Welcome to Ladner United Church

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1 Welcome to Ladner United Church A Heart for God in the Heart of the Village Sunday, April 21st, 2013 We are glad that you are here. All are welcome in this place. There is a card in the pew rack to let us know your contact information, or changes to your information, and to request other services. for more information please go to our website at or be in contact with our minister the website has a Questions and Answers document and Jim s sermons are available on it let the church office know if you require a name tag after each service follow the crowd to the church hall for refreshments If you require offering envelopes (for tax receipts) or wish to sign up for PAR (Pre- Authorized Giving), please contact the office in our faith community we have people who are allergic to strong scents, perfume, melons and peanuts Minister s Monday Rev Jim takes Mondays off messages for him on that day can be left with Wendy or office@ladnerunited.org Thanks to everyone who helped with today s service: Hosts: 9am: Sally Hickling 11am: Marg Phillips & Susan Marten Scripture Readers: 9am: Robin Lee 11am: Helen Stevens Ushers: 9am: Robin Lee 11am: May Mah & TBA COFFEE HOST: D, E, F, G Next week: H,I,J,K If your surname begins with D, E, F or G, please come to the kitchen before & after the service to help serve coffee & treats. Thank you! Upcoming Events at Ladner United: Wed, April 24: Pentecost Study Group - 10:00 am - Claire s home Wed, April 24: GARAGE SALE SET UP BEGINS 1:30 pm Celebration Centre Thursday, April 25: NO CHOIR PRACTICE Martha Group Meeting - 12:00 pm - Fellowship Room The BIG Meeting - 7:30 pm - Fellowship Room Saturday April 27: GARAGE SALE - 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Men s Breakfast - 8:00 am - ABC Family Restaurant

2 Lift Every Voice Please join us for this beautiful annual concert put on by our local churches. When: Tonight, April 21 at 7:00 pm Where: Ladner Christian Reformed Church 54A & 45th Avenue Ladner Admission is by donation with proceeds benefitting the Community Fund of Faith All are welcome! Anyone who wants to be in the massed choir, please join us for Rehearsal April 21 at 2:00 pm at Ladner Christian Reformed Church. No choir practice There will be no choir practice on Thursday, April 25th & will return as usual on May 2nd. Thank you! TOILETRIES! First United Church is in need of travel-sized deodorant sticks and laundry soap. Any help in the form of donations or leads on donations would be most welcome. The BC Conference office is looking for a person to work full time as Assistant to the Executive Secretary. This is primarily an administrative job supporting the work of the Executive Secretary as an executive assistant. It also includes event planning and some office management. Most of the work takes place at the BC Conference office in south Burnaby alongside an office staff of eight people and a total Conference staff of 16. The starting salary is approximately $42,500 to $45,000 depending upon past experience and knowledge. A more detailed job description can be found at: Applications need to be received before the close of the day on May 23. Please send expressions of interest, along with a resume, to: dgoodwin@bc.united-church.ca Accommodation Urgently Needed: A mature single Christian woman requires an affordable studio/apartment/suite near downtown Ladner. If you or someone you know has such accommodation available, please contact Diane at the office of Ladner Christian Reformed Church at for further information. Thank you!

3 LUC ANNUAL GARAGE SALE IS THIS SATURDAY APRIL 27TH... AND THIS TIME WE HAVE SHREDDING! Start cleaning out your closets, and getting rid of all that paper as well. Proceeds will go to Church Operating Funds. Items can be brought in starting Wed. April 24th after 1pm. As always, the garage sale would love: clean & working... household items, toys, recreational items, small electronics, records, DVD s, books, crafts, tools, collectibles, and good clothing. Things we do not love and will not take: dirty or broken items, TV s, old paint, or large furniture/appliances (if we can t easily cart it to the Thrift Store we don t want to take it). NEW THIS YEAR! Urban Impact Recycling will have a truck here for shredding by donation so please get the word out! If anyone is in need of assistance to help with items, or has any questions please contact the office. We will be looking for volunteers to help with set up, sale day, and clean up. If interested please contact Robin Lee (robin66@live.com). There are sign up sheets available in the Celebration Centre so please consider helping out! THIS WEEK YOU ARE INVITED TO PRAY FOR: 1. People in our Church whose work is: Education - Teachers & Support Staff 2. People in our Church who volunteer as: Volunteer at Health Facilities: Extended Care Unit, Deltaview, Kinsmen, Augustine House, Waterford, BC Children s Hospital 3. Ladner and St Stephen s Ministry: Music Leadership Team at the 9 am service: Debbie, Nellie, John, Janie & Muriel 4. South Delta Christian Community: St Stephen's East Delty United Church 5. Our United Church Neighbours at: Steveston - the Rev. Rick Taylor 6. In the World: Djibouti, Somalia Clergy: The Rev Jim Short minister@ladnerunited.org Add a Name to the Prayer Chain: Claire Maynard Parish Health Ministry: parish_health@ladnerunited.org Ministry & Personnel Committee: mandp@ladnerunited.org Youth Group: jryouth@ladnerunited.org Leadership Council: council@ladnerunited.org Church School: sundayschool@ladnerunited.org Office: office@ladnerunited.org The BIG contact: buildinggroup@ladnerunited.org

