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St. Paul's Lutheran, Edenwold
Schedule:
February 2 - Pastor David
February 9 - Pastor Brooklyn
February 16 - Pastor David
February 23 - Pastor Brooklyn
We hold coffee fellowship time after church each Sunday! Please join us. Offering/donations will be accepted by eTransfer to stpaulsedenwold@gmail.com
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Programming and Events from Bread of Life & Eastside
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LSC Programming & Events at a Glance
(see more in the posters attached below) |
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Upcoming Events:
- January 31, 7:00 pm – Film and Faith with Eastside
- February 2 – Bread of Life Epiphany Dinner
- February 8, 8:30 am - LSC Women's Breakfast
- February 8, 1:00 pm – Games Afternoon with Eastside
- February 9, 10:45 am - Warm Welcome Sandwich Making
- February/March – Bread of Life Citrus Fundraiser
- March 4 - LSC Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper (if you may be able to donate some grocery items or volunteer to cook, please sign up on the sheet available in the Narthex or contact our office)
- April - Information is available for the InHabit Conference in Chicago that Russell will be attending
Regular Programming:
- Book Study with BOL - Tuesday evenings
- Courageous Faith (Thursdays at 7:00 pm online)
- Open Books (reading Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul beginning February 13, Thursdays at 1:30 pm)
- Facebook Live Prayer Services (Tuesdays at 4 pm, Wednesdays at 8:45 am, Thursdays at 12 pm)
- Coffee Shop Office Hours with Russell (Wednesdays from 1:30 – 4:00 pm at Second Cup on Quance)
- Food for Thought (Wednesdays at 12:00 pm at the Queen City Wellness Pharmacy)
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We will be seeing A Complete Unknown about Bob Dylan. Please join us at Southland Cineplex at 6:15 pm for a 6:45 viewing.
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This week's speaker: Danielle Shryoyer
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Book study continues on February 13.
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We are looking for volunteers to provide a meal for this program weekly. Please see the sign up sheet in the Narthex. We are also looking for donations of paper plates, forks, and napkins.
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INHABIT CONFERENCE
Interested in hearing what other churches and communities are doing to connect with their neighbourhoods? With the theme of Woven Together, this year, Inhabit will explore how God calls us to be the Church in our neighborhoods through:
Practice: Equipping one another for the work of loving our neighbors through stories, prayers, and embodied experiences.
Presence: Being together and experiencing a taste of Beloved Community across difference.
Place: Renewing imagination of God’s dreams in our neighborhoods by celebrating our unique contexts.
Join Russell April 25-26 in Chicago. For more information click here. Early bird registration is now open at $189 USD. Contact Russell if interested or if you have questions.
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An Article from the LSC Climate Justice Committee
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Reserve 107, Reconciliation, and Climate Justice
This Sunday, February 26th, the Living Spirit Centre Climate Justice Committee is inviting us to view and discuss the film Reserve 107, which traces the history of the unfolding reconciliation between members of the Young Chippewayan Band and the Mennonite and Lutheran farms around Laird, Saskatchewan. The ownership of a piece of land designated as Reserve 107 by the Canadian federal government in 1879 but subsequently distributed to Mennonite and Lutheran farmers after 1885 was in dispute. Why did the Climate Justice Committee choose this film, and why are we linking climate justice and reconciliation?
We know that some people are suffering more than others from the negative effects of climate change.1 Climate justice means “putting equity and human rights at the core of decision-making and action on climate change.2 A “just transition” to less carbon output is one that “ensures that no one is left behind or pushed behind in the transition to low-carbon and environmentally sustainable economies and societies.”3 In other words, climate justice requires us to ensure that vulnerable peoples participate fully in the economy, and that we address inequities “head-on through long-term mitigation and adaptation strategies,”2 seeking “solutions that address the root causes of climate change and in doing so, simultaneously address a broad range of social, racial, and environmental injustices.”4 Critically, climate justice requires that all peoples, including “women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and marginalized groups . . . have access to platforms where they can participate in decision-making and implementation of policies and plans.”5 But beyond participation, climate justice requires that Indigenous communities have leadership roles in addressing climate change.
