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Join us for worship
Sunday 11am in the Church Sanctuary

August 15th - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

If you can't join us in person, watch live online:

https://bit.ly/IUC-AUG15
 


August 22 - Worship Service 11am
August 29 - Worship Service 11am
- Worship Leader Gerard Hamoen
September 5 - Worship Service 11am
- Worship Leader Kathleen Welch

Past services are also available at the IUC YouTube Worship Playlist:
  Online Worship YouTube Playlist

Please also visit us at:
http://innerkipunited.ca/
or
https://www.facebook.com/InnerkipUnited/?fref=ts
Order of Service for Sunday, August 15, 2021 
Pastor Karen Willis, DLM
                              
WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS &
LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

CALL TO WORSHIP – (responsive)
ONE:  May grace wash over you as you worship.
ALL:  May peace be experienced in all we sing, pray, and   reflect on.
ONE:  May joy fill you so that you are enlightened by God’s delight.
ALL:  May love radiate from every cell, conveying the        amazing truth of God’s goodness.
ONE:  In hope and gratitude, let us worship.
 
OPENING HYMN: VU #401 Worship the Lord (v. 1, 3 &5)
 
MORNING PRAYER (unison)
In this place, we profess that you are God who “has created and is creating.”  And so, we come to worship this day to lift our prayers to you, trusting that you are active in the world and in our lives.  We come with all our doubts, for we have many.  We come with all our questions, though they are heavy.  We come just as we are, perfectly imperfect.  We come to worship you, powerful God, for we know that you are not done with this world and that you are certainly not done with us.  Your Spirit is creating still.  AMEN
 
WISDOM from the PSALMS – Psalm 23
 
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison)
Holy One,
Life is complicated and challenging.
You call us to be our fullest and best selves, and yet often we settle for less.
Time and again, you invite us back to your heart.
Time and again, you welcome us with open arms.
Gather us in today, as we meet in Jesus’ name.  AMEN
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC                                           
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
 
SCRIPTURE
OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 25: 6-9
GOSPEL READING:        Luke 5: 1-8

REFLECTION
 
HYMN: MV #194 Bread of Life, Feed My Soul
 
MINUTE FOR MISSIONS                           - Mary Lou Ross
 
OFFERING
DOXOLOGY:  VU #540
            Grant us, God, the grace of giving,
            with a spirit large and free,
            that ourselves and all our living,
            we may offer faithfully.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
 
MORNING PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE &
THE LORD’S PRAYER
 
CLOSING HYMN: VU #420 Go to the World
 
PARTING WORDS & BLESSING
 
PARTING SONG: VU #586 - We Shall Go Out with Hope of Resurrection (verse 1)


Our Caretaker, Kathy Tune, and volunteers have been busy cleaning out the basement of the Church building.

Several items that are in good condition but are no longer of use to the Church are available for free-will donations.

After the Service on TODAY, Sunday Aug 15 and next Sunday Aug 22, take a few minutes to view the items and see if there is anything you can use.

Items include children's toys, furniture, bicycle, baskets, an old slide projector, flooring and more.


The next Leadership Team meeting is scheduled for Wednesday August 18, 2021 at 7pm.

Meetings are open to members of the community. Minutes from each meeting are available following their approval at the next meeting. Contact the Church Office for minutes of previous meetings.

There are several openings on the Leadership Team (Church Council) as well as openings on other committees. Why not attend a meeting and see if you want to join?
Attend the meeting in the Church Hall or join by Zoom:
 
Innerkip United Church is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Innerkip United Church Leadership Team Meeting
Time: Aug 18, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8995936047?pwd=UjA3aVp3NnpteHFCV2ZqalIyZDRxZz09

Meeting ID: 899 593 6047
Passcode: 1234
OURS Annual Meeting

All those interested are invited to attend the annual meeting of the Oxford United Refugee Support committee. We encourage anyone with an interest in assisting refugees to come to Canada for a better life to attend. We would also welcome new members to our committee. Contact Marj Martin at mlmartin696@gmail.com to make your interest known and get more information.
 
Sunday, September 19, 1PM
St David’s United Church, Woodstock
The Innerkip United Church Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday September 26th.
 
 The Annual Report is available in the Church Hall or by email. 

