EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH WEEK OF PRAYER…FOR OUR CITY

Jesus’ inclusive way of living offers freedom from the false way in which we often classify others and ourselves. Jesus broke every rule in the social structures of the Jewish culture. He spent time with poor people, sick people, disabled people, dead people, unclean people, children, women, Pharisees, tax collectors, sinners, Samaritans, Gentiles—and the list goes on…

When Jesus was asked which was the most important commandment he responded, ‘Love God with everything you are and then love your neighbour as yourself.’ In this statement Jesus makes the point that loving and caring for our neighbours should be a natural and logical outgrowth of our love for God. As well, Jesus redefined the term neighbour to mean anyone with whom we have dealings with or come in contact with.

Leslie Mitton writes, ‘our neighbors are those within our home, those we meet at work, in our church, and in our recreation. And more than that, our employer is our neighbor too; so are our work people, all who serve us in shops, those who empty our garbage cans, those who keep our streets and our parks clean. So too are the people of Europe, of Asia, in the Middle East, and in North America, etc. If we love our neighbors as we love ourselves, we shall want for them the treatment we should want for ourselves, were we in their place.’

To begin to see this happen, we need the lens of Jesus to correct our sight, to correct how we see others. Seeing like Jesus prevents us from separating or excluding people because it tunes us into something outside of ourselves.

During this season of Lent, we will spend our time wrestling with what it means to love God and to love our neighbours. As a way to get this started, we are beginning the season by intentionally praying for the people of and the life of the city.

This booklet is designed to give an overview of the city of Saskatoon and the seven member nations of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, identifying the neighbourhoods, schools, places of worship, community leaders, and agencies that exist in each ward, so that we can be intentional in praying for our city. Each day we will pray for two wards. (The lists are not exhaustive. We have done our best to include what we are aware of, but we may have missed things. If there is something that you know of that isn’t listed, please add it and let us know, so we can update what we have.)

Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

MONDAY

WARD 1 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to show us the places in our hearts that need to change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours;

2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods;

3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods;

4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing;

5. pray that the Christ-follower in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered conversations;

6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of

God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

LEADERS NEIGHBOURHOODS Mayor Charlie Clark central industrial / city park / forest grove / hudson bay park City Councillor Darren Hill kelsey-woodlawn / mayfair / north park / richmond heights STC Chief Mark Arcand sutherland / sutherland industrial / university of Trustee Holly Kelleher Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Diane Boyko Fire Halls 5 & 7

PLACES OF WORSHIP SCHOOLS AGENCIES/PROGRAMS

Centre for Spiritual Living Saskatchewan Polytechnic Institute Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre Church At Saskatoon University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Community Services Village Holy Covenant Orthodox Church City Park School (Crisis Intervention/United Way/Family St. Matthew’s Anglican Church North Park Wilson School Services/Catholic Family Bay Park Baptist Church Mayfair School Services/YWCA/Sexual Assault & First Baptist Church École Henry Kelsey Informtaion Centre) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sutherland School City Hospital Sask Synod École Forest Grove Royal University Hospital Grace Lutheran Church St. Edward School Irene & Leslie Dubé Centre for Mental First Mennonite Church St. Michael Community School Health Forest Grove Community Church École St. Paul School Saskatoon Cancer Centre Sutherland Evangelical Church St. Volodymyr School Métis Family & Community Justice West Portal Mennonite Church Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual Centre Cross Point Fellowship School Saskatoon Indian & Metis Friendship St. Michael’s Catholic Church St. Thomas More College Centre Saints Martyrs Canadiens St. Andrew’s College Saskatoon Council on Aging Dormition of the Blessed Mother of AIDS Saskatoon God Saskatoon Tribal Council Mayfair United Church READ Saskatoon Meewasin Valley United Church EGADZ Youth Centre St. Paul’s United Church Saskatoon Police Service Youth for Christ Hope Restored Canada Habitat for Humanity

MONDAY

WARD 10 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to show us the places in our hearts that need to change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours; 2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods; 3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods; 4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing; 5. pray that the Christ-followers the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered conversations; 6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

LEADERS NEIGHBOURHOODS Mayor Charlie Clark aspen ridge / arbor creek / erindale / evergreen / silverspring/ City Councillor Zach Jeffries university heights / university management area / willowgrove STC Chief Mark Arcand Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Ray Morrison Muskoday First Nation (162 km northeast of Saskatoon) Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Debbie Berscheid Fire Hall 9

