Feeding off the Vine

Scripture Reading: John 15:1-11 We continue this morning looking at the importance of prayer in our lives as followers of Jesus Christ and children of our amazing God. Two weeks ago we looked at why it is we pray. Last week we looked at how we pray, and the importance...

How do we pray?

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13 Last week we took a look at what prayer means, why we do it and what we might expect. Now I know we are sitting in a traditional United Church. We are used to certain things. We are used to a certain type of worship. I remember the first time...

Life changing

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9 15 years ago today was a beautiful Ottawa morning. I remember the sun shining and it being a lovely walk to work, which usually took me about 30 minutes. Things were pretty normal as I approached the building and passed by security on my...

What do we need?

As usual, today my social media timelines is peppered with links to blogs and articles about the church and it’s struggles. Stories about “Church and Millenials”, “Church and men”, “Church and growth programs”, “Church...

keep on praying

We continue to pray for GC42 as it is an important one in the history of the United Church of Canada and it begins this weekend.   Lord, The people gather in Cornerbrook. People from our wide and incredibly diverse country, and our wide and incredibly diverse...