Weekly Announcements
Announcements for Summer of 2020:
The Boissevain Community Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) provides a safe, confidential place for the LGBT community, parents, families and allies to meet and support each other. For more information please contact bvncomgsa@gmail.com
- Rev. Taylor will be on vacation Monday, July 27, 2020 until Tuesday, August 11, 2020. She will be back in the office on Wednesday, August 12, 2020
- Rev. Taylor has notified Wheatland Funeral Home that funerals will be postponed until she returns
- Worship Services will resume at St. Paul’s United Church on Sunday, August 16, 2020 following Manitoba Covid-19 Public Health Guidelines
- The Church Office will be CLOSED Wednesday, July 29th to Monday, August 10th. It will reopen Tuesday, August 11th 9:00-12:00 1:00-4:00.
- In the case of an emergency, please call Bonnie Scott at 204-534-8182.
- Worship Services will resume at Minto United Church in September 2020
- Worship Services at St. Paul's United Church: Sign-In sheets are available (please bring a pen), as we have a maximum limit of 25 people in the sanctuary. After the 25 maximum has been met, you are welcome to listen to the service in the lower auditorium. There will be an additional sign-in sheet available. The Offering Plate will be set by the sign in-sheets
- Worship Service is half-hour
- Physical distance ~ 6 ft.(2 meters)
- Please use hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting the building
- No greetings/handshakes
- There will be no singing or responsive prayers
- Brenda Lyons will be our soloist
- Washrooms are not available at this time
- Masks are optional
- No food or beverage
- Please do not enter the kitchen area
- Elevator Use ~ Only one person at a time and wipes will be available to clean buttons and handle after use
- Exiting the church ~ Rev. Rolanda will announce the right side of the church will leave first, then the center pews and lastly the left side
- Online Services will continue to be available later Sunday, for those who are unable to attend.
- Those who are not on PAR (Pre-Authorized Remittance), please mail your offering to the church office at St. Paul’s United Church, Box 309, Boissevain, MB R0K 0E0. Thank you!
- Please Consider PAR (Pre-Authorized Remittance). If you wish to give to St. Paul’s United Church by this method or would like more information on it, please call Cora at the church office 204-534-6347. Telephone Messages to the church office are being monitored remotely.
- **Please be reminded to contribute to The Grateful Box as a thank you to God for birthdays, baptisms, anniversaries and other events that occur in our lives. The funds will be used for emergency purposes. At a time such as this, the Boissevain Food Pantry is in need of food items. Due to the Coronavirus, the Boissevain Food Pantry is only accepting cash or cheques made out to the Boissevain Food Pantry in order that the volunteers can buy food.
- These Days (Daily Devotions for Living by Faith) July/August/September issue is at the back of the church.
- Community Prayers at 9 a.m. every morning. The Community Prayers are our own individual prayers to pray for our health providers, leaders, pharmacists, workers in stores, and everyone in our community and praying for each other as we maintain our faith that the health professionals will find the solution that will end Covid-19.
- Prayers strengthen us, give us courage and mobilize us by God’s Spirit wherever we are, and when we are not in the church building. As people of faith, we are the church, and prayers remind us that God’s love and caring is with us all.
- Worship Services, Scripture with Reflection, and Pentecost Bible Study are being sent online, and worship bulletins are being delivered to those without internet.
- Please Note: The Annual Prairie to Pine Regional Meeting that was supposed to have been from May 28th to May 30th 2020 has been postponed until the Fall of 2020. The Executive took this difficult decision in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related closure of our venue in Steinbach. The Prairie to Pine Executive has set the dates for an electronic Annual Meeting: Wednesday, Sept. 30 and Wednesday, Oct. 7, (evenings only). This will be a 2-part electronic meeting, with both video and phone connections available. The details are still being worked out, and more information will be posted later. All voting members of Prairie to Pine Region are asked to save the dates. Please see the website for more details.
- Pastoral Care Team has established a Prayer Circle. If there is a prayer request, please contact Judy McRuer (h)204-534-2284/cell 204-534-0935. All prayer requests will be kept strictly confidential
The Boissevain Community Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) provides a safe, confidential place for the LGBT community, parents, families and allies to meet and support each other. For more information please contact bvncomgsa@gmail.com
Snazzy Seconds Thrift Shop Hours
- Snazzy Seconds Thrift Store - Starting the week of July 27th, our Thrift Store will not be open Wednesday evenings. The store will not be open on Thursdays at this time. We will continue to have the store open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 1:30- 4 pm unless we are given other directions from public health department. There will be restrictions - only 4 shoppers in the store at once, sanitizer station for use on entering and exiting. Our washroom/change room will not be available. We are again receiving donations in our bins. Please remember -no sports equipment or electronics.
Regular Meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous will be meeting at the church. Please use the Christian Education Building entrance.
