Rewards

Rewards

Rewards Rewards What does it mean for us to be sent out by God? How do we serve the community we are called out into? What are the risks? What are the rewards? Scripture: Psalm 89: 1-4, 15-18 and Matthew 10: 40-42 I collect reward points when I shop. I do it when I...
Surrender to God

Surrender to God

Surrender to God Surrender to God Our passage today is a difficult one. We don’t encounter a Jesus we recognize, perhaps this is a Jesus we don’t want to follow. When we brush up against hard truths we need to examine what about them makes us...

Bible Study Reminder

Bible Study Reminder A reminder that Bible Study continues on Wednesday evening at 6pm. We are studying the themes of Lament and Hope, reflecting on them during these times. We will explore the structure of what makes a lament, looking at examples we find in the...
Freely Given

Freely Given

Freely Given Freely Given Today we consider the grace that we have freely recieved from God and consider the question of what we should do with it.  Scripture: Psalm 100 and Matthew 9:35-10:8 .When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were...

Update on Covid-19 and Worship

Update on Covid-19 and Worship As you may be aware the province of Ontario recently announced that certain areas of the province were permitted to enter Stage 2 of ‘re-opening’. Our health unit is one of the areas in this territory. Within the guidelines...
Created in the Image of God

Created in the Image of God

Created in the Image of God Created in the Image of God God works and moves in ways that I will never understand. Over the past week we have held in tension our ongoing anxiety of a global pandemic and have confronted questions and issues of race that have long been...

Bible Study – Lament & Hope

Bible Study – Lament & Hope Bible Study will start on Wednesday June 10 @ 6pm.  The theme of the study is lament and hope as found in scripture and reflected upon in our current times. We will look at the key characteristics of these two themes, explore...
Rebuilding Community in Partnership with the Holy Spirit

Rebuilding Community in Partnership with the Holy Spirit

Rebuilding Community in Partnership with the Holy Spirit Rebuilding Community in Partnership with the Holy Spirit It is Pentecost Sunday, a day when the church celebrates, the renewsing, sustaining and transformative power of the Holy Spirit, the third figure of the...

Can I Get a Witness?

Can I Get a Witness? Can I Get a Witness? It is Ascension Sunday. The day we celebrate when Jesus left the diciples and ascended to sit at the right hand of God. Though it is only afforded a few verses in Luke’s gospel, the ascension provides a powerful image....

We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone We Are Not Alone We are coming to the end of the Easter season and Jesus is preparing us, as he did with the disciples, for what comes next. In our passage from John, Jesus speaks of the Advocate who will come and be with us. We know the Advocate as...

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