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Midweek Message – March 6

Another week rolls around! How can it be Wednesday already. And how can it be DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME THIS WEEKEND???? Worship this Sunday is a continuation of the Marks of Discipleship Series with a focus on Testimony and specifically on PIE: Public, Intentional & Explicit support of the 2SLGBTQ+ people in our church and community.Continue reading “Midweek Message – March 6”

Midweek Message – February 28

How can it be the end of February! Worship this week is combined Annual Meeting and Worship; all the elements of worship, prayers, scripture, some brief reflections and approval of reports. We will still stream the service/meeting to Facebook Live, but if you want to speak to a report, it would be best if youContinue reading “Midweek Message – February 28”

From Blindness to Sight

Are we willing to be healed of our blindness?

Midweek Message – February 21

We welcome the Scouts this Sunday! We continue this week with The Marks of Discipleship series; this time the focus is on healing. The scripture this week is Mark 10: 46-52, the story of Jesus healing a blind man. Reflection – From Blindness to Sight Questions I am Pondering: This has been a tough weekContinue reading “Midweek Message – February 21”

Summary of the Official Board Meeting November 21, 2023

Remit 1, Category 3: The United Church of Canada has proposed the development of an autonomous National Indigenous Organization within the United Church of Canada. Motion: We voted yes on Remit 1 The date of the next OB meeting is Tues. Feb 20, 2024, 6:30 pm. The Annual Meeting will take place Sunday March 3,Continue reading “Summary of the Official Board Meeting November 21, 2023”

Listening Circles Presentation and Process

On Sunday, February 18th, we enjoyed a light lunch provided by the Transition Team and then reviewed the material from the Listening Circles once again, pondered where we were as individuals in the transition process, heard about the new paradigms of church and decided on a couple of projects. This is the presentation that Rev.Continue reading “Listening Circles Presentation and Process”

Don’t Go Away Grieving

What are you attached to? Do you have any ‘guilty’ attachments? Sea salt and caramel ice cream at midnight when nobody is watching? A cigarette now and again in secret? Facebook? Perhaps some on-line shopping? What about healthy attachments? What are yours? Family? Although that is not always healthy… there is a saying, “Each familyContinue reading “Don’t Go Away Grieving”

Midweek Message – February 14

Happy Valentine’s Day and first day of Lent! Ash Wednesday. I am reminded of a quote by Henry David Thoreau: “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” On a day that celebrates love of all kinds and a day where we are reminded of our mortality, we can be assured that loveContinue reading “Midweek Message – February 14”

Midweek Message – January 31

Worship this week continues our series on Atomic Church, how small changes can have a big impact. The scripture is Mark 5:21-43; it’s two stories, one nested inside another. One of healing, one of a girl restored to life. I keep adapting my presentation for Sunday after church… shifting the slides around… I think I’mContinue reading “Midweek Message – January 31”

What Kind of Soil?

Some of you know that during Covid I became a vegetable gardener. There’s few bigger changes than a tiny seed into a vegetable! Vegetable gardening was something I had wanted to do for a very long time, but I was always very busy in the spring getting ready for the Conference Annual Meeting, so itContinue reading “What Kind of Soil?”