Sunday Bulletin and Announcements
Bulletin – Sunday, August 6, 2023 – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost / Communion
Sunday, August 6, 2023 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost / Communion Approach Lighting the Christ Candle Gracious and all loving God, as we light this candle today we hear you call to us across deep waters and dark places. Yours is the light which guides us and the voice which we follow. We pray that you […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, June 25, 2023 – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Approach Welcome Good morning to all here and those streaming. I would like to thank you for inviting me into your Sunday service. Acknowledgement to the Territory Indigenous peoples, for thousands of years, have walked on this land. We acknowledge the first peoples and their stewardship throughout […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, June 18, 2023 – Third Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Third Sunday after Pentecost Approach Minute Person Lighting the Christ Candle In any dark space, lighting even on candle breaks the hold that night and darkness has over us and our lives. When we light a candle symbolizing the Spirit’s flame in the world, darkness is transformed into day, despair is […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, June 11, 2023 – Second Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, June 11, 2023 Second Sunday after Pentecost Approach Lighting the Christ Candle In any dark space, lighting even one candle breaks the hold that night and darkness has over us and our lives. When we light a candle symbolizing the Spirit’s flame in the world, darkness is transformed into day, despair is changed into […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, June 4, 2023 – Trinity Sunday / Pride Sunday
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Trinity / Pride Approach Lighting the Christ Candle We light this candle remembering that God created light, the Saviour loved light, and the Holy Spirit offers us the fire to stir from apathy. Call to Worship One: Come, give thanks to God, All: the one who pours out abundant grace on […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Pentecost Sunday
Sunday, May 28, 2023 Pentecost Approach Lighting the Christ Candle – When the Holy Spirit takes you for a ride” When the Holy Spirit takes you for a ride, She only grabs one hand. She does not take both of your hands, facing you, And pull you to your destination on faltering feet. She always […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, May 14, 2023 – Sixth Sunday of Easter / Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 14, 2023 Sixth Sunday of Easter / Mother’s Day Approach Lighting the Christ Candle The people of God sing. The role of music in worship is biblical. After escaping from the Egyptians and crossing the Red Sea, the people of Israel sang a song to the Lord (Exodus 15). Singing was part of […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Easter / 60th Anniversary UCW Service
Sunday, May 7, 2023 Fifth Sunday of Easter 60th Anniversary UCW Service Approach Welcome Call to Worship One: Women’s Aide and Women’s Missionary Society gathered together. All: They had a vision. One: You women and seasoned members gathered. All: They had a vision. One: In 1962 United Church Women was born. All: They had a […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter / Rev. Patrick Woodbeck’s Farewell
Sunday, April 30, 2023 Fourth Sunday of Easter / Rev. Patrick Woodbeck’s Farewell Approach Lighting the Christ Candle Loving God as we light this candle today we remember that you spoke into darkness and chaos and then there was light; you imagined this earth in its complexity and beauty and called it into being, you […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Third Sunday of Easter / Earth Day
Sunday, April 23, 2023 Third Sunday of Easter / Earth Day Approach Lighting the Christ Candle We come together today for this Earth Day worship service! Like so many days, this day holds wonder and sorrow. Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970 as a day to honour the Earth and to participate […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Volunteer Appreciation Week!
Hi everyone! It is National Volunteer Week and we want to celebrate all that you have done to ensure our community is well served by Windsor Park United Church. Volunteering is a voluntary act, where you freely give your time and labour in service of the community, and volunteers are often the glue that holds […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter / Baptism
Sunday, April 16, 2023 Second Sunday of Easter Baptism Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle this morning, may we, our God, in the wake of Easter, ride a wave of irrepressible hope—rising from the deep following the trajectory of love over the turbulences of our living and through the currents of […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, April 9, 2023 – Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 9, 2023 Easter Sunday Approach Lighting the Candles The light which the world tried to extinguish cannot be put out. Today we light the candles again, proclaiming the transforming power of God. As the light returns, we give thanks that God’s transforming love has been, is now, and will ever be at work […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Friday, April 7, 2023 – Good Friday
Friday, April 7, 2023 Good Friday Approach Lenten Candles Never doubt the meaning of Lent. It happened a long time ago, but it happened. Jesus walked on this earth. He practiced a ministry of radical inclusivity, drawing to himself all the despised and rejected members of society. He lived what he taught: a life of […]
Continue ReadingSunday, April 2, 2023 – Sixth Sunday in Lent / Communion / Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 2, 2023 Sixth Sunday in Lent / Communion Palm Sunday Approach The Lenten Candle We have gathered here, week after week, sharing a common quest for a deeper faith and a deeper experience of the diving. I invite you now to close your eyes and let go of the things that distract and […]
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