We have a special service this Sunday around hymns and music! Jackie Clark is leading worship while I take a Sunday off that I am owed from the summer. There will be reflections on three different hymns by Shirley O’Sullivan, Dianne Cleveland and Lynne Travers. You’ll also be singing them! We are ‘undecorating’ this week…Continue reading “Midweek Message – January 8”
Category Archives: Midweek Messages
Midweek Message – January 1
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 willContinue reading “Midweek Message – January 1”
Midweek Message – December 18
The theme this week is Hope Is Worth the Risk; scripture is Matthew 1: 18-25 & Luke 1: 46-55. I’ve been thinking a lot about risking hope; hoping for something, voicing it, putting it out there into the community, universe, or whatever, is both an act of courage and of vulnerability. I am not sureContinue reading “Midweek Message – December 18”
Midweek Message – December 11
Scripture – Matthew 3: 1-12 Message – You will hear from a childhood friend of John’s… looking back on her life and reflecting on John’s message of repentance. Your one chance of the year to throw things at your minister is THIS Sunday! There is a LOT going on over the next two weeks. I’veContinue reading “Midweek Message – December 11”
Midweek Message – December 4
We continue with the series: Words for the Beginning in this second week of Advent with the theme: We Can’t Go Alone. Scripture this week is Ruth 1 & Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12, which might seem odd choices for Advent. These passages are often read at weddings although they have nothing to do with marriage, butContinue reading “Midweek Message – December 4”
Midweek Message – November 27, 2024
Advent starts in just 4 days! Many folks at the church have been working away at many things to make the season meaningful. There is an Advent Devotional Book available to go along with the theme; we are only printing them for those who request them. Also an opportunity to participate in an Advent PhotoContinue reading “Midweek Message – November 27, 2024”
Midweek Message – Nov 20
We welcome the Rev. Dr. Heather McCance, President of the Atlantic School of Theology, as our Anniversary Preacher this year!
Midweek Message – November 13
Worship this week focuses around being called by God; I don’t know how many of you are on Facebook; it was my turn to provide a short spiritual reflection for the United Churches for Dartmouth, so I’m including it here. The text is Isaiah 6: 1-8. It’s been a week again… my sister had surgeryContinue reading “Midweek Message – November 13”
Midweek Message – November 6, 2024
The US election has been on everybody’s mind this week, in some of my ministry groups on Facebook, there has been speculation that worship bulletin prep and sermon drafts may have to wait till after the election. I looked at what I had already prepared for liturgy and decided that it was still very appropriate.Continue reading “Midweek Message – November 6, 2024”
Midweek Message – October 30, 2024
Worship – I am going to share some of my experience of Hunger on the Hill, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank event that I participated in Ottawa while on Study Leave. It links nicely with World Food Day which was October 16th, which we didn’t mark, but will on Sunday. Scripture – 1 Kings 17:1-16 –Continue reading “Midweek Message – October 30, 2024”
St. James United Church Dartmouth 