Weekly Letter from Ron & Mary Kernohan

May 29, 2026

GREETINGS TO ALL!

In addition to the Church calendar, I also have various kinds of calendars on my desktop. One of them shows special celebrations or days of remembrance that people have created from all around the world. June 3 is designated as “Love Conquers All” Day. What a remarkable event to find hunkering down into our calendars! …and doesn’t seem appropriate for we followers of Jesus to celebrate…every…day? May you pay a visit to I Corinthians 13 and read with Spirit-guided eyes the reason why we can say, “Love Conquers All!” …”Love never fails!” That’s the Apostle Paul, speaking!

As you prepare to look through this week’s roster of events and prayer concerns that are part of our seniors’ community, may you also find ways to bring God’s overcoming power of love into the lives of others. When we get together again this coming Sunday, I look forward to your stories about how God’s conquering love found its way to your world. We do not know the end of all stories, so while we may wonder: “Is God really at work?” we can be assured that in the end, God’s word and work will not return to Him without some harvest…even if it is our own sacrifices of praise. Blessings on you all this week!

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WEEKLY and UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

DISCOVERY CLASS will be on Sunday at 9:30 am in the church gym. We look forward to being guided to pay attention to key truths in Scripture that will transform our lives, as Pastor Ron encourages us to discover more gems of goodness in God’s word.

FITNESS WITH FRIENDS will continue through the month of June, with a cancellation on Monday, June 29. I will be travelling then, to meet a precious family who have been in the wings cheering us on! Please take note of these reminders:

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. Consider attending FITNESS WITH FRIENDS on Mondays to get ready for PICKLEBALL on Thursdays.

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PRAYER REQUESTS‍ ‍

Some guidance for prayer. In addition to specific needs…

• Pray for those who are recently bereaved or are experiencing losses of precious relationships.

• Pray for those in long-term care and struggling with emotional support.

• Pray for those who are going through difficulties, such as those who have family members requiring special needs, as well as those who have ongoing challenges of body or mind.

• Pray for those who are travelling or now distant from us. Pray for their protection in both body and spirit and for safety while travelling.

• Pray for those who have much to do as a result of recent losses, with estate settlements and lifestyle adjustments. Pray that those involved will sense God’s wisdom and guidance and act wisely.

• Pray for those who are in leadership positions within our church and for those serving our communities and city. Pray for both wisdom and courage to follow through on what the Lord lays on their hearts.

Continue in prayer for:

• Herb Schuster: had a partial hip replacement and is recovering at home.

• Bob and Sheila Lever: recovering at home and managing home care.
  

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Meditation: 

In my travels, I visit with a lot of different fitness and personal development coaches. Dr. Justin Sung, a learning specialist, has done a lot of work using music to help people focus on their tasks. It’s called “neural phase locking.” In essence, the music synchronizes its own vibrations to your brain waves. I found it fascinating that deep in the heart of Scripture we see how deeply God values music, not simply for synchronizing our brain waves, but for wrapping our words of praise into music. Paul’s encouragement to use “psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” to encourage one another follows God’s distinct plan for wholeness in us and between Him and all of humanity.

One disturbing feature about Dr. Sung’s “music” is that it has no lyrics. It is purely…sound. Many religions around the world use “sound” for ways to stimulate certain effects. Followers of Jesus, however, have found that when we take our words of grief, joy, praise, thanksgiving, honour, anger, and lament and wrap them in music, we are creating something even more profound and wholesome. The neural effects are real: calming, stabilizing, soothing…but one effect is missing: spiritual connection with God. The Lord delights in the fruit of our lips, the praise on our tongues, not how well we do a guitar riff or a glissando on a keyboard. So, when you are immersed in the psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of our fellowship together, may you find fresh encouragement that God delights in this, for we play our music with rejoicing and do that well,  and sing our songs with honest hearts doing that well…we can experience something wonderful: we praise well.

 Ron Kernohan, pastor of seniors.