BAPTISMS FOR MAY:  

Inspired by the congregational pledge made in the service of Holy Baptism (see page 228, EvLW), we will be including names of those baptized at St. Luke's Zion in our monthly newsletters. 

We hope this will be a reminder to lift them up in prayer, wherever they may be in their faith-walk. 

The following were baptized in the month of May in previous years: 

Brittney E. M.
Driano D. S.
Molly M. S.
Brooke D. A. W.
Chloe A. M.
Slater C. S.
Austin C. S.
Thompson M. W.
Jordan A. A.
Jaxon T. L.
Sharon E. A.
Tayla D. A.

Nicholas W. E. S.

Madelyn M. K.

IN OUR PRAYERS: 

Please remember in your prayers our shut-ins in long term care:                            

Phyllis A. - Concordia Place  

Claire D. - Fred Douglas Lodge

Dorothy H. - Luther Home 

Anne M. - Concordia Place

Melita T. - Luther Home

Ollie Z. - Fred Douglas Lodge

WEEKLY BIBLE CONVERSATIONS:

Everyone is Welcome to join us on Wednesday’s for the noon bible conversations. 

Bring a bagged lunch – coffee and tea are provided! 

SLZ COUNCIL MEETING:

The next council meeting will be held on May 14th

at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome! 

SLZ SUNDAY SCHOOL:  

There will be a Mother’s Day Pot-Luck Luncheon held on May 12th at St. Luke’s Zion following Worship to honour our Mother’s & Grandmother’s.

Please check out the board to sign-up for the Luncheon – this will give everyone an idea what others will be bringing…or email Joanne Janzen or the church if that works better for you.

Thanking you all in advance and we look forward to celebrate Mother’s Day with you all..

Children ages 18 months to 12 years are welcome to attend Sunday School – even if you have not been attending till now. Feel free to come and check us out on Sundays.

VISITOR FROM CAMEROON:

On Sunday, June 16th, we will be hosting Pastor Marie Besong, a pastor from Cameroon who is currently studying in Waterloo, ON.  She will be our guest preacher, and people from other MNO Synod congregations who are interested will be invited to join us.  Following worship, there will be a pot-luck lunch, which was already being planned by the Sunday School.  Please mark your calendars and join us if you are able!

SPRING CLEANING BEE:

Saturday, May 4th, 10 a.m. at the church.  Lunch is provided.  Bring your cleaning supplies and some elbow grease (and maybe your light sabre)! 

Many hands make light work.

HEALTHY START:

We are partnering with the Grace Lutheran Social Ministry Committee, as well as our Shared Youth Ministry partners in order to support the Inner- City Prenatal Nutrition & Parenting Program called HEALTHY START.  It will involve collecting newborn layette items – as on the display in the narthex – from now until the end of June.

SHARED YOUTH MINISTRY:

Sunday May 5th Confirmation 

Several of our youth are getting confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church

You are encouraged to come and show your support

Service is at 10:30 am 

Sunday June 16th Service and BBQ

Youth will lead worship at Prince of Peace Lutheran  (combined service with Abundant Life)

Please arrive at 10:45 am service is at 11:15 am 

We plan to be outside so please bring lawn chairs

There will be a BBQ lunch - this will be youth fundraiser and games to follow

Families are welcome to join us for lunch and BBQ

Summer Youth Retreat at Luther Village

July 5th – 7th  2024 (Friday- Sunday) 

 For those coming from Winnipeg we will have some rides out to Luther Village on Friday and back on Sunday. Will need to bring bedding. Food will be provided.

Cost $75.00 person

Lisa van Dijk

Shared Youth Ministry Director

ALL-GLC-SLZ-SPLC-POP

(204)293-6357

SLZ JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN 2024:

All Training is provided – references not required

*Readers: each Sunday

*Communion Set-up:

- starting the first Sunday in June

*Communion assistants: 

- 2 communion assistants each week

*Counters: every Sunday we need 2 people to count

If you are available please sign-up on the sheets on the table which go through to the end of December or let Joanne Janzen know either by text, email, phone call or in person.

We appreciate all those who have volunteered up to this point. Thank You

WEEKLY FELLOWSHIP VOLUNTEERS:

There is a sign-up located on the bulletin board for those of you who wish to sign-up to make coffee, tea, bring baking etc.  Thank You for those who have already signed up.

Canadian Lutheran World Relief's (CLWR)

visit CLWR's website www.clwr.org

LUTHER VILLAGE CAMP:

Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2024 season at Luther Village!

Join us to experience “Boundless- God beyond measure” and all camp has to offer in a rugged and beautiful setting on the shores of Dogtooth Lake.

#seeyouatLV #campinglife #registernow

www.luthervillage.ca

MAY 10-12 ...Young Adult Retreat

MAY 17-20 ... Work Weekend May Long

MAY 31-JUNE 2 ...Bikeathon – Bruce’s ride

JUNE 7-9 ...Women’s Retreat

JUNE 7-9 ...LIT Training Weekend

JUNE 21-23 ...Small Fry Camp (Grades 2-3)

JUNE 28-30 ...Kick Off to Summer Weekend

JUNE 30-JULY 5 ...Grades 7-10 Camp

JUNE 30-JULY 5 ...LIT Training Week

JULY 7-12 ...Grades 4-6 Camp

JULY 14-20 ...Family Camp 1

JULY 21-26 ...LIT Rotation Week 1

JULY 21-27 ... Family Camp 2

JULY 28-AUG 2 ... LIT Rotation Week 2

JULY 28-AUG 3 ... Family Camp 3 

AUG 4-10 ... Family Camp 4 

AUG 11-17 ... Family Camp 5 

AUG 18-23 ...Teen Canoe Trip

AUG 23-25 ... Family Camp Retreat

AUG 30-SEPT 2 ...Labour Day Long Weekend

SEPT 4 - OCT 3 ...Personal Retreat

OCT 4 - 7 ...MNO Synod Thanksgiving Retreat 2

TRINITY FOOD PANTRY:

The board of the Trinity Food Pantry thanks all the generous supporters who again sent donations during the Christmas Season. The proceeds enabled the purchase of Christmas gifts for all children under thirteen as well the monthly enhancement of the food hampers. Fresh produce, milk and high protein foods are purchased to add to the supplies that Harvest provides.  When possible feminine hygiene products are added.

