CORNERSTONE

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Kanata, Ontario K2L 1W1

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Inside this issue:

Messages from Fr. John and

Rev. Ryan

Treasurer’s report

Bishops’ plan for reopening

church buildings

Copples’ update from South

Africa

The Agora is back!

...and more!

September edition deadline: Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Please send submissions to:

cornerstone@stpaulshk.org

―A growing community called to know Jesus Christ

and make him known in the world by our presence.‖

Sunday Services

9:00 a.m. — Webcast. Join the service via the church

website.

Other Services

10:00 a.m. Tuesday — Music and Meditation via web-

cast

10:00 a.m. Wednesday — Bible Study via webcast

9:00 a.m. Friday — Morning Prayer via webcast

The building may be closed,

but the Church is always open!

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A message from Father John Peace in a time of transition

Dear Brothers and Sisters in

Christ,

I hope and pray that this arti-

cle finds you and yours

healthy and safe. I am writing this article in the first

week of June and amazed at the changes we have

seen in the last three months and specifically in the

last week.

Although I am happy for Ryan and his family we are

going to miss his genuine and faithful ministry in our

parish. We wish him well as he returns to his home

town and family. His new parish will be blessed by

his love and faithful service.

Last Sunday evening we saw our new Bishop or-

dained at the Cathedral and begin his new ministry in

our Diocese. Please Keep Bishop Shane and his

family in your prayers as he begins this new chapter

in his life.

The House of Bishops for Ontario announced on

Tuesday that Anglican Church services in the prov-

ince will continue only online until September. Many

of us hoped that restriction on the in person worship

would begin to gradually lift in the near future. The

good news is we can make long range plans for wor-

ship. We now can plan for the summer and work of

the worship experience online. Your feedback has

helped us to make changes that many have appreci-

ated. We are so blessed to have the technology and

expertise in place at St. Paul‘s to provide a service

that I never thought would be so needed.

At the outbreak of the pandemic I asked and was

granted permission to postpone my retirement until

the end of July. I had hoped that by that date things

would have returned to normal. I am committed to

this date and will continue to serve both St. Paul‘s

and St. John‘s until then. The Archdeacon will ap-

point someone to serve after that point and the selec-

tion of a new incumbent will begin. Keep the Arch-

deacon and the Bishop in your prayers for this dis-

cernment process.

In conclusion, I ask your prayers for the events of the

past two weeks. As Christians we know that Justice

and Peace are at the center of God‘s will and being.

You need the presence of both to find an answer.

May we all strive to find Justice so that Peace will

reign.

Yours in Christ,

A letter from Gayle Bridges

To our cherished church family,

I would like you all to know how blessed I have been

to be a part of this church community. You wel-

comed us with open arms 21 plus years ago. From

our first contacts, like Robert Andrews who was the

first person to reach out at coffee hour, to today, I

have always felt at home. We have had amazing ad-

ventures, wonderful parties, potlucks, scotch tastings,

church building.... I could go on and on, but the

best, most important thing I have gained in our time

together is the lasting friendships and the love shared

by all. I feel genuinely connected to you and will feel

like a part of me is missing when we are not here.

This is certainly not the way we imagined leaving St.

Paul‘s. We had hoped to celebrate together at the

church and shake hands, hug, cry, and express our

gratitude in person to each and every one of you as

we took our leave. Sadly, there will be no gathering

together for one last celebration. Even though we

cannot be in the same space, I want you all know how

much you mean to me and I hope you will celebrate

with us together, apart on John‘s last Sunday.

I know that you will forever be a part of me. I will

miss you but will not say goodbye, only farewell. I

look forward to the next time we meet.

Farewell for now. God bless each and every one of

you!

Peace, Love and Laughter,

Gayle

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Editor‘s Note: May 31, 2020 was Rev. Ryan‘s last Sunday with St. John‘s Richmond and St. Paul‘s Kanata. We pray God‘s blessing on the Boivin fam-ily as they start a new chapter of their family life and ministry. The following is Ryan‘s Pentecost Sunday sermon, delivered via webcast from St. Paul‘s.

