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”
Category Archives: Midweek Messages
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”
Thoughtful Thursday! October 24
I’m back from Ottawa and will be back in the pulpit on Sunday. Worship: We are marking All Saints Day, remembering the ‘saints’ in our lives; you are invited to bring in photos of your loved ones that you would like remembered. Scripture is 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:27-30, 41-43 and I have NO idea whereContinue reading “Thoughtful Thursday! October 24”
Midweek Message – October 16
It’s World Food Day! If I were going to be in church this Sunday, we would be marking it in some way, but since I’ll be in Ottawa for my final week of Study Leave, participating in Hunger on the Hill. This is a Canadian Foodgrains Bank initiative, where a group of 20 people fromContinue reading “Midweek Message – October 16”
Midweek Message – October 3
Monday was National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; a holiday for many people. I try not to think of it as a holiday, but more as a day set aside to learn some more about Indigenous History and present day realities. So, while I spent some time in the morning at my computer, working onContinue reading “Midweek Message – October 3”
Midweek Message – September 25
It’s been a week! And it’s only Wednesday! Late last week, I thought I had burned my mouth on coffee, my throat was a bit scratchy on Friday, I didn’t feel great on Saturday, and felt steadily worse on Sunday. Adrenaline gets me through worship when I have to… Sunday afternoon all the adrenaline leftContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 25”
Midweek Message – September 18
Worship this week continues our focus on creation; this week fauna. Considering my love/hate relationship with deer lately… 😉 Scripture: Psalm 104: 1-2, 10-24 Right now, I’m imagining a dialogue between science and faith, about creation and the animals. My Week: Monday – Doing sermon prep, bulletin prep, starting my reflection for Yvonne Bannerman’s memorialContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 18”
St. James United Church Dartmouth 