Hamper distribution days are every four weeks. That is down from every two weeks before COVID. And the hampers are not much larger to compensate for the change. TFP distributes about twenty hampers to about eighty persons including thirty-five children. Your continued support is greatly appreciated by the recipients and the volunteers.

TFP volunteers gather on a Monday morning to receive the shipment from Harvest. The shipment is unpacked and prepared from distribution. Needed items are added from storage or purchased. On Tuesday morning the hampers are distributed to the clients as they arrive. Younger volunteers are often needed.

Coffee and treats are served which gives the recipients of the hampers and the volunteers time to spend together and get to know one another. Some stories bring tears to one’s eyes.

Last Sunday, the Sunday after Easter, is often called Low Sunday. This writer likes to call it Where Was Thomas Sunday. Sitting and listening to the stories of food pantry clients gives insight into why some do not show up. Physical and mental illness, addictions, abandonment, illegal evictions, lack of transportation and lost opportunities.

Feel free to send this post to family and friends.

Make checks payable to Grace Lutheran Church, 211 Kimberly Ave, Winnipeg, MB R2K 0X3.

Write a memo on the check: Trinity Food Pantry.

For more information contact

Don Engel (chair)204-663-5932 or pastordonengel@gmail.com

LUTHERAN URBAN MINISTRY:

At this time there is no May Newsletter available from The Urban

~ Rhonda Gorham, Ministry Manager,

   Lutheran Urban Ministry Corp.

GARDENING: (WKHS)

WEST KILDONAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY:

Yearly Family Membership is $15.00. Payment in cash or cheque. Membership card can be shown at many garden centres for a 10-20% discount.

Coffee, drinks and snacks are provided. Please bring your own cup.

Our meetings are held from 7 – 9 pm on the first Tuesday of February, March, April, May, June, September & October.

We meet at the West Kildonan Memorial Community Club located at 346 Perth Avenue.

WKHS - Upcoming Meetings:

May 7 – The Dirt on Soil with Gord Bone
June 1 – Fiesta Day, Seven Oaks Arboretum
June 4 – Prairie Originals with Kelly Leask

May 7th - Our speaker at the meeting will be Gord Bone who will be presenting "The Dirt on Soil". 

WKHS - Fiesta Day Plant Sale

Saturday, June 1,

10 am to 2 pm

Plant Sale, bake Sale, Silent

Auction

CASH ONLY......RAIN OR SHINE

Located at the Seven Oaks

Arboretum

~ Linda Edel (Board Member)

Check out our website at www.wkhorticultural.ca

Coping with Loss Workbook: Healing Grief & Loss

“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.”  WINNIE THE POOH

Grief Workbook PDF for Download

(copy link into browser)

https://mindremakeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/COPING-WITH-LOSS-Final.pdf

"Blessed are those who mourn,

for they shall be comforted."

(Matthew 5:4)

Most Gracious Heavenly Father,

We thank you for our mothers to whom you have entrusted the care of every precious human life from its very beginning in the womb.

You have given to woman the capacity of participating with you in the creation of new life. Grant that every woman may come to understand the full meaning of that blessing, which gives her an unlimited capacity for selfless love for every child she may be privileged to bear, and for all your children.

Watch over every mother who is with child, strengthen her faith in your fatherly care and love for her and for her unborn baby. Give her courage in times of fear or pain, understanding in times of uncertainty and doubt, and hope in times of trouble. Grant her joy in the birth of her child. 

To mothers you have given the great privilege and responsibility of being a child's first teacher and spiritual guide. Grant that all mothers may worthily foster the faith of their children, following the example of Mary, Elizabeth, and other holy women who follow Christ. Help mothers to grow daily in knowledge and understanding of your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and grant them the wisdom to impart this knowledge faithfully to their children, and to all who depend upon them. 

Assist all "spiritual mothers", those who, though they may have no children of their own, nevertheless selflessly care for the children of others -- of every age and state in life. Grant that they may know the joy of fulfilling this motherly calling of women, whether in teaching, nursing, religious life, or in other work which recognizes and fosters the true dignity of every human being created in your image and likeness. 

We beseech you to send your Holy Spirit, the Comforter, to all mothers who sorrow for children that have died, are ill or estranged from their families, or who are in trouble or danger of any kind. Help grieving mothers to rely on your tender mercy and fatherly love for all your children. 

We ask your blessing on all those to whom you have entrusted motherhood. May your Holy Spirit constantly inspire and strengthen them. May they ever follow the example of Mary, mother of Our Lord, and imitate her fidelity, her humility, and her self-giving love. May all mothers receive your Grace abundantly in this earthly life, and may they look forward to eternal joy in your presence in the life to come. 

We ask this through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. 

Amen