I don‘t remember exactly which birthday it was, but I

do remember that on one of my birthdays when I was

much younger, I did not get the gift I was expecting to

receive.

You see, that year I had taken a keen interest in golf.

I had started out using my dad‘s old set of clubs, and

they were fine, but, I was ready for my own set. And

so as my birthday got near, I remember talking about

golf a lot, you know, to subtly drop hints as to what I

was hoping for. I figured that surely I was doing

enough to get the gift that I wanted. At a birthday

party with some of my extended family, I received a

golf glove, some golf balls, tees and a towel for my

golf bag. I really thought, ―okay, it worked — I‘m

gonna get my own set of clubs!‖

So, on the night of my birthday, as we were finishing

dinner my dad excused himself so he could set up

my gift in the living room. And, as you can imagine, I

was so excited I was shaking. We all got up from the

table, left the dining room, turned the corner into the

living room, and there in front of me was my gift: a

brand new, shiny... bike. Let‘s just say I was less than

impressed. I tried to hide this, but when my parents

realized I didn‘t like the gift as much as they‘d hoped,

and I explained why, we eventually returned the bike

and I got the clubs I was hoping for.

On this Pentecost Sunday, when we celebrate the gift

of the Holy Spirit, as that part of the living God that

continues on in each of us and all of creation — on

this day we also celebrate the gifts that we have been

given by God through the Holy Spirit. And so, on

Pentecost Sunday, it‘s important to take this opportu-

nity to look inward and try and recognize the gifts that

we have been given: gifts that are not for our own

good, but for the sake of building up God‘s world

and bringing about the reign of God, where justice

and love and peace abound.

As I remarked during the Bi-

ble study group this past

Wednesday, I feel like this is

one of the only Sundays dur-

ing the church year when the Gospel reading takes a

back seat to what happens in the other two readings.

It‘s not that what happens in the Gospel doesn‘t mat-

ter — in that reading from John, Jesus comes amongst

the disciples who are terrified and locked away, and

brings them peace, and tells them to receive the Holy

Spirit; however, what happens in the other two read-

ings (from the Acts of the Apostles and Paul‘s first

letter to the Corinthians) is a little more concrete for

us, as followers of Jesus, in the sense that we hear

how the gift of the Holy Spirit changes the lives of

those first followers. When they sense that Holy

Spirit among them, when they recognize the gifts that

each of them had been given, they become the

Church that will go on to share the good news of God

in Jesus with their communities and beyond.

In the reading from the Acts of the Apostles, the dis-

ciples were given the gift of being able to communi-

cate this good news in different languages that would

be understood by people from every nation under

heaven. In Paul‘s letter to the Corinthians, the list of

gifts includes wisdom, knowledge, healing, prophecy,

discernment of spirits, speaking in tongues, and the

interpretation of tongues — all these various gifts given

for the common good, for the building up of the one

body in Christ. As Paul writes, these gifts are given

uniquely to each individual by one and the same

Spirit.

The hard thing for us is that we don‘t get to choose

which gift we get — that is, we have no control over

the gift we receive from the Spirit. It‘s not like asking

your parents (or even dropping subtle hints) that you

want to be gifted a set of golf clubs for your birthday.

And we certainly can‘t exchange the gift we have re-

ceived for something different. So I believe each of

us, no matter how much we might want to have the

gift of prophecy, or speaking in tongues (or any other

gift, like some of those listed in Romans 12 — teach-

ing, leadership, or generosity, for example), we have

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A note from Rev. Ryan On being gifted for the journey

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no power or say in how the Spirit works in and

through us. We can only pray that the Spirit does

work in and through us.

The beauty of it though, despite the fact that we

aren‘t gifted with every gift of the Spirit, or even the

gift of the Spirit that we might desire the most, is that

when we come together as the Body of Christ, as the

many distinct and unique members of the one Body,

we bring our distinct and unique gifts of the Spirit to

our collective life in Christ. In that way, we do all

share in all the gifts of the Spirit. So it is important

that we not only take the time to discern within our-

selves the gift of the Spirit that we have been given,

but to also invite others to help us discern our gift —

because sometimes, as one of the Bible study partici-

pants put it, sometimes other people can see our

gifts more readily than we can.

