Voices United Choir Sisi Ni Moja https://youtu.be/5CK1r_Kmx0Q Bell Choir Come You Thankful People Come https://youtu.be/cwc_oaj9FSU Gratitude for the Harvest – Matthew 13:18-23 Parkminster United Church – Thanksgiving Sunday – October 11, 2020 Rev. Heather Power I received a rather surprising and sweet email this past week. It was from a couple who were looking to connect with my late mother. You see she was…
Tending the Vineyard – Isaiah 5:1-7 Sunday, October 4, 2020 – World Communion – Parkminster United Church Rev. Heather Power Many years ago, a colleague that I was in team ministry with coordinated a church bus trip to some Niagara wineries as a Spirituality of Wine tour. Let me tell you, never have I seen a church event fill up so fast!…
Going With the Grain—Matthew 21: 23-32 (September 27, 2020-17th Sunday after Pentecost) Have you ever used a hand planer on a piece of wood? Wood has a grain, or a direction in which it naturally grew when it was still part of a tree. If you plane in the direction of the grain it involves an easy gliding motion and your finished…
A lot of people have trouble with this parable. How did it strike you? I think for a lot of us this parable offends our sense of fairness. Why should everyone get equal pay for unequal work? It doesn’t make sense. This parable enters our hearts like cod liver oil or Buckley’s cough syrup— you know Jesus is right, you know it…
Faith Story-Rev. Joe Gaspar September 6, 2020 It’s my turn. It’s only fair that after a number of you shared your faith stories over the last two years that your Ministers would begin to share theirs. Going through the process this week of figuring out what I’m going to say has given me a renewed appreciation for everyone who has shared their…
Reflection—Matthew 16: 21-28 (August 30, 2020-13th Sunday after Pentecost) I wonder if those of you who are old enough remember the game show Let’s Make a Deal. Each Let’s Make a Deal began with the host, Monty Hall choosing a studio audience member at random to play a game against him. Although the games were always different, the usual pattern was that…
Due to a technology problem, this service was not recorded. My Faith Journey – Sandi McMullen In my memory, “I will raise you up on eagle’s wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun and hold you in the palm of my hand” was shared with me as a message of God’s strength by my…
Sunday August 9, 2020 My name is Lani Kerbl. I’ll give you a little general background of my faith journey. I was raised Catholic, In high school, I was a member of the inter school Christian fellowship, and had a couple of years walking the walk of a “born again” Baptist. I sang in church choirs, folk choirs, and finally landed at…