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Welcome!
We are a faith-community of everyday
people, exploring, experiencing and sharing God's love within the
vibrant traditions of
The United
Church of Canada. We are led by our Minister, Rev. Joëlle Leduc,
and an active Congregation, the "Ministers of Action".
We have weekly in-person worship
services on Sunday morning, starting at 10:30. These services are also
live-streamed on Zoom, and
recordings
are made available on our facebook page. Worship is for everyone. We
have a special time for Children and Youth, the WoW Zone (Worship Our
Way). We also have a VIP Family Spot at the front of the Sanctuary,
shown
here, where children can play
under the watchful eye of a parent. We serve communion once a month. We
have been blessed to have had several baptisms recently and are looking
forward to the next ones. In months that have five Sundays we take part
in joint worship services on the fifth Sunday at one of the other
churches in our area. We also take part in similar joint worship
services in the summer time.
In October 2022 Rev. Joëlle Leduc
started Imagineers. Worship imagineers are a group of people coming
together to brainstorm ideas for worship for a season. This is not a
committee with permanent members, but rather an ad hoc group that does
not have to have the same members each time they meet. In October the
Imagineers looked at
Advent. In
February the Imagineers looked at
Lent.
Advent and Christmas are always
special times. We usually get together the Saturday before the first
of Advent starting off sharing a meal, then decorating the Christmas
tree, the sanctuary and the narthex. We end the evening singing
Christmas carols. We don't have a Worship Service on Christmas Day.
Instead, we meet on Christmas Eve, starting off with a 30 min carol
sing followed by the actual Christmas Eve Worship Service. Easter is a
special time as well. On Good Friday we have a joint worship service
with
Roxboro United
and alternate hosting that service.
We welcomed Gordon Simms as our new Music Director on November 20,
2022. We are looking forward to Gordon sharing his musical talents and
leadership, and are eager to find out what surprises he has for us.
Our pulpit is inscribed with the
letters VDMA. Have you noticed that, and have you wondered what that
means? It is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase: Verbum domini manet
in aeternum, which means: The word of the Lord remains forever.
Worship Activities from July 2
through September 3, 2023
Throughout the summer period the
West Island and Riverside United Churches cluster have joint worship
services at different locations. Services will be in person and
online. On July 9 we will be hosting the cluster at Ste-Genny's.
Details about the cluster worship services, including the link for
online worship, are available
here.
As of September 10, 2023 we are back worshiping in person at
Ste-Genny's.
Recent History
Rev. Joëlle Leduc started with us on September 1, 2020. On September 13,
2020 she started offering an
online Sunday
worship service at 1:00 pm, followed by zoom fellowship, in
addition to the regular 10:30 am in person Sunday worship, which was
open to a limited number of people due to COVID-19 restrictions. When
the Government of Quebec tightened the restrictions even more the
beginning of February 2021, we could no longer hold in person worship
and had 10:30 am Sunday
worship online. We
resumed in person worship, respecting the restrictions, the end of March
2021, and simultaneously broadcast this worship service
live
on zoom. March 2021 was also the time that Rev. Joëlle Leduc
started her maternity leave. We are blessed to have strong lay
leadership and several of our members took turns leading in worship,
while we also had a number of guest preachers, students from The United
Theological College, a Licensed Lay Worship Leader and retired
ministers.
During the summer period, July 4 -
September 5, 2021, we took part in
joint
online worship services with other West-Island churches.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions the church
was closed from January 2 until February 6, 2022. Live, on-site, in
person worship services resumed February 13, 2022, while respecting the
latest
restrictions. These services were broadcast
Live
Online on zoom starting at 10:30 am, followed by fellowship.
Worship Activities from July 3
through September 4, 2022
During the summer period the West Island
and Riverside United Churches cluster held joint worship services at
different locations, as shown in the schedule
here.
We continued to have worship services at Ste-Genny's throughout July. On
July 17 we hosted the cluster at Ste-Genny's. During August and Labour
day Sunday we joined the cluster for worship, either in person at the
designated church, or online. Details about the cluster worship
services, including the link for online worship, are available
here.
We also live-streamed these cluster services in the Sanctuary at
Ste-Genny's. As of September 11, 2022 we are back worshiping in person
at Ste-Genny's.
