(Click on the dates below for the full text of the Messages)
Messages not available from November 17, 2024 through January 19, 2025
November 10, 2024 – Put on Your Suit of Armour
October 27, 2024 – The Courage to See
October 20, 2024 – A Different Kind of Glory
October 6, 2024 – Parting Words
September 29, 2024 – A Faith as Strong as a Sunflower
September 22, 2024 – Paying Attention to the Little Things
September 15, 2024 – Holy defiance of human categories
September 8, 2024 – Jesus, and us, letting go
September 1, 2024 – Practical Faith
August 25, 2024 – Human Teachings
2024-08-18 – The Problem, the Solution, and the Pathway
June 30, 2024 – Wounded Healing: Finding Balance in a Needy World
June 23, 2024 – Being the Peace We Want for Our World
June 16, 2024 – The Light in You is the Same as the Light in Me
June 9, 2024 – Faith Like that Grain of Wheat
May 26, 2024 – Diversity and Unity: Seeking “both, and”
May 19, 2024 – In the Middle of it All
May 12, 2024 – Opening a New Chapter
May 5, 2024 – Our Personal Journey of Faith
April 28, 2024 – Beloved. Be Loved. Be Love.
April 21, 2024 – Good Shepherd – A Fresh Perspective
April 14, 2024 – Jesus, en-Fleshed Faith
April 7, 2024 – Showing Up
March 31, 2024 – Learning to run toward hope
March 24, 2024 – Liturgy for Palm and Passion Sunday
March 17, 2024 – Mathematics of Faith
March 10, 2024 – Faith as Paradox
March 3, 2024 – Expressing Faith Matters
February 25, 2024 – St. Peter, Save Me from Danger
February 18, 2024 – Ready or not
February 11, 2024 – Time
February 4, 2024 – Doing Discipleship and Brief Reflection
January 28, 2024 – Prophets arise when we least expect them
January 21, 2024 – Lead with the heart, but the head needs to catch up
January 14, 2024 – Following Jesus past the crumbled walls
January 7, 2024 – Deep. Bold. Daring.
December 17, 2023 – Singing Our Songs of Hope
December 10, 2023 – Coaxed out of Isolation
December 3, 2023 – Let’s be honest this Advent
November 26, 2023 – Changing Our Thinking, Changing Our Acting
November 19, 2023 – Was that fair?
November 12, 2023 – Living out of Wholehearted Faith
November 5, 2023 – My Challenging Peace I give to you
October 29, 2023 – Leaving the next chapter to whom?
October 22, 2023 – Wow, I don’t want this to end!
October 15, 2023 – Naming the Golden Calf in the Room
October 8, 2023 – Radically Thankful
October 1, 2023 – How Do We Listen?
September 24, 2023 – Reflection and Blessing
September 17, 2023 – Seeking Hope when the times feel hopeless
September 10, 2023 – Faith Seeking a New Heaven and a New Earth
September 3, 2023 – Turning Aside. Wondering.
August 27, 2023 – Message (St. Mark’s United Church)
August 20, 2023 – Message (St. Mark’s United Church)
August 13, 2023 – Message (St. Mark’s United Church)
August 6, 2023 – More Than Enough: Living it, not just Saying it
July 30, 2023 – Small Things Make a Big Difference
July 23, 2023 – Loving the Wheat, and the Weeds
July 2, 2022 – July 16, 2022: Messages are not available as the worship services took place at another church. Text is not available.
June 25, 2023 – Strange Family Values
June 18, 2023 – Invited to Let Go
June 11, 2023 – Restorative Love. Irrational Hope.
June 4, 2023 – God in Community, Three in One
May 28, 2023 – Things we miss when it’s our birthday
May 21, 2023 – Unity in Our Diversity
May 14, 2023 Liturgy – 50th Anniversary Service text (no sermon)
May 7, 2023 – I am the Dream and the Hope
April 30, 3023 – A Case for being Likened to Sheep
April 23, 2023 – Recognizing Resurrection
April 16, 2023 – Do we want the WHOLE Jesus?
April 9, 2023 – I can’t find Jesus
April 2, 2023 – Which Parade to Choose?
March 19, 2023 – Once Blind, Now, Beginning to See
March 12, 2023 – The Courage to Ask for Help
March 5, 2023 – The Courage to Trust
February 26, 2023 – Who Will You Listen To?
February 19, 2023 – A Mountaintop Experience: But Then What?
February 12, 2023 – God Loves ALL Creation
February 5, 2023 – Salt, Curses, and Blessings
January 29, 2023 – A Foolish God in the Intellectual Age
January 22, 2023 – Deep Spirituality
January 15, 2023 – A Fresh Start
January 8, 2023 – Dare to Follow the Star
There is no Message for January 1, 2023, as this service was held at Grace United Church. The video of this service is not available.
There is no Message for December 25, 2022. You can view the video of this service by clicking on the HOME tab above.
December 24, 2022 – Telling the Good News Story Again (Christmas Eve)
December 18, 2022 – Lean in (Advent 4 LOVE)
December 11, 2022 – A New Lens (Advent 3 JOY)
December 4, 2022 – Faith says YES (Advent 2 PEACE)
November 27, 2022 – Making Room (Advent 1 HOPE)
November 20, 2022 – The Kin-dom of Christ
November 13, 2022 – Jam
November 6, 2022 – Peacemaking Perspective
October 30, 2022 – Unconventional Saints
October 23, 2022 – Swimming in God’s Love
October 16, 2022 – Tenacious Spirituality
October 9, 2022 – Thankful in Un-Thankful Times
October 2, 2022 – The Story
September 25, 2022 – Canadian Shield Regional Council Closing Service
September 18, 2022 – Getting Low Enough to See
September 11, 2022 – Look Up
September 4, 2022 – Going Deep
July 24, 2022 – August 28, 2022: Messages are not available as the worship services took place at other churches. Text is not available.
July 17, 2022: No message this Sunday. Please go the the Home tab for the service text and video. Thank you.
July 10, 2022 – Upside Down to See Right Side Up
July 3, 2022 – A Modern Christian Etiquette
June 26, 2022 – Guided More by Spirit than by Law
June 19, 2022 – Courage to Be an Ally
June 12, 2022 – Could God be an “Us”?
June 5, 2022 – Remember what Love looks like
May 29, 2022 – Following the Signs
May 22, 2022 – Breathe Deeply
May 8, 2022 – Listen to the Words of the Shepherd
May 1, 2022 – Teaching Them to Fish
April 24, 2022 – The Importance of Touch
April 17, 2022 – Resurrection (Easter Message)
April 10, 2022 – What kind of king is this? (Palm and Passion Sunday)
April 3, 2022 – Values – Sparrows and You
March 27, 2022 – Courage to Love
March 20, 2022 – On Bearing Fruit
March 13, 2022 – Loving in a Dangerous Time
March 6, 2022 – Spirit-filled – Anything is Possible
February 27, 2022 – Endings. Beginnings.
