July 17, 2020 Strathmore Times
July 17, 2020 Strathmore Times
July 17, 2020 Strathmore Times
CALVIN MURRAY
impact assessment, depending on its
proposed location, said Link.
A public hearing to discuss the
Phone: (403) 533-2400 Fax: (403) 533-2401 changes is proposed for Sept. 1, 2020,
403-934-5552 to be held in the Wheatland County
120 - 2nd Avenue, Strathmore email: [email protected] council chambers.
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Planning continues
587-727-0649 cern you.
STRATHMORE ALLIANCE
[email protected] Canada has the highest unemploy-
325 1 Ave • 403-934-3543
Rev. Malcolm Kern
Corner of 1 Ave & Wheatland Trail ment in the G7. We are the only G7
for new seniors lodge
All services are cancelled until further notice
Lead Pastor: Mike Wiebe country to lose its AAA credit rating.
“Becoming fully alive in Jesus Christ”
Associate Pastor: John Duerksen And we are the only G7 country with
Youth/Worthip Inter: Connor Hyde HOPE COMMUNITY
Cancelled all operations and services no recovery plan. Add on an astronomi-
COVENANT CHURCH Continued from Page 1
until further notice. 245 Brent Blvd, Strathmore • 403-934-2424
cal budget deficit and unprecedented
www.strathmorealliance.com Pastor: Heidi Wiebe national debt and it’s clear this govern-
In person services have been cancelled. ment has left us in an untenable posi- WHMB held one community meeting, before the COV-
Preschool cancelled. tion. Action must be taken to get our ID-19 pandemic sidelined consultation efforts, to help direct
RCCG PECULIAR PEOPLE ASSEMBLY
(1 PET. 2:9) Online services available.
economy working again and to rein in the decision-making process, he said. But now, the organi-
322 A 2nd Avenue, Strathmore www.hope-community.ca zation has partnered with Community Futures Wild Rose to
spending, while still protecting Cana-
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STRATHMORE UNITED da’s most vulnerable. restart engagement. The engagement approach has yet to be
Pastor: Sunday Adeola decided but may include surveys and group meetings.
Wheatland Trail & 3rd Avenue Right now, the Liberals only plan is to
Will be offering online services
until further notice.
403-934-3025
keep spending huge amounts of money “We want to get the whole community involved – we want
Rev. Pamela Scott to know their wants and desires and hopes and dreams,”
www.rccgstrathmore.com to keep our economy on life support.
All worship services and gatherings
cancelled until further notice. Instead, we need to help get workers said Koester. “If we want seniors to move to the area or stay
Phone messages checked weekly. and local businesses back on their feet here, we have to accommodate their wishes.”
LORD OF ALL (NALC) LUTHERAN
112 Lakeside Blvd. • 403-934-2374 as quickly as possible. Our economic The site for the new lodge has yet to be determined but
Pastor: Dawn Nelson HARVEST HEALING CENTRE CHURCH will be off-site from the existing Wheatland Lodge. “We didn’t
All worship services and gatherings are 102 Canal Gardens want to uproot any of the seniors there,” noted Koester. How-
closed until further notice. 403-901-0893 / 403-880-3171 Residential ever, once the new facility is opened, the existing 95-suite
The office will be open part time. Pastor: Elizabeth Karp
Join us in Praising our Lord, Jesus Christ! Pastor: Dave Mackie Acreage lodge will no longer serve as a seniors’ lodge, according to
Worship Sundays 10:30 am WHMB.
Youth Tuesdays 7 pm Award Winning Several sites are being assessed, but the design and en-
STRATHMORE SEVENTH-DAY Come Join us for a spirit-filled time
gagement process should narrow down the possibilities, said
ADVENTIST CHURCH of worship
Koester.
Meeting in the Lutheran Church
112 Lakeside Blvd. 587-227-6956 STRATHMORE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH “When we come up with the design of a building that the
Pastor: Donald Pierre 50 Maplewood Drive • 403-934-2225 community wants, it will probably only fit on certain pieces
Senior Pastor: Rev. Les Fischer REALTY HORIZON
Services held every Saturday of land – that will take the political scrum out of it, maybe,”
Youth Pastor: Rev. Kyle Lomenda
Sabbath School: 10 AM
All services and gatherings are
Alisa Wurz he said. “When all those factors are put together, maybe the
Worship Service: 11 AM
cancelled until further notice. (403) 934-7903 land will pick itself.”
www.strathmoreadventist.ca
[email protected] www.strathmorefullgospel.com alisawurz@ Funding for the project has not yet been secured. WHMB
hotmail.com is trying to garner support from the government of Alberta,
said Koester. “We’re hoping for a grant to build it.”
Visit my Website to find your WHMB is hoping to have the project ready for construc-
The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints DREAM HOME @ tion in the fall, said Koester. “Once the community engage-
60 Maplewood Drive | Bishop Justin Hansen | [email protected]
403-983-2746 | LDS.org | Worship Service Sundays 10 a.m. www.alisawurz.com ment is done, the architect can draw the schematic and we
(can) get the land sewed up, then we will be shovel ready.”
SPORTS
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fer Mertz, head coach of the Strathmore event, including Asher Jensen, Jonas
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