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Sharing Information

Did you know...that most people state the reason they began attending a specific church was - 'because someone invited us to'. We have a wonderful church community - share it with someone - invite a friend, neighbour or family member to join us next Sunday at church.

Official Board Minutes...

Copies of the monthly Official Board minutes and Financial statements are available, outside of the Church Office, in the Official Board Files under "extra copies". People are welcome to view the minutes and statements.

A Reminder

Please contact the Church Office to "book" a room for your meeting (466-5822).

"The Quiet Room"

Jon admires the new renovations.

We affectionately call this the "Quiet Room". Through the generosity and interest of a Church member, the "Quiet Room" is now a beautiful and peaceful place where family members before a funeral can meet or the bride and her attendants gather before her wedding. Occasionally, individuals need the peace and quiet of a space such as this. When you are nearby, drop into the "Quiet Room" and take a look.

We Need You!…

Men and women are needed as Sunday School substitute teachers, Sunday School Superintendent and C.D. Committee members. Please contact Barb (465-2047 or barbsinn@hotmail.com ) for more information or to share your talents.

Church Directory Update

… Are you moving?
… Has your phone number changed?
… Would you like your E-Mail Address included in the Directory?
… Are there additions or deletions of which we should be aware?
Please contact the Church Office: 466-5822.

Are you on PAR yet?

Pre-Authorized Remittance (PAR)…
Strathearn members now have the opportunity to financially support our church through regular monthly withdrawals from our bank account.

PAR pamphlets are available in the Narthex or in St. Stephen's Chapel with the Sunday Bulletins. To date we have 27 families on PAR, if you would like to join these families by having the convenience of having your monthly offering withdrawn directly from your chequing account. Just fill out a PAR Registration Form, with a VOID Cheque, put it in an envelope marked ATTENTION: Veronica / PAR. Place it in the Offering Plate on a Sunday or return it by mail to the Church Office.

PAR authorization forms need to be into the Church Office by the beginning of the month to start having the withdrawals begin on the 20th of the following month.

Please know your PAR donations do not have to be large to be on PAR. If you even donate $15/month that would give you a charitable receipt of $180 for a full year !
Our Church Secretary, is our contact person: 466-5822

During Summer Months…
Please remember to financially support the work of our church over the summer months.
- submit post-dated cheques to the Church Office
- make prepayments
- sign up for pre-authorized remittance (PAR)
- make regular donations.
With our regular financial support, our church and its work will continue to operate smoothly.

Special Services on Video…

We have many copies of videos taken during the years, and these are kept in a "Video Library" located in the Middle Office (next to Wally's Office). These for available to borrow, we do ask that you please sign them out at the time you borrow them. Many do not have back-ups, so we do not want to loose them.

Videos include seasonal Worship Services, plays or musicals, the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus & Faculty of Education Handbells, etc. If you want to purchase a copy of a special Worship Service, or of the Mixed Chorus copies are available for $10.00.

You or maybe a friend may be unable to attend Services, or you might miss a Service, these tapes are available for your use. Not all services are taped, so if you need a special service taped, please let Wally know ahead of time.

If you do not have a VCR, we have one that you are able to borrow. For more information contact Wally (466-5352).

Passenger/Loading Zone in Front of Walker Hall Entrance

Did you know that some people on Sunday mornings have received $40 parking tickets for using the 5-minute loading zone? The zone apparently extends from the sign on the lamppost to the alleyway. Please note that a new sign has been installed that will make this zone effective everyday EXCEPT SUNDAY. Therefore it would be courteous to leave one car length for passenger drop off on Sunday mornings. You will not receive a ticket for parking on that section street on Sundays.

Our United Church Women

The ladies have monthly fellowship meetings. If you are interested in joining one of the Units please contact our Membership Coordinator, Louise (434-5063). We have three Units which meet at various times that may fit your schedule.

Our Many Outreach Missions are supported by your involvement.

Funeral Receptions

Phyllis takes care of receptions following Funeral Services held at Strathearn, she is doing a fabulous job with the assistance of our ladies. We are asking for assistance from the congregation from both men and women. Our “womanpower” is getting less powerful, and we would appreciate a call from you to let Phyllis know you are available to help, you can reach Phyllis at 466-2930.

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If the only prayer I can pray today is "thank you"... It would be for...

"our church music"
"I'm thankful for families"
"our Youth"
"The beautiful flowers in the Memorial Garden"
"Al & Vi setting up for Communion"
"your love"
"the staff of Strathearn"
"those who make sandwiches for Bissell"
"our UCW"
"my dogs"
"love and understanding"
"Good books"
"life"
"visits with family"
"Iris Black"
"the CareNotes in the Narthex"
"for friends and family"
"our minister"
"song"
"the welcome and acceptance to a newcomer"
"all of Strathearn for the care, support & prayers"
"Mary Topping and her beautiful art"
"having the opportunity to know Helen Young"
"my children always"
"Shaun Leaf"
"Molly Harder"
"laughter"
"understanding"
"folk like Nell who keep in touch with our "folks away"
"Jenny"
"health, church, nature, sun, and sky"
"Loes Challoner"
"Keeping my family safe and healthy"
"songs of praise"
"for friends to play with"
"my family"
"Thanks to the Holts for bringing me to and from Church"
"Too many things to list. Just every thing: Health, family, friends, church, nature, sun, sky, Jenny"
"Thank you to all who prayed for me during my chemo therapy"
"The people who moved the pews"
"decorations"

These are some of things that people have been grateful for. If you would like to pray a "thank you", take a few moments on any Sunday and post it on the "Appreciation Board" in the Narthex.

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Miscellaneous

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Quotes

Leadership Beatitudes

Blessed is the leader, who knows where she is going,
Why she is going, and how to get there,
Blessed is the leader, who knows no discouragement,
Presents no alibi.
Blessed is the leader who leads for the good of the most concerned
And not for the personal gratification of her own ideas.
Blessed is the leader, who has her head in the clouds,
But her feet on the ground.
Blessed is the leader who considers leadership and opportunity for service.

Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or, listened to rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun in the fading light?

You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask "How are you", do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in bed with the next hundred chores
Running through your head?

You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child, we'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste not see her sorrow.
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die?
Cause you never had time to call and say "Hi".

You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere,
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and harry through your day,
It's like an unopened gift…
Thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.
Hear the music.
Before the song is over.

- David Weatherford

An Easter Lily Poem

Easter morn with lilies fair
Fills the church with perfumes rare,
As their clouds of incense rise,
Sweetest offerings to the skies.
Stately lilies pure and white
Flooding darkness with their light,
Bloom and sorrow drifts away,
On this holy hallow'd day.
Easter Lilies bending low
in the golden afterglow,
Bear a message from the sod
To the heavenly towers of God.
- Louise Lewin Matthews

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“Then shall all shackles fall, the stormy clangour
of wild war music o’er the earth shall cease;
love shall tread out the bale fire of anger,
and in its ashes plant the tree of peace.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

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Prayer should be the key of the day
and the lock of the night.
- Thomas Fuller

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The greatest use of life …
is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
- William James

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Kindness in words creates confidence,
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness,
Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao-Tse

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Some Bulletin Bloopers… (not from Strathearn!!)

• Don’t let worry kill you. Let the Church help.
• At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be “What is Hell?” Come early and listen to our choir practice.
• For those who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery downstairs
• The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.
• Thursday night – Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

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Success is to be measured
not so much by the position that one has reached in life
as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
- Booker T. Washington

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Seize this very minute!
What you can do,
or think you can do, begin it!
- Goethe

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Last Updated 2008-04-21