PLACES OF WORSHIP SCHOOLS AGENCIES/PROGRAMS 15:5 Church Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo Cathedral of the Holy Family St. Joseph’s High School Northeast Swale Conservation Area Catholic Pastoral Centre Silverspring School Ebeneezer Baptist Church Sylvia Fedoruk School Erindale Alliance Church Willowgrove School Dr. John G. Egnatoff School Mother Teresa School Holy Family Catholic School Father Robinson School St. Nicholas Catholic School

TUESDAY

WARD 2 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress his heart on our hearts, to

show us the places in our hearts that need to

change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours; 2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods; 3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods; 4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing; 5. pray that the Christ-followers in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered

conversations;

6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved

Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

LEADERS NEIGHBOURHOODS Mayor Charlie Clark agpro industrial / caswell hill / cn yards management City Councillor Hilary Gough gordie howe management area / holiday park / king george STC Chief Mark Arcand meadowgreen / montgomery place / pleasant hill / riversdale Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Vernon J. Linklater saskpower management area / south west indutrial Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Ron Boechler west industrial / westmount

PLACES OF WORSHIP PLACES OF WORSHIP AGENCIES/PROGRAMS Christ the Healer Gospel Church Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Trinity St. Paul’s Hospital Hands On Saskatoon Street Ministries Cathedral White Buffalo Youth Lodge Meadow Green House for All Nations River Bend Integrated Community Salvation Army Community Services Saskatoon Tabernacle Ministries Station 20 West Christ Church Anglican St. David’s Trinity United Church SWITCH Community Health Program St. George’s Anglican Church St. Thomas-Wesley United Church Westside Community Clinic Avalokitesvara Buddhist Temple City Centre Church Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre The Rock Church Friendship Inn River of Life Ministries SCHOOLS The Bridge on 20th Holy Cross Lutheran Church Institute Infinity House Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church E.D Feehan High School Larson House Rehabilitation Centre Hope Fellowship Church W.P. Bate School Mumford House Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church Montgomery School Meewasinota Halfway House St. Vincent of Lerins Orthodox Church Pleasant Hill School Sanctum Hospice Carpenter’s Church Westmount School Str8up – 10,000 Steps to Healing Guadelupe Parish King George School Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-op Redemptorist Father Princess Alexandra School CHEP Good Food St. John Bosco Rectory Caswell School CLASSIC (Community Legal Assistance St. Mary’s Parish St. Dominic School Services for Saskatoon Inner City) Our Lady of Czestochwa École Saskatoon French School SCYAP (Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Bishop’s Chancery Eparchy of SK St. John School Programming) St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral St. Mary’s Wellness and Education Crocus Co-op Centre Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Frontier College Partnership Gabriel Dumont Institute Parent Aide Saskatoon

TUESDAY

WARD 9 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to

show us the places in our hearts that need to

change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours; 2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods; 3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods; 4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing; 5. pray that the Christ-followers in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered

conversations;

6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

NEIGHBOURHOODS LEADERS lakeridge / lakewood suburban centre / lakeview / Mayor Charlie Clark nutana suburban centre / rosewood / wildwood City Councillor Bev Dubois STC Chief Mark Arcand Yellow Quill First Nation (300 km east of Saskatoon) Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Charmaine Bellamy Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Jim Carriere Fire Halls 6&8

PLACES OF WORSHIP SCHOOLS AGENCIES/PROGRAMS Elim Church Wildwood School Lakewood Civic Centre Jehovah’s Witnesses Lakeview École Lakeview Calder Rehabilitation Centre Emmanuel Baptist Church Lakeridge School Canadian National Institute for the Blind Louise Avenue Congregational Church Saskatoon Christian School L’Arche Community Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Colette Bourgonje School Christopher House & Alma House Rock of Ages Lutheran Brethren St. Thérèse of Lisieux Catholic School Church Bishop Pocock School Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam St. Luke School Holy Spirit Parish St. Bernard School McClure United Church

WEDNESDAY

WARD 3 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to

show us the places in our hearts that need to

change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours; 2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods; 3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods; 4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing; 5. pray that the Christ-followers in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered

conversations;

6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of

Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

NEIGHBOURHOODS LEADERS blairmore/confederation park / confederation park suburban Mayor Charlie Clark centre / fairhaven / kensington / pacific heights / park ridge City Councillor Ann Iwanchuk STC Chief Mark Arcand One Arrow First Nation (50 km southwest of Prince Albert) Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Donna Banks Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Tom Fortosky Fire Hall 2

