Kamloops United Church Newsletter

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The United Church of Canada
Called to:
Deep Spirituality
Bold Discipleship
Daring Justice
...this is our call...let's make it our commitment.

SAVE THESE DATES
Saturday October 15, 5 pm. Congregational Gratitude Dinner. FREE! Get your tickets on Sundays or from the church office. Email office@kamloopsuntied.ca and we will hold tickets for you. This is our way of saying thank you to you for being a part of KUC! This is a catered meal. Rev. Dr. John Pentland from Calgary is our guest speaker.

Sunday October 30, 10am - 12 pm - Join us as we vision for the future for our church. Have your input into how we will make decisions over the next five years. An optional light lunch will follow.

Newsletter for October 9, 2022

This week's service will be available on YouTube at 10:00 am. You can watch live at that time or any time after by clicking here:

Worship - Sunday, October 9, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving! For what are you thankful this year? It seems as the days grow shorter and the harvest is gathered in, we have much for which to be thankful. Our service this Sunday will be a celebration of our thankfulness. There will be special music provided by Emily Vutev, Alex Ward and Tomas Bijok. Dr. Caveney will be preaching on "Thanksliving."

We look forward to you joining us!

Click here for a copy of this week's Service Bulletin, Sermon, and Scripture Reading:

Service Bulletin For October 9, 2022
Sermon For October 9, 2022
Scripture Reading For October 9, 2022

For past Newsletters, Service Bulletins, Sermons, and Scripture readings.

Kamloops United Church - Archives

Upcoming Worship Services:

October 9, 2022 – Thanksgiving Sunday – For What are You Grateful?
October 16, 2022 – The Rev. Dr. John Pentland preaching
(October 15th, 2022 - Congregational Gratitude Dinner at 5PM)
October 23, 2022 – Worship led by the Pacific Mountain Region Youth
October 30, 2022 – Visioning Worship
November 6, 2022 – Remembrance Sunday with Bells of Note

After Worship Coffee Hour

Join us for In-Person coffee hour in the church hall, after Sunday Worship.

We are looking for volunteers for After Worship Coffee on Sundays, please email centre@kamloopsunited.ca if you are able to help!

Click on the image above to donate today.

If you prefer, you may mail us a cheque at
421 St Paul St Kamloops, V2C 2J7.
Please contact the church office at 250-372-3020 or via email at accounts@kamloopsunited.ca, if you have any questions.
Thank you for your generosity!

This past week, those on the KUC mailing list should have received a letter talking about the KUC "Attitude of Gratitude". We have so much for which to be thankful! Also included was an offering envelope. We are inviting you to make a gratitude offering. Click here to read the letter for more details. If you would like to donate online, click here and mark in the notes field your offering is for Gratitude. Thank you for your heart of generosity. The Stewardship Team

This Week at Kamloops United Church

Sunday, October 9, 2022
10:00 am Worship Service "Thanksliving"
11:00 am In-Person Fellowship Hour
11:00 am Zoom Coffee Hour
3:30 pm PIT Stop Meal

Monday - Thanksgiving
Church building CLOSED

Tuesday
11:00 am Zoom Coffee Hour
12:00 pm Ministry and Personnel
3:00 pm Stewardship
7:00 pm Pride Choir Rehearsal

Wednesday
10:00 am Walks with Derm (Riverside Park)
10:00 am Vision Planning session

Thursday
11:00 am Zoom Coffee Hour
2:00 pm Pastoral Care

Friday

Saturday
9:00 am ONLINE Ukrainian History Series please register
5:00 pm Congregational Gratitude Dinner - FREE
(please drop off some baked goodies at the church for dessert)

Next Sunday, October 16, 2022
10:00 am Worship Service - Dr. John Pentland preaching

The Deadline for all Newsletter Pieces is Wednesday Evening.

Kamloops United Church has a great Fibre Arts group who make the wonderful banners that decorate the church. Currently they are making a banner which reflects this new call of the United Church.

For Advent 2023 they are preparing a new set of banners for the four weeks of that season.

Call for baked goods

We are excited about the Congregational Gratitude Dinner, on Saturday, October 15th.

We are asking for your help with dessert!
Please drop off some baked goods at the church (think of your favorite dessert), and we will make sure to store them away until the Oct 15th dinner. You can bring the baking anytime the church is open and give it to Shakshi or leave it at the front office.

THANK YOU for your support and we look forward to seeing you at the dinner!

For any questions please reach out to Shakshi at centre@kamloopsunited.ca or 250-372-3020 ext 209

Events at Kamloops United Church

ONLINE Ukrainian History Series
Starting Saturday, September 24th, 9 AM
Hosted By: Dr. Oleksandr (Sasha) Kondrashov

Sasha will be teaching an ONLINE Ukrainian History Series, starting Sep 24th, every Saturday at 9:00 AM. For those who are looking to learn about Ukraine, please register for the series (button below).

Click here to Register for Ukrainian History Series

Our host, Sasha is currently working with settling Ukrainians in Kamloops and has been responsible for organizing the rallies each Saturday at City Hall.

For any questions please reach out to Shakshi at centre@kamloopsunited.ca or 250-372-3020 ext 209

Walks with Derm: Fall Edition
Starting October 5th, 10 AM at Riverside Park
Meet at Rose Garden Parking Lot

We are back with the popular Walks with Derm. Derm Strong, our amazing host is going to lead us for 5 weeks on Wednesday at 10:00 am starting October 5th at Riverside Park. Everyone is welcome!

Walks happening on:
Oct 5
Oct 12
Oct 19
Oct 26
Nov 2

For any questions please reach out to Shakshi at centre@kamloopsunited.ca or 250-372-3020 ext 209

KUC Together

Join us every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday (after service) at 11:00 AM for our virtual coffee hour on Zoom, hosted by the lovely Jayne Martin!

Here is the link: Kamloops United Church Zoom Meetings

Password if required:

gratitude

This is a great article on why we need to observe and mark the passing of our loved ones with rituals and services: Grief Article

This week your editor is Shakshi Paul

KUC Staff:

Minister: Rev. Dr. Michael Caveney mcaveney@kamloopsunited.ca

Admin. Manager: Florence Ballard admin@kamloopsunited.ca

Activities Coordinator: Shakshi Paul centre@kamloopsunited.ca

Office Coordinator: Candace Morrison office@kamloopsunited.ca

Music Director: Tomas Bijok music@kamloopsunited.ca

and pitstop@kamloopsunited.ca

Lay Marriage Minister: Chris Dolson

Custodial: Dawn Brodie

Custodial: Ignacio Villalba

Custodial: Jim Cunliffe

Custodial: Manon Tim

Custodial: Sandy Maher