Happy New Year! 2025! I can hardly believe it. A quarter century since all the build up and hype of Y2K!
New Year’s Eve found me in the seat of a combine! I’ve never been up close to one, so had NO idea they were so big.
Christmas is a season. On Sunday, it will be the 12th day of Christmas! And since we weren’t able to hold our usual Christmas Eve service, I am incorporating much of that service into this coming Sunday, including having communion.
It’s also the day that you will receive a new ‘Star Word.’ A word to ponder and/or to guide you throughout the coming year.
I’m of on January 12th, it’s a Sunday that I didn’t take last summer when I had a week of Study Leave in the midst of my vacation without a corresponding extra Sunday. The service is going to be focused around some folks favourite hymns, their history and why they are favourites. I am lining up people to participate and Jackie Clark has volunteered to lead the service.
We start a new series on January 19th: Six Stone Jars. The creator of this series, Dr. Marcia McFee of Worship Design Studio, introduces it in this way: A miscalculation has occurred. The wedding guests have drunk all the wine
before the party is over. At times, life can feel like we’re “running out” of so much, and scarcity is shutting down the party. In these moments, we are invited to turn to the currency and economy of Jesus. In his economy, the true measure of abundance is fullness for the whole community, not just
for some. Let us build the Kin-dom of God by drawing from jars of Hope,
Purpose, Healing, Meaning, Vision, and Grace for all people.
St. James United Church Dartmouth 