United Church Announcements for the Week of August 24, 2025

[Margaret]

Here are the Announcements for the week of August 24, 2025.

Please remember that all church services between now and August 31 will begin at 10 a.m. in the chapel.  As of September 4, services will continue in the chapel and the time will revert to our usual 11 a.m.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

August 24 - Back to School Service in the chapel led by Rev. Bev Brazier

August 31 - September 14 - Worship Service in chapel led by Rev.Bev Brazier

September 21 - Worship Service led by Rev. Alison Mock and Rev. Bev Brazier

📌 THANKS to our helpers for Sunday, August 24:
Greeter:  Marg Henderson
Reader:   Lloyd Henderson

📌  Welcome back Rev. Bev Brazier! Bev will be leading Sunday worship in the chapel until September 21^st (when Alison will rejoin us for another jointly-led service). Bev is available for pastoral care during office hours of Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 am until noon. She is also available by email or phone: bcsbr...@live.ca   (867) 334-6606 and would be pleased to hear from you.

📌  Beginning Wednesday August 27^th, Bev is offering a weekly Bible study at the manse. We will begin at 7 pm and focus on the lectionary readings for the coming Sunday. All are welcome to join for this chance to ponder Scripture and enter into our sacred stories more deeply.

📌  This Sunday’s worship is a Back to School Service – whether you are a returning student, a student starting a new school, a teacher, a retired teacher, an admin, custodian, support worker or bus driver – this service will lift you up and bring you energy! Please join us at 10 am in the chapel.

📌 RED BINS are now the BLUE Bins:  Volunteers are needed for the fall and help is needed urgently to collect from the Coop for September 1-15.  If you are able to help, please let Terrilyn (terrily...@theedge.ca) know or speak to her after church.

📌 Yellowknife United Church will be sponsoring two community Christmas Bazaars on November 15 and December 6, 2025.  If you are interested in booking a table for this event or know someone who is, please email Marg Henderson (ma...@theedge.ca) for more information.

📌 Mission & Service:  Framed by Creation  

Waterton United Church rests in the heart of Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, where wind brushes the tall grass and mountains rise like blessings above the lake. Surrounded by breathtaking natural beauty, the church is a place of welcome, wonder, and worship. A sanctuary within a sanctuary.

The United Church has had a presence in the park since 1955. The current building, dedicated in 1961, was thoughtfully designed to honour its setting. Architect George Watson positioned the sanctuary’s great cathedral window to frame Mount Vimy, inviting creation into every service.

“People who aren’t involved in the church but just stop to visit look out, captivated by the view of the mountain over the lake,” says Carol Watt, Secretary. “It’s a special thing that happens. It touches something deep within.”

Your gifts through Mission and Service help keep the church open year-round for youth group sleep-overs, weddings, meetings, occasional workshops, and retreats. In the summer, guest ministers and musicians arrive weekly to lead worship from late June through September, filling the sanctuary with inspired voices and music that echoes across the valley. The church hosts youth retreats, weddings, and spiritual gatherings, and with a small room and kitchenette tucked behind the sanctuary, it also welcomes leaders seeking quiet and renewal.

“Providing space for reflection and retreat is an important aspect of the ministry we offer,” Watt shares.

A newsletter captures the heart of it: “Waterton United offers a unique ministry to the wealth of summer visitors who flock happily into the national park and then find this gem of a United Church of Canada.”

Thank you for supporting ministries that honour and care for community and creation. In places like Waterton, where land and spirit meet, your gifts help make sacred encounters possible.