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Midweek Message – May 28, 2025

Jackie Clark is leading worship this week while I attend the Annual Regional Meeting in Sackville, NB. Fundy Saint Lawrence Dawning Waters and Bermuda Nova Scotia will meet together for the first time since 2019 and I’m looking forward to seeing some of my colleagues that I haven’t seen in person since then! I’m partContinue reading “Midweek Message – May 28, 2025”

Open Hearts

One of the ways I prepare to write my sermon is to read the scripture slowly… Then I read it again… slowly…. The third time, I pick up a pen and circle the words that jump out at me… This week, the three words that jumped out were opened, heart and listen. I was alsoContinue reading “Open Hearts”

Midweek Message – May 21

We conclude our Who Are the People in Our Neighbourhood series by welcoming Elder Debbie Eisan from the Mi’Kmaw Native Friendship Centre. We are going to leave the little houses up until we close for August, so if you haven’t brought one in yet, you still have time. Last week, Lauren Cullen and Kayla HeislerContinue reading “Midweek Message – May 21”

Decisions, Decisions

My first thought, when I read through this passage last Sunday evening was, “I’m supposed to preach on a church meeting?” Because essentially that’s what this passage is… a report on a gathering, it’s called the Council of Jerusalem. To set the scene, we need to know a bit about what happened after last weeksContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions”

Midweek Message – May 14, 2025

We continue our ‘Who Are the People In the Neighbourhood?’ series with guests Lauren Cullen and Kayla Heisler; both from MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning. We also have Poppy Mason coming to share some special music on the piano; Poppy is a student at Accents Music Learning Centre, who are one of our partners inContinue reading “Midweek Message – May 14, 2025”

Look! Here is Water!

Look! Here is water! Those words, spoken by an Ethiopian eunuch from the passage of scripture that you’re going to hear in a few minutes, kept ringing in my ears this week! Look, here is water! Nova Scotia has 7400 km of coastline. No matter where you are in NS, you are never more thanContinue reading “Look! Here is Water!”

Midweek Message – May 7, 2025

You folks made my heart so happy last Sunday. There was a visiting minister and his husband from Kamloops United Church in the congregation and he commented after the service on the hospitality they experienced! He said that they have rarely experienced that kind of welcome when they have been visiting a church, from theContinue reading “Midweek Message – May 7, 2025”

Midweek Message – April 30, 2025

I sometimes wonder if anyone reads these… but based on a few emails when I didn’t write one last week, I guess you do! 😉 Following Easter, I took a few comp days to recharge my energy banks; I’d been putting in a great deal of extra time, including a number of Saturday events. AndContinue reading “Midweek Message – April 30, 2025”

Midweek Message – April 16, 2025

Holy Week… my Facebook memories told me a couple of weeks ago that back in 2018, I had 6 services over 4 days! I was serving a 2 point charge, we had a Maundy Thursday Service, Good Friday, a funeral on Saturday, Easter Sunrise Service and then a service in each as well! I definitelyContinue reading “Midweek Message – April 16, 2025”