Congregational E-mails
Congregational Email Update May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020 Congregational Update Dear Congregants, This week I am grateful. Thanks to the skilled facilitation of our Council Chair, Pat S., we had a good Leadership Team meeting last week via Zoom where we were able to talk about how to creatively continue our essential ministries at Westworth. The Team Leaders and …Read more
Congregational Email Update May 8, 2020
May 8, 2020 Congregational Email Update Dear Congregants, I ask for your prayers of wisdom for our Leadership Team. We are having a retreat on Saturday, May 9 via Zoom as we look prayerfully and creatively at our ministry in light of our new reality of lockdown. We will be identifying essential functions and …Read more
Congregation Email Update May 1, 2020
Congregation Email Update May 1, 2020 Dear Congregants, Much has changed this past week with the provincial government’s phased restoration plan. Included in Phase II is the allowance of worship services, weddings and funerals in our church building as of June 1. However, Phase II is dependent upon all going well with Phase I, so …Read more
Congregational Email Update April 23, 2020
Congregational Email Update April 23, 2020 Dear Congregants, This has been a particularly difficult week as news has continued to roll in about the Nova Scotia massacre. Many of us have family in Nova Scotia. My colleague, Rev. Deb Murray in Winnipeg, had a stepsister killed. This double-whammy of COVID-19 isolation and job loss, coupled …Read more
Congregational Email April 17, 2020
Dear Congregants, We are about to enter into our sixth week of building closure. Time warps during crises and it seems months, not weeks, since we were last together. I pray that you are each finding new ways to stay healthy physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually in these strange times of expansion. I am working …Read more
Congregational Emails Apr. 3, 2020
Dear Congregants, As we move into increasing isolation from one another, we will be feeling the strain. If your emotions are like mine, they are close to the surface these days. It may take longer to complete routine tasks and you may find that you do not have the same amount of energy. Someone wisely …Read more
Congregational E-mail, March 25, 2020
Dear Congregants, We hope that you are each keeping well as we all try to do our part to keep our social distance. It is difficult for those who are isolated and under enforced lockdown and we will try to keep in touch through phone, email and regular mail. Below is an update from our …Read more
