by Neil Ellis | Oct 3, 2016 | Sermons
Text: Luke 17: 1-10 https://standrewscobourg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/sermons/16-10-02-rev-neil-a-ellis-faith.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS There was once a woman who bought a parrot for a pet. All the parrot did was treat her...
by Neil Ellis | Oct 1, 2016 | Devotionals
On Sunday we turn our attention to Luke 17. A section of the Bible which the NRSV sub-titles ‘Some Saying of Jesus and which the Good News Translation breaks into three sections: ‘Sin, Faith and A Servant’s Duty.’ Are these verses in...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 27, 2016 | Prayer
O Holy One, I surrender myself to you now. In this moment and in all others. May it please you To shine your grace upon me And to fill my cup until it runs over. Caution me And fill my heart with patience To accept the calling you have placed upon my heart. Provide me...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 26, 2016 | Sermons
https://standrewscobourg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/sermons/16-09-25-rev-neil-a-ellis-no-more.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS Text: Luke 18: 19-31 The Beetles sing, “Eleanor Rigby died at the church and was buried along with her...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 23, 2016 | Devotionals
What’s in a name? A name means a great many things. It is what we are called, how we identify ourselves. Parents bestow names on their children which they hope will have meaning or perhaps to honour parents. I have seen family rifts develop because grand-parents...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 20, 2016 | Prayer
Gracious God, Before you I place my tiredness. Before you I place my frustration. Before you I place my pain. Before you I place my anger. Before you I place my disappointment. Loving God, I ask you for renewed energy. I ask you for increased patience. I ask you for...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 19, 2016 | Sermons
Text – Luke 16: 1-13 I want you to imagine you are sitting at a desk and are about to write an exam. The first question you have is a case study based on Luke 16: 1-9. You’ll note we read to verse 13 this morning. So you sit down and you read Luke 16: 1-9. Jesus...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 13, 2016 | Prayer
Gracious God, I come before you as a humble servant, I come before you in need of hope. I confess that there are times when I feel helpless, When the weight of the world seems to crush me. I confess that there are times when I feel week, When temptation seems to...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 12, 2016 | Sermons
Text: Luke 15: 1-10 https://standrewscobourg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/sermons/16-09-11-rev-neil-a-ellis-lost.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS Perhaps you, like me, are a fan of spy movies. Films that are full of espionage, danger and...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 7, 2016 | Prayer
Paul writes in his letter to the church in Corinth, “If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I a a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have...
