner and receiver. Contact Linda Lund (778-883-3064/linda.lund60@gmail.com). We may not connect "Hand to Hand," we must deepen our practice of connecting "Heart to Heart".
This week's prayer roster:
May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 |
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