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Connection
WOMEN
Regional Presbyterian Women’s Gathering
presbyterian.ca
SUMMER 2020
PRESBYTERIAN
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By Colleen Wood,
Women’s Missionary Society
After the success of the Western Presbyterian Women’s Gathering in May 2019, the Women’s Mission- ary Society (WMS) is excited to an- nounce our Regional Presbyterian Women’s Gathering from March 19 to 21, 2021, in Montreal, Que., with the theme, Together in Joy!
This exciting event will feature the Rev. Dr. John Bell as our keynote speaker. The Rev. Dr. John Bell is familiar to many for his work in the area of music and worship with the Iona Community and Wild Goose
Resource Group. He has produced many collections of liturgy, scripts, sermons and reflections, original hymns and songs, as well as three collections of songs of the World Church. His work is primarily con- cerned with the renewal of congrega- tional worship at the grassroots level.
As well, we will welcome the Rev. Prudence Sirri Neba as our mis- sion speaker and workshop leader. She will encourage participants to use their gifts with joy to impact the world. Prudence was ordained in 2009 with the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon. In 2019, she complet- ed her Master of Sacred Theology
(STM) from McGill University, and she is currently pursuing a doctorate in Philosophy of Religion at McGill University.
At the event, we will raise our voic- es together, led by Eli Adzogan and Joanne Massoud, the Praise Lead- ers at Côte des Neiges Presbyterian Church in Montreal. We will continue to worship through the inspiring words of our preachers—the Rev. Linda Park, Lead Minister at St. An- drew’s Presbyterian Church in Lind- say, Ont.; the Rev. Dr. Lucille Marr, Chaplain and Academic Dean at The Presbyterian College, Montreal; and the Rev. Sybil Mosley, Minister at
GATHERINGS
Livingstone Presbyterian Church in Montreal.
The event will include a variety of in- teresting and challenging workshops. The Rev. Dr. J. Dorcas Gordon, Knox College Principal Emerita, will help us to learn more about our brothers and sisters in Palestine/Israel and the troubling situations they face. As well, Paul Clarke, Executive Director of Ac- tion Réfugiés Montréal, will help us to understand his work with “Refugeed People.” We will also enjoy the Af- rika Gospel Singers, a group of young people who praise the Lord through hymns taken from the vast reper toire of African melodies.
The Eastern Women’s Gathering will be held at the Westin Hotel in Old Montreal, March 19–21, 2021. Women from across Canada are invited (and a few men have also attended in the past). Come and celebrate, enjoy the beautiful city of Montreal, participate in great conver- sations over meals as we all gather together in joy! Although shorter than the National Gathering, it is hoped it will be every bit as exciting with excellent speakers, engaging work- shops and meaningful worship.
More information can be found at womensgathering.ca.
The congregation at Memorial Presbyterian Church in Sylvan Lake, Alta., held an Easter Bonnet challenge as a way to keep in touch with each other through Holy Week.