PLACES OF WORSHIP SCHOOLS AGENCIES/PROGRAMS Fairhaven Bible Chapel Bethlehem High School Shaw Centre Fillipino Community Church Institute Cosmo Civic Centre Spanish Alliance Church Confederation Park School Autism Services Westgate Alliance Church Lester B. Pearson School Saskatoon Housing Coalition Diefenbaker Drive Community Church James L. Alexander School Fairmont Baptist Church Fairhaven School Evangelical Free Church Bishop Roborecki School Jehovah’s Witnesses Assembly Hall Father Vachon School Prairie Muslim Association St. Marguerite School Westside Pentecostal St. Mark School St. Patrick Parish Centre

WEDNESDAY

WARD 8 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to

show us the places in our hearts that need to

change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours; 2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods; 3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods; 4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing; 5. pray that the Christ-followers in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered

conversations;

6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

NEIGHBOURHOODS LEADERS brighton / brevoort park / briarwood / college park Mayor Charlie Clark east college park / greystone heights City Councillor Sarina Gersher hillcrest management area / holmwood development area STC Chief Mark Arcand Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Suzanne Zwarych Kinistin Saulteaux Nation (39 km southeast of Melfort) Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Todd Hawkins

PLACES OF WORSHIP SCHOOLS PROGRAMS/AGENCIES College Park Covenant Church Institute Sherbrooke Community Centre Salvation Army Saskatoon Temple Roland Michener School Canadian Blood Services Redeemer Lutheran Church École College Park St. Augustine Church Greystone Heights School Brevoort Park School St. Augustine School École Cardinal Leger School École St. Matthew School

THURSDAY

WARD 4 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to

show us the places in our hearts that need to

change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours; 2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods; 3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods; 4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing;

5. pray that the Christ-followers in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered

conversations;

6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

NEIGHBOURHOODS LEADERS dundonald / elk point / hampton village / Mayor Charlie Clark massey place / mount royal / westview City Councillor Troy Davies STC Chief Mark Arcand Muskeg Lake First Nation (15 km north of Blaine Lake) Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Cameron Scott Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Tim Jelinski

PLACES OF WORSHIP SCHOOLS AGENCIES/PROGRAMS Massey Place Community Church Institute Canadian Mental Health Association New Life Pentecostal Church Royal West Collegiate Institute Clinic Victory Church Ernest Lindner School Holy Trinity Anglican Church École Dundonald Hampton Free Methodist Church Caroline Robins School Mount Royal Mennonite Church St. Peter School St. Peter the Apostle Rectory Bishop Klein School Seventh Day Adventist Church – École St. Gerard Mount Royal St. Maria Goretti Commuity School St. Lorenzo Ruiz Catholic School

THURSDAY

WARD 7 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to

show us the places in our hearts that need to change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours; 2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods; 3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods; 4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing;

5. pray that the Christ-followers in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members,

care for them, and have God centered

conversations; 6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

NEIGHBOURHOODS LEADERS adelaide-churchill / avalon / CN industrial / diefenbaker Mayor Charlie Clark management area / eastview / exhibition / nutana park City Councillor Marin Loewen queen elizabeth / south development area STC Chief Mark Arcand southeast development area / stonebridge / the willows Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Ross Tait Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Alice Risling Whitecap Dakota First Nation (26 km south of Saskatoon) Fire Hall 3

PLACES OF WORSHIP SCHOOLS AGENCIES/PROGRAMS Calvary Church Institute Saskatoon Abilities Council Community of Christ Institute Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church Holy Cross High School Louise St Community Church of the École Alvin Buckwold Nazarene John Dolan School Sacred Heart Chaldean Church Prince Philip School Saskatoon Full Gospel Church Hugh Cairns V.C. School Avalon Alliance Church John Lake School Circle Drive Alliance Queen Elizabeth School Preston Avenue Community Church Charles Red Hawk Elementary School Lakeview Free Methodist Church (Whitecap Dakota First Nation) Faith River Christian Fellowship Chief Whitecap School Nutana Park Mennonite Church St. Frances School St. Francis Xavier Rectory St. Philip School St. Philip Neri Parish George Vanier Catholic Fine Arts School Ukrainian Orthodox Church of All Saints Pope Jean Paul II School St. Martin’s United Church St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School Bait-ur Rahmat Mosque

FRIDAY

WARD 5 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to show us the places in our hearts that need to change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours;

2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods;

3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods;

4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing;

5. pray that the Christ-followers in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered conversations;

6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. God’s Kingdom coming to earth.

