EVERY SUNDAY: Online service Live at 10am on Facebook Halifax Lutheran Church
CURRENT EVENTS- online + IN PERSON
HYBRID CHURCH SERVICES
* as long as health directives remain the same
* Hybrid means INPERSON and ONLINE simultaneously
SUNDAYS 10-11AM
COMMUNION - 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. For those of you participating online from your homes please watch this invitation to Communion.
LENT -
ASH WEDNESDAY 7pm (hybrid)
This service includes an invitation to Lent, confession, and the imposition of ashes.
LENT DEVOTIONS Tues and Thurs sent by email/posted to blog /FB
"A Carton of Eggs" is the theme for the devotions. Each day an egg is opened to reveal the item related to Holy Week that is the focus of the day. The devotions are written by congregations members.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HfxLutheranResurrection
MID-WEEK WEDNESDAYs (5 weeks) 7pm YOUTUBE service/posted to FB
"Turning Toward God's Abundance: Lent Services of Word and Prayer"
1. Faithfulness (March 9)
2. Mercy ( March 16)
3. Compassion (March 23)
4. Forgiveness (March 30)
5. Love (April 6)
Maundy Thursday Service 7pm - 8pm (Hybrid)
Good Friday Service 10am-11am (Hybrid)
Easter Sunday 10am-11am (Hybrid)
COFFEE FELLOWSHIP following church will begin this Sunday!
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Dear Congregation,
Church council has been meeting monthly and continues to keep up to date on provincial and synodical restrictions and protocols. Leadership remains committed to flexibility as circumstances change. There is a communal understanding that congregation members have each changed over the past years. Some of us look older, have had significant health issues, are grieving, grown in faith, have a different outlook on life...
Patience and kindness are asked of everyone.
Moving forward everything will not start all at once. Groups like Sunday School will begin in time.
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PASTORAL VISITS - one on one visits for pastoral care and spiritual direction can be arranged as walk-talk visits or masked in the church hall.
NOTE - Pr. Kimber is double + booster vaccinated and while rapid tests are available is periodically tested. She continues to wear her mask when visiting, so as not to transfer germs from one place to another.
Peace, hugs, and Son-shine,
Kimber +
TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING UP - UPDATES
To participate in ongoing online events (Bible Studies and other) ask to join the email distribution list, and/or connect via Facebook Group "Halifax Lutheran Church."
Bible Book Club
1st Wednesday of each month ---- 7-8:15pm via Zoom
Each month we read the Book (of the Bible). We gather to discuss the book from the comfort of our own homes.
In March we are reading MICAH - to talk about April 6.
Zoom invite goes out via email to the church email list. To be added to the email list simply email the church.
IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
WALK WITH ME
Wednesdays at 11am - you are invited to join the walking group that meets at the church for an easy paced 2km walk. This walk is in partnership with #NSWalks and Pr. Kimber is a trained walking leader. Bathrooms will be available prior to and after the walk. On really nasty days the walk may move inside.
Note that proof of vaccination is required to participate.
for more info on #NSWalks visit:
ANNual Congregational meeting
ACM is scheduled for Sun. Feb.6, 2022!
Because of the constraints on gatherings imposed by the pandemic, we are once again moving to an email/video format for this year’s meeting. Last year's meeting, in this format, was well received and there was high participation.
Council asks that all church members take the time to absorb the reports and presentations and vote via email to enable us to continue Resurrection Lutheran’s mission of serving Christ, one another and the broader community.
Here’s the timeline we’re looking at:
Feb. 4: Annual meeting financial and other reports to be sent out via email. If you don’t have access to an email account, please contact Pastor Kimber at 902-223-0220.
Feb. 6: Motions under consideration to be sent out via email along with a link to an informational YouTube video from Pastor Kimber, our treasurer, Terry Norman, and council president, Claire McIlveen.
Feb. 7: Beginning at 6:30 p.m., an open meeting with council and church members via Zoom (requires a computer or cellphone) for questions and/or discussion. Questions can also be sent via email on this day.
Feb. 8 and 9: Church members are asked to vote, via return email, for or against motions “on the floor.”
The votes will be counted on Feb. 10 and the result of the vote will be emailed to members on Feb. 11.
Members, thank you for taking part! Thank you for your continued support of the congregation's mission to be a part of what God is doing in the world.
NOTE - for the ACM we will be using the email: halifaxlutheranchurch@gmail.com
MEMBERSHIP and COUNCIL POSITIONS
Membership -
If you are unsure if you are an official member or would like to become a member of the congregation, please send and email to the church. Official membership allows a person to vote and to hold positions on church council.
Council positions -
Council is always seeking members who are interested in participating in the monthly duties and leadership needs of the congregation. All members are welcome to offer to sit on church council. It is a the ACM that new council members are officially elected to serve. If you are interested in serving in this way, please send an email to the church.