These past two years I have been witness to so many

gifts of the Spirit that are present in both communi-

ties of St. Paul‘s Kanata, and St. John‘s Richmond.

But more than just the presence of the gifts of the

Spirit, I have witnessed how you continually encour-

age one another to use the gifts you‘ve been given, to

use your gifts for the love of those around you, for

the love of your communities, and for the love of

God. I am inspired by all that you do, and I am so

thankful for how you have taught me about what it

means and what it looks like to share our unique

gifts of the Spirit with one another, so that we do in-

deed build up the Body of Christ, not for our own

sake, but for the sake of the world God loves. What

I have witnessed here these past two years I will

carry with me as a testament to how God works in

and through each one of us.

Now, as you head into this upcoming season of dis-

cernment and transition in your respective church

communities, I want you to know that God is with

you, that God has gifted you with everything you will

need for the journey ahead. And, as sure as the dis-

ciples proclaimed the good news of God in Jesus on

that very first Pentecost in languages that could be

understood by people from every nation under

heaven, so will you and your church communities

continue to build up one another and your broader

communities for the work God calls you to today,

tomorrow, and beyond. Because you have been

uniquely gifted by the Spirit, together you are and

will remain one in the Body of Christ.

So, while it might be tempting to ask God for this or

that gift of the Spirit, and it might be tempting to

want to exchange your gift of the Spirit for some-

thing different, the truth is that the Church needs

you to use your gift now more than ever. It is my

prayer for you today that each of you continues to

discern and nurture and share the gift of the Spirit

that God has given you.

God bless you, God strengthen you for the work

ahead, and God‘s peace be with you as you head

into the next chapter of your journey together.

Amen.

Ryan+

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Our Vestry theme for this year

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As I present the 2020 year-to-date Treasurer‘s Re-

port, it gives me great pleasure to reflect again on the

amazing faithfulness and sacrificial generosity of the

people of St Paul‘s. On behalf of the Corporation, I

wish to thank each and every one of you for the

wonderful financial support you have given to St.

Paul‘s during these unsettling times.

Your generosity has enabled the church to pay our

bills, salaries, and commitments, as well as support

our diocesan commitments. The pandemic has

caused a shift in givings, as many people are now

using Canada Helps to make their donations. This

shift is reflected in the increased ―other income‖

category (Canada Helps donations are non-

receiptable income to St. Paul‘s because Canada

Helps issues the receipts to the donor).

As you can see below, our overall financial position

has improved, in comparison with this time last year.

We have actually changed our financial position to

the tune of 6K to the positive. This is truly hum-

bling, given that this is a particularly stressful time for

you and the greater church.

Just as a reminder, you can continue donating to

St. Paul‘s using various methods during this time:

1. By Pre-Authorized Withdrawal (PAW) https://

www.stpaulshk.org/images/documents/

stpaulspledgeform.pdf

2. Drop off your donations to the church

3. By credit card (contact treasurer@stpaulshk.org)

4. By e-transfer (contact treasurer@stpaulshk.org)

5. Through Canada Helps https://

www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/13066

Are we in uncertain times? Yes. Do the parishion-

ers of St. Paul‘s respond in uncertain times? We

always have. Will we have struggles over the next

few months? I imagine we will.

However, let‘s not lose sight of the fact that, in spite

of these difficult times, we have continued to meet

our Parish Share commitment to the Diocese, we

have been able to meet our loan payment to the

Diocese, and our bills to vendors (gas, hydro, clean-

ing supplies, security) are all current.

As we emerge into the new normal, we will need

more than ever to pull together as a community.

If there is one message I want you to take away from

this report, it is this: Thank you. Simply put, with-

out you there is no Church.

