Justice, Peace, Life

The South Korean mission trip gave us a gift to remember them by:


Translation (reading from right to left): "Justice – Peace – Life"

Calligraphy by Rev. Changgong Kim Chai Choon, theologian and founding father of HanShin University's Graduate school of Theology.

Milk (and Honey)

An article in the Transcript and Free Press will share much of the same info, but our South Korean friends enjoyed an afternoon experiencing the rural uniqueness that is in our area. From Munro Honey & Meadery to this cutting-edge dairy operation, they journeyed through our Promised Land of milk and honey.

Unified Board notes - Ideas needing People

Some data from Stats Canada revealed that there are 1220 people within 10 minutes of Trinity United Church who identify themselves as "United Church". This amounts to 28% of the population.

The Stewards reported that expenses for January are $6084 with income being $3764. Some ideas for a spring fundraiser include:

• Easter weekend breakfast/brunch
• Silent Auction
• golf tournament
• bus tour

It's just a matter of finding people who will take those ideas and turn them into reality. Anyone? Anyone?

The Christian Education Committee reported that Sunday School will wrap up on June 1st, with a celebration service on the 22nd at Trinity. They are looking into new curriculum for the Sunday School and revisiting the idea of combining efforts with Glencoe Presbyterian. April 16 will be a book discussion evening on Oil and Water, a book that looks at Islam and Christianity.

"The Second Coming" initiative was introduced which encourages people to set aside the Second Sunday of every month for church and bringing others with them, building up to Anniversary Sunday in June.

The next meeting is set for February 20th.

Friday Night Scripture

For a scriptural focus this week, consider Acts 17:22-28 (listed below). The Korean worship on Friday night will use this lesson.

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Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And God is not served by human hands, as if God needed anything, because God Godself gives all people life and breath and everything else.

"From one person God made every nation of people who live on earth; and God determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that people would seek God and perhaps reach out for God and find God, though God is not far from each one of us.

'For in God we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are God’s children.'"