{"id":13009,"date":"2026-03-10T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=13009"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:04:48","slug":"sunday-march-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=13009","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, March 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Listen to the full sermon here<\/a>.
Listen to the full service here<\/a>.
Read the full text of the sermon here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worship Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Worship Leader: Mary Klein
Speaker: Marieke Meyer
Song Leader: JD Penner
Pianist: Lori Unger
Tech Desk: Bob Loewen
Ushers: Doreen M & Jeff T
Scripture Reader: Carolyn Loewen
Activity Period: Lara Munro, Brad & Jana Lepp
Coffee Hour: Bob and Carolyn Loewen
Sunday School Snack: Ryan Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order of Service<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 Lent 3 Standing Up and Standing Back
Gathering Hymns –  
VT 152  God Whose Purpose is to Kindle
VT 157  Come to Me, O Weary Traveler
Lenten Candle Lighting 
Welcome, Introductions and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement
Call to Worship 
Hymn  – VT 558 Lord, I Want to Be A Christian
Scripture  –  John 18:12\u201327 – Carolyn Loewen 
Time of Giving and Gratitude
Congregational Prayer\u2013 Peter Haresnape
Hymn \u2013 VT 344 \u2013 Seeking Warmth from Charcoal Blazing
Time with the Children  –  <\/strong>Mary Klein
Confession Poem
Sermon –  Marieke Meyer
Hymn  – VT 156 There\u2019s a Wideness in God\u2019s Mercy
Benediction<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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This Sunday was International Women’s Day. Marieke Meyer kicked off her sermon by naming some of the barriers women and other marginalized groups have overcome in the last few decades. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons-a-worship-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13018,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009\/revisions\/13018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}