February 20, 2022 – Are you still listening?
February 13, 2022 – An Uncommon Sense
February 6, 2022 – O’er the Tumult
January 23, 2022 – Good News, Bad News
January 16, 2022 – There Still is a Dream
January 9, 2022 – In Deep
January 2, 2022 – Loving Our Diversity
December 26, 2021 – Combined United Churches Worship Service
December 19, 2021 – Love Changes Everything – Advent 4
December 12, 2021 – Preparing the way for Joy – Advent 3
December 5, 2021 – Peace, not Control – Advent 2
November 28, 2021 – Hope, Now? – Advent 1
November 21, 2021 – In our Giving & Living – Discipleship
November 14, 2021 – Giving with Purpose
November 7, 2021 – Learning Generosity from a Widow
October 31, 2021 – Grounded in Gratitude
October 24, 2021 – Healing Love
October 17, 2021 – Humility Leads to Love
October 10, 2021 – Love Begins with Trust
October 3, 2021 – Turning to Wonder
September 26, 2021 – What’s next? Living with not knowing, yet trusting that God knows.
September 19, 2021 – Bringing wisdom from above down to earth
September 12, 2021 – What kind of a spark are you?
September 5, 2021 – Courageous Conversations
August 29, 2021 – Mind the (Spiritual) Gap
August 22, 2021 – God’s P.P.E. – an uncomfortable fit
June 27, 2021 – Jesus Saw Her. Do You?
June 20, 2021 – Indigenous Day of Prayer Liturgy
June 13, 2021 – Mustard Seed Faith
June 6, 2021 – Union Sunday Liturgy
May 30, 2021 – Post-Pandemic. Post-Pentecost!
May 23, 2021 – A Fluid Situation (Pentecost Sunday)
May 16, 2021 – Who, me?
May 9, 2021 – Loving in a Dangerous Time
May 2, 2021 – Beloved… Be Loved… Be Love
April 25, 2021 – Seeking an unexpected God
April 18, 2021 – In the Meantime
April 11, 2021 – Really Needing Peace
April 4, 2021 (Easter Sunday) – Where is he?
March 28, 2021 – Parade or Protest – Palm Sunday
March 14, 2021 – Holy Love found in the dark
March 7, 2021 – Holy Interference
February 28, 2021 – Blest Be the Tie that Binds
February 21, 2021 – Dis-order Before New Order
February 14, 2021 – …because I’ve been to the mountaintop
February 7, 2021 – One Long Day
January 31, 2021 – Authority in word and action
January 24, 2021 – Sunday Message
January 17, 2021 – Call Waiting
January 10, 2021 – When the Spirit moves…
January 3, 2021 – Knowing in uncertain times
December 13, 2020 – Elizabeth and Mary: Prophets
December 6, 2020 – Peace Needs Vigilance
November 29, 2020 – That’s how the light gets in
November 22, 2020 – Opening the Table, Opening Hearts
November 15, 2020 – Enough
November 8, 2020 – No one has greater love than this
November 1, 2020 – Wordless Thanks
October 25, 2020 – Spiritual Aerobics
October 18, 2020 – Love your Neighbour who doesn’t Think like you
October 11, 2020 – Grateful
October 4, 2020 – Grounded in God, Growing into Loving Community
September 27, 2020 – Which am I? Which will you be?
September 20, 2020 – The Kind of Love that Baffles
September 13, 2020 – The Path to Love – Forgiveness
September 6, 2020 – The Two Feet of Christian Love, Part 1
Sermons are not available from July 26-August 30, 2020 as other ministers lead worship.
July 19, 2020 – Spirit of Pride
July 12, 2020 – It’s about the Soil – Jesus
July 5, 2020 – Discernment: Seeking that Holy Window
June 28, 2020 – Whomever Welcomes You, Welcomes Me
June 21, 2020 – Unsettling Truthfulness
June 14, 2020 – Yes, you!
June 7, 2020 – Happy Birthday United Church! Let us Come of Age.
50th Anniversary Celebration for Diane Trollope
May 31, 2020 – Where the Spirit Goes, Look Out
May 24, 2020 – Where is your Focus?
May 17, 2020 – Come, Holy Spirit
May 10, 2020 – What the world throws away, God collects and blesses
May 3, 2020 – We Are the Modern-Day Acts Community
April 26, 2020 – Inviting in the Stranger
April 19, 2020 – Peace
April 12, 2020 – Easter Sunday Message
April 5, 2020 – Palm Sunday Message
March 29, 2020 – Sunday Message
March 22, 2020 – Sunday Message
March 15, 2020 – Why “the Edge”?
March 8, 2020 – Reluctant Guests
March 1, 2020 – Theology from the Edges
February 23, 2020 – Mountaintop
February 16, 2020 – Jesus Preaches on Relationality
February 9, 2020 – The Flavour of God’s Kingdom
February 2, 2020 – Panorama
January 26, 2020 – You want me to do what?!
January 19, 2020 – Being “Light”
January 12, 2020 – Disruptive Grace
January 5, 2020 – Giving Gifts, but Getting Many More in Return
December 24, 2019 – Refugee
December 15, 2019 – Rejoice, and Creation rejoices with you (not)
December 8, 2019 – And a little child shall lead them
December 1, 2019 – Advent: Expectations to Expectancy
November 24, 2019 – Wisdom in the Holy Happening
November 17, 2019 – Wisdom in the Round
November 10, 2019 – Peace…Not yet!
November 3, 2019 – Wisdom from the Bench
October 27, 2019 – Wisdom for the Road
October 20, 2019 – Wisdom to Wonder and Share
October 13, 2019 – Learning Gratitude from the Outsider
October 6, 2019 – World Communion: Joined in Joy, Bound in Brokenness
September 29, 2019 – U.N.I.T.E.D.
September 22, 2019 – Called to Wonder, and Creativity
September 15, 2019 – Wisdom in the Eye of the Storm
September 8, 2019 – If you’d let me, I’ve got this. ~God.
September 1, 2019 – Tuning in to Challenging Voices
Sermons are not available from July 21-August 24, 2019 as other ministers lead worship.
July 14, 2019 – Re-Framing Neighbourliness for Modern Times
July 7, 2019 – Trying to Keep it Simple
June 30, 2019 – Letting Go of, and Accepting, “Mantles”
June 23, 2019 – Seeking God In Thunder. Found by God in a Whisper.
