Prayer for the New Year
New Year's Eve is upon us. This is the time of year of resolutions, where we promise ourselves that we will stop doing something or perhaps start doing another. One of the most popular New Year's resolutions is to loose weight, to shed the excess from your life. This...
Rise Up
Let’s start this morning with a nursery rhyme. If you know the words feel free to say them with me. I suspect that most, if not all of us, know the words to this one: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s...
Christmas Eve
In 1941 Winston Churchill uttered the words, “We shall never surrender.” In doing so he set a nation, indeed the British Commonwealth, on a path to victory against Axis Forces in WWII. On May 25, 1961 President Kennedy addressed Congress and stated, "I believe that...
Preparing for Sunday: Humpty Dumpty
We all know the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. A simple rhyme told to children at bedtime. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men, Couldn't put Humpty together again. This week I did some reading about...
A Prayer for Christmas
Gracious God, we give you thanks for the birth of your son Jesus Christ. Be with us and those we love at this special time of year. Allow us to experience the hope, peace, joy and love of the Christmas season. We give thanks that you come to us as a child, innocent...
Mary Said Yes
Did you notice it? As I was reading the gospel story this morning, did sense it? As Gabriel was talking to Mary did you see them? Did you see all the other angels and the heavenly hosts watching in eager anticipation? Did you notice how they held their breath as Mary...
Preparing for Sunday Worship: Waiting for the Christ Child
What does it mean to wait? In a society where everything is "On Demand" what does it mean to sit down and wait? Advent is about preparing for and waiting for the birth of Christ. Yet, in the midst of waiting we are surrounded and sucked up into the busyness that is...
Christmas Caroling at St. Andrew’s
St. Andrew's is going caroling! On Friday night (December 19) @6:30 we will meet at the McDougall's and carol through the neighbourhood bringing the message of Christmas. Contact the church office if you need directions to the McDougall's home. Then on Sunday morning...
Prayer of Love
The season of Advent is almost over. In just over a week's time we will move from the season of Advent to the season of Christmas. This coming Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Advent, a Sunday where we normally discuss and celebrate the theme of love. At its heart...
Primer for Sunday: Who are the Messengers
We take a lot for granted when it comes to Christmas. The birth of Jesus is a story that has been told now for 2000 years. Year after year in countless church's the nativity scene is played out again at this time of year. It is a wonderful celebration of God's great...
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Cobourg is part of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The congregation was established in 1833 and continues to serve the community.