Author: standrew
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Christmas Eve 2024
Dear friends, THIS CHRISTMAS EVE, our Interim Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries will be leading us in worship. The service will be a service of lessons and carols, with familiar scripture texts, familiar carols, and a simple reflective meditation. We are grateful for this opportunity to celebrate the birth of Christ—to celebrate the…
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December 22nd 2024 -“What God doesn’t know”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. Sunday marks the fourth week of Advent, where we’ll light the Candle of Love, please think about the kind of love Jesus brings us for today and for the future. OUR SCRIPTURE READING continues in the gospel of Luke 1: 39-45, “Mary…
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December 15th 2024 -“Why would God want to sing over me?”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. Sunday marks the third week of Advent, where we’ll light the Candle of Joy, also known as the Shepherd Candle, that reflects the joy that comes through Jesus’ incarnation and his redeeming grace. OUR SCRIPTURE READING is taken from the gospel according…
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December 8th 2024 -“Have you ever been the message?”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. Sunday marks the second week of Advent, a season when Christians around the world wait and prepare to celebrate the birth and incarnation of Jesus, the promised Messiah. Advent, however, is not just a time to reflect and look back…
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December 1st 2024 -“Ain’t gonna study war”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY, which is the First Sunday in Advent, our Interim Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries will once again be leading us in worship. We will also share together in the Lord’s Supper. OUR SCRIPTURE LESSON this week is from the book of Isaiah. With some help from a very old…
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November 24th 2024 -“What is truth?”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. OUR NEW TESTAMENT READING is taken from the gospel according to John 18: 33-38, “My Kingdom is Not of This World”. This Sunday we will be reflecting on Jesus as he is tried before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea. When Pilate asks…
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November 17th 2024 -“Setting the temple aside!”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. OUR NEW TESTAMENT READING continues in the gospel according to Mark 13: 1-8, “Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple” and “Signs of the End of the Age”. We often reflect on the prophecy Christ gave about the terrible destruction of the temple,…
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November 10th 2024 -“Do you live a balanced life?”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. THIS SUNDAY HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS as we come together to observe Remembrance Sunday. On this solemn occasion, we remember and honour the brave women and men who sacrificed so much for our freedom. Join us in a…
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Sunday November 3rd 2024 -“Celebrating God’s promises”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. DON’T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK one hour when you go to bed tonight! Daylight saving time is coming to an end, which means we’ll all be enjoying one hour of extra sleep. Hello darkness my old friend… OUR OLD…
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October 27th 2024 -“It was a day like any other day!”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR FALL LUNCHEON, BAKE SALE AND NEARLY NEW TABLE next week, on Saturday, November 2, 2024. You are all encouraged to participate in this congregational fundraiser. Please get your apron on and start baking up a storm for this community…