June 16, 2019 – Desperately Seeking Sophia
June 9, 2019 – God’s Spirit pushes, people pull
June 2, 2019 – Moving Forward with the Spirit: A New Milestone
May 26, 2019 – Ordinary Becoming Extraordinary
May 19, 2019 – Getting Out of God’s Way
May 12, 2019 – Holy Resistance
May 5, 2019 – God’s Vision for bullies
April 28, 2019 – A Wonderful Message
April 21, 2019 – Not for the Faint Weak of Heart
April 14, 2019 – No Message this Sunday
April 7, 2019 – The Fragrance of a Courageous Deed
March 31, 2019 – Gospel: Where Home Seeks You
March 24, 2019 – God’s Irrepressible Vision
March 17, 2019 – Waiting and Waiting for Good News
March 10, 2019 – Do you have space for Gratitude?
March 3, 2019 – Transfigured. Disoriented. Transformed.
February 24, 2019 – Reflection on MERCY this stormy Sunday. (Worship was canceled this Sunday due to poor weather conditions.)
February 17, 2019 – Called by Jesus to the “Level Place”
February 10, 2019 – Catching People??
February 3, 2019 – Where Grace meets Privilege
January 27, 2019 – Good News Isn’t Easy News
January 20, 2019 – Seeking Abundance, even with spiritual A.D.D.
January 13, 2019 – Go Deep
January 6, 2019 – Not the Magi or the Star. It’s about the child.
December 30, 2018 – The Elephant in the Midst of the Manger Scene
December 23, 2019 – No sermon this Sunday as Church School held their Christmas Pageant.
December 16, 2018 – Letting Go of the “Hallmark” Christmas
December 9, 2018 – A Spiritual Time Out
December 2, 2018 – Irrepressible Hope
November 25, 2018 – Our Hearts Go Out
November 18, 2018 – Partners in the Gospel
November 11, 2018 – Role Modelling Jesus’ Peace
November 4, 2018 – The Perfect Law that Gives Freedom
October 28, 2018 – Power to Choose
October 21, 2018 – Let Thanksgiving Flow
October 14, 2018 – Opening to Let Light Shine Through
October 7, 2018 – Don’t Worry; Re-focus
September 30, 2018 – No one in the bleachers; everybody on the field
September 23, 2018 – Strengthened for Service
September 16, 2018 – Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?
September 9, 2018 – Guest speakers, no sermon.
September 2, 2018 – Homework for the Followers of Christ
August 26, 2018 – The Redstone Unit Project
August 19, 2018 – Where I Find the Power of God in My Life
August 12, 2018 – Forgiveness
July 1-August 5, 2018 St. Andrew’s participated in shared summer worship services with St. Peter’s United Church and St. Mark’s United Church. The sermons are not available.
June 24, 2018 – The Teachings of Bravery and Humility
June 17, 2018 – Living Your Life as a Parable
June 10, 2018 – Giving Up on Hope is the Worst Sin of All
June 3, 2018 – Facing Opposition and Doing it Anyway
May 27, 2018 – When sleep does not come easily…
May 20, 2018 – Know this for Certain: You Must be Born Anew
May 13, 2018 – We Can Never Control How Much Our Efforts Are Remembered, or even Appreciated.
May 6, 2018 – The Power and Responsibility of Friendship
April 29, 2018 – Interruptions
April 22, 2018 – The Long Journey to Love and Back
April 15, 2018 – Complacency Is Not an Option
April 8, 2018 – The Honour (and Demands) of Independence
April 1, 2018 – The Story is Never Complete
March 25, 2018 – Unplanned Parties Are Sometimes the Best Kind
March 18, 2018 – The Door of Room 204
March 11, 2018 – Patiently Waiting for a Message from God
March 4, 2018 – The Wisest Way is Not Always the Most Obvious
February 25, 2018– The Kindness of God is Proclaimed and Expected
February 18, 2018 – The Journey Begins Again: Making our way into the time of Lent
February 11, 2018 – Even Tired Eyes Can See New Truths
February 4, 2018 – The Need for New Beginnings within Honoured Traditions
January 28, 2018 – We Should Always Fear Those with a Little Bit of Knowledge
January 21, 2018 – Second Chances
January 14, 2018 – We All Have a “Greatest Moment” Experience
January 7, 2018 – Something Magical Happened That Day
December 31, 2017 – The Twelve Days of Christmas
December 24, 2017 – Yes, This Birth Is Important
December 17, 2017 – White Gift Sunday Drama
December 10, 2017 – Crying in the Wilderness is Not a Waste of Time
December 3, 2017 – We Have a Say in How We Are Shaped and Moulded
November 26, 2017 – So THIS Is What it Means to Be a Part of the Church
Nov 19, 2017 – I Need More Specifics On What I Should Do
Nov 12, 2017 – Are we there yet?
Nov 5, 2017 – The Beginning of a “Do as I Say and not Do as I Do”
Oct 29, 2017 – Liberated by God’s Grace (Guest Speaker Dr. Christopher Duncanson-Hales)
Oct 22, 2017 – The story a wallet tells
Oct 15, 2017 – Responding to Excellence; Creating Encouragement
Oct 1, 2017 – Living by a Vision that is Beyond Our Own Limitations
Sept 24, 2017 – The Generosity of Others Sometimes Can Be Confusing
Sept 17, 2017 – The Long and Winding Road to Reconciliation, Part 2 (or more aptly, Catherine’s take on it)”
Sept 10, 2017 – The Long and Winding Road to Reconciliation
Sept 3, 2017 – The Challenge to Respond to Evil with Good
July 23-August 27, 2017 – St. Andrew’s participated in shared summer worship services with St. Peter’s United Church and St. Mark’s United Church. The sermons are not available.
July 16, 2017 – Ordinary Time Can Provide Some Extraordinary Experiences
July 9, 2017 – It’s All About Remembering
July 2, 2017 – The Challenge to See the Goodness in Everyone We Meet
June 25, 2017 – Jesus Assures Us Not To Be Afraid of the Truth
June 18, 2017 – Finding Willing Participants in Anything is a Challenge
June 11, 2017 – Here is Some Good News We Just Have to Tell you!
June 4, 2017 – Our Birth Story
May 28, 2017 – Ten Words by Which to Live and Work (Well, at Least Give Me Five!)
May 21, 2017 – Listening to the Soul: Taking a Poustinia Day
May 14, 2017 – We May Not Easily See God’s Presence or Even Hear God’s Message
May 7, 2017 – Can We Ever Have ‘One Flock’ and ‘One Shepherd’
April 30, 2017 – Mission Focus by Memorial Gifts Committee
April 23, 2017 – Jesus’ Primary Default Position is ‘Peace Be with You’
April 16, 2017 – It’s Easter Sunday: How Do You Want Your Life Changed?
April 9, 2017 – The Power of the Question: “Who Is This Person?
