Limehouse
Presbyterian Church,
April 3rd, 2022
Lent V
Service Notes and Announcements
Hymns
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293 |
Come,
Thou Almighty King |
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481 |
Blest
Be The Tie That Binds |
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Surrender All |
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742 |
Lead
On, O King Eternal |
Scriptures
Psalm
OT Leviticus 18,
Song of Songs 7:9b-13
NT
Gospel
Sermon: “Intimate Holiness”
Announcements
· In Person Service – Knox and Limehouse are once again open.
Protocols will be the same as before, for the time being. This means that
worship will NOT be pre-recorded but will be LIVE at 11:00 at Knox.
· Limehouse
Givings- Please note that
during the lockdown and potentially bad weather, arrangements can be made for
monthly contributions to be picked up if you do not wish to go to a monthly
automatic withdrawal from your account.
Please contact Cathy Brown to arrange.
Her contact information is cell: 905 702
3883, email: browncathym@hotmail.com, mail: 17 Hewson Cr. Georgetown L7G 2N8.
· Easter Basket Brigade- In conjunction with
the Georgetown BreadBasket, Community Unity has identified approx 175
Families in need of Groceries in the Halton Hills area and will be distributing
these the week of April 11th, 2022. We are suggesting our Families in all
of our congregations to share Easter with another family by ideally
purchasing (2) $50.00 Grocery Gift Cards and also writing an Easter
Card to the family and share God’s love between us… Any size of donation is
greatly appreciated and please forward all Cards, Donations and Easter Cards to
your Church Representative. OR Donations to Community Unity Individual
Donations will also be gratefully accepted and donations may also be made
at http://www.communityunityhaltonhills.com/
and clicking on “Donate” - Canada Helps
- a tax receipt will be instantly generated. It would be ideal to receive
the donations prior to March 31st as it takes a week for the funds to be
released to Community Unity.
· The Limehouse W.A. ladies are meeting on Sunday, April 3 for our
annual meeting. We will meet in the church sanctuary immediately
following our church service. The agenda will include the election of officers
for the year. All ladies are welcome to attend.
·
See attached letter for a special appeal from GFORCe3.
For all those seeking peace in times of conflict - between nations, or between individuals. For those seeking healing from the generational trauma of the Indigenous Residential Schools For those awaiting the results of medical tests, praying for one result, but fearing another. For those who are trying to discover what God has in store for them in their lives.
Thanks, as always, to
everyone for your continued support of the work and ministry of our
congregations!
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Dear Friends,
A few times in our lives, we are gifted with an opportunity to make a difference. This is one of them.
As Canadians, we enjoy political freedom, freedom of expression and religious choice. We have access to excellent education and health care. Canada is safe and beautiful and the people who live here are known around the world for being friendly. We have much to be thankful for.
GFORCe is a Georgetown area non-profit organization, which successfully assisted two Syrian families to come to Canada, one in 2016 and the other in 2019. Today, GFORCe3 is asking for your assistance to help to bring 2 Afghani families to Canada. GFORCe3 is providing financial support to them and assisting them in submitting their immigration applications to the Canadian government, in the role of sponsor.
These related families worked in journalism writing about the atrocities committed by the Taliban and in support of education for girls and women in Afghanistan. Because of their previous truth telling and advocacy, they are now being hunted by the Taliban. Sadly, these 9 people left their homes with only the clothes on their backs. They are in hiding and are marginally safe while they await their permits to come to Canada. The Taliban is active in Pakistan where they are hiding. They are young adults, educated, and have good employable skills, if we can only get them here.
The “Smith family” and the “Rogers
family”, as we refer to them, (for their protection, until they are safe, we
need to be cautious about their identity and situation) have been accepted
under the Canadian government Operation Afghan Safety program to apply to
immigrate to Canada. This program was
established to expedite the immigration of Afghanis to Canada. Our application process is underway, and we
expect to have permission to bring these families to our community within 6
months, instead of the usual waiting period of 12-18 months.
The latest challenge: Canada has a new rule that sponsors must prove (via bank records) that they have 70% of the funds needed to support their families in Canada for 1 year at the time applications are submitted and 100% of the funds when the families arrive. GFORCe3 needs to raise $67,000 to add to the $17,000 we already have to be able to submit the application and will need to raise the rest of the $121,100 budget within 6 months.
Fundraising has begun and will continue for the next 6 months and will include several events.
Please help at this time, by donating to Community Unity Halton Hills through Canada Helps.
Community Unity Halton Hills is a registered charity of the Georgetown Ministerial and has been involved in assisting our community for more than 15 years. All donations will receive tax a receipt.
Thank you for your consideration and generosity.To discuss any further details, please contact your Community Unity Halton Hills representative or any of the following people: Susan Tupling (tupling@swdsl.com); Dennis McLay (dennismclay@sympatico.ca); Jean Leckie (j.leckie1@sympatico.ca); Lois Fraser (lfraser@fraserdirect.ca).
