Register NOW for Fall UCC Courses:
“Forming Our Faith” – Christian Education Worship
in the United Church of Canada
Instructor: Rev. Dr. HyeRan Kim-Cragg
Friday, September 24 (6-9pm)
Saturday, September 25 (9am-5pm)
This class provides opportunity to explore the interplay between Christian Education and Worship: how can faith formation benefit fromliturgical formation and vice versa? Byreviewing the historical divisionsof the two disciplinesstudents are encouraged to appreciate the need for the interdisciplinary endeavour and to gain practical insights for their ministries. This course invites us to engage inpostcolonial approaches for the formation of our intercultural churches andcommunities.
“Landmarks and Legacies” – History Ethos of the
United Church of Canada
Instructor: Rev. Dr. Brian Thorpe
Friday, October 15 (6-9pm)
Saturday, October 16 (9am-5pm)
The story of the United Church of Canada is told in many different voices over many decades prior to and after union. We will trace the threads of our founding traditions to their earlier roots and read our current context for the legacies of historic
events, struggles and aspirations.
Please contact for more information.
Fees and registration required for both courses.
OAKRIDGE UNITED CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS – August 1, 2010
WELCOME, SUMMER VISITORS We are delighted to have you with us today, and we invite you to sign our guest book. You have a special invitation to join us downstairs after the service for refreshments. It’s an opportunity to get
to know us better, and to let us get to know you.
THANK YOU to Marc D’Anjou for providing music for us today. Marc is a 1986 graduate of the Conservatory of Music in Rimouski, Quebec. As a soloist, Marc has given many concerts in Canada and abroad, including more than a dozen organ inaugurations. In 1993 he was chosen, via a competition, to become the titular organist of the Quebec City Cathedral Basilica. Marc is well known in Quebec City as an accompanist, working regularly with several of Quebec City’s major choirs. He has also been very active as a concert organizer and a member of various organists’ associations in Quebec. Marc has very recently relocated to Vancouver.
Marc’s Music Selections:
Chorale-Prelude: ‘Sleepers Awake’ --J. S. Bach
Offertory: ‘Intermezzo’ --De. Bedard
Postlude: Psalm 19 ‘The Heavens declare the
glory of God’ --B. Marcello
NEXT SUNDAY Madelene will be back, and Rev. Bob
Burrows will lead the service.
FIRST FOR FIRST Thank you for your food donations for First United’s downtown mission. If you forgot to bring something you can contribute through your envelope,
clearly marking the amount meant for First United.
WESTERN FAMILY FUN NIGHT
Wednesday, August 11th – 6 to 8pm
Dinner, music, games & prizes.
Prizes for the best western outfits, too.
Adult $8, Child $4, family of 4 or more $22.
Tickets at the door.
SMALL EMPTY MILK CARTONS (500 ml) are urgently needed before the Fun Night. Please rinse them well, and leave them in the narthex (lobby) in the box provided. If you don’t have small containers we could also use 1 or 2 litre juice or milk containers and cut them to size. Thank
you for your help.
WEBSITE CORRECTION Those of you who have re-ceived updated church directories need to be aware that they were incorrectly printed with the old website on the
cover. The correct address is www.oakridgeunited.org.
THRIFT SHOP HELP ALWAYS NEEDED on Tuesday, Friday & Saturday mornings. We would welcome your
help in this ministry.
GREETERS: Leslie Alexander, Rob Fesenmaier
BULLETIN COVER: Rob Fesenmaier
WORSHIP LEADERS: Mindy Lane, Normita Santos
READER: Isobel Main
BIRTHDAYS: Tom Holmes (4 th)
PRAYER CONCERNS
Please remember the following in your prayers:
Lee, Irene, Lorna, Bill, Nenita & family, Carol, Neil
OUC Ministries Cycle:
Thrift Shop Committee
Van. South Presbytery:
The Fairhaven Homes & all Seniors’ Ministries
Ecumenical Prayer Cycle:
The Caribbean: Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago.
Oakridge United Church Tel. 604-324-7444
305 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. V5Y 2S5
www.oakridgeunited.org
Clergy: Rev. Maggie Watts-Hammond
Minister of Music: Madelene Klassen
Office Administrator: Sharon Morrow
Tues-Fridays
August 1, 2010
Working for Others
Across the church many groups and members participate in both local and global outreach work. They are responding to our call to love and serve others.
The Men’s Ministries Network of The United Church of Canada is a group working to alleviate hardship in foreign places. They chose Angola, a country that has suffered many years of civil war. Necessary social services for the well-being of the society are neglected or in ruins. The Men’s Ministries Network decided to help by building a school at Dondi, in the south-central part of the country. The cost of the project will be close to $1 million—not an easy amount to raise in times of economic crisis. The money will be raised by individual and group pledges and through educational events at Conference annual meetings.
What makes this fundraising plan special is that the Men’s Ministries Network recognizes that a large part of our church’s response to the call to love and serve is the work done by the whole denomination through the Mission & Service Fund. They plan to give 10 percent of Dondi donations to the Mission & Service Fund. The men raising money for bricks and mortar for a new school in Angola will also be supporting United Church efforts to alleviate similar situations in other areas of the world.
Please consider the example of the Men’s Ministries Network and include M&S in your outreach programs.
We are a united church! This week, remember in your prayers of thanks the denomination-wide groups
who work for human rights and justice around the world—groups like the Men’s Ministries Network & the UCW.