April 2, 2017 – Disappointments Need not Lead to Despair
March 26, 2017 – What Seems Obvious is not Always Obvious
March 19, 2017 – Soul Thirst
March 12, 2017 – Being Uplifted in Faith and in Life
March 5, 2017 – Some of Our Greatest Temptations are from What We Have Found
February 26, 2017 – We All Have Great Ones to Whom We Look Up
February 19, 2017 – Can We Be Open to the Promise of a New Way?
February 12, 2017 – Life is Filled with Some Basic Choices
February 5, 2017 – Jesus Is Calling Us to Be a Little Bit Braver Than We Imagine We Can Be
January 29, 2017 – The Power of Music
January 22, 2017 – Every Once in a While We Must Return to Basics
January 15, 2017 – Lasting Values Provide the Basis for Lasting Truth
January 8, 2017 – Curious Creatures are Drawn to the Light
January 1, 2017 – Covenant Renewal
December 25, 2016 – Starting from the Beginning – Again
December 24, 2016 – The Important Path Involves Looking Beyond the Darkness
December 18, 2016 – Is it a Sign from God if it Confirms our Bias?
December 11, 2016 – White Gift Service
December 4, 2016 – What Can Be More Ridiculous than Living in Peace?
November 27, 2016 – A Prophet’s Invitation:Ai??Take a hike!
November 13, 2016 – Wise People Live by the Standards They Set
November 6, 2016 – Finding Our Purpose Is What Life Is All About
October 30, 2016 – It is Hard to be Excited About the Future When We Are Burdened by the Past
October 23, 2016 – So What’s on Your Bucket List?
October 16, 2016 – Stories of our Local Mission
October 9, 2016 – Ordinary Blessings in Ordinary Time
October 2, 2016 – When Is Just Enough Not Really Enough
September 25, 2016 – Transformation Cannot Begin Without Awareness
September 18, 2016 – The Work Had to Be Done, So I Did It
September 11, 2016 – Celebrating Diversity
September 4, 2016 – Sometimes the Living Springs of God Are as Clear as Mud
August 7-28, 2016 – St. Andrew’s participated in shared summer worship services with St. Peter’s United Church and St. Mark’s United Church. The sermons are not available.
July 31, 2016 – We Never Willingly Seek a Life that Is Empty in Spirit
July 24, 2016 – The Biggest Challenge Is Not Asking
July 17, 2016 – What’s the One Thing That We Need?
July 10, 2016 – I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
July 3, 2016 – Guest speaker, sermon not available.
June 26, 2016 – We All Want to Speak a Language that Communicates
June 19, 2016 – Knowing How to Discern Between Right and Wrong
June 12, 2016 – Living with a New Spirit and a New Purpose
June 5, 2016 – God Wants Your Car Keys (Dr. Ed Kruse, guest speaker)
May 29, 2016 – We Know What We Believe by the Hymns That We Sing
May 22, 2016 – The Search for Wisdom is an Eternal Search
May 15, 2016 – What Happens When Your Heart Breaks Open
May 8, 2016 – How Can We See a Unity of the Spirit in our Fractious World?
May 1, 2016 – We May at Times Experience the Worst, but We Keep Looking for the Best
Apr 24, 2016 – In Life, in Death, in Life Beyond Death, God is With us.
April 17, 2016 – Ordinary Actions Can Lead to Extraordinary Results
April 10, 2016 – Knowing How to Say “Thanks-a-Lot” and Mean It.
April 3, 2016 – Doubts are Surmountable; Disdain Less So
March 27, 2016 – Easter – Being Humble Enough to Know Where You Rank in Life
March 25, 2016 – Good Friday – I Am He
March 20, 2016 – Being Right or Being Popular: They are Rarely the Same
March 13, 2016 – Gamble Everything for Life, if You Are a True Human Being
March 6, 2016 – Living a Miserable Life Is Not a Ticket to Eternity
February 28, 2016 – Be Patient: It is a God-Like Quality
February 21, 2016 – Wait a minute. I have a question.
February 14, 2016 – Sharing the Sense of Wholeness and Hope that Comes from God
February 7, 2016 – Excitement is Hard to Hide? And Why Would We?
January 31, 2016 – It is Right to See This Day as a Special Time, a Holy Time
January 24, 2016 – What would be different if the world was filled with gracious words?
January 17, 2016 – Cana-joy
January 10, 2016 – It Takes More Than Good Eyesight to See Great Opportunities
January 3, 2016 – I Can Use Anything at All! But I Don’t Need That!
December 27, 2015 – We Have Arrived
Christmas Eve – The Obvious Question of Christmas: So What’s Next?
December 20, 2015 – Christmas is a Time to Walk Boldly and Carry a Big Heart
December 13, 2015 – We are Called to be Shepherds
December 6, 2015 – The God of the Open Highway
November 29, 2015 – Open the Door
November 22, 2015 – An Ending is Just the Sign of a New Beginning
November 15, 2015 – The Gratitude Test
November 8, 2015 – So many sacrifices; so much forgotten, but not ignored
November 1, 2015 – If We Have the Answer, Have We Already Asked the Question?
October 25, 2015 – Faith Can be a Great Motivator
October 18, 2015 – Called to be the Church in Our Neighbourhood
October 11, 2015 – Water is a Sacred Trust, a Divine Substance
October 4, 2015 – Facing Struggles; Discerning Hope; Understanding Grace
September 27, 2015 – Courage Comes to Us in Bursts of Twenty Seconds at a Time
September 20, 2015 – Being Wise, and Being Successful: Are They the Same Thing?
September 13, 2015 – People Usually Judge What THEY Hear, Not What WE Intend
September 6, 2015 – Setting the Direction for the Future
July 19 – August 30, 2015 – St. Andrew’s participated in shared summer worship services with St. Peter’s and St. Mark’s United Churches. The sermons are not be available.
July 12, 2015 – When do We Know if We Ever Measure Up?
July 5, 2015 – Struggles are not new; neither is Perseverance
June 28, 2015 – Sacramental Living
June 21, 2015 – Reflections on The United Church of Canada’s Apology to Aboriginal People – 1986 (The Rev. Dr. Bill Steadman)
- Special Guest – A Sermon for Sunday, June 21, 2015 – First Nation Sunday (The Rev. Dr. Will Kunder)
June 14, 2015 – A Dialogue Sermon – We are the Church
June 7, 2015 – If Only We had Hindsight for Everything We Do
May 31, 2015 – God’s Presence is to be Shared, not Stored
May 24, 2015 – As Close as Our Breath
May 17, 2015 – Restoring a Sense of Balance
May 10, 2015 – A Day of Celebration; a Day of Expectation
May 3, 2015 – What Does it Mean to Get a Spiritual Haircut?
