Greeters Ushers

Heather Green & Joan & Alfred Davis

Colin Hatcher Rita & George Allen

Pastoral Care Desk Volunteer(s)

Dorothy Lopatka

Visitors & Newcomers

At the Pastoral Care Desk, please sign our guest book, make a nametag and following the service join us for juice and conversation outside.

Announcements

1. Church School Teachers meeting Monday, August 25 at 7:00 p.m.

2. Ushering: If you are interested in ushering on Sunday mornings, please contact Rita Allen.

3. A request: The new location of our church library is looking for a round, oak table approximately 48” in diameter in good condition. If you have one that you’d like to re-home, please contact the church office at 439-1718.

4. Staff Absence: Warren Mack is on holiday to August 23 inclusive. Robert Klakowich will be the organist during this period.

Congregational Meeting

On Sunday, August 24^th after worship there will be a congregational information session in the sanctuary. At the meeting JNAC report and the result of the special Board meeting held on August 14^th will be discussed. There are copies of the report at the Pastoral Care desk if you did not pick one up last week.

Lay Worship Leaders

Many thanks to everyone who has volunteered to provide leadership and support to our worship services this summer. If you are a member of one of the worship teams and need assistance in any way, please contact Marilynn Brodie, Marg McKenzie or Lynda Gow at the church.

Marilynn Brodie, Chair, Worship Committee

St. Stephen’s College Gala

In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of St. Stephen’s College and to raise funds to make the facility accessible, a gala event is planned for September 12, 2008. The Church Board has purchased a ticket for this event. Persons interested in attending this celebration should place their names on the list available at the Pastoral Care desk, and names will be drawn for the ticket later this summer. If anyone is interested in purchasing tickets separately to attend this event, please contact St. Stephen’s College before August 26 at 780-439-7311.

Week at a Glance – August 17-24, 2008

(The deadline for announcements is

Wednesday Noon)

Sun 17^th 10:30 am Worship & Summer Sabbath Place

11:45 am Juice & Conversation Outside

Wed 20^th 6:30 pm Smith/Gonzalez Wedding Rehearsal Sanctuary

7:30 pm Board Executive 205

Fri 22^nd 3:00p.m. Smith/Gonzalez Wedding Sanctuary

Sun 24^th 10:30 am Worship & Summer Sabbath Place

11:45 am Juice & Conversation Outside

Office Hours

Mondays: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday – Friday: 9:00 am – 4:00 p.m.

Closed: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Knox-Met Helps with ICPM Lunch

The Inner City Pastoral Ministry (ICPM) offers a church service and lunch each Sunday at the Bissell Centre in central Edmonton. Knox-Met and Mt. Zion Lutheran Church folks provided food for about 300 people last Sunday. Those that were fed were genuinely thankful for the sandwiches, veggies, pickles, fruit and sweets that we took. Thank you to those who made generous donations of money for food. Thanks also to the other helpers. On Saturday morning help 14 people made sandwiches and chopped and sliced veggies and fruit. About 20 people brought cookies and squares they had baked. On Sunday, all the food was transported downtown in Pat Barnes’ truck and 7 folks helped to serve lunch at Bissell. The ICPM lunches in the inner city would not be possible without the contribution of food and helping hands from people like you at Knox- Metropolitan. A hearty thanks to all of you! Many very needy people were fed.

Nancy Kerr & Donna Wong

Ad hoc Refugee Committee

The Church Board has supported a motion to sponsor a refugee family that has been pre-approved by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The committee is inviting interested congregation members to participate with fund-raising and educational events, as well as helping the family settle in Canada once they arrive. Please contact Donna Wong for more information.

Upcoming Services

August 24 Isaiah 51:1-6

Romans 12:1-8

Matthew 16: 13-20

August 31 Baptism

Jeremiah 15:15-21

Romans 12:9-21

Matthew 16:21-28

September 7 Welcome Back Sunday

Ezekiel 33:7-11

Romans 13:8-14

Matthew 18:15-20

Church School Registration

Church School begins

Covenanting with our Teachers

Corn Lunch follows worship

- Bring a salad or desert.

Join us on this day as we get back to church after the summer and reconnect with one another.

Celebrate Stewardship

– This is the first Sunday of a 5-week program.

This fall we will highlight in worship the abundance of God’s love for us and our desire and need to respond abundantly to God’s love.

Sponsored by: The Stewardship Committee

September 14 Information Sunday

Discover what is happening this fall at Knox-Met.

You may be interested in a program and/or joining a committee this year. Meet us in the gym.

Offering Before Leaving on Vacation

Many of us will be traveling over the next few months enjoying summer vacation. If you are planning on being away in the coming months, we ask that you kindly consider making your usual offering ahead of your scheduled vacation. This will help to ensure the Church is able to meet its financial commitments over the summer months.

Submitted on behalf of the Stewardship Committee

Travel to Israel/Palestine, Egypt and Jordan!

April 21 – May 12, 2009

You are invited to join Nancy Steeves and Dawn Waring for this exciting, unforgettable, 22-day “travel experience.” It will be more than a “tour.” It is a journey through time, both ancient and contemporary. It is a study-tour, a pilgrimage, an opportunity for reflection. We will visit historically significant sites and pilgrimage locations, and we will journey to places “off the beaten track.” Along the way, we will be in conversation with individuals and organizations working for peace and justice. If you are interested, please email Dawn (dwaringca@yahoo.ca) for a brochure. Space is limited to 25 travelers. Optional academic credit is available through St. Stephen’s College.

Children’s Summer Sabbath Place

“Summer Sabbath Place” is held in the Assembly Hall for some slower paced activities. Leadership is provided by some of our church schoolteachers. Now that the Day Care has opened downstairs our children are gathering in the same area and enjoying this space, which is both new and exciting to our children. The garden playground will be used also.

Since Knox-Met is proactive in providing a safe church environment for our children our policy to this effect means we can only have leaders with a current security clearance at KM to offer leadership during Summer Sabbath Place. So our teachers are invited to take a look at their holiday schedule and see if there's a Sunday you could offer to be in Summer Sabbath Place. Thanks so much and your support is appreciated.

For those Sundays where we do not have teachers there will be activity packs available in the Fellowship Centre, just off the Narthex that the children can pick up and take back to the pew or stay in the Fellowship Center. The activity packs will have a story card, games and crayons.