Sermon – Sept 6th, 2009

A New Beginning: A New Law Mark 7:1-8, 17-30 Here we are! We’re back in our own church after a lovely summer of sharing services with our friends in the other Northside United churches. While it’s nice to spend time worshiping and sharing with each other,...

Happy Canada Day!!

It’s a wet Canada Day as we continue to settle into Sydney Mines, NS where I am spending my first day as minister of Carman United Church. We are very happy to be here and wish everyone a blessed Canada Day. Got to include this song from the Arrogant...

Advocate for Truth

This is a great day. It’s 50 days since Easter and the resurrection. It’s 10 days after Jesus ascends to heaven to be with God. It is Pentecost. The day when the disciples were the first to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit aside from Jesus himself at...

Ascending and Becoming

(Luke 24:44-53) And then he was gone! Jesus took them to a place, taught them one last time how he fulfilled the scriptures… and he was gone! We don’t often hear the scripture readings we’ve heard this morning. At least not United Church worship. The...

And time continues

It has been a busy time for the last few weeks. First, the end of my M.Div has come, there has been the meeting of the UCC transfer committee, graduation and lots of paperwork. First there was the transfer meeting. The good news is that we were settled into Maritime...