We Gather to Remember

Invitation

Annual All Saints Memorial Celebration 2017

at SouthWest United Church

1445 Clemenceau, Verdun

I heard a voice saying,

“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord        

for they rest from their labours.”   

-       Revelation 14:13

The changing of colours of the fall foliage is spectacular. Leaves are at their most vibrant just before they die and fall to the earth to compost into the soil that will nurture future growth. We know this cycle of endings and new beginnings. We celebrate a hope rooted in Christian faith that death does not have the final word, that there is a rest from labours for those who have died. God holds them close in grace and we in a holy remembrance in our hearts.

We gather to remember the “brilliant colours” of our loved ones at our All Saints Communion Memorial Tribute on October 29th. Memorial gifts received before the 27th will be included in our printed insert. E-mail or call the office so that we can remember all our loved ones during the service.

Although we do not not ask for money for funerals, our tradition is the receiving of offerings “in loving memory” to the Memorial Fund. All gifts given to the Fund are gratefully acknowledged and a receipt given for tax purposes. If you have already offered a gift his year, thank you.

The fall colours, so beautiful and so fleeting, mirror the cycle of our lives and the challenge of our grief, which is to remember, to treasure, and also to let go.

When we are living, it is in Christ Jesus,

and when we’re dying, it is in the Lord.

Both in our living and in our dying,

We belong to God, we belong to God.

                                                            (Voices United, 581)

We hope you can join us at Sunday worship on October 29th at 10 a.m.

 Rev. David Lefneski, Minister

Dennis Brown, Clerk of Session