BELLS CORNERS UNITED CHURCH ‘The Story-Tellin’ Man’ by Ken Medema will be 3955 Old Richmond Rd., Nepean, ON K2H 5C5 performed here at BCUC on Saturday April 27, Tel: 613-820-8103 Fax: 613-820-5628 7:00 pm. Freewill offering to the Mission Website: www.bcuc.org Email: [email protected] Exposure Fund. Refreshments to follow. Come Facebook: @bellscornersunitedchurch and bring your friends for a fun evening as Minister: Rev. Kim Vidal Ministry Candidate: Lorrie Lowes Parables of Jesus are told with song/dance and Music Director: Abe TeGrotenhuis dialogue by an all-ages cast from our Office Administrators: Nancy Meyers, Ellen Boynton congregation. Chair, Church Board: Jordan Berard ANNOUNCEMENTS: April 21, 2019 Retirement Home Worship Services - April & May 2019 Meetings This Week Here at the Church: Harmer House: Wednesday , April 24 – 10 am Communion Service Lectionary Group: meets Tuesday April 23, 10:30 am. “Witness and Truth” Stillwater Creek: Wednesday, May 8 – 10 am (Acts 5:27-32) Bridlewood Trails: Thursday, May 9 – 10:45 am Seekers meet Tuesday April 23, 6:30 pm for ‘teatime’ and study. Lynwood Park Lodge: Wednesday, May 15 – 11 am Musical Rehearsal: April 25th at 6:30pm; 6pm for costumes Harmer House: Wednesday, May 29 – 10 am Upcoming Worship Services: What is Oberammergau Passion Play? Seasons of Lent and Eastertide Sermon Series - What Would Jesus Do? Oberammergau Passion Play is a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience that April 28: First Sunday after Easter / Celebration of Baptism / Congregational is performed once every ten years. This exceptional event involves Photo Sunday (Theme: Welcome Spring! Wear green or pastel coloured thousands of villagers from Oberammergau to re-enact the passion of tops) / Sermon Focus: “Witness and Truth” (Acts 5:27-32) Jesus Christ from Palm Sunday to the story of Easter. This was put in May 5: BCUC Anniversary Sunday place as a pledge of the people when in 1633, Oberammergau was stricken with plague. After months of suffering, the townspeople made a Cans & Bottles Recycling: Next Sunday, April 28, bring your empty beer and plea to God to spare them and pledged to act out the suffering, death pop cans and wine bottles for recycling to raise funds for Youth activities. and resurrection of Jesus Christ every ten years. 2020 marks the 42nd performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play. Join Rev. Kim & Ken as SOSA Committee Discussion - Saturday, May 4 at 9 am. Join the SOSA they host a tour in 2020 to watch this spectacular play! Committee for breakfast and an opportunity to discuss the merits and concerns around a Basic Income for All with two members of our On Luther’s Trail & Oberammergau 2020: Come and travel with Rev. Kim & congregation who have been involved in promoting BI for several years. Ken for 14 days (July 31-August 13, 2020) and experience the world- Bring your questions and enjoy a breakfast of fresh fruit, egg/ham strata renowned Oberammergau Passion Play presented every 10 years while and muffins. A free-will offering to cover food costs and in support the exploring Luther’s Trail in Germany (Frankfurt, Eisenach, Erfurt, Eisleben, M&S fund would be appreciated. Advance registration at Wittenberg, Berlin, Potsdam, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Munich) and a side https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/is-basic-income-the-solution-tickets- to Prague. A $300 discount applies if you sign by June 30, 2019. Info: Rev. 60024780735 or by calling: 613-828-0863 (Ellie or Clarke), or sign-up on the Kim list today in main hall. Camp Awesome, July 22-26 at BCUC. Registration forms are available from Lawn & Garden Supplies Sale: Orders will be available for pickup Friday 26 the church office, at the Welcome Centre or on the BCUC website. April, 4 - 6 pm, & Saturday April 27, 9am to noon. The next BCUC Men’s Club Coffee gathering will be held Tuesday, April 30 explore the theme from Christian, Muslim and Jewish