Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! On this Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s we are offering some music and words for you to use at home and sharing an invitation for you to join us for Communion on Sunday, December 27 at 10:00 am on ZOOM. Please bring something suitable to eat and drink…
Merry Christmas at home with the congregation and community of Transcona Memorial United Church! Today is Christmas Eve, and we are enclosing music and words for a celebration of Christmas. Here is a Christmas Table Grace for you to use: God of star and stable, God of meal and table Bless this food before me, And all…
Merry Christmas! It’s Christmas Eve and we begin our day with a ZOOM. We gather as a community to wish each other Merry Christmas, to share news and care. All are welcome! Here is the ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7538449219 If you prefer to join us by being on a ‘Party-line’/’Conference Call’ style of phone call, the number to…
This is the fourth week of Advent, and on Sunday the light of the Candle of Love joins the lights of Hope, Peace, and Joy. We hope that you will join us as we light the candles on Sunday morning at 10. This Sunday, December 20 there is a brief Advent Candle Lighting and Worship at 10:00 followed by conversation…
It’s the final four! Broadview magazine is surveying people on our favourite Christmas Carol. ‘May the best Christmas carol win! It’s a festive song face-off!’ The final four….(drum roll please)….Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (The Huron Carol), and O Little Town of Bethlehem. On Sunday, our ZOOM conversation did the…
The candles of hope and peace are lit, today we add JOY! And, with great joy, we begin with a word of thanks from the Transcona Food Bank Executive: The Transcona Food Bank Executive would like to thank everyone who supported to our Food Bank this past year. Your donations of food, clothing and monetary donations…
‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ first aired on this day in 1965! Charlie Brown’s Christmas seems as relevant today as it did 55 years ago. In the movie, Charlie Brown is feeling depressed, despite it being the Christmas season. Of course, Charlie Brown seeks the best help available, going to Lucy’s psychiatric booth. She tells him…
This week is the second week of Advent – the four Sundays before Christmas. It is the Sunday when we will light the candle of peace. This Sunday, December 6 there is a brief Advent Worship at 10:00 am followed by conversation and visiting. Here is the ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7538449219 If you prefer to join…
Have you done curbside pickup yet? We have been using curbside pickup for a few things and it has worked well. In sharing a note with friends, Jeff typed quickly about our curbside pickup and accidentally made a typo. Never fear – he was typing on a computer – and it was able to catch a…
Let’s begin with special news! Today, Canada’s Governor General announced the names of those being inducted into the Order of Canada. Today’s announcement includes the The Honourable William Alexander Blaikie, P.C., O.C. Bill is being inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his lifelong contributions to parliamentary service, and for his steadfast commitment…
