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Our Church Birthday – Sunday June 12th, 2022

June 12, 2022 June 17, 2022

WORSHIP WITH LEASIDE UNITED CHURCH
June 12, 2022

Church Birthday

Please note that the timing is a little different this week:

In-Person: Arrive at 10:20am for a guest prelude, followed by a live baptism in-person only, and Lemonade on the Lawn after the full service.

Zoom: Gather as usual for an extra chance to start before the service begins after the live baptism.

YouTube: The livestream will begin 7-10 minutes later than usual.

Following the service we will also post the prelude as a recording so everyone can enjoy it!

All Ages Story Time moved online: Due to the likelihood of rain on Sunday, our All Ages Story Time will happen online at 9:50am over Zoom, and we will also try to post it later be posted online (on the Stories and Maker’s Nest playlist). Our theme is Mindfulness.

This Sunday, is our Church Birthday! In 2017 – 5 years ago! – Leaside United Church and Presteign-Woodbine United Church came together to form our new congregation. So much has happened since then! A renovation and a pandemic, just to name a few…

On Sunday, the Stewardship committee will be sharing the annual slideshow to highlight the many things our community has done over the past year. There will also be Lemonade on the Lawn following the service.

We encourage you to attend worship in person to celebrate the sacrament of baptism, and arrive at 10:20am for the prelude by our Director of Music Emeritus – Gerald van Wyck. For those not attending in person, we will post the recording later in the day.

We look forward to the many ways we will celebrate our Church Birthday, all that we have done together, and all that we are this Sunday!

Looking Ahead

On June 19 our service “Children of God” will mark both Father’s Day and Indigenous Day of Prayer. The service includes the anthem “Song of the Land” by Jeff Enns, as well as the hymns “Love Divine” and “As the Deer Pants for the Water” (Psalm 42).

On June 26 we will share a Pride Sunday service with a rainbow candle lighting liturgy.

On July 3 we will mark Canada Sunday, with Matt and all four leads offering musical leadership. Our music will include the hymn “Let Us Build a House”, anthem “All the Little Rivers of Canada”, the National Anthem, and more.

This Sunday is our Church Birthday!

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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.

Spirit Alive – Saturday June 11, 10:30m

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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 7, 2022 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.

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