June 18, 2021

Dear Church Family,

 TO NOTE:

Worship this week:  http://augustanasaskatoon.net/   Click on the link for the June 20th Service – Father’s Day and also World Refugee Day! Service is attached.

Worship by phone: 1-306-205-1168 (same every week)

It is with sadness, we announce the passing of Louise Goos on June 13th.

Funeral arrangements are being made for Monday, June 28th, and further details will be made available later.

Current Financials

YTD May 31, 2021

Income $74,509

Expenses $87,901

Total -$13,392

Bank Balance $44,353

  • The Sask Synod (ELCIC) 2021 Convention took place online June 4-5 via Zoom. You may now watch the recorded sessions on the Sask Synod YouTube Channel. 

  • On Monday, June 21, we lift up National Indigenous Peoples Day. The ELCIC shares with you resources from our Full Communion partner, the Anglican Church of Canada who on Saturday, June 19 will be hosting an online video worship service. The service will include contributions from Indigenous Anglicans and non-Indigenous allies from coast to coast to coast. 

  • A Light for Every Birth, Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 1 p.m. ET – This webinar will provide a deeper look into PWRDF's “Light for Every Birth” project, an effort to bring electric light to clinics and birthing centres in rural Mozambique. Representatives of We Care Solar will demonstrate their solar suitcase, and PWRDF staff will provide an overview of the partnership with EHALE, the implementing organization in Mozambique. Register here

  • You are invited to attend Acting Together in Canadian Churches to Observe The International Decade for People of African Descent on Thursday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET.   This event continues the conversation of the November 2020 Cross-Canada event. There will be a small group time to reflect on what we can do together and support each other (Participants will be grouped into French language and English language rooms). There will also be an opportunity to hear about and join existing initiatives or to caucus by church tradition or region to connect toward working together on the decade in the Canadian churches. For more information and to register, please click here. 

  • You are invited to participate in LuMinHoS Annual General Meeting (AGM) via Zoom (link below) on Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 7pm.  

Join Zoom Meeting  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84927774768?pwd=WUFaMDl2Rk5KY3VEWHoveUFhYllQZz09

Meeting ID: 849 2777 4768
Passcode: 181451

AGM Reports will be available soon on the LuMinHoS website https://www.luminhos.org/

Blessings,

Lorene Jewitt, Office Admin

Augustana Lutheran Church

1201 Broadway Avenue

Saskatoon, SK  S7H 2A4

306-242-9553

www.augustanasaskatoon.net