Tomorrow is Remembrance Day.
We will not be offering our weekly Thursday morning Zoom gathering tomorrow. We invite you to take time tomorrow to participate in a televised, or an in-person Remembrance Day service, or to pause for your personal time of remembrance.
For reflection and prayer, we include this ‘Prayer for the Armed Forces’:
“O God of hosts,
God who calls us to be engaged in the world;
we pray for those who are serving in our Armed Forces;
soldiers, sailors, air personnel,
and those who provide support for them.
We pray for clerks and gunners,
navigators and parachute packers,
infanteers and public affairs officers.
We pray for those who care for those who fight:
for mental health nurses,
doctors, and chaplains.
We pray for those who put themselves in harm’s way;
for Search and Rescue Technicians,
for those engaged in mine-clearing,
for those in the air or on the high seas.
Keep them safe in their tasks;
keep them virtuous in their calling;
preserve them from danger,
and return them to those who love them.
AMEN”
(This prayer is included in a collection of Remembrance Sunday worship prayers compiled by Rev. Dr. Neil Parker, military chaplain at the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre in Meaford, Ontario)
We remind you that we have resumed in-person worship and Sunday School at 10 a.m. Sundays. You must show Government proof of full vaccination or Government proof that you cannot receive a COVID-vaccination or be under 12 years of age. Masks are required to be worn in the building.
News from the Prairie to Pine Region: Affirming get together, 18 November, 7:00-8:30 PM. Calling all Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Affirming, in-process, and seriously curious ministries! Join the Regional Equity and Diversity Committee for a get to know each other and support time together. Bring your good news, your questions, and your struggles to this time of prayer and conversation.
To register, click on the link below to go to the Prairie to Pine Region events page. An events calendar will appear. Click on the ‘Affirming get together’ event listed on the 18th. You will be taken to the registration page. https://prairietopinerc.ca/events/
We keep you in our prayers,
Carol and Jeff