In Reserve 107 we have an example and a model of how deep and meaningful conversation, through forming community, can address the complex problem of reconciliation between Indigenous and settler peoples. Can this model be applied to climate justice too? In a presentation entitled “Canada: Decolonizing and investing in reconciliation is the best climate justice action” to COP26, Katarina Kuhnert from the ELCIC, stated “In parallel with decolonizing, investing in reconciliation is the best climate justice action our church has a part in. . . . Indigenous communities are leading our country in energy transition and climate action within their governance systems on their ancestral lands, which they have taken care of since time immemorial. Yet this leadership is insufficiently reflected in our national governance, as the Canadian government is not structured to uplift and represent the knowledges and ontologies of Indigenous communities”6 [in addressing climate change].
“There may not seem to be an obvious connection between climate action and Reconciliation. But real action on Reconciliation may be the best path to reversing climate change”7 according to environmentalist Dr. Deborah McGregor, identifying connections with reconciliation, Indigenous justice, and nature-based solutions. “Since time immemorial, First Nations have had an intricate, respectful, spiritually and physically dependent, grateful, and protective tie to the land. The nature of this tie is not so much one of ownership but one of stewardship. They feel they have been bestowed with a responsibility for the land (and sea) and all of the creatures that inhabit the land with them. This sense of responsibility is greater than an emotional tie – it is intrinsically tied to the spirits of all aspects of the earth. Traditional knowledge, languages, cultural practices and oral traditions built up over the millennia are all connected to the land.”8 In other words, Canada’s Indigenous peoples have a unique contribution to make to climate justice and addressing climate change.
“The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation . . . is an important day for reflecting on what needs to be done to advance reconciliation in Canada. It can also tell us something important about how Canadian and Indigenous governments can work together to develop policy to address the climate crisis in a way that reconciles Canada’s relationship and power imbalance with Indigenous Peoples and with the Land. At its core, good climate policy (i.e. policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities adapt to climate change) should be founded on healthy relationships between humans and the natural world, including non-human kin.”9
As we view Reserve 107 please consider not only the model of reconciliation shown in the film but also how the process itself could be applied to climate justice. How can the same factors – along with different ways of knowing, histories, cultures, and values – the participants identified as necessary for reconciliation be applied to climate justice?
References
1 https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/07/what-is-climate-justice/
2 https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/climate-change-matter-justice-heres-why#:~:text=Climate%20justice%20means%20putting%20equity,relation%20to%20the%20climate%20crisis
3 https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/CDP-excerpt-2023-1.pdf
4 https://centerclimatejustice.universityofcalifornia.edu/what-is-climate-justice/
5 https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/climate-change-matter-justice-heres-why
6 https://lutheranworld.org/blog/canada-decolonizing-and-investing-reconciliation-best-climate-justice-action
7 https://www.municipalworld.com/feature-story/climate-reconciliation-justice/
8 https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-relationship-to-the-land
9 https://climateinstitute.ca/canada-cant-reconcile-climate-change-without-reconciling-with-indigenous-peoples-and-the-land/
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Programming and Events from Bread of Life & Eastside
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| Eastside is looking to build a roster of volunteers for upcoming Community Dinners! Please let Becca or Russell know if you may be interested in being on the list. |
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Living Spirit Centre Grief and Bereavement Support Group
A support group is now available for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one and would appreciate the support of others who have also experienced significant loss. The group meets every second Monday evening 7:00-9:00 pm in the West Sanctuary. The next meeting will be February 3. For more information contact Heather at balmar@sasktel.net
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Books for Sale: We have copies of At Least We'll Always have Spring by Taylor Balfour available at our office. Copies are $15.
