Messages

(Click on the dates below for the full text of the Messages)

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, 2024Prophets 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, 2021Knowing 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

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, 2022Good 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, 2021A 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, 2021Knowing 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, 2018The Redstone Unit Project

August 19, 2018Where I Find the Power of God in My Life

August 12, 2018Forgiveness

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

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