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Join us for worship
Sunday 11am in the Church Sanctuary

August 22nd - Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

https://bit.ly/IUC-AUG22
 


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
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 26th.
 
 
 

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).
 
Order of Service for Sunday, August 22, 2021 
Pastor Karen Willis, DLM
                              
WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS &
LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP – (responsive)
ONE: In love, God has created a world of abundance for all to share.
ALL:  We come to give thanks to God, the Creator.
ONE:  In love, God sent us Jesus to show us how to live abundant life.
ALL:  We come to learn the way of Christ.
ONE:  In love, God blesses us with the Spirit so we might have abundant joy.
ALL:  We come to rejoice in the Spirit.
ONE:  Come, let us worship!
 
OPENING HYMN: MV #1 Let Us Build a House
 
MORNING PRAYER (unison)
Hospitable God, you invite us to a banquet
where the last may be first, and the humble and the mighty trade places.
Let us share your abundance with no fear of scarcity;
let us greet strangers as angels you have sent!
Send your Spirit now so that we may find a place at your table and welcome others with radical hospitality.
In the name of Jesus, Guest at all our tables, we pray. AMEN
 
WISDOM from the PSALMS – Psalm 81: 1, 10-16
 
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (responsive)
ALL:  Merciful God, we find it hard to see in ourselves the things our society so admires and serves—power, wealth, and access that forget mutual love. 
ONE:  We fail to see our allegiance to these dangerous gods—rushing for places of honor, scorning the humble and lowly, supporting systems that survive on 
greed and abuse.
ALL:  Forgive us when we are fearful that there is not enough.
Remind us that you are enough.
Teach us your generosity.
Teach us your world-changing humility.
Teach us your expansive love.
Transform us and heal our lives.  AMEN
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC                                           
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
 
SCRIPTURE
EPISTLE READING:            Hebrews 13: 1-8, 15-16
GOSPEL READING:            Luke 14: 1-14
 
REFLECTION
 
HYMN: VU #264 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
 
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
 
HYMN: VU #639 One More Step Along the World I Go
 
PARTING WORDS & BLESSING
 
PARTING SONG: VU #586 - We Shall Go Out with Hope of Resurrection (verse 1)



LAST DAY 

After the Service on 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.


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
Minute For Mission       
 

Women Like Barari Are Catalysts for Change



Barari remembers the way the other farmers in her village laughed at her when she began to farm differently. “It is a waste of time,” they said. “It will never work.” Here’s how it turned out.
 
Photo of a smiling Alf Dumont standing by a stream.
Image Credit: Emma Taylor

Barari learned life-saving farming skills through a Canadian Foodgrains Bank program called Scaling-Up Conservation Agriculture in East Africa.

The program is important because most of the African continent’s soil is poor quality compared to other parts of the world. In many areas the soil is so eroded that it is no longer productive. Conservation agriculture is key to improving the soil, which in turn saves lives.

The United Church works in partnership with agencies that coordinate life-changing agricultural projects across the globe. Your generosity helps farmers feed their families and community.

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:
  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.

Offerings and Donations

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 and donation 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 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. (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
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
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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PO Box 137, Innerkip, ON N0J 1M0

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