April 26, 2015 – Caring for the World and for One Another
April 19, 2015 – Standing in Body and Spirit
April 12, 2015 – What is Your Image of New Life?
April 5, 2015 – Being Alive Means Speaking Up
April 3, 2015 – Message for Good Friday Service at St. Peter’s United Church
April 2, 2015 – Maundy Thursday Service
March 29, 2015 – Does Today feel like a Day God has Made?
March 22, 2015 – Seeking the Obvious is not Always so Obvious
March 15, 2015 – What a second chance looks like
March 8, 2015 – It’s Hard to be in the Lead
- Talk by Jacqueline Warner-Smith – WorshipLude and National Youth Conference
March 1, 2015 – Finding Direction in the Chaos that Surrounds Us?
February 22, 2015 – What Does Being a Covenant People Really Mean?
February 8, 2015 – Catherine offered a reflection on a journey she took to Spain, and how the trip has continued to influence her living. A copy of this sermon is not available for the website. If you would like to hear more about her trip, please email Catherine directly at catherine.somerville@hotmail.com
February 1, 2015 – Caught in the Midst of New Teachings but Old Complaints
January 25, 2015 – Experts Need to be Ninety-Minutes Away… Or Do They?
January 18, 2015 – Voices in the Dark
January 11, 2015 – The Search for True Religion Continues
January 4, 2015 – Be Careful What You Pray For… You Just Might Get It
September 17, 2023 – Seeking Hope when the times feel hopeless
September 10, 2023 – Faith Seeking a New Heaven and a New Earth
September 3, 2023 – Turning Aside. Wondering.
August 27, 2023 – Message (St. Mark’s United Church)
August 20, 2023 – Message (St. Mark’s United Church)
August 13, 2023 – Message (St. Mark’s United Church)
August 6, 2023 – More Than Enough: Living it, not just Saying it
July 30, 2023 – Small Things Make a Big Difference
July 23, 2023 – Loving the Wheat, and the Weeds
July 2, 2022 – July 16, 2022: Messages are not available as the worship services took place at another church. Text is not available.
June 25, 2023 – Strange Family Values
June 18, 2023 – Invited to Let Go
June 11, 2023 – Restorative Love. Irrational Hope.
June 4, 2023 – God in Community, Three in One
May 28, 2023 – Things we miss when it’s our birthday
May 21, 2023 – Unity in Our Diversity
May 14, 2023 Liturgy – 50th Anniversary Service text (no sermon)
May 7, 2023 – I am the Dream and the Hope
April 30, 3023 – A Case for being Likened to Sheep
April 23, 2023 – Recognizing Resurrection
April 16, 2023 – Do we want the WHOLE Jesus?
April 9, 2023 – I can’t find Jesus
April 2, 2023 – Which Parade to Choose?
March 19, 2023 – Once Blind, Now, Beginning to See
March 12, 2023 – The Courage to Ask for Help
March 5, 2023 – The Courage to Trust
February 26, 2023 – Who Will You Listen To?
February 19, 2023 – A Mountaintop Experience: But Then What?
February 12, 2023 – God Loves ALL Creation
February 5, 2023 – Salt, Curses, and Blessings
January 29, 2023 – A Foolish God in the Intellectual Age
January 22, 2023 – Deep Spirituality
January 15, 2023 – A Fresh Start
January 8, 2023 – Dare to Follow the Star
There is no Message for January 1, 2023, as this service was held at Grace United Church. The video of this service is not available.
There is no Message for December 25, 2022. You can view the video of this service by clicking on the HOME tab above.
December 24, 2022 – Telling the Good News Story Again (Christmas Eve)
December 18, 2022 – Lean in (Advent 4 LOVE)
December 11, 2022 – A New Lens (Advent 3 JOY)
December 4, 2022 – Faith says YES (Advent 2 PEACE)
November 27, 2022 – Making Room (Advent 1 HOPE)
November 20, 2022 – The Kin-dom of Christ
November 13, 2022 – Jam
November 6, 2022 – Peacemaking Perspective
October 30, 2022 – Unconventional Saints
October 23, 2022 – Swimming in God’s Love
October 16, 2022 – Tenacious Spirituality
October 9, 2022 – Thankful in Un-Thankful Times
October 2, 2022 – The Story
September 25, 2022 – Canadian Shield Regional Council Closing Service
September 18, 2022 – Getting Low Enough to See
September 11, 2022 – Look Up
September 4, 2022 – Going Deep
July 24, 2022 – August 28, 2022: Messages are not available as the worship services took place at other churches. Text is not available.
July 17, 2022: No message this Sunday. Please go the the Home tab for the service text and video. Thank you.
July 10, 2022 – Upside Down to See Right Side Up
July 3, 2022 – A Modern Christian Etiquette
June 26, 2022 – Guided More by Spirit than by Law
June 19, 2022 – Courage to Be an Ally
June 12, 2022 – Could God be an “Us”?
June 5, 2022 – Remember what Love looks like
May 29, 2022 – Following the Signs
May 22, 2022 – Breathe Deeply
May 8, 2022 – Listen to the Words of the Shepherd
May 1, 2022 – Teaching Them to Fish
April 24, 2022 – The Importance of Touch
April 17, 2022 – Resurrection (Easter Message)
April 10, 2022 – What kind of king is this? (Palm and Passion Sunday)
April 3, 2022 – Values – Sparrows and You
March 27, 2022 – Courage to Love
March 20, 2022 – On Bearing Fruit
March 13, 2022 – Loving in a Dangerous Time
March 6, 2022 – Spirit-filled – Anything is Possible
February 27, 2022 – Endings. Beginnings.
February 20, 2022 – Are you still listening?
February 13, 2022 – An Uncommon Sense
February 6, 2022 – O’er the Tumult
January 23, 2022 – Good News, Bad News
January 16, 2022 – There Still is a Dream
January 9, 2022 – In Deep
January 2, 2022 – Loving Our Diversity
December 26, 2021 – Combined United Churches Worship Service
December 19, 2021 – Love Changes Everything – Advent 4
December 12, 2021 – Preparing the way for Joy – Advent 3
December 5, 2021 – Peace, not Control – Advent 2
November 28, 2021 – Hope, Now? – Advent 1
November 21, 2021 – In our Giving & Living – Discipleship
November 14, 2021 – Giving with Purpose
November 7, 2021 – Learning Generosity from a Widow
October 31, 2021 – Grounded in Gratitude
October 24, 2021 – Healing Love
October 17, 2021 – Humility Leads to Love
October 10, 2021 – Love Begins with Trust
October 3, 2021 – Turning to Wonder
September 26, 2021 – What’s next? Living with not knowing, yet trusting that God knows.
September 19, 2021 – Bringing wisdom from above down to earth
September 12, 2021 – What kind of a spark are you?
