Fwd: Yellowknife United Church Announcements for the Week of July 13, 2025

[Margaret]

Here are the Announcements for the week of July 13, 2025.

Please remember that all church services between now and August 31 will begin at 10 a.m.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

July 13 - “Gimme That Old Time Religion” Wassail Service led by Marie Wilson

July 20 - Worship Service led by Janice Daly

July 27 - Worship Service led by Dawn McInnes

📌 THANKS to our helpers for Sunday, July 13:
Opening host: Laurie Gault

Greeter:     Laurie Gault
Reader:      Marie Wilson
Closing host:  The Congregation

📌 July 13th: "Gimme That Old Time Religion" - this is a chance to sing some of the really old hymns that we do not really sing at all, anymore. Depending on where and when you grew up, these might be hymns from your childhood or your parents' childhoods, hymns that are in "the old blue book" or hymns you know from bluegrass or gospel traditions. The words reflect a theology that many of us have left behind, but does that mean we should abandon them? I know these hymns from singing them at seniors' homes, and I've come to understand how much value there is in the words and music that transcends memory. We're going to sing and reflect on these meaningful golden oldies. Do you have one you love? Send it my way!

📌 RED BINS - Thanks you to our volunteers for June and July:  Peter & Karen, Bill & Laurie, Matt & Joanna, Kate Vicente, Rhovy, Junior and Rovenjay, Brian Kelln, Mischelle Remigio, Lloyd & Marg, and Dave & Terrilyn.   Volunteers are needed for August and September.   If you are able to help, please let Terrilyn (terrily...@theedge.ca) know or speak to her after church.

📌An account for the church has been set up at The Bottle Shop. To drop off you use the Drop and Go computer and to log it use the church phone nubbier with area code(8678736291)

📌 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:   Words That Carry the Spirit

On June 8, during The United Church’s Centennial Celebration at Gower Street United in St. John’s, NL, a historic moment unfolded. A newly translated Mohawk Bible was formally dedicated, a powerful act of spiritual continuity and cultural renewal. The Bible stands as a successor to the Union Bible that was prayed over when The United Church of Canada was formed in 1925. Now, nearly a century later, this new translation was lifted in ceremony and celebration, symbolizing a deepening journey of reconciliation.

Language is more than words, it is worldview. It carries the wisdom of ancestors, the heartbeat of community, and the sacred connections between people, land, and Creator. When a language is lost, something immeasurable disappears with it. That’s why projects like the Mohawk Bible translation matter so profoundly.

Created through decades of devotion, linguistic skill, and cultural insight by Harvey Satewas Gabriel, with the support of generations of women in the Gabriel family and the communities of Kanesatake and Kahnawake, this translation is both a labour of love and an act of resistance. Collaborators worked with care and humility, in close relationship with the Mohawk Nation, to ensure the translation honoured the depth and specificity of the language.

Your gifts to Mission and Service help make work like this possible, supporting the preservation of Indigenous languages and cultures, and walking alongside communities in respectful partnership.

Ohiatonhseratokénti: The Holy Bible in Mohawk(opens in a new tab) is available through the UCRD bookstore, ensuring that this living word will continue to inspire and teach for generations to come.

Thank you for your gifts to Mission and Service that are helping keep language and spirit alive.