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We welcome Rev. Linda Levin to the pulpit of Aurora United Church this morning. Linda grew up in South Africa in a Jewish home. Her first career was teaching Latin and Remedial English, which she did in South Africa and then in London (England). She married a Canadian, came to Canada in 1976, and began her studies for ministry at Emmanuel College in Toronto.  Ordained in 1979, she served for two years in northern Ontario, then 29 years at Runnymede United, Toronto. Linda retired from ministry in June, 2011 to start on her third career  - as fulltime volunteer fundraiser for Village of Love Canada. This is an organization she founded to support amazing Kenyan women in the slum community of Kibera. Amazing, because despite their extreme poverty, they take in and raise AIDS-orphaned children along with their own families. See www.villageoflovecanada.org    

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Bulletin

Shining Waters Regional Council Prayer Cycle:

Today we pray for  Don Mills United Church, Toronto Richmond Hill United Church Westmount United Church, Orillia St. Matthew's United Church, Toronto.

Minute For Mission:

Nicole was in crisis and turned to Mission & Service partner 1 Just City for support. Before long, Nicole was not only attending programs, she started volunteering. Now, thanks to a job-training program, she is staff.  

Prayers & Devotionals:

The Colour Wheel 

Lectio Divina - Nineth Sunday after Pentecost

Bulletin cover ...
The United Church of Canada crest.

The hymns and music today… 

Praise To The Lord, The Almighty (Joachim Neander)– Reprinted with permission under One License #A-718074 

Great Is They Faithfulness (w Thomas O. Chisholm, m William M. Runan) - Public Domain

May The God of Hope Go With Us (Alvin Schutmaat, Fred Kaan)-Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074.

Halle, Halle, Halle – Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 and CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.  

Grateful (refrain) (Tom Tomaszek; arr. Sarah Hart and Tom Tomaszek). – Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 and CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257. 

O God We Call (Linnea Good) Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 and CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.

When You Walk From Here (Linnea Good). –Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 and CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.

Come, Come, Ye Saints  (Marilyn Thompson) Podcast with permission under CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.

The Woodcutter's Song (Ralph Vaughan Williams) 

Variations on "Merton" (Robert Lau)

Festival Voluntary (Richard A. Williamson) Podcast with permission under One License #A-718074

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