September 5, 2021 – Courageous Conversations
August 29, 2021 – Mind the (Spiritual) Gap
August 22, 2021 – God’s P.P.E. – an uncomfortable fit
June 27, 2021 – Jesus Saw Her. Do You?
June 20, 2021 – Indigenous Day of Prayer Liturgy
June 13, 2021 – Mustard Seed Faith
June 6, 2021 – Union Sunday Liturgy
May 30, 2021 – Post-Pandemic. Post-Pentecost!
May 23, 2021 – A Fluid Situation (Pentecost Sunday)
May 16, 2021 – Who, me?
May 9, 2021 – Loving in a Dangerous Time
May 2, 2021 – Beloved… Be Loved… Be Love
April 25, 2021 – Seeking an unexpected God
April 18, 2021 – In the Meantime
April 11, 2021 – Really Needing Peace
April 4, 2021 (Easter Sunday) – Where is he?
March 28, 2021 – Parade or Protest – Palm Sunday
March 14, 2021 – Holy Love found in the dark
March 7, 2021 – Holy Interference
February 28, 2021 – Blest Be the Tie that Binds
February 21, 2021 – Dis-order Before New Order
February 14, 2021 – …because I’ve been to the mountaintop
February 7, 2021 – One Long Day
January 31, 2021 – Authority in word and action
January 24, 2021 – Sunday Message
January 17, 2021 – Call Waiting
January 10, 2021 – When the Spirit moves…
January 3, 2021 – Knowing in uncertain times
December 13, 2020 – Elizabeth and Mary: Prophets
December 6, 2020 – Peace Needs Vigilance
November 29, 2020 – That’s how the light gets in
November 22, 2020 – Opening the Table, Opening Hearts
November 15, 2020 – Enough
November 8, 2020 – No one has greater love than this
November 1, 2020 – Wordless Thanks
October 25, 2020 – Spiritual Aerobics
October 18, 2020 – Love your Neighbour who doesn’t Think like you
October 11, 2020 – Grateful
October 4, 2020 – Grounded in God, Growing into Loving Community
September 27, 2020 – Which am I? Which will you be?
September 20, 2020 – The Kind of Love that Baffles
September 13, 2020 – The Path to Love – Forgiveness
September 6, 2020 – The Two Feet of Christian Love, Part 1
Sermons are not available from July 26-August 30, 2020 as other ministers lead worship.
July 19, 2020 – Spirit of Pride
July 12, 2020 – It’s about the Soil – Jesus
July 5, 2020 – Discernment: Seeking that Holy Window
June 28, 2020 – Whomever Welcomes You, Welcomes Me
June 21, 2020 – Unsettling Truthfulness
June 14, 2020 – Yes, you!
June 7, 2020 – Happy Birthday United Church! Let us Come of Age.
50th Anniversary Celebration for Diane Trollope
May 31, 2020 – Where the Spirit Goes, Look Out
May 24, 2020 – Where is your Focus?
May 17, 2020 – Come, Holy Spirit
May 10, 2020 – What the world throws away, God collects and blesses
May 3, 2020 – We Are the Modern-Day Acts Community
April 26, 2020 – Inviting in the Stranger
April 19, 2020 – Peace
April 12, 2020 – Easter Sunday Message
April 5, 2020 – Palm Sunday Message
March 29, 2020 – Sunday Message
March 22, 2020 – Sunday Message
March 15, 2020 – Why “the Edge”?
March 8, 2020 – Reluctant Guests
March 1, 2020 – Theology from the Edges
February 23, 2020 – Mountaintop
February 16, 2020 – Jesus Preaches on Relationality
February 9, 2020 – The Flavour of God’s Kingdom
February 2, 2020 – Panorama
January 26, 2020 – You want me to do what?!
January 19, 2020 – Being “Light”
January 12, 2020 – Disruptive Grace
January 5, 2020 – Giving Gifts, but Getting Many More in Return
December 24, 2019 – Refugee
December 15, 2019 – Rejoice, and Creation rejoices with you (not)
December 8, 2019 – And a little child shall lead them
December 1, 2019 – Advent: Expectations to Expectancy
November 24, 2019 – Wisdom in the Holy Happening
November 17, 2019 – Wisdom in the Round
November 10, 2019 – Peace…Not yet!
November 3, 2019 – Wisdom from the Bench
October 27, 2019 – Wisdom for the Road
October 20, 2019 – Wisdom to Wonder and Share
October 13, 2019 – Learning Gratitude from the Outsider
October 6, 2019 – World Communion: Joined in Joy, Bound in Brokenness
September 29, 2019 – U.N.I.T.E.D.
September 22, 2019 – Called to Wonder, and Creativity
September 15, 2019 – Wisdom in the Eye of the Storm
September 8, 2019 – If you’d let me, I’ve got this. ~God.
September 1, 2019 – Tuning in to Challenging Voices
Sermons are not available from July 21-August 24, 2019 as other ministers lead worship.
July 14, 2019 – Re-Framing Neighbourliness for Modern Times
July 7, 2019 – Trying to Keep it Simple
June 30, 2019 – Letting Go of, and Accepting, “Mantles”
June 23, 2019 – Seeking God In Thunder. Found by God in a Whisper.
June 16, 2019 – Desperately Seeking Sophia
June 9, 2019 – God’s Spirit pushes, people pull
June 2, 2019 – Moving Forward with the Spirit: A New Milestone
May 26, 2019 – Ordinary Becoming Extraordinary
May 19, 2019 – Getting Out of God’s Way
May 12, 2019 – Holy Resistance
May 5, 2019 – God’s Vision for bullies
April 28, 2019 – A Wonderful Message
April 21, 2019 – Not for the Faint Weak of Heart
April 14, 2019 – No Message this Sunday
April 7, 2019 – The Fragrance of a Courageous Deed
March 31, 2019 – Gospel: Where Home Seeks You
March 24, 2019 – God’s Irrepressible Vision
March 17, 2019 – Waiting and Waiting for Good News
March 10, 2019 – Do you have space for Gratitude?
March 3, 2019 – Transfigured. Disoriented. Transformed.
February 24, 2019 – Reflection on MERCY this stormy Sunday. (Worship was canceled this Sunday due to poor weather conditions.)
February 17, 2019 – Called by Jesus to the “Level Place”
February 10, 2019 – Catching People??
February 3, 2019 – Where Grace meets Privilege
January 27, 2019 – Good News Isn’t Easy News
January 20, 2019 – Seeking Abundance, even with spiritual A.D.D.
January 13, 2019 – Go Deep
January 6, 2019 – Not the Magi or the Star. It’s about the child.
December 30, 2018 – The Elephant in the Midst of the Manger Scene
December 23, 2019 – No sermon this Sunday as Church School held their Christmas Pageant.
