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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?”

Midweek Message – January 24

I was struck by this sign above a doorway on Portland Street one day last week on my walk back from the library! Tucked between two storefronts, I would have never noticed it if I had been driving. There is no better way to be in a neighbourhood than on foot, in fact, along withContinue reading “Midweek Message – January 24”

The Long Journey

As I said at the beginning of worship, the next few weeks are going to be focused on how small changes, changes that we don’t think even matter, can build up over time to make a big difference. James Clear, in his book Atomic Habits, writes, “It’s so easy to overestimate the importance of one definingContinue reading “The Long Journey”

Midweek Message – January 17

We start a new sermon series this week: Atomic Church! I assure you, I’m not planning on blowing anything up! I read Atomic Habits a couple of years ago and was captivated by James Clear’s idea of making tiny, incremental changes, that over the long run, can yield big results. Atoms are the smallest building blocksContinue reading “Midweek Message – January 17”