NEIGHBOURHOODS LEADERS airport / hudson bay industrial / lawson heights / lawson heights Mayor Charlie Clark suburban centre / marquis industrial / north industrial / City Councillor Randy Donauer river heights / silverwood heights STC Chief Mark Arcand Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Colleen MacPherson Mistawasis First Nation (120 km north of Saskatoon) Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Wayne Stus Fire Hall 4

PLACES OF WORSHIP SCHOOLS AGENCIES/PROGRAMS Saskatoon Church of Christ Marion M. Graham Collegiate Institute Lawson Heights Civic Centre Riverbend Church of God Bishop James Mahoney High School Mennonite Central Committee Lawson Heights Gospel Hall Brownell School Saskatoon Provincial Correctional LAXMI Narayan Temple Silverwood Heights School Centre Prairie Centre for Ecumenism Lawson Heights School Cosmopolitan Industries Ltd. Lawson Heights Alliance Church École River Heights Saskatoon Christian Centre St. Anne School Resurrection Lutheran Church St. Angela School Cornerstone Church École Sister O’Brien School Mennonite Church Saskatchewan St. George School The Neighbourhood Church St. Anne’s Catholic Church

FRIDAY

WARD 6 WAYS TO PRAY

1. invite God to impress His heart on our hearts, to show us the places in our hearts that need to change so that we can more fully love God and our neighbours;

2. pray for the people in the neighbourhoods;

3. pray for the leadership in the ward and in the neighourhoods;

4. pray for the agencies in the neighbourhoods and the work they are doing;

5. pray that the Christ-followers in the neighbourhoods would find ways to befriend community members, care for them, and have God centered conversations;

6. ask God if there are ways that you can be involved in these neighbourhoods participating in the work of Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. God’s Kingdom coming to earth. NEIGHBOURHOODS LEADERS buena vista / downtown – central business district / Mayor Charlie Clark City Councillor Cynthia Block grosvenor park / haultain / holliston / nutana / varsity view STC Chief Mark Arcand

Saskatoon Public Schools Trustee Kathleen Brannen Saskatoon Catholic School Trustee Sharon Zakreski-Werbicki Fire Hall 1 PLACES OF WORSHIP PLACES OF WORSHIP AGENCIES/PROGRAMS Faith Alive Family Church St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church Frances Morrison Public Library Greek Orthodox Church of Saskatoon Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate Interval House Islamic Association of Saskatoon Grosvenor Park United Church Adelle House St. John’s Anglican Church Knox United Church Mental Health & Addictions Services St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Third Avenue United Church City Hall Sisters of the Presentation of Mary C3 Church John Howard Community Justice All Saints Anglican Church Grace Fellowship Services Emmanuel Anglican Church Congregation Agudas Israel OUTSaskatoon St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Saskatoon Community Clinic Faith Baptist Church Global Gathering Place Fellowship Baptist Church Saskatoon Open Door Society Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints SCHOOLS International Women of Saskatoon Augustana Lutheran Church Institute Saskatoon Social Services Lutheran Campus Centre Youth Resource Centre Canadian Red Cross Zion Lutheran Church Sask. Polytechnical Institute Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Saskatoon Wildwood Mennonite Church École Victoria & Area Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Office Brunskill School The Lighthouse Supported Living Christian Redeemed Church of God Buena Vista School Kilburn Hall Youth Centre Calvin Go-Forth Presbyterian Church Holliston School Elizabeth Fry Society St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Saskatoon Misbah School Saskatoon Services for Seniors Redeemed Christian Church of God Bishop Murray High School Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Oskāyak School Queen’s House of Retreats St. Joseph’s Rectory Horizon College Jewish Community Centre St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral Sheptytsky Institute YMCA Seventh Day Adventist Church Central Meewasin Valley Authority Congregation Shir Chadash Ronald McDonald House Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon Grace-Westminster United Church

In addition to praying for our specific neighbourhoods we’d encourage you to pray for these other ministries at home and around the world:

COMMUNITY PARTNERS • The Bridge on 20th Street • Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Center (Formerly Real Choices) • The Quest at Christopher Lake • Campus Ministries at the U of S • International Student Ministry • Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre • Canadian Blood Services • Hope Restored Canada

GLOBAL PARTNERS • RWANDA: -Ken and Wendy Derksen -Rev. Gato -Andre Sibomana -Children of Hope (orphaned & vulnerable children) -Guardians of Hope (ministry to people with AIDS/HIV positive) -Food security (to ensure that there is adequate food for the hungry) -The Bustin family • Other global concerns.

THE PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy;

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.