perspectives. Cost of from 10:00 to noon. Join us to discuss the winter that was, Spring, and other the event is: Early Bird (by July 31, 2019): $65.00; Full: $75.00; Single topical subjects on your mind. Timbits as usual! Session: $40.00; Students: $35.00. Register for the event at the church office or at [email protected]. Advance Notice: Rev. Kim will be on a 3-month sabbatical leave and one-month vacation starting April 29 until August 28, 2019. Lorrie Lowes will be taking over Rev. Thanks to Those Assisting with Today’s Service: Kim’s ministerial duties. Rev. Angela Bailey will also help when needed. Greeter/Ushers: Gloria McGaw, Desna Sulway, Jean & Ross Brown Details of Rev. Kim’s sabbatical and vacation plans are included in the Reader: Bev Cromb BellRinger Easter issue. Communion Servers: Jordan Berard, Nora McGee, Nancy Meyers, Karen Doxtater, Bob Boynton, Bill Johnson, Jennifer Leeder, Bob Noyes, Gloria 1. BAKE SALE. Following the church service on April 28 a group of women McGaw, Bev Foubert from Morrison Gardens will be selling their tasty savoury and sweet baking. Sound System: John MacFarlane Refreshments: Jeff Stoate & Doug Jones 2. AGM. At 2 pm on April 28 the Ottawa West End Community Chaplaincy will hold its annual general meeting during which Steve Zink, the chaplain, and Lorrie Lowes will bring you up to date on their involvement and Karen 2019 Easter Memorial Secord from Parkdale Food Centre will challenge us about “Economic Flower Donations Insecurity”. Refreshments will follow. Please come and support this local outreach program. Name In Memory of The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines will launch Ronalie & David Abbey Family and Friends its Canadian Chapter on May 11-12, 2019 at the Public Service Alliance of Canada Union building, 233 Gilmour Street in Ottawa. Canadian Eithne & Charles Barker Gregory organizations working in the Philippines, along with human rights activists and social justice advocates will participate in this landmark event. To Alan & Betty Bentley Our Family Members Passed register for the conference or get more information, please contact us through [email protected] or via the attached link and on-line R.H. Blackwell Loved Family Members registration form. https://goo.gl/forms/Km0YXsQMj25TQsxt2. You can also help by offering billet space in your home for the participants. Please let Ross & Jean Brown Our Parents & Loved Ones Rev. Kim know and she will inform the organizers. Jean Brunton Parents & Brother Progressive Learning Circle: PLC 2019 Event - The BCUC Progressive Learning Circle (PLC) will sponsor an event on Saturday and Sunday, Audrey & Jane Campbell Wilfred Campbell September 21 and 22, 2019 with the theme “From Charity to Social Action: Working Together to Create a Just Society”. The guest speaker on Saturday Pierre & Marion Dugas Our Parents will be Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo, Minister at Trinity St Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts in Toronto, and a former MPP in Christina Fowler Kyle Fowler Ontario. She will join an interfaith panel on Sunday afternoon to further Ian & Ruth Howes Loved Ones Ross & Gail Mutton Marjorie & Jay Harmer, Martha & Glenna Jackson Husband & Parents Clarence Mutton Bill Johnson & Avril Milne Our Daughter Emma Jan & Norm Pound Our Parents Kim Family Young Hoon Kim & Efraim Vidal Lynda & Neville Reed Our Loved Ones Sr. Marion Routledge Husband Don Routledge & Brother Mary Anne Kingsbury Ken Kingsbury Jack Bob & Dianne Lee Our Parents & Grandparents Lola and Larry Ryan Family & Friends Jen Leeder Barb & Bill Beckett Beth Sharp My Husband Dave & My Parents Mary Anne & Jack Liddy Loved Ones Chris Spence & Hugh Our Parents & Friends John MacFarlane Ken Kingsbury Barbara & David Stafford Our Parents Doris McElligott Don & Family Katherine Waddell Husband John Nora & Bill McGee Our Parents Denis Watson Cynthia Watson Rick & Sue Morrison Loved Ones, Bill Kiskadden & Jean Watson Bill Mary Mowrey .