Treasurer’s report, as of May 31, 2020 Thank you!

by Mark Stalter

Period ending May 31, 2020 Rounded to

nearest dollar Actual Same period last year

Receiptable Donations $147,577.00 $165,304.00

Other Income $35,004.00 $25,774.00

Total Income $182,581.00 $191,078.00

Total Expenses & Liabilities $179,203.00 $194,488.00

Balance $3,378.00 ($3,410.00)

Total Donations Last Sunday $2,895.00

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Happy June! Last year we were in the middle of our

home visit (furlough) in eastern Ontario and Vir-

ginia. We were to be back in eastern Ontario by

now, but we‘re still under lockdown. International

flights will not resume until level 1. Our guess for

this would be September. However, we are consid-

ering whether to approach Home Affairs to extend

our visas that expire November 10. We don‘t like

the idea of going from winter to winter, when the

previous expectation was going from summer to

summer!

The Lockdown level has fallen to level 3 (originally

at level 5), and alcohol can now be bought, which has

resulted in hospital emergency rooms being overrun

with drunk patients, so one province is planning to

return to level 4. It will also add to family vio-

lence. Our friend who runs the ER in Worcester

Mediclinic (where L-A had her operation) tells us

that the ER has its hands full with Covid-19, as well

as other ailments. L-A received a message from

Mediclinic urging potential patients to not stay away

from being treated out of fear of Coronavirus. They

have put measures into place to make sure that non-

Covid-19 patients are kept very separate from those

who have the disease. They certainly kept L-A away

from such patients when she was in hospital.

Health updates for L-A and Tony

L-A was in Worcester‘s Mediclinic from May 12–16

to have a single full mastectomy of the left breast and

nine lymph nodes in the left underarm area. We re-

joice to share that the cancer was contained with ex-

cellent margins within the removed breast (rare for

this kind of cancer) and there was no cancer whatso-

ever in the nine removed lymph nodes. The sur-

geon Arnold Smith called this a miracle, three

times. Originally when L-A asked him if they got all

the cancer, he had a worried look on his face, since

inflammatory cancer is notorious for returning and

never being fully contained. (Three weeks later, we

had a scare of finding a lump in the other breast, but

this was found to be benign.) L-A returned home

with a drains container and tubes, physiotherapy in-

structions, and written advice to rest as much as pos-

sible. She was welcomed by her lonely husband with

12 proteas, her favourite South African flower. She‘s

still under after-care by Arnold Smith, as well as by

the team at CapeGate Oncology in Cape Town.

We‘ve had a few blips along the way, but L-A is con-

tinuing to get stronger.

Tony‘s health seems to be stable in the last

month. A few days ago he doubled his dose

of Ferrimed iron pills and this has reduced breath-

lessness. He is still waiting to receive cataract surgery

once we return to Canada.

Resources/Colouring Book Update

We have USBs available from the home visit that

contain colouring book drawing sheets and devo-

tional audio files of Ways to Grow in God for R250,

as well as more reproductions of ―Jesus Makes all

things New,‖ for R500 or $50 Cdn. L-A will be up-

dating those USBs with at least 37 new drawings, still

available at the same price. L-A is also working on

the Canadian version of Colouring with Jesus 1, with

a slightly different format than the South African ver-

sion. We‘ll also have more stories, available in Eng-

lish and French. At the moment L-A is using Google

Translate for the French, but we will need a Cana-

dian French translator soon to ensure excellence. If

any of you on the list have good translation skills into

French and would like to help, please email her at

kootenaysprayer@gmail.com.

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Update from the Copples in South Africa Lockdown level 3

by Laurie-Ann and Tony Copple

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Meanwhile, L-A is currently working on #37 for the

second colouring book, so she‘s half-way there, image

-wise. If we end up staying much longer than ex-

pected, we may have a Colouring with Jesus 2 South

African book. But we know for sure there will be a

Canadian CWJ2 book.

L-A‘s main activity during lockdown

is drawing. Here is the latest drawing

that is finished (the current one is still

in touch-up stage. This is the oldest

son of L-A‘s former employer, Dar-

ren Canning, worshipping with flags

in their Ottawa-area church.

Ministry updates

Please pray for the Riverview club kids that we have

come to love, but haven‘t seen in 2 months. My Fa-

ther‘s House Worcester - Mailbox Mondays are also

closed during lockdown.

Legacy Relay at Worcester Primary School: The

grade ones might be back in class in some socially-

distanced way in July or August. The classes may

have a whole new look and feel. It‘s possible that we

may be allowed in again as reading buddies. We‘ll

see what opens up.