December 16, 2018 – Letting Go of the “Hallmark” Christmas
December 9, 2018 – A Spiritual Time Out
December 2, 2018 – Irrepressible Hope
November 25, 2018 – Our Hearts Go Out
November 18, 2018 – Partners in the Gospel
November 11, 2018 – Role Modelling Jesus’ Peace
November 4, 2018 – The Perfect Law that Gives Freedom
October 28, 2018 – Power to Choose
October 21, 2018 – Let Thanksgiving Flow
October 14, 2018 – Opening to Let Light Shine Through
October 7, 2018 – Don’t Worry; Re-focus
September 30, 2018 – No one in the bleachers; everybody on the field
September 23, 2018 – Strengthened for Service
September 16, 2018 – Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?
September 9, 2018 – Guest speakers, no sermon.
September 2, 2018 – Homework for the Followers of Christ
August 26, 2018 – The Redstone Unit Project
August 19, 2018 – Where I Find the Power of God in My Life
August 12, 2018 – Forgiveness
July 1-August 5, 2018 St. Andrew’s participated in shared summer worship services with St. Peter’s United Church and St. Mark’s United Church. The sermons are not available.
June 24, 2018 – The Teachings of Bravery and Humility
June 17, 2018 – Living Your Life as a Parable
June 10, 2018 – Giving Up on Hope is the Worst Sin of All
June 3, 2018 – Facing Opposition and Doing it Anyway
May 27, 2018 – When sleep does not come easily…
May 20, 2018 – Know this for Certain: You Must be Born Anew
May 13, 2018 – We Can Never Control How Much Our Efforts Are Remembered, or even Appreciated.
May 6, 2018 – The Power and Responsibility of Friendship
April 29, 2018 – Interruptions
April 22, 2018 – The Long Journey to Love and Back
April 15, 2018 – Complacency Is Not an Option
April 8, 2018 – The Honour (and Demands) of Independence
April 1, 2018 – The Story is Never Complete
March 25, 2018 – Unplanned Parties Are Sometimes the Best Kind
March 18, 2018 – The Door of Room 204
March 11, 2018 – Patiently Waiting for a Message from God
March 4, 2018 – The Wisest Way is Not Always the Most Obvious
February 25, 2018– The Kindness of God is Proclaimed and Expected
February 18, 2018 – The Journey Begins Again: Making our way into the time of Lent
February 11, 2018 – Even Tired Eyes Can See New Truths
February 4, 2018 – The Need for New Beginnings within Honoured Traditions
January 28, 2018 – We Should Always Fear Those with a Little Bit of Knowledge
January 21, 2018 – Second Chances
January 14, 2018 – We All Have a “Greatest Moment” Experience
January 7, 2018 – Something Magical Happened That Day
December 31, 2017 – The Twelve Days of Christmas
December 24, 2017 – Yes, This Birth Is Important
December 17, 2017 – White Gift Sunday Drama
December 10, 2017 – Crying in the Wilderness is Not a Waste of Time
December 3, 2017 – We Have a Say in How We Are Shaped and Moulded
November 26, 2017 – So THIS Is What it Means to Be a Part of the Church
Nov 19, 2017 – I Need More Specifics On What I Should Do
Nov 12, 2017 – Are we there yet?
Nov 5, 2017 – The Beginning of a “Do as I Say and not Do as I Do”
Oct 29, 2017 – Liberated by God’s Grace (Guest Speaker Dr. Christopher Duncanson-Hales)
Oct 22, 2017 – The story a wallet tells
Oct 15, 2017 – Responding to Excellence; Creating Encouragement
Oct 1, 2017 – Living by a Vision that is Beyond Our Own Limitations
Sept 24, 2017 – The Generosity of Others Sometimes Can Be Confusing
Sept 17, 2017 – The Long and Winding Road to Reconciliation, Part 2 (or more aptly, Catherine’s take on it)”
Sept 10, 2017 – The Long and Winding Road to Reconciliation
Sept 3, 2017 – The Challenge to Respond to Evil with Good
July 23-August 27, 2017 – St. Andrew’s participated in shared summer worship services with St. Peter’s United Church and St. Mark’s United Church. The sermons are not available.
July 16, 2017 – Ordinary Time Can Provide Some Extraordinary Experiences
July 9, 2017 – It’s All About Remembering
July 2, 2017 – The Challenge to See the Goodness in Everyone We Meet
June 25, 2017 – Jesus Assures Us Not To Be Afraid of the Truth
June 18, 2017 – Finding Willing Participants in Anything is a Challenge
June 11, 2017 – Here is Some Good News We Just Have to Tell you!
June 4, 2017 – Our Birth Story
May 28, 2017 – Ten Words by Which to Live and Work (Well, at Least Give Me Five!)
May 21, 2017 – Listening to the Soul: Taking a Poustinia Day
May 14, 2017 – We May Not Easily See God’s Presence or Even Hear God’s Message
May 7, 2017 – Can We Ever Have ‘One Flock’ and ‘One Shepherd’
April 30, 2017 – Mission Focus by Memorial Gifts Committee
April 23, 2017 – Jesus’ Primary Default Position is ‘Peace Be with You’
April 16, 2017 – It’s Easter Sunday: How Do You Want Your Life Changed?
April 9, 2017 – The Power of the Question: “Who Is This Person?
April 2, 2017 – Disappointments Need not Lead to Despair
March 26, 2017 – What Seems Obvious is not Always Obvious
March 19, 2017 – Soul Thirst
March 12, 2017 – Being Uplifted in Faith and in Life
March 5, 2017 – Some of Our Greatest Temptations are from What We Have Found
February 26, 2017 – We All Have Great Ones to Whom We Look Up
February 19, 2017 – Can We Be Open to the Promise of a New Way?
February 12, 2017 – Life is Filled with Some Basic Choices
February 5, 2017 – Jesus Is Calling Us to Be a Little Bit Braver Than We Imagine We Can Be
January 29, 2017 – The Power of Music
January 22, 2017 – Every Once in a While We Must Return to Basics
January 15, 2017 – Lasting Values Provide the Basis for Lasting Truth
January 8, 2017 – Curious Creatures are Drawn to the Light
January 1, 2017 – Covenant Renewal
December 25, 2016 – Starting from the Beginning – Again
December 24, 2016 – The Important Path Involves Looking Beyond the Darkness
December 18, 2016 – Is it a Sign from God if it Confirms our Bias?
December 11, 2016 – White Gift Service
December 4, 2016 – What Can Be More Ridiculous than Living in Peace?
November 27, 2016 – A Prophet’s Invitation:Ai??Take a hike!
