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This Sunday is our Church Birthday!

June 17, 2022
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Music Highlights for our Church Birthday Celebration

With our Leaside Celebration and baptism this Sunday, we welcome our guest organist, Gerald “Gerry” van Wyck and guest singers, who will be joining our choir for this special service.

Gerry was the Director of Music here at Leaside United from 1983-1987. Since moving to Vancouver in 1987, he continues to serve as Minister of Music at West Vancouver United Church. He also teaches music history and conducting at Vancouver Community College and is the Music Director of the Pacific Spirit Choir.

Our choir anthem, The Road Home by Stephen Paulus, reflects on the idea of “returning” and “coming home” after being lost or wandering.

Consider coming early to hear the wonderful prelude from our guest organist and be present for our baptism!

Other Highlights of our Church Birthday!

The Stewardship Committee will be sharing its annual celebration slideshow, highlighting the many things we have done as a congregation over the past year, and follow the service with Lemonade on the Lawn.

Our service will also include the opportunity to say the Mission of Leaside United Church together, and look forward to the year ahead.

ALSO THIS SUNDAY!

This Sunday we will also have our second All Ages Story Time at 9:30am. This month we will touch on the theme of Mindfulness, reading two books Too Many Bubbles: A Story about Mindfulness, and Happy: A Beginner’s Book of Mindfulness, along with others including Jabari Jumps.

Story Time will be held on the church lawn, and we invite all ages to come for pictures and stories that remind us of the simple things that it is sometimes be hard to remember. If it is raining, Story Time will be postponed to a later date. Interested in being added to the All Ages Story Time email list? Let Emily know.

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Spirit Alive – Saturday June 11, 10:30m

June 17, 2022
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Spirit Alive

Saturday June 11, 10:30 – 11:30 via Zoom

Wisdom at the Crossroads

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London included a specially commissioned sung Anthem about Wisdom, drawn from the Old Testament Book of Proverbs. Wisdom is such an inclusive, accessible, diverse, priceless, concept, available to all people, in all places, at all times. Here we look at these Wisdom verses.

“Does not Wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates, in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out: ‘To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live … Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold; for Wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her’… Wisdom was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.”

What are some forms of Wisdom which ring true for you, which invite your attention, which delight and console you, and which you want to hold close along the way?

Lucy Burke

Leaside United is Hiring!

June 17, 2022

Leaside United is hiring and looking to fill the role of Intergenerational Ministry Leader.

Leaside United Church (LUC) is a welcoming and affirming congregation in the Leaside and East York
community. The mission of Leaside United Church is to grow a caring and vibrant spiritual community that
embodies God’s unconditional love following the teachings of Jesus and takes responsibility for being cocreators of a world that works for all.

See details:

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Pentecost – Sunday June 5th, 2022

June 8, 2022

This Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost and the beginning of Pride Month as we hear two scripture readings – Genesis 11:1-9 and Acts 2:1-21. Where is the Holy Spirit calling us today? What do we hear in scripture about our differences? What are our dreams and visions?

Looking Ahead:

On June 12 we will celebrate our Church Birthday!

Summer Worship:

This summer we are sharing some of our worship services with Northlea United Church; NUC will join us some weeks and we will join them on others, and we will also have some guest leadership.

Here is how you can worship over the summer months:

Every Sunday up to August 7

Attend Leaside UC In-Person and on Zoom (10:30am)

or, on YouTube (any time)

August 14

Communion on Zoom (10:30am)

August 21 & 28

Join Northlea UC In-Person (10:30am)

or, on YouTube (later in the day)

September 4

Zoom (10:30am) and YouTube (any time)