My Father‘s House Worcester: Fruit and other lock-

down essentials: Some of this outreach has contin-

ued; however Covid-19 is now in Worcester, espe-

cially Zweletemba, the black township. That town-

ship includes within it a huge shantytown area of steel

shacks that are set close together. Due to that, Jan

can‘t reach out in Avian Park as much since she‘s

high-risk of catching the disease, and even more criti-

cal her adopted black daughter has HIV. Other

members of MFH continue to reach out with food

and baby clothes.

Tony was able to feed three families when our police

friend Wilna reached out to us while L-A was in the

hospital. She brought us a trunkful of groceries, in-

cluding the largest and best-tasting fresh eggs we‘ve

ever seen, just before Tony was going into Avian Park

for the first time since lockdown. Tony quickly div-

vied up the food to give to three families, but kept a

few of the eggs. We were excited at the perfect tim-

ing of this unexpected gift. We also received a gift

this week of fresh lemons from our friend Carica,

which Tony shared with another family. The kids eat

fresh lemons with salt. We have also rescued several

others of our girls‘ families who hadn‘t eaten for a

couple of days. The families living on SASSA grants

have been OK, since the grants were increased, but

where adults had been working, but were now forced

to stay home, the money dried up for weeks. Only

now are special financial provisions available for

them.

My Father‘s House Worcester: Mailbox Teen lead-

ers (Saturdays plus): While we haven‘t had Disciple-

ship Saturday meetings with the girls during lock-

down, we have stayed in close contact with many of

them. Pray for Jamelia, Bella, Joy, Chantelle, An-

thonica and Marsha. Three of the girls live in homes

where family violence is common. Pray for Britney to

be brought back into the fold and for closure (for

her) on the theft issue. It would be lovely if we do

see her again and tell her that we miss her. Here are

updates on some of the girls.

Bella received her multi-

ple-tooth denture while

L-A was in hospital for

her mastectomy. She

had four dental fittings

that week and finally it

was perfect, with huge

smiles for us. When

Tony took her home that day, the look on her

grandma‘s face was priceless. As Bella grinned,

Cathy jumped up and down and laughed with tears of

joy. We still keep in close contact with Bella with

mutual prayer and encouragement.

Marsha has had a troubled history with us. She‘s the

one who stole the wine in our kitchen cupboards, re-

sulting in us moving any alcohol into the bedroom

closet. She dropped out for a while when we called

her out on being inconsistent in her leadership. She

didn‘t always run her groups, but when she did she

was a very good teacher. However, she was back with

us for our last two Saturdays and leading a group

again. She reached out to us a couple of times for

groceries and power. She also reaches out to let us

know how she is doing.

Jamelia used to be one of our closest, but has been

unfortunately influenced by the ―bad girl‖ of the

group – Britney. She still wants to reach out to us

and to get back into our good graces again. She

stayed overnight with us as often as possible, and in-

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creasingly was taking advantage of our generosity.

She also ate some gemsbok (oryx) biltong that we

bought as a Christmas present for a friend and con-

tinually lied to both of us about it. Later, we found

proof, the empty biltong packet under the couch the

same morning that Britney stole R500 from L-A‘s

purse. Hunger can sometimes turn those who are

naturally loving into thieves driven by ‗orphan-spirit.‘

Chantelle is a girl who absolutely loves to dance, and

as she does, she has this little squeak of joy and huge

grin. This must be one of her favourite things to

do. She, like Bella, is very good at modelling for L-

A. She has a huge heart for us and her fam-

ily; however, she ignores lockdown measures. She

asked Tony to drive her to see her grandma Lottie,

who lives in a different township, and didn‘t under-

stand why we had to say no. She also doesn‘t seem

to understand that we keep limited money in our

South African bank account, not enough for us to be

able to give her cash with no notice.

