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Mini SouthWinds Sept. 2017
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A Prayer for All Those Being Affected by Extreme Weather Events
Great Creator, Nature is a powerful force of both creation and destruction that we can neither control nor tame. As the lush lands of the Caribbean and Florida prepare for Irma, a hurricane of unknown strength and size, and as we still weep with those recently affected by other extreme weather systems in Nepal, India, […]
Continue ReadingWelcome Back Lunch!
Please join us this Sunday (September 10th) after worship for our WELCOME BACK LUNCHEON! There will be hamburgers, fresh garden vegetables, coleslaw, refreshments, ice cream and cupcakes! Cost: Adults $5, Children (12 and under) $2. A great chance to visit, catch-up or meet some new people!
Continue ReadingHurricane Relief
The United Church of Canada is accepting donations for Hurricane Irma relief. Please click the link below to connect to the website for the United Church of Canada: http://www.united-church.ca/hurricane-irma
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One Step at a Time!
Have you noticed something different as you walk up to our church? At our spring retreat, members of the official board discussed a vision of making our building more welcoming. We take pride in having a church that is a place of welcome for everyone, and what better way to share this than by having […]
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WPUC Music Programs are Starting Soon!
WPUC has music programs for all ages! THE WORSHIP CHOIR – Do you enjoy singing and want to have “faith-ful fun” with a great group of people who share your love of music? Our youth and adult choir, under the direction of Laura Steidl, practices on Thursday evenings and leads the music in worship each […]
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It’s Back to School Time!
At WPUC we are once again collecting NEW/UNUSED school supplies for students who need a little extra help as they head back to school! The list of school supplies we are looking for: Schools Top 10 Donation List Duotangs – 3 prong Packages of looseleaf Pencils Student scissors Crayola crayons Crayola markers – thick […]
Continue ReadingIt is done!
I sit here for the last time in a residence room as a student in the summer distance program at the Atlantic School of Theology. It is almost a surreal experience. I can hear the voices of other students laughing down the hallway as they share a meal together, as we do every weekday morning. […]
Continue ReadingTransitions and Endings
It is the last Sunday for me on campus as a Summer Distance student at the Atlantic School of Theology. I must explain my absence for the past 2 weeks. I have been made aware of all that has happened since I have been away and the losses of so many. I wanted to leave […]
Continue ReadingPrayer for all impacted by wild fires in British Columbia
God of Creation, We live in a world where both beauty and danger surround us. Receive our prayers for those impacted by, and living in fear of, the wildfires across the interior of British Columbia: for all who cannot find adequate food, safety, or shelter… for all who have lost their […]
Continue ReadingIt is all Greek to me!
Well it is the first day of the second class of the summer term. You would think that I would have learned after last year and trying to learn Biblical Hebrew in two weeks. But no, I have to take Biblical Greek in the same amount of time. Well to be honest I have not […]
Continue ReadingCanada Day, Canada’s 150
It is Canada day and here is sit in residence at the Atlantic School of Theology listening to the fog horns going off every couple of minutes. We were supposed to be out sailing today, but the weather was not really conducive to being on the water today as we have had a lot of […]
Continue ReadingCoffee and Conversation
Every Wednesday from 2 – 3:30 pm from July 5 to August 23 join us at the church for a weekly afternoon out during the summer to meet old friends make new friends. Everyone is welcome! If you have any questions please contact Barb Kelly at 204-257-1850 or email kellybj@shaw.ca.
Continue Reading25/30 or Two Weeks Down
To be honest when I wrote last week I found myself in the midst of a week that seemed to be dragging on so slowly. Well here we are at the end of the next week, at the end of my first course and two weeks closer to coming home. It is amazing how time […]
Continue ReadingContinuing to Ask “What?”
Have you ever had one of those experiences when you are engaging with something, either another person, a course, or a situation, and you you find that you are continuing to ask yourself the question ‘what?’ This is where I find myself at the end of the first week of studies here at school. There […]
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