We can hardly believe it! On March 21, TMUC sent our first weekly online worship email. It began with these words: On Sunday March 22 there will not be any public worship at Transcona Memorial or anyplace around here. And that will be the case for a while – the length of this pause is…
A Week of Apples and Oranges! Save the Date! Next Sunday (November 29) Advent begins, and we will gather for a brief online worship at 10, followed by the (on ZOOM) Annual Meeting at 10:30. The link will be sent next week but we hope that this is a convenient time for you to attend a…
There have been some record-setting moments in 2020! Jenny Graham (UK) rode into the Guinness Book of World Records by cycling 29,000 km. in 124 days, 11 hours. Getti Kehayova (USA) set the record for spinning the largest hoop – 7.1 m. Mark Hayward (USA) has ‘walked the dog’ with a yo-yo farther than anyone…
You are invited to join us as we celebrate Communion this Sunday morning at 10:15 am (Winnipeg time) on ZOOM. (We will open the ZOOM ‘Meeting’ before 10 so you have lots of time to make sure everything is working with your connection.) Whether you are a regular worshipper in the Transcona Memorial United Church building,…
To mark Remembrance Day we are sharing the link to a new video which includes O Canada, the reading of the TMUC Honour Roll – with the pictures of the soldiers – the Act of Remembrance –with trumpet and silence – and O God Our Help in Ages Past. At the going down of the…
Remembrance Sunday is always a special time at Transcona Memorial. A mailing will come to you on Tuesday, November 10, with a Remembrance Service that will include the reading of the Honour Roll, and recordings from our Sanctuary. The reading of the Honour Roll will feature the photos of all those collected for ‘We Will…
Greetings to you as the sun shines and the temperature rises and the snow melts. Just when we might have thought that winter was settling in, it feels like fall again. It really is an upside-down year. Knowing that our city is in the Red Zone of the pandemic and that the US election is still undecided…
What a time this is! As we move to ‘Red’ in the Pandemic, we are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. A group from TMUC met by ZOOM last week to discuss TMUC’s response to the needs of the community in the upcoming Christmas season. We will not be preparing and delivering any hampers this…
“Spring forward…fall back.” Yes, Daylight Savings Time ends this Sunday at 2:00 a.m. Or it ends whenever you set your clocks back an hour before retiring to sleep on Saturday evening. Some of our ‘devices’ – smart phones, laptops etc…- will automatically make the adjustment. Some we will have to adjust ourselves – microwave, stove…
All you need is love …. So sang The Beatles in 1967. Today’s worship includes a reflection on the greatest commandment (love God and love one another), and the music The Greatest of These – which is also about love. All you need is love…. As 2020 proves to be such a difficult year,…