Her family has been hard-hit during the lockdown

because they don‘t receive a grant from the govern-

ment. Both her parents work in low-paid jobs that

ceased during the lockdown. So they turned to us

for help with groceries, power and air-

time. Chantelle asked us to help her grandma Lottie

and we befriended her. Lottie, who is blind, prays

for L-A daily and thanks us for our help. ―Thank

you‖ is a rare word in Avian Park. The normal re-

sponse to generosity is an attitude of entitlement

without further acknowledgement.

Recently, Chantelle

walked into a bicycle

being ridden down

her street, breaking

her arm in two

places. She told

Tony in a phone call

that she could

see bone sticking out

after the acci-

dent. She asked him

for R100 to pay back

the clinic. Please

pray for her com-

plete recovery since

she has been told she‘ll need an operation on her

elbow.

Anthonica is our youngest girl; just turned 14 in

March. She‘s cheeky, and smart academically.

Tony knows her family well, including her alcoholic

mother Tersia, her abusive step-dad Henry, and her

real dad Henni, who lives in another area of

Worcester. This girl is resilient, although she still

needs a lot of emotional healing. Anthonica has

been a good co-leader of Mailbox Clubs, but only

briefly led one of her own (fortuitously including on

the day the son of the Mailbox Club founder came

to visit).

Worcester Christian Church Ministries: WCG is

transitioning back into having small services, with the

slight lifting of lockdown in phase 3. We were in-

vited to attend an English-language service (wow!) on

June 7, which was to be held in the largest Sunday

School room, which they call the Hall Groot (great

hall). The church has been having live YouTube

church videos with three songs, an Afrikaans sermon

and sharing. English translation online was not feasi-

ble, so the English service was to make up for

that. When we arrived, Hall Groot was locked and

there was a socially-distanced line-up for the main

church. Tony was ready to go in, but L-A didn‘t feel

comfortable doing so. We went home, visited Holy

Trinity Brompton church online, and watched

Nicky and Pippa Gumbel preach on the subject of

world racialism, in light of the killing of George

Floyd. 24 hours later, Dr. Smith told L-A it was

good that she hadn‘t taken any risk and gone into

the service. And instead we had been virtually at

HTB; great joy! Holy Spirit watching over us again.

Our house and car in Hooggelegen Village

We are allowed to stay in the house until the end of

August at this time, and probably longer if we

wish! We had hoped to return to Canada in July for

radiation treatments, but if those are to happen

soon, they will be in Cape Town (unless the local

Worcester Radiology can handle the task). We see

Dr. Hanlie du Toit on July 6 about cancer treatment

followup.

In case any of you are concerned that we might have

cabin fever in our little home on the hill here, don‘t

be! Laurie-Ann‘s creativity in art continues to blos-

som here, uninterrupted and cooked for (!). She

enjoys the nightly news, followed by a TV series epi-

sode on Showmax. Once every couple of weeks she

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may go to the kitchen to make a dish that she hasn‘t

yet taught Tony. About once a fortnight we go for a

medical appointment for her. Tony is perfectly con-

tent spending time at home. L-A, however, loves get-

ting out, even for medical appointments (elbow

bumps with the nurses are the next best thing to

hugs).

Tony has plenty of projects, in addition to CWCP

broadcasting and nursing Laurie-Ann. He starts most

days with his devotional blog, and maintains his social

presence on Facebook and Twitter. He always has a

book on the go, currently ‗Truth and Love‘ by our

friend Kevin Daly, about ministering to Muslims. If

he frees up a bit more time, he wants to start writing a

book he has been in planning for 2 years about more

clarity in communication, called ―In Praise of Redun-

dancy.‖ He does go out about every other day to buy

groceries and/or visit Avian Park or OVD townships

for something to do with or girls and their families

that can‘t be handled by phone.

The Mercedes repair shop in Paarl is open again,

although we are still waiting to hear when they will be

able to take our ailing Mercedes in for repair. When

we have the necessary appointment, Tony will drive

the 67 km and have the mechanics reprogram the

new-to-us ABS brake unit that was shipped to us be-

fore lockdown. Currently we are still using Sandy‘s

car, which is doing us well for local driving and also

back and forth between CapeGate and home. She is

being incredibly kind to a couple she has never met.

