Woohoo, we are going to RAISE THE ROOF! At the congregational meeting on August 2, they said YES! RAISE THE ROOF! It will only be a couple of inches of insulation, but it will make a difference! There will be new shingles and more. The full plans are in the Roofing Proposal The total cost…
Rev. Carmen Lansdowne has been elected as the 44th moderator of The United Church of Canada. Lansdowne was elected last week by the General Council. She is a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation and has most recently served as executive director of the First United Church Community Ministry Society in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The…
During the time of COVID ‘shutdowns’, we daily phoned people of TMUC to ask how they were doing and let them know we were thinking of them. A recurrent question we heard during those calls was, “How are things with the church?” As we return to weekly in-person worship and events, we continue to both…
There is news to share! Here’s our Council Chair Breanna with Daphne and the 2023 United Church Calendar in which TMUC is November! Calendars are available for pre-order. The Calendars will be a small fundraiser for TMUC so we are selling them for $10.00 each. And yes – you can use the new TipTap machine…
Look, up, look up, look way, way up! If you stand on the sidewalk in front of the church and look up, you will see what the Building and Property Team has seen. After they looked up, some of them climbed up with roofing experts. The shingles on the church, installed in 1999, will not…
Guess who’s coming to worship? This Sunday, TMUC expects some guests for worship! This Sunday, TMUC is the ‘host’ congregation for the churches of TBJIGGN – seven faith communities of Northeast Winnipeg (the acronym derives from the initials of the various church names). During the summer, these seen communities are participating in a ‘Church-orama’. Since…
This week we got to look 4.6 billion years into the past! What we saw was a distant universe. What we saw was galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 (also known as Webb’s First Deep Field). What we saw was an image produced by NASA’s James Webb telescope. What we saw was differing sizes and shapes and…
Summer inspires songs! Various songwriters and composers have turned summertime experiences into music, attempting to convey a sense of this season’s seasonal character. Here are just a few examples of ‘summer songs’: ‘In the Summertime’ by Mungo Jerry ‘Summer in the City’ by The Lovin’ Spoonful ‘Summer Love’ by Justin Timberlake ‘Dancing in the Street’…
Twenty-five years ago, there were few trees in our neighbourhood. The trees that were in the neighbourhood were new trees, young trees, small trees. Twenty-five years ago our neighbourhood was still relatively new. Then the city planted trees along the curbsides. Now those trees tower in the air, casting leaf-cluster shadows on sections of the…
Thanks to technology we have been able to meet online and people have been able to watch Sunday services from their homes. Technology allows us to communicate with one another in creative and new ways. Technology also brings challenges for those of us just becoming familiar with some aspects of the technology. I (Jeff) experienced…
