Cataraqui Church
965 Sydenham Road K7M 3L8 Kingston, ON, Canada

Rev. Phil Wilson will not be able to provide a video or printed version of his service this week but has sent a list of scriptures for you to read. Our thanks to Phil for the generous sharing of his services. Our scriptures for this Sunday are:... Jonah 3:15, 10 Jonah calls Nineveh to repent. (click here to read - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/ ) Psalm 62:512 (VU pp. 779780) Be still, my soul, and wait for God. ( click here to read - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/ ) 1 Corinthians 7:2931 The time is short for the present form of the world. ( click here to read - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/ ) Mark 1:1420 Jesus calls Simon, Andrew, James, and John. (click here to read - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/? search=Mark+1%3A14%E2%80%9320&version=NRSV ) Here is a link to "Reflect & Connect", four questions related to the scriptures for you to reflect and connect, click here - https://www.workingpreacher.org/ To Ponder: (from Gathering resource) What is the longest you have spent in silence? What is your relationship with silence?

My apologies that this service was not posted earlier. It was shared with us and will still be available. Led by Rev. Phil Wilson and the East Camden Pastoral Charge. Our thanks! Links to today's service:... To watch today's service on YouTube, click here: https://youtu.be/dDOa8S-jQ_I To read or print today's service, click here: https://drive.google.com//1tUPEDTO_nmP6pDnYTUJixB5Oe/view Share with folks who do not have internet access OR listen to us while driving your car (hands-free of course!). Call Sermon by Phone at 613-549-6871.

Thank-you to Rev Phil Wilson and the churches in the East Camden Pastoral Charge for sharing today's worship service with us. Worship for Jan 10 To watch today's virtual worship service, click this link:... https://youtu.be/m8D6q2WVKLk To read or print today's service, click this link: https://drive.google.com//1SvZzEncJp5YnhhAZ7MMIB3Znd/view

Thank-you to Rev Phil Wilson and East Camden congregations for sharing their worship with all. Worship for Jan 3 Good morning and Happy New Year!... To watch today's virtual worship service, click this link: https://youtu.be/CWru20a1Q58 To read or print the service, click here: https://drive.google.com//1OtaYCqDCfQew4Ausds2gmFQ0R/view

As we remember the candles we lit with our wishes for hope, peace, joy and love, tonight we remember the light that came in Jesus Christ. May you be blessed in the New Year and a blessing to all you meet. People around the world will place lighted candles or lamps in their windows tonight as a sign that we all stand together.

Thank-you to Rev Phil Wilson for preparing this worship service for Sun. Dec. 27th and sharing with Cataraqui: Our recorded worship To watch the recorded service for Sunday Dec 27, please click this link: https://youtu.be/KbiF9eN7Ko4

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHTING - Dec 24th Tonight there is only one candle to light. The waiting is over and our Savior is now among us. (Light the white Christ Candle). Prayer: At last, God we see the end of the waiting and the beginning of new life with you. We celebrate your presence with us as our Lord Jesus Christ. Hope, peace, joy and love fill us tonight. May we share your light with everyone we meet. Amen.

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Sincere thanks to Rev Phil Wilson and the congregations of the East Camden Pastoral Charge for sharing their services with us. Livestream Worship To watch the livestream of Sunday's worship from Riverside, click the link and it will take you to YouTube. Click here: https://youtu.be/K4lghk3XHaU... On Monday, I will send another newsletter with the service text to read or print and a new link to the recording on YouTube.

We have also received an invitation from Sydenham Street United Church. Here is information about their Christmas Eve service. Dear Friends, A Message to the Congregation and Friends of Sydenham Street United Church ... December 22nd, 2020 The SSUC Executive Committee met today to discuss the provincial Covid-19 lockdown ordered yesterday by the government of Ontario. The Committee decided that it is important that our church comply with the spirit of the government directive, recognizing the medical urgency throughout the province, and as the Minister of Health, Christine Elliott, has urged, behaving as if the lockdown has already begun. So, the Executive has decided that the Sydenham Street United Church Christmas Eve Carol Service will be online, available from the website link to Youtube, beginning at 7:30 pm December 24th. There will also be a Coffee Time virtual gathering on December 24th, beginning at 7 pm. The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83744695141

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Thank-you to Norval United Church in Georgetown for sharing this.