Updates on CWCP – Copples Western Cape Radio

When lockdown started, we set some projects for

ourselves. One of these was to increase our broad-

casting from a couple of hours a week to 24 hours a

day. So we started broadcasting our combined music

collection, compiled over 60 years, and have so far

been running for a month with plenty more to come

without repetition. We can do this using Foo-

bar2000 for setting up playlists of singles, albums,

with insertions of Worcester Reports and station IDs

voiced by Tony and L-A. Do tune into this eclectic

multi-genre ‗mix-tape‘ show, which includes Chris-

tian music and some Christian spoken word. We are

not aware of other radio stations that broadcast both

Christian and secular music. You can hear it here:

https://galcom.org/updates/xstreamer/

If you like what you hear, please drop us a message at

the foot of the CWCP Radio site or email us. Here‘s

the podcast link - https://www.coppleswesterncape.ca/cwcp

-radio.html. This is where you can also listen to 100

podcasts of the Worcester Reports broadcast since

February 2018.

Funds and Resources

We aren‘t sure how much longer we have in Worces-

ter. It could be until September, October or beyond

(if it‘s past November 10, we need to extend our visas

at Home Affairs). However, we will keep our Iris

Ministries Canada status while we remain in South

Africa, so donations via IMC generate a tax receipt

for Canadians. We are ahead of the medical ex-

penses (cancer follow-up) due to the recent fundrais-

ing campaign for the mastectomy surgery. Otherwise,

we are working to stay on top of Tony‘s needs until

he can receive cataract surgery and other medical at-

tention in Canada. We provide the girls with phone

air-time and data and electricity using an online app

called Powertime. This saves them leaving their

homes for these items, which could be dangerous

since social distancing is not being maintained much

there. The cost is approximately what we were

spending on them before lockdown, and the money

comes essentially from your donations through Iris

Ministries Canada. So you are helping them keep

safe – nothing is more important.

We trust that we will continue have enough for our

needs, and those of the girls as we respond to their

needs remotely.

Thank you, dear friends and family. We are so in-

credibly thankful for you! We have recently been

connecting with some of you by email, Facebook

Messenger, Skype and sometimes by Zoom. It‘s

lovely. We don‘t have as much social interaction

right now so this is special when you reach out.

Sometimes we just need a chance to spend time with

you. We like Zoom and Skype calls!

Please do email us how you are doing. We love the

emails that have come, sharing what you are doing

and feeling. If you are able to connect with us, it

means so much to us. Your emails are very precious

to us.

Love, Laurie-Ann and Tony Copple

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Fun Facts:

The origin of the word ―Dad‖ is unknown, but many

experts agree that it likely originated from a baby‘s

first sounds.

Canada‘s national symbol, the beaver, is one of the

few male creatures in the animal kingdom that sticks

around after mating to help raise the kids. In rare

cases, biologists have even spotted male beavers tak-

ing on the role of a single dad.

Just for fun

Submitted by Janet Tonks

Baby Quilts for Sale

$50 each. Please contact Joan Ferrier at 613-270-1104.

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Kitchen/Dining Set for Sale

Solid oak, 48‖ diameter,

expands to 70‖ with 2 leaf

inserts, includes 5 chairs.

Asking $200.

Francis Christensen

christensenfj@sympatico.ca

Canoe for Sale

Classic 16 ft cedar strip canoe -

makes it easy to keep your dis-

tance! Needs some minor TLC

at the rear gunnel but otherwise

in great shape. Paddles, emer-

gency kit, included. Smaller size

life jackets also available. Best

offer.

Francis Christensen

christensenfj@sympatico.ca

Acorn Stairlift for Sale

Acorn Super Glide 120 stairlift with remote control.

Works well. Asking $600 or best offer.

Please contact

Melissa Clark at

613-720-9967

Susan Frendt is a member of the congregation here at

St. Paul‘s Church. She is a successful Sales Represen-

tative with Coldwell Banker First Ottawa Realty Bro-

kerage in the Ottawa/Stittsville area. Susan has 20

years of real estate sales expertise and is passionate

about her job and helping others. If you‘re thinking

of buying/selling, downsizing, or just in need of cur-

rent market insight, it would be her pleasure to help

you.

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