Westminster United Church

Congratulations!

Congratulations to skip Bob Burton and team who participated in the Friar’s Briar in Regina this month. See the story and photo in the March issue of the Observer.

This week we hold in our thoughts and prayers
St. Mary’s Road United Church.

‘Via crucis’

Tonight at Westminster United Church, pianist and narrator Michael McKay will be giving a sacred piano recital called Via crucis (The Way of the Cross). The recital will be a unique experience, combining the piano solo version of Franz Liszt’s Via Crucis with readings from Anne Catherine Emmerich’s Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the candle-extinguishing ceremony of a Tenebrae service. The whole experience will be a powerful and dramatic meditation on the Stations of the Cross–on Christ’s sufferings, death, and burial. Admission: $20at the door.

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This week we hold in our thoughts and prayers St. Charles United Church and Headingly United Church.

Children are invited to gather at the Children’s Table following the anthem for a quiet activity to help them engage in and experience the gospel message, while allowing them to move around and explore in ways that come naturally to them. Along with a craft activity they will find Children’s Bulletins in two different developmental levels containing activities relating to the day. This Sunday, at the Children’s Table, we will be colouring pictures of Jesus’ life and using them to make a cross as a reminder that we are to follow Jesus and serve others. For more information about the Children’s Table, contact Teri Skakum, Child and Family Coordinator, at teri@westminsterchurch.org.

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This week we hold in our thoughts and prayers St. Andrew’s River Heights UC.

Today, welcome guest preacher, Michelle Owens!

Michelle Owens is Principal of the Centre for Christian Studies, a national theological school based in Winnipeg (just up the street at 60 Maryland St). CCS has connections to the United Church of Canada and the Anglican Church of Canada, and provides theological education for those becoming diaconal ministers in the United Church of Canada, and educational opportunities for anyone interested in exploring leadership and faith/spirituality. CCS describes itself as a school, a community and a movement that seeks to educate leaders for justice, compassion and transformation. Michelle joined the Centre for Christian Studies as principal in August 2017. She is a graduate of the Centre and a diaconal minister in the United Church of Canada. Michelle came to Winnipeg from Ontario, where she served as London Conference’s Personnel Minister. Prior to that, she had served in a three point rural charge in Perth County, Ontario, and had been a candidate for ministry from Trinity St. Paul’s United Church in Toronto.

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This week we hold in our thoughts and prayers
Sparling United Church.

AGM TODAY

The Congregation of Westminster United Church will hold its Annual General Meeting during the Worship Service. The Worship Service will start in its normal fashion, however, the AGM will take the place of the Sermon.

March 11th: Michelle Owens

On Sunday March 11/18: Guest Preacher, Michelle Owens, Principal of the Centre for Christian Studies. The Centre for Christian Studies is a national theological school based in Winnipeg (just up the street at 60 Maryland St). CCS has connections to the United Church of Canada and the Anglican Church of Canada, and provides theological education for those becoming diaconal ministers in the United Church of Canada, and educational opportunities for anyone interested in exploring leadership and faith/spirituality. CCS describes itself as a school, a community and a movement that seeks to educate leaders for justice, compassion and transformation.

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