Archives: June 2020 - Westworth United Church
Worship for June 28 2020 with St. Andrew’s River Heights
We join the congregation of St. Andrew’s River Heights for a joint service with reflections from the Affirming Committee of each church. If the link above does not work, you can find the service here https://youtu.be/dVSkJgbfEFg The link to the song by Gwen Reiser which Loraine refers to in her reflection can be found at:
Congregational Email Update June 26, 2020
Congregational Email Update June 26, 2020 Dear Congregants, Westworth Council has formed the Safe Re-Opening Ad Hoc Committee to discern how and when to safely open our church building to the public. The membership includes Eunice P., chair, George N., Diane R., Karla F., Paul C., Teresa S. and Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd. Our committee …Read more
Worship for June 21 2020
Our worship service for this Sunday includes a virtual visit to our friends at West Broadway Community Ministry. If he embedded link does not work, you can find the service here https://youtu.be/COAKRatuJxE
Congregational Email Update June 19, 2020
Congregational Email Update June 19, 2020 Dear Congregants, On my study leave last week, I continued contacting the thriving United Church congregations I visited last year on my sabbatical. Shortly, I will share a followup report from this research. In the meantime, I recommend a series of four youtubes entitled Pandemic Practicums that many …Read more
Worship for June 14, 2014
Rev. Ray Cuthbert leads worship on June 14, 2020. Martin Robson offers another of his own compositions. If the above link does not work you can access the service here https://youtu.be/_-iFUT1zNZI
Congregational Email Update June 12, 2020
Congregational Email Update June 12, 2020 Dear Congregants, We will be starting our After Church Café this Sunday at 1:00 pm since this time seemed to work well for folks last Sunday. A question for us to discuss is, “How can I, as an individual, make a difference in the life of the church?” …Read more
Worship for June 7, 2020
Our worship service for Trinity Sunday includes a celebration of Holy Communion. Loraine talks about racial justice and Rockers United offers an original song by Martin Robson. If the embedded link does not work, you can access the service here https://youtu.be/u_Xog_tMKhw
Congregational Email Update June 5, 2020
Congregational Update June 5, 2020 Dear Congregants, This has been an incredibly difficult week as we have been deeply saddened and angered by the violence and racism displayed by some police officers and certain elected leaders. It is spilling into our own streets and I will be telling the stories of two African-Canadian Winnipeg …Read more
Congregational Email Update May 29, 2020
Congregational Update May 29, 2020 Dear Congregants, Last week on my study leave I began to virtually visit the 11 thriving United Churches I visited on my sabbatical last year. This pandemic shutdown is a great test of how the rubber is hitting the road. Predictably—all of the churches have online worship and have moved …Read more