November 13, 2016 – Wise People Live by the Standards They Set
November 6, 2016 – Finding Our Purpose Is What Life Is All About
October 30, 2016 – It is Hard to be Excited About the Future When We Are Burdened by the Past
October 23, 2016 – So What’s on Your Bucket List?
October 16, 2016 – Stories of our Local Mission
October 9, 2016 – Ordinary Blessings in Ordinary Time
October 2, 2016 – When Is Just Enough Not Really Enough
September 25, 2016 – Transformation Cannot Begin Without Awareness
September 18, 2016 – The Work Had to Be Done, So I Did It
September 11, 2016 – Celebrating Diversity
September 4, 2016 – Sometimes the Living Springs of God Are as Clear as Mud
August 7-28, 2016 – St. Andrew’s participated in shared summer worship services with St. Peter’s United Church and St. Mark’s United Church. The sermons are not available.
July 31, 2016 – We Never Willingly Seek a Life that Is Empty in Spirit
July 24, 2016 – The Biggest Challenge Is Not Asking
July 17, 2016 – What’s the One Thing That We Need?
July 10, 2016 – I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
July 3, 2016 – Guest speaker, sermon not available.
June 26, 2016 – We All Want to Speak a Language that Communicates
June 19, 2016 – Knowing How to Discern Between Right and Wrong
June 12, 2016 – Living with a New Spirit and a New Purpose
June 5, 2016 – God Wants Your Car Keys (Dr. Ed Kruse, guest speaker)
May 29, 2016 – We Know What We Believe by the Hymns That We Sing
May 22, 2016 – The Search for Wisdom is an Eternal Search
May 15, 2016 – What Happens When Your Heart Breaks Open
May 8, 2016 – How Can We See a Unity of the Spirit in our Fractious World?
May 1, 2016 – We May at Times Experience the Worst, but We Keep Looking for the Best
Apr 24, 2016 – In Life, in Death, in Life Beyond Death, God is With us.
April 17, 2016 – Ordinary Actions Can Lead to Extraordinary Results
April 10, 2016 – Knowing How to Say “Thanks-a-Lot” and Mean It.
April 3, 2016 – Doubts are Surmountable; Disdain Less So
March 27, 2016 – Easter – Being Humble Enough to Know Where You Rank in Life
March 25, 2016 – Good Friday – I Am He
March 20, 2016 – Being Right or Being Popular: They are Rarely the Same
March 13, 2016 – Gamble Everything for Life, if You Are a True Human Being
March 6, 2016 – Living a Miserable Life Is Not a Ticket to Eternity
February 28, 2016 – Be Patient: It is a God-Like Quality
February 21, 2016 – Wait a minute. I have a question.
February 14, 2016 – Sharing the Sense of Wholeness and Hope that Comes from God
February 7, 2016 – Excitement is Hard to Hide? And Why Would We?
January 31, 2016 – It is Right to See This Day as a Special Time, a Holy Time
January 24, 2016 – What would be different if the world was filled with gracious words?
January 17, 2016 – Cana-joy
January 10, 2016 – It Takes More Than Good Eyesight to See Great Opportunities
January 3, 2016 – I Can Use Anything at All! But I Don’t Need That!
December 27, 2015 – We Have Arrived
Christmas Eve – The Obvious Question of Christmas: So What’s Next?
December 20, 2015 – Christmas is a Time to Walk Boldly and Carry a Big Heart
December 13, 2015 – We are Called to be Shepherds
December 6, 2015 – The God of the Open Highway
November 29, 2015 – Open the Door
November 22, 2015 – An Ending is Just the Sign of a New Beginning
November 15, 2015 – The Gratitude Test
November 8, 2015 – So many sacrifices; so much forgotten, but not ignored
November 1, 2015 – If We Have the Answer, Have We Already Asked the Question?
October 25, 2015 – Faith Can be a Great Motivator
October 18, 2015 – Called to be the Church in Our Neighbourhood
October 11, 2015 – Water is a Sacred Trust, a Divine Substance
October 4, 2015 – Facing Struggles; Discerning Hope; Understanding Grace
September 27, 2015 – Courage Comes to Us in Bursts of Twenty Seconds at a Time
September 20, 2015 – Being Wise, and Being Successful: Are They the Same Thing?
September 13, 2015 – People Usually Judge What THEY Hear, Not What WE Intend
September 6, 2015 – Setting the Direction for the Future
July 19 – August 30, 2015 – St. Andrew’s participated in shared summer worship services with St. Peter’s and St. Mark’s United Churches. The sermons are not be available.
July 12, 2015 – When do We Know if We Ever Measure Up?
July 5, 2015 – Struggles are not new; neither is Perseverance
June 28, 2015 – Sacramental Living
June 21, 2015 – Reflections on The United Church of Canada’s Apology to Aboriginal People – 1986 (The Rev. Dr. Bill Steadman)
- Special Guest – A Sermon for Sunday, June 21, 2015 – First Nation Sunday (The Rev. Dr. Will Kunder)
June 14, 2015 – A Dialogue Sermon – We are the Church
June 7, 2015 – If Only We had Hindsight for Everything We Do
May 31, 2015 – God’s Presence is to be Shared, not Stored
May 24, 2015 – As Close as Our Breath
May 17, 2015 – Restoring a Sense of Balance
May 10, 2015 – A Day of Celebration; a Day of Expectation
May 3, 2015 – What Does it Mean to Get a Spiritual Haircut?
April 26, 2015 – Caring for the World and for One Another
April 19, 2015 – Standing in Body and Spirit
April 12, 2015 – What is Your Image of New Life?
April 5, 2015 – Being Alive Means Speaking Up
April 3, 2015 – Message for Good Friday Service at St. Peter’s United Church
April 2, 2015 – Maundy Thursday Service
March 29, 2015 – Does Today feel like a Day God has Made?
March 22, 2015 – Seeking the Obvious is not Always so Obvious
March 15, 2015 – What a second chance looks like
March 8, 2015 – It’s Hard to be in the Lead
- Talk by Jacqueline Warner-Smith – Worshiplude and National Youth Conference
March 1, 2015 – Finding Direction in the Chaos that Surrounds Us?
February 22, 2015 – What Does Being a Covenant People Really Mean?
February 8, 2015 – Catherine offered a reflection on a journey she took to Spain, and how the trip has continued to influence her living. A copy of this sermon is not available for the website. If you would like to hear more about her trip, please email Catherine directly at catherine.somerville@hotmail.com
February 1, 2015 – Caught in the Midst of New Teachings but Old Complaints
January 25, 2015 – Experts Need to be Ninety-Minutes Away… Or Do They?
January 18, 2015 – Voices in the Dark
January 11, 2015 – The Search for True Religion Continues
January 4, 2015 – Be Careful What You Pray For… You Just Might Get It
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