4 WELCOME TO ST. STEPHENS EAST DELTA 9696 Ladner Trunk Road (no. 10 Hwy) East Delta, BC V4K 3M3 LUC office: ; fax: ; Sunday, April 21st, 2013 Clergy: The Reverend Doug Graves: The Reverend Wendy Bily: Pastoral Charge Lead Minister: Major the Rev. Jim Short, CD Music Minister: Lee Fraser Youth Program: Marilyn Davis Krista Harper Board Chair: Dewar Harper Parish Secretary: Wendy Fraser Welcome! In this morning s service may you find joy in celebration, strength and hope in the presence of God, and a challenge to make a difference in the world. *As a courtesy to those who are sensitive to them, please refrain from wearing perfume or cologne during our worship services. *Doug s sermons are available at our Pastoral Charge website, Click on the St. Stephen s link in the lower left hand corner. THANKS TO THIS MORNING S READER: Dana-Lyn Mackenzie. FOLLOWING WORSHIP TODAY: Visiting and Refreshments NEXT SUNDAY, APRIL 28 ST : The readings will be chosen from among Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, and John 10: Doug s sermon, God is in the Details, will be based on the reading from Acts. Following worship all who wish will gather for lunch at the Skyhawk Restaurant at the Boundary Bay Airport. SPECIAL REQUEST FROM FIRST UNITED CHURCH First United Church is seeking help to fully fund its daily food program. This might take the form of a regular monthly donation, or a onetime gift. More information is available on the table inside the outside front door of the church GOD IN CREATION I know plenty of people who find God most reliably in books, in buildings, and even in other people. I have found God in all of these places too, but the most reliable meeting place for me has always been the creation. I have always known where to go when my own flame was guttering. To lie with my back flat on the fragrant ground is to receive a transfusion of that same power that makes the green blade rise. To remember that I am dirt and to dirt I shall return is to be given my life back again. Where other people see acreage, timber and soil, and river frontage, I see God s body. Barbara Brown Taylor

5 2013 A Year of Heritage; Celebrating Those-of of-many Many-Decades (Herit-Age) Matthew Everett Rogers: Born 3 June 1934 in the east end of Vancouver, Matt is the oldest of four siblings. His mother and father had a homebusiness of making wooden novelty items, which Matt began helping with by age four. In 1943 they moved to Ladner, 64 th St. (then Crescent Island Rd) and continued the family business. Matt attended Ladner Elementary located beside the high school. He began work with the Pea Cannery during harvest time, starting out as a box boy at nine years old, and eventually took on mechanic roles, and going on to become a hiring and firing boss. Upon graduating high school Matt worked for a year, then took senior matriculation, following which he wrote the exam to work with the Signal Corp at the Wireless Station in Boundary Bay. He worked hard; at the Pea Viners all day, helping with the family business, and then taking the night shift at the wireless station monitoring codes during the Cold War ( ). When the signals were quiet Matt studied university correspondence courses. In 1957 he began full-time studies at UBC with a group of colleagues, and after classes they each reviewed ten books daily for discussions. Matt s focus area was history. Matt graduated with his Bachelor of Education in That same spring, as a way of initiating a re-acquaintance with Patricia Husband, Matt mailed her a piece entitled The Voice of the Library, a 20- page rumination he wrote while studying at the UBC library. Their first date was after a wedding at Ladner United Church, for which Pat sang. They were married that June, and in September 1961 Matt began his 28 years of teaching at North Delta Secondary. After years of reading and studying and thinking about religion, he began attending church. Matt and Pat have four children and 8 grandchildren. Matt is an inquisitive, intellectual believer, questioning until he is satisfied. He has taught Sunday School, chaired the Stewards a number of times, and chaired the Building Committee for the Christian Education Building that was built 1971.

6 He has been volunteering in Delta for 50 years; coaching and refereeing sports, serving on Delta Council Committees, Delta Museum and Archives, Kirkland House, and as a Trustee at LUC. He received the Volunteer Service Award for Delta Matt at pea viners. Circa 1959 Pat and Matt 1961 Matt Matt. 2013