Weekly Letter from Ron & Mary Kernohan

August 14, 2026

GREETINGS TO ALL!

The journey of Joseph continues and for those who wish to refresh their memories about it or who may have even missed the first Bible talk that Pastor Ron gave on Sunday, please look for the Discovery Bible Class link in our church website with this link:  https://brentview.church/seniors

…then look for the white box beneath the title--Senior Adults: “Discovery Bible Class [videos]”, and there you will see the playlist of all the Bible Class videos. 

Lord willing, as we enjoy each day through this week, it is our prayer that the newsletter, may inspire us to find ways to pray for each other, to support each other up, and encourage each of us as we continue to develop a great community among our senior brothers and sisters in Jesus.

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WEEKLY and UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

DISCOVERY CLASS will be on Sunday at 9:30 am in the church gym.

FITNESS WITH FRIENDS is scheduled to resume in early September. There is a Fitness with Friends Facebook page that is being prepared to give our fitness community ongoing ideas to try at home or outside to develop and maintain a fitness lifestyle. Continue to remind yourself of the five foundational principles or the Five Fingers of Fitness: supportive information to develop a good mindset, choosing good food such as protein and vegetables at each meal, setting aside time for resistance training, being sure to get good rest, recovery, and relaxation, and incorporating excellent supplementation.

Remember that Fitness with Friends will not be held if there are weather advisories in effect…and in Calgary, there can be all kinds of interesting weather challenges! So, in the event of such advisories, please stay home and enjoy your at-home workouts. (Some of you … know… what to do!)  : - )

Fitness with Friends will not be held if:

1) If there is a weather advisory in effect, or

2) If the temperature falls to, or goes below, -20C (and some long-time Calgarians can tell you some weather stories to curl your hair!)

For either of these two conditions, please stay home and enjoy your at-home workouts.

PICKLEBALL is held on Thursdays starting at 9:00 am, and all ages are welcome.

No Women’s Prayer and Share in the summer.

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The next ENCORE will be September 9th at noon.  The speaker will be Jutta Whitmeier of Mainsprings Pregnancy Support.  Cost is $15.00 for a delicious hot lunch.  

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PRAYER REQUESTS‍ ‍

● Remember to pray for those who are battling illness and bereavement and other hardships.

● Pray for Paul Miller as he recovers from his injury.

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ALBERTA PIONEER CAMP is having a 75th year celebration on Sat. Sept 19, 2026.  Some of you may have been supporters of this ministry, as Lee Workun was. 

To register, go to https://www.pioneercampalberta.ca/events-reunions.  

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Meditation

What hymn is your favourite? It has been asked a number times to our Seniors’ Fellowship throughout the months, and the remaining Sundays feature more of those hymns. We have had Easter in July, and this month we will have Easter in August. Some favourite hymns are generally sung during Passion Week and Resurrection Sunday. Of all of them, “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” stands head and shoulders above many other Easter-themed hymns, but it also has a companion hymn: “Jesus Christ is Risen Today.” Both of those hymns come from the same Latin source: Surrexit Christus hodie, rather like having hymnic twins…similar, but not quite identical twins…and you may have known such physical twins just like that. 

Both hymns have a special device called a “melisma” where the one word, “Alleluia” is sung with many notes as opposed to the rest of the song where each syllable has its own note. This was used to emphasize a particular word, and of all of the words chosen, it is a word that is considered to be a word of praise, of thanksgiving, of joy. In fact, it is quite the opposite. It is a command and it means, “All of you give praise to the Lord.” It’s much like telling people, “All of you, please close the doors.” It was not intended to be a word of exclamation, like, “Wow!” or “Wonderful” or “Hooray!” It was intended to exhort people to give praise to God. “You, Lord, are loving,” “You, Lord, are holy,” “You, Lord, are mighty to save!” We respond to the command “Hallelujah” or “Alleluia” with the kind of words that an anonymous author and also Charles Wesley wrote…words to describe the wonderful things God has done through His Son having risen from the dead. 

Over time, words change meaning. They take on a life of their own, sometimes. However, the word “Hallelujah” and “Alleluia” retain a key element: we find ourselves prompted to give praise to God. So, when a lost thing has been found, and you exclaim, “Alleluia”…go ahead, do that…give praise to God, and tell Him how wonderful He is for guiding us to find that lost item. When something absolutely unexpectedly excellent happens, and with joy you shout, “Hallelujah”, go on… enjoy doing that…tell God how marvellous He is for providing what no one else could give. Whenever we sing those words of commanded rejoicing, may we, deep in our hearts, truly express our awe, wonder…and thanksgiving…to the High King of Heaven.

Paul Miller

…for Ron Kernohan, pastor of seniors.