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We praise Jesus for standing up for sinners…an adulterous woman, for a tax collector…and for the criminal on the other cross. But in our own personal lives we are not as ready for God’s Holy Spirit to be poured on people who commit similar crimes in our community… Most often we want the exact opposite… We call for severe punishment for perpetrators of crimes. We demand that their rights to dignified living be taken away. We expect criminals be treated as disposable trash. Even though we stand with Jesus in the Bible stories…deep in our hearts we believe that God has limits for pouring out the Spirit.
- This coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. We are gathering for Shro-ash pancakes at 6 PM followed by the Ash Wednesday service which is the beginning of the Lenten Season. Lent is a reflective time of the church year…when we thoughtfully reflect on and examine ourselves…asking why Jesus came into our world offering his life for our salvation.
- The Annual Meeting will be held next week February 26 after church preceded by Pot-luck lunch. Please pick up and read the book of reports on the back table.
Sylvia and David are away from October 19- 26. Bruno Klassen will lead service October 23rd. He will lead worship in the Mennonite tradition.
The pancake supper will be held on Wednesday at 6PM followed by the Ash Wednesday service at 7PM.
On Ash Wednesday, we enter the Season of Lent, which lasts 40 days. It is a time to examine ourselves and what we do. During this season we also consider the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus makes for each of us at the cross. And finally we look past the cross… forward to the time of resurrection.
Christmas Schedule:
- Candle Light, December 19, 8:00PM
- Candle Light, December 24, 8:30PM
- Christmas Day Service, 11AM Lady of Smiles. This is an opportunity for us expand our ecumenical commitment.
- December 26 no service.
- Regular Services resume January 2, 2011.
Once again, during Advent and Christmas Season, Canadian Lutheran World Relief is offering an innovative way for Christians to help their Neighbors around the world. Through the Gifts from the Heart campaign…we can purchuse needs gifts for people who have very little. We can purchase things such as fish nets, garden suppies, farm animals. We can help with education and vocational training. We can help supplying stoves and solar panels. And we can help improve health with supplies and services. The projects are numerous. Order gifts on line at www.clwr.org or phone 1 800 661 2597
Worship Questionnaire Results (23 completed questionnaires were returned)
Church Council has reviewed the responses received on the Worship Questionnaire. The results were weighted according to the numbered preferences on each question. So numbers do not always add up to 100 percent.
Pre-worship Time
- Complete silence 5 minutes prior to worship 20%
- Quietly listening to music for 5 minutes prior 51%
- Visiting prior to worship until the procession 23%
Use of Psalms in Worship
- Using sung refrain weekly 45%
- Saying the refrain rather than singing 32%
- Eliminate or use the Psalm occasionally 23%
Sharing the Peace
- Sharing it with people within reach only 53%
- Moving about to share the peace 47%
Church Music
- Traditional Hymns played on the organ 13.6%
- New Music played on the key board 15.3%
- A mixture of old and new music 31.8%
- Hymns with a message 16.7%
- Praise Songs rather than hymns 14.4%
- Words projected rather than hymn books 8.0%
Intergenerational Worship
- Like intergenerational worship 35.0%
- Don’t like changing 10.7%
- Like the songs at intergenerational services 35.5%
- Prefer a service that is totally different 18.4%
According to these results council concludes that we have a very diverse group of people who attend worship in Partners in Worship. On examining the weighted results of the questionnaire results indicate: that we have varied worship experiences and varied worship preferences and there is no over-whelming unanimity on any one practice… Rather, it is evident that members… who prefer one particular practice or style of service…are not in agreement with a significant portion of the congregation. This works both ways…worship is not about winning and loosing. It is about coming together to praise our God…sometimes with quiet reverence and sometimes making a joyful noise.
In the eyes of God…worship is the joyful response of the congregation for what God gives each and everyone of us. For some this joyful response is by making a joyful noise to the Lord… For others it is a quiet prayerful response… For others it is sharing our joy with our neighbor by word or deed. For others appropriate response is strict reverence and ritualistic. For others it is disorganized and spontaneous. As Christians we are called to be open to all expressions of response to Gods grace… and to find ways to live that joyful response out together. God continuously call us to lives in mutual loving relationships with each other, regardless of our preferences. Thanks be to God.
? I think that we all agree the slavery is a bad thing… We are repulsed with the idea that one person would feel so superior to another that they could buy them…. We would go as far as saying that the idea of one person owning another is unchristian. Jesus died to set us free from slavery. We cannot in any way shape or form understand how the slave owners of the past could worship… with good a conscience … knowing that their actions were unchristian. Since we believe these things… and live in Canada with it laws against slavery…we ask; “What has the story about Philemon and Onesimus have to do with us?”
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Jake and Jan Giesbrecht are bringing the Gospel Group to next Sunday’s Service June 27. They will be leading all the music for the day. Their group represents members of a number of churches in and around Saskatoon.
Easter Sunrise Service at Shell Lake Cemetery at 8:00AM.
Breakfast is at the church.
The 10AM Easter Service is an intergenerational service of celebration of the Resurrection
