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CORNERSTONE
20 Young Road
Kanata, Ontario K2L 1W1
613-836-1001
www.stpaulshk.org
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er,
2020
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!
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―A growing community called to know Jesus Christ
and make him known in the world by our presence.‖
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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 [email protected])
4. By e-transfer (contact [email protected])
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
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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
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
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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