The Annual Meeting is an opportunity for the people of the congregation to steer and support the ongoing Ministry of the Church.
 
Several members of the Committees that help the Church to operate and succeed have resigned in the last few months. We need support from the community to succeed in the community. Please consider volunteering for a Committee. Come to the meeting and let your voice be heard.
 
CONNECTIONS
News and Views of Oxford County United Churches
 
OUR CONTEXT. JESUS' WAY. GOD'S LOVE
August 11, 2021
 
God’s love is ‘power within’, a dignity shared with all of life to become more fully human and part of creation.  Much of our history has celebrated ‘power over’ which has been destroying our planet earth without regard for sustainability and limiting our humanity.
In this month’s stories, listen for the Other Voices which have been silenced for too long.  Stories have been organized around the 3-fold pattern of the journey to the cross:
  1. OUR CONTEXT (pg 2) includes our Communities of Faith, Operation Sharing, Camp Tanner and the work of the OURS Committee re the safety of our extended family in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 
  2. JESUS’ WAY (pg 5) includes prayer for each other, book reports of Norwich’s 200-year church anniversary, finding God in the Pandemic, SKYLIGHT Festival and info on Octopus.
  3. GOD’S LOVE (pg 8) helps us become more human as we relate to God, to each other and to creation - our worship, our social and ecological justice initiatives.

Click here for the August 11, 2021 issue of CONNECTIONS

Due Date for next Issue of CONNECTIONS September 8, 2021

To be added to their emailing list, please email 
oxfconnections@execulink.com.

If you would like a printed copy of the Connections newsletter mailed to you, please contact the Church office and Mel will add you to the mailing list.
Minute For Mission       
 
Converting Space for a Field Hospital in Cuba
 


11 million people live in Cuba. By mid-July, the country had a staggering average of nearly 44,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases daily. This is how Mission & Service partners, Christian Centre for Reflection and Dialogue and Evangelical Theological Seminary, are opening their doors to help.
 
Photo of a smiling Alf Dumont standing by a stream.
Image Credit: Christian Centre for Reflection and Dialogue-Cuba

Minute for Mission Stories are from the
United Church of Canada's Your Generosity Matters 2021:

https://united-church.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff2087d5fde243a770ed893a8&id=4442688f53&e=1f63e80d73

INNERKIP UNITED CHURCH FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS OF
JUNE 30, 2021
JUNE 2021:
Income:      $  3,326
Expenses:  $10,328               
OPERATING FUND Loss: ($7,002)
Year-to-Date OPERATING LOSS: ($33,754)
Building Fund Balance:    $29,904
M&S Fund (Year to date): $ 5,150
BANK BALANCE: $ 91,705
2021 BUDGET*: $106,000
* to be approved

Offerings and Donations

There are contact-free ways to send offerings and donations to the Church:

  • HAND DELIVER your offering and donation in the LOCKABLE MAILBOX installed near the Hall Entrance to the Church. This entrance is well lit and maintained. The mailbox will be checked daily, but please let Mel know if depositing Cash so it can be retrieved promptly.
  • MAIL your donation to the Church office: PO Box 137, Innerkip, ON N0J 1M0
  • Enroll in PAR (Pre-Authorized Remittance for automatic payment). Forms are available from the Church Office or online. Complete the form and include a void cheque. Contact the Church office to arrange contact-free pick up or delivery and Mel will submit the forms: https://www.united-church.ca/community-faith/get-involved/give-regularly
  • DONATE ONLINE - Donate directly to Innerkip United Church through the Canada Helps website:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/47706
Contact Us: innerkipeastwood@gmail.com
or call 519-602-6692
 
MAILING ADDRESS
PO BOX 137
INNERKIP, ON N0J 1M0
Emergency Pastoral Care: 
Contact Pastor Karen Willis
(519) 602-6692 -Church Office
(905) 512-4178 -Cell
PastorKaren@execulink.com
Regular Church Office hours are Wednesdays between 10am and 2pm.
The office will be open on THURSDAY Aug 19th instead of Wednesday this week.
Outside of office hours Mel can be reached at the Church phone number and email address. 

If you require assistance, please contact the Church office by phone or email and Mel or Pastor Karen will get back to you as soon as possible.
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