October Birthdays!

Sending Blessings to all the October babies! 

Join us for a festive Thanksgiving Worship Service with Holy Communion at 10am, October 13.anthem  And if able, please bring a non-perishable item for the food bank. 

Join us for a unique experience  - a Community Kitchen program with a twist! Join us for a unique experience where we will alternate between cooking and yoga!

Enjoy a week of delicious cooking followed by a week of de-stressing with  relaxing yoga sessions. We are thrilled to offer this program to women the immigrant community, but ALL women are welcome to participate. 

Both Kitchen and Yoga sessions will be facilitated and led by Tanya. The yoga sessions will focus on stress relief and relaxation tailored specifically for women. 

CONNECT - CREATE - UNWIND with us as we create community and embrace this exciting journey together! 

A Letter to the church from National and Synodical Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) invites members of the church to join the leaders “in prayer and concern” for all who have been impacted in the last year by the war between Hamas and Israel.

“One year ago, on October 7, we watched with horror as a new wave of violence engulfed the Holy Land,” the leaders write. “…as feared by many at the time, the events of that day led to more violence across all of Palestine and Israel. It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge this day as the anniversary of the current war betwen Israel and Hamas.”

The National and Synod Bishops call on the church to, “continue to hope, pray and advocate for: an enduring and sustained ceasefire; immediate flow of life saving food, water, aid, fuel and humanitarian assistance; release of all captives; end all arms transfers to Israel; and end of occupation so a just-peace can begin.”

Read the full letter here.

The leaders also share a prayer for congregations and individuals to use in worship this coming Sunday, or as they are able. 

“God of peace, we pray for peace in Israel, Palestine and Lebanon. We pray for all leaders that hearts would be changed and there would be a peaceful ending to this war. God of comfort and strength, we pray for all those are are suffering in this war – those who mourn, the injured, those who living in fear. We pray for those who cotninue to try to provide aid and medical care – workers who risk their lives. Bring us all hope, bring us all strength, bring us all peace. In your holy and life-giving name, we pray. Amen.”

Experiencing Gospel, an ELCIC Cross Canada Bible Study is set to help session participants dig deeper into Gordon Jensen's discovery of Luther's highlighted words and phrases in the 1534 Bible - a bible that Luther and colleagues created in Wittenberg. Every session starting on October 8 until October 29 is an hour long Bible Study beginning at 3:00 p.m. (EST). If you or someone you know is interested and eager to know what Scripture passages Luther most wanted to emphasize during the Protestant Reformation, then this Bible Study event is for you! To download the schedule for this Bible Study together with the registration link, please click here. 

ELCIC Lutheran Day of Learning and Evening Bible Study
On November 5, join us for a Day of Learning & Evening Bible Study. This event will be held in-person and online. If you're interested to join, please click here.