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Indigenous Christian Fellowship is looking for people on Fridays to make lunches on-site and make breakfast once a month. If you can help out, contact Doug Scheurwater and indicate which times you are available. ICF is also looking for people to help bake cookies and muffins. Supplies are provided.
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Bread of Life is looking for a few people who might like to get trained to help them out on Sunday mornings with getting the Worship out on Facebook/Internet.
1) Facebook Host - this is a relatively easy job of putting greetings/announcements/assisting note into the comments section of the Facebook feed during the worship time. Please connect with Brent or the Pastor if you would be willing.
2) Camera/Streaming host - this is a slightly more “techy” kind of work but the Bread of Life services are relatively straightforward. Let Pastor Stewart know if you would like to help out with this.
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Eastside travel mugs are available for $25 at in the office, or in the foyer on Sundays.
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Eastside is looking for volunteers to help with ICF breakfast on the fourth Saturday of each month. Please let the office know if you can help out!
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From the Living Spirit Centre Office:
- The office is open Monday - Friday from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Contact us: reply to this email to reach our office, or give us a call:
- Eastside: 306-761-0556
- Bread of Life: 306-789-0265
- Please send community announcements to eastsideunited@sasktel.net by Wednesday mornings to be included in our weekly newsletter.
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Regular Notices from Eastside:
- If you may be able to assist with PowerPoint operation on Sundays, please contact Russell or Becca! We are looking for a few more people to have on the roster. Training is available!
- If you are interested in subscribing to Broadview Magazine, click here!
- Russell is in the office from Tuesday – Thursday, and works from home on Fridays. You can reach him via email.
- Please let our office know if you are in need of pastoral care. Phone calls and visits (in-person/online) can be arranged.
- Have you missed a service? Click here to view our Facebook Page. Recordings of our services are posted here on Mondays.
- If you would like to get text reminders about up-coming events and special services, text "Loop" to 306-517-6797 to receive notifications. You will only receive a few texts in a week!
- Share your favorite hymns with us by clicking here!
- Have a prayer request for worship? Send them in each week by texting them to 306-517-6797. Please send them in by Thursdays each week so that we can include them at worship on Sundays.
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Offering information:
- Sign up for Pre-Authorized Remittances (PAR) with Becca at the office! Completing a simple form can get you signed up for easy automatic monthly remittances!
- Send in your cheque or cash offering by mail
- (CHURCH NAME)
3018 Doan Drive
Regina, SK S4V 1M1
- We accept e-transfers! Send your offering to a designated email address:
- We have options online with CanadaHelps
- We also accept envelopes in the offering plate on Sundays.
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Jubilee 2025 brainstorming session:
Addressing Ecological Debt in the Jubilee Year
KAIROS Regina invites you to join a conversation about ways that we might participate in the Jubilee 2025 debt reduction campaign. KAIROS Canada is working together with other agencies to address third world debt, particularly debt due to climate-related loss and damage. While we are still learning about this campaign, KAIROS Regina is reaching out to other church and civil society groups in Saskatchewan with an invitation to brainstorm about ways to participate in the Jubilee 2025 campaign.
You are invited to join our in-person brainstorming session: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 10 am to 12 noon at Harmony United Church (former Sunset United, 177 Sunset Drive, Regina).
Please invite others with an interest in third-world debt relief and ecological justice.
Further details:
You may recall the Millennium Jubilee of 2000, which mobilized millions globally to demand debt cancellation for nations in the Global South. In Canada, this movement took shape as the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative, the country’s most successful faith-based advocacy campaign. This powerful campaign, led by church-based justice organizations, KAIROS' predecessor coalitions, and the Canadian Council of Churches, played a crucial role in achieving over $100 billion in global debt relief.
Yet, 25 years later, a worsening global debt crisis continues to affect vulnerable populations, exacerbated by rising interest rates, climate change, and economic inequality. An unacknowledged “ecological debt” owed by the North to the South and Indigenous Peoples further exacerbates the crisis.
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