Morning Prayer, Oct.8, 2020 Loving God, Autumn wind and rains reap piles of orange leaves,... toss birds into migratory flights, whistle and roar around corners down alleys and through fields, push into doorways and waken us to a more focussed state of being, alert to seasonal changes that happen whether we will or no. We have wrestled for months now, anxious and stressed by Covid and isolation and economic worries, concerned about politics and health, education and travel, limitations to socializing and shopping and seeing each other when we want. We are tired, God, and we need to feel your presence with us, sustaining us. As we move into deepest fall, may we learn to pace ourselves, prepare for the winter ahead, look to ways to connect safely, support generously, toil selflessly, worship diligently, and put our faith into actions that work for the good of your earth and all its creatures, knowing that we are not alone. Amen. Anne MacDermaid, October 8, 2020.

We are invited to join Rev Phil Wilson and the East Camden Pastoral Charge for their worship at Riverside tomorrow morning. Thank-you! Worship for Sept 27 As you all may recall, one commitment the Transition Team made was to stream worship service as they are happening.... As a test and I stress TEST. I am going to stream from Riverside tomorrow morning. My plan will be to stream from Zoom to YouTube and perhaps our Facebook page as well. I want to stress....this is only a test and it may not work as smoothly as I intend. For those who are comfortable with Zoom, click this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82368806130 You will be able to join the link just before 9:30 tomorrow morning. I will send along a second newsletter tomorrow morning just before 9:30 that will also allow you to watch via YouTube, either as it is happening live OR after the service concludes.

WORSHIP SERVICE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20th, 2020 Thank-you to Rev Phil Wilson and the East Camden Pastoral Charge for sharing their service of worship with us today. See how to access the service below: Sorry for the lateness of this newsletter. I had some technical difficulties with recording.... To watch today's service, click this link: https://youtu.be/QQRnFX0JAm8 To listen to today's service, click this link: https://soundcloud.com/phil-wilson-160440193/sept-20-audio To read today's service, click this link: https://drive.google.com//1RfuFUVyLGsBF8bE-ZuxgO6qZC/view

Thank-you to everyone who participated in the Heritage Day Celebration at Cataraqui on Saturday. It was a great event!

Hi everybody. Here is a special outdoor event at Cataraqui United Church next weekend. It is our annual Heritage day. Members of the Kingston chapter of United Empire Loyalists and Canadian Fencibles will join us for the celebration. We will meet in the Heritage Cemetery at Cataraqui 965 Sydenham Rd. Kingston Ontario... Please note: Those attending must wear a mask and observe physical distancing at all times. No singing is planned except for David Fewtrell doing the "O Canada". Seating will be provided with chairs at least 6 feet apart. Presenters will not be wearing a mask while at the microphone but will be 25 feet from the front row of the audience and 6 feet from each other. Beth will be at the registration table at 10:00 am. Participants are asked to arrive at 10:30 to give their name and phone number and answer the typical Covid-19 questions. The formal part of the day will begin at 11:00 a.m. Please bring your own drinks. Washrooms will be available via the front door of the Church. All Covid-19 protocols will be followed. We will clean and disinfect the washrooms before Saturday, September 12 and periodically during the day.

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Thank-you to Norval United for sharing their service today.

JEAN FRASER We are sad to announce the Passing of Jean Fraser on Thursday, August 6th. This is a great loss to her family and to her church family at Cataraqui. Jean was loved by all those who knew her and she was a devoted member of Cataraqui United Church. We will all miss her cheerful manner and willingness to always lend a hand. As a greeter at the door on Sundays, she made everybody feel welcome. She kept track of both celebrations and losses in the congregation and ...always had cards ready to send. Jean was involved in so many activities in the church from serving on committees to baking pies. She enjoyed a good joke and a game of Euchre. We will miss her laughter. Jean's family and friends will be remembered in our prayers.. See more

Thank-you to Norval United Church for sharing Daily Minutes.

Morning Prayer, August 8, 2020. Loving God, We are still in the midst of summer, in the midst of new routines and ... confusion as we try to settle ourselves, deal with safety precautions, isolation, loneliness, wakefulness, and all the other ancillary symptoms of being in the Covid pandemic. We are creatures of habit, God, and we yearn to return to the tried and true, the familiar and the comfortable. Help us to use our unease to craft more generous ways of being, more considerate care for others, more thoughtful approaches to problems. Help us to see in safety precautions concern for our brothers and sisters, in isolation times to meditate and pray, in loneliness awareness of those who are lonely, in wakefulness opportunities to seek the sense of your presence, that we may be strengthened to carry on, a day at a time, doing your good work in this world. We ask this knowing that we are not alone. Amen. Moira Anne MacDermaid August 8, 2020.

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I am sharing these "Daily Minutes" with permission from Norval United Church, Georgetown. I hope you find them interesting and helpful as you begin your day. You can receive them yourself by request. Debbie