Church Newsletter for August 28, 2021

Join us for worship
Sunday 11am in the Church Sanctuary

August 29th - Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
- Worship Leader Gerard Hamoen

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

https://bit.ly/IUC-AUG29

September 5 - Worship Service 11am
- Worship Leader Kathleen Welch
September 12 - Worship Service 11am

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

YOUR ATTENDANCE IS REQUESTED
AS WE MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF INNERKIP UNITED CHURCH.

The Innerkip United Church Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday September 26^th.

The Annual Report is available in the Church Hall or by email.

PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND IN PERSON.

(ZOOM will be available on request.

The service and meeting will not be livestreamed).

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED

Fundraising and committee members are needed to keep Innerkip United Church viable in the community.

Please consider joining a committee, Leadership Team or fundraising initiative. New ideas and energy are welcome.

Order of Service for Sunday, August 29, 2021

Dreaming Dreams
Lay Minister: Gerard Hamoen

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS
LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

Hymn: MV 1: Let Us build a House (verses 1,2)

Greeting

Call to Worship:
All: Let us build a house where love is found
Let us build a house where we can have our dreams
A house where we can have our tears, our cries and laughter
A house where we can have our prayers of faith and songs
A place where we can worship the Lord
All are welcome in this place
Let us worship the Lord
Amen

Hymn: MV 1: Let Us build a House (verses 3,4)

Prayers of Confession

Hymn: MV 1: Let Us build a House (verse 5)

Prayers

Hymn VU: 331 The Church's One Foundation (verses 1,2)

Prayer for Illumination

We Listen to God's Word
2 Samuel 7: 1-14a
Psalm 89: 20-37

… and all God's children say: AMEN

Sermon: “I have a Dream”

Ministry of Music

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

Minute for Missions                                    - Mary Lou Ross

Prayers of Thanksgiving

The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn: VU: 331 The Church's One Foundation (v 3,4,5)

Blessing

Parting Song:
Go now in Peace, never be afraid
God will go with you each hour of every day
Go now in faith- steadfast strong and true
Know God will guide you in all you do
Go now in love, and show you believe
Reach out to others, so all the world can see.
God will be there, watching from above
Go now in Peace, in Faith and in Love
Amen 3x

A Leadership Team meeting was held on Wednesday August 18, 2021.

Key matters of discussion at the meeting were:

Need for volunteer involvement and fundraising initiatives
Wondernite and community connections
Church finances (the church is operating at a loss each month, with year-to-date loss in 2021 of over $35,000)
Attendance to Annual Meeting on September 26
Receipt of donation of Hymn Books from Oxford Centre United Church

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?

The next Leadership Team meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 7pm in the church hall.

INNERKIP UNITED CHURCH FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS OF
JULY 31, 2021

JULY 2021:
Income: $ 7,177
Expenses: $ 9,061

July OPERATING FUND Loss: ($1,884)
Year-to-Date OPERATING LOSS: ($35,638)

Building Fund Balance: $30,424
M&S Fund (Year to date): $ 7,115

BANK BALANCE: $ 75,930
2021 BUDGET*: $106,000
* to be approved

OFFERINGS

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

Place your offering on the OFFERING PLATE as you enter the Sanctuary for worship service.
HAND DELIVER your offering in the LOCKABLE MAILBOX installed near the Hall Entrance to the Church. You can also visit Mel during office hours to deliver offerings.
MAIL your offering 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. (https://www.united-church.ca/community-faith/get-involved/give-regularly) Complete the form, include a void cheque and return the form to Mel in the office to be submitted.
DONATE ONLINE - Donate directly to Innerkip United Church through the Canada Helps website: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/47706

Minute For Mission

535 New Ministries Map Inspiration

One thing is sure: the best way to fail is to try nothing, and the only way to succeed is to experiment by doing something new. That’s where your Mission & Service gifts come in.

There is no doubt that the church is in the midst of a radical transition. What does the future hold?

Honestly, no one knows for certain.

That’s where you come in. Your gifts through Mission & Service support innovation through our church’s Embracing the Spirit grants. Embracing the Spirit is a grant program supported by Mission & Service. Any church called by God to pursue a great ministry idea can apply to Embracing the Spirit for funding support.

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

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

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:

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.
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.
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.

Available: Large hardwood dining room set (table with leaf, 4 high back chairs and 2 captain’s chairs). Owners are moving to a smaller home and can’t take it with them.
If interested call Deb - 519-532-7095

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

Summer Church Office hours are Wednesdays between 10am and 2pm.
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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