Kimberley United Church
Services for Holy Week & Easter.
April 14th: Palm Sunday:
9:00 a.m. “Blessing of the Palms” in the Platzl.
10:00 a.m. Worship
April 18th: Maundy Thursday:
5:30 p.m. ”Love Feast”, hosted by the Lenten Devotions group (upper hall).
April 19th: Good Friday:
10:00 a.m. Worship
April 21st: Easter Sunday:
6:45 a.m. Sunrise Service–2 Km. ESE on Jim Ogilvie Way.
Note: Muffins & coffee will be served in the Catholic Church Hall immediately following.
10:00 a.m. Worship. Communion will be served.
Minister’s Message
“In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed an apple tree; in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold of snow and winter there’s a spring that waits to be, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.” (In the Bulb verse 1)
Dear sisters and brothers of Kimberley United Church,
It’s all about life! We have followed the journey of Jesus from life to death, and to resurrection; a new life. There is life, and then there is the hope of life. When a caterpillar goes into a cocoon, and when we plant a bulb, we know that life is growing inside even though we cannot see it. On the other hand, we can see that big statues or battery-operated moving toys are clearly not alive; appearance can be deceiving… Jesus conquered death and rose again. God promises us life eternal. So, what kind of life are we hoping for?
We are not talking about technically being alive, with merely a beating heart and breathing. I once read a quote that said, “Just the fact that you’re not dead is not a sufficient proof that you are alive.” What Jesus gave us with his earthly life of ministry, death, and resurrection is a life that we can truly and fully live. With the victory of God’s power and love offered to us, let us live a full life, fully appreciating the joy of life and fully sharing the hope and joy of God’s kingdom with one another. I wish you a fully blessed Easter; may we all be able to fully be the blessing in the world into which we are sent to be disciples!
Rev. Sun-Young “Sunny” Kim
Maundy Thursday 2019 “Love Feast”
For the second time, this Maundy Thursday (April 18), we will have an Agape Meal (a.k.a. Love Feast) at 5:30 pm. Agape Meal is a ceremony like Holy Communion, but sharing a real meal, not only a symbolic “bread and wine”. The Methodist Father John Wesley loved the love feast that he observed the Moravians do, and made it a regular Methodist celebration. Usually, Maundy Thursday service includes the feet washing ceremony, because in John chapter 13, after the last supper, Jesus washes his disciples’ feet and teaches them to love and serve one another. However, considering the cultural differences between Jesus’ culture and ours, instead of washing feet, we will share supper. This year’s Lenten prayer and meditation group members will cook and serve supper as a part of their spiritual practice of serving others. If you would like to experience this meal of Christian love, please sign up at church or by calling Linda Johnson, our church secretary.
Rev. Sun-Young “Sunny” Kim
KUC Council
Easter blessings to all in the community we call Kimberley United Church. We have been travelling through Lent, through a time of reflection and we eagerly anticipate the Easter message with its hope for renewal, its promise of peace, its challenge to incarnate God’s word by being doers and not just sayers and its invitation to inspire us to continue the work of Jesus in spirited and truthful ways.
Just as springtime is bringing forth changes so are we at KUC experiencing change. Rev. Sunny will be relocating to Sicamous to lead ministry there as of July 1. We wish her God’s blessings as she continues travelling her chosen path of ministry.
We are blessed to have an active search committee working on our behalf to find replacement ministerial leadership for Kimberley United.
We are challenged by the messages of Lent and Easter to stretch past the usual, perhaps seek a new response, see a different answer, have courage to feel excited about all possibilities.
Be kind to one another, be aware of God’s many faces and as promised feel the security and comfort of God’s presence in your life.
Happy Easter, Happy Spring. He is risen!!
Diana Semenchuk
Search Committee
The congregation accepted Rev Sunny Kim’s resignation at the annual meeting in February. As Sunny has found a new position she has revised her last date of work to June 30.
After the annual meeting a Search committee was formed to find a new minister. The Search committee members: Jim Andrews, Corinne Backman, Kathy Desbiolles, Linda Johnson, Michael Jones, Gail McColl and Louise Welsh have had meetings and worked hard to get our process started right away.
This committee revised and developed a Kimberley United Church profile and is working on the recruitment process. We have our vacancy listed on the Pacific Mountain region website. We set a closing date of May 31 with the hope that we will have applications to review after that date.
We will keep the congregation up to date as much as we can share about our search and applications.
Louise Welsh
Ministry and Personnel
We have advertised for the position of office secretary, and we are hoping to have a person in place by May 21.
Linda Johnson, our current administrator, is willing to help to train a new person in this position.
We thank Linda for her dedication and hard work to keep our church office in order over the past nine years. The job has been well covered over that time. Until you work to write up full job description you may not realize how much we have relied on such a competent, knowledgeable individual to keep Kimberley United running smoothly.
Thank you Linda for the work you have done. How lucky we have been to have such skills all these years.
Trustee Committee
Easter is a time for joy and reflection, a halleluiah for his resurrection, laughter and joy with the children while hunting for delicious eggs. We remember the legacy that Jesus left us.
Kimberley United’s members created a legacy for us all. Our current Legacy Fund, as of March 31, 2019 totals $ 110,745.70.
Our Church family is dear to us. Please consider Kimberley United Church as one of your preferred Charities. If you wish to know how to contribute to a stronger sustainable Legacy Fund, just ask us.
Happy Easter
Graham Mann
Pastoral Care and Fellowship
I feel like I can safely say that SPRING is here. It is wonderful to feel the heat of the sun, see the melting of snow banks and start to think of flowers and what we are going to do in our yards. We had three funerals and still have three more to host. There will be lots of changes for us all with Rev. Sunny leaving and summer activities starting. We have cancelled the Queen’s Tea and cleaning of the two kitchens until a later date. The Church picnic will still be in June. We all wish you a very happy Easter and hope you get to make lots of coloured eggs, and eat many chocolate bunnies over the Easter Season.
Jan Simmonds