Sermons
I Am What I Have
I Am What I Have luke's gospel finds Jesus teaching the crowd. It is a message of blessings and woes. If we read it carefully we find a list of contradictions. If we ask ourselves honest questions, we might ourselves on both sides of the equation. This is a comforting...
Abundance
Abundance What does a story about fishing have to tell us about life with God? Probably more than we realize. This week we look at an encounter that primarily features Simon and Jesus. The fisherman and the carpenter revealing what life with God is like. In-Person...
Love Never Ends
Love Never Ends A passage about conflict and a passage about love. Both tell an enduring story about God's love. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13 and Luke 4: 21-30 Return to In-Person Worship In-Person worship will resume on Sunday February 13, 2022. Proof of...
The Word Fulfilled
The Word Fulfilled Today we find Jesus at the beginning of his public ministry. Everything in Luke's gospel until this point has been setting the stage for this event. Jesus reads from Isaiah and the pronounces that today, in the hearing of those present, that the...
Life Abundant
Life Abundant In our gospel reading from John, Jesus turns water into wine. It's an intereting miracle that is not found in any of the other gospel accounts. By all measures it might be a tad extravagent. Certainly we may struggle to understand the relevance of this...
It’s About Life
It's About Life Today we hear about the baptism of Jesus from Luke's gospel. It is a coming together of several themes that have been at work over the first two chapters of Luke's gospel. Namely the kinship that Jesus and John the Baptist share, how their ministries...
The Word became Flesh
The Word became Flesh Today John takes us back to the beginning. The beginning of all things and the beginning of Christ's incarnation. In a way that only John can we are reminded of just how wonderful and compelling the news of Jesus coming to dwell among us is. That...
Sit with God
Sit with God On this first Sunday after Christmas, we take a cue from Jesus. We stop, and we sit in the presence of God. Ensure that you take some time today, and over the course of this coming week, to stop and sit with God. Scripture: Luke 2: 41-52Our scripture...
Christmas Eve 2021
Christmas Eve - 2021 Christ is born this night! Come let us worship! The birth of Jesus is a radical event, and in breaking of creation by God. A disruption to our daily lives by God who wishes to tell us that we are loved, cherished, and cared for. Thank you for...
The Work of the Rebel Jesus
The Work of the Rebel Jesus Mary provides a wonderfully prophetic testimony to the work that God would perform through Jesus. It is work that we as the Church are to take up and continue. The Work of the Rebel Jesus. Scripture: Luke 1: 39-55Advent spans four weeks. It...
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.