Category: Worship Services

Dear friends, IN OUR SCRIPTURE PASSAGES TODAY, we read about Adam and Eve yielding to temptation bringing despair, punishment and death to themselves and to all their descendants.  We also witness Jesus, after 40 days in the desert, resisting temptations and remaining faithful to God’s commands.  And Paul reminds us of the gift of new life through Jesus which brings us real…

Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY Charlotte Adams will be leading us in worship.  Charlotte Adams is a candidate for ministry within the Presbytery of Montreal.  Charlotte was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and has lived in Pointe-Claire, QC since 2017.  Charlotte did her undergrad at St. Francis Xavier University in Honours Religious Studies and is currently doing…

Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship.   LAST WEEK WE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE FATHER as John baptized Jesus in the Jordan River.  This week we hear the voice of John the Baptist as he speaks to his disciples.  On seeing Jesus, he states: “Behold, the…

Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship.   ALL OF THE GOSPELS RECORD THE EVENT OF JESUS’ BAPTISM.  For scholars, that Jesus would receive John’s baptism of repentance was problematic.  Jesus is the sinless lamb of God.  Much ink has been spilled over the question of why Jesus…

Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship.   “COSMIC COLLATERAL CONFUSION!!!”: In her comments on the passage from Matthew 2, Chelsey Harmon says: “Well this is a real ‘Merry Christmas!’ story, isn’t it?  Many of us have had the privilege and joy of spending time with loved ones,…