Sunday School Activities John 21:1-19 In one of the churches that I served, there was a preschool in the house that was at one time the minister’s manse right beside the church. The school often used the church gym for concerts and special occasions and a number of our church families attended the preschool. There was one child, let’s call him Jack,…
You are not alone. Come share the journey.
You are not alone. Come share the journey.
Sermons by Rev. Heather Power
John 20:19-31 Sunday School Activities The tomb is empty, Christ is risen, love wins, we are Easter people, new life abounds in creation’s glorious springtime, and nothing on earth will ever be the same again. Right? Right? Welcome to the Week After. The week after euphoria. The week after triumph. The week after Easter flowers, egg hunts, gatherings, Holy Week services, and…
Sunday School Activities Sanctus – Voices United I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – Cast in Bronze To Be Continued – Luke 19:28-40 A few weeks ago, when I preached last, I cheekily ended my sermon with a “to be continued” cliff-hanger – and today, our cliff-hanger begins to unfold. Are you ready?! Palm Sunday has always been a bit perplexing for…
Sunday School Activities Luke 13:1-9 We Shall Overcome – Voices United In this age of Netflix and other streaming services for television shows it’s harder to remember a time where you had to wait each week for the next episode of your favourite show. Sure, some series are doing this now – dropping one or more episodes over a series of weeks…
In Terra Pax – Voices United Choir Sunday School Activities We have now moved from the season of Epiphany into the season of Lent. Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return. These are the words many of us hear at an Ash Wednesday service as we begin our Lenten journeys. In her essay, In the Barren Places, Debie Thomas…
Sunday School Activities Psalm 69:1-3, 32-34; Mark 6:30-32 Black History Month In a New York Times article, organizational psychologist Adam Grant identified the “dominant emotion of 2021” as “languishing.” He went on to describe this unfortunate state in a variety of ways: a sense of emptiness. Despondency. A lack of hope. Aimlessness and joylessness. The “dulling of delight” and the “dwindling…
Sunday School Activities Luke 4:14-21 After Christmas we did our usual post-holiday clean up and clear out and I came across one of the first sermons I preached as a student minister. As I read it, I literally cringed and while I tried to practice some grace, I also felt a little remorse for ever inflicting it upon anyone. But as I…
Sunday School Activities Love Like This – Grace Ronan
Sunday School Activities O Come Emmanuel – Voices United Choir Malachi 3:1-4 Advent 2 – Sunday, December 5, 2021 Advent is a good time to remember that the Bible is what one theologian describes as a wilderness text. A text borne of trauma, displacement, and loss. The ancient writers who penned sacred scripture — and the vast majority of characters who populate its…
Voices United Choir: We Praise Thee, O God Sunday School Activities Isaiah 42:1-9 Sometimes I feel a bit like a broken record when I speak about the resilience, grace, and care of this faith community over these many pandemic months. But it is something that I feel is worth uplifting time and again because it is true. Together we have been –…