Watch the recording of Church on Zoom. Featuring Rev. Dennis Posno. Recorded April 18, 2021.
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Welcome to the third week of Eastertide. The gospel readings for these first three weeks of the season focus on stories of the risen Jesus appearing to his followers; the next four weeks will explore Jesus’ teachings about intimacy with God. The implication of this order of readings is that the Easter season isn’t just about the astonishing “wow!” of Jesus’ rising; it’s also — and preeminently — about the equally astonishing invitation for human beings to rise into greater intimacy and life together with God.
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Watch the recording of Church on Zoom. Featuring guest speaker Matthew Myer Boulton. Recorded April 11, 2021.
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Happy Eastertide! This is the second week of Eastertide.
This week and next are stories of the risen Jesus appearing to his followers. A recurring theme in the resurrection appearance stories is how early Christian communities struggled to perceive and believe. For starters, the risen Jesus isn’t recognized at first. Jesus has risen, and at the same time, he is somehow different. There is an exploration of the idea that “resurrection” defies conventional categories.
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Watch the recording of Church on Zoom. Featuring pulpit supply Rev. LeeAnn McKenna. Recorded April 4, 2021.
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Welcome to Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
Easter Sunday is only the beginning: Jesus’ resurrection is the “first fruits” of the harvest, an encouraging glimpse of what’s ahead. But “what’s ahead,” by definition, isn’t yet here.
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Welcome to Palm Sunday.
Should we celebrate palms, or passion - or both? Why do the crowds so warmly welcome Jesus - only to condemn him a few days later? And what’s with all the palm branches, anyway?
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Watch the recording of Church on Zoom. Featuring guest speaker Jennifer Henry. Recorded March 21, 2021.
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Watch the recording of Church on Zoom. Featuring Rev. LeeAnn McKenna. Recorded March 14, 2021.
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This week marks the one year anniversary since the pandemic lock down first arrived. What a year it has been. It is during challenging times, such as a lock down, that we turn to our faith even more. It is during challenging times, we can turn to one another for support. We look forward to continuing our connection and faith over Zoom. We hope you can join us.
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Watch the recording of Church on Zoom. Recorded March 7, 2021.
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Welcome to the Third Sunday in Lent. This week we continue to offer you services, podcasts, articles, music and announcements. We are also offering a time of social and spiritual nourishment this Sunday, March 7th at 9:00 am on Zoom. Please see the weekly news email for more details. We look forward to seeing you!
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It is the Second Sunday in Lent. This week in Mark, we come face to face with arguably the most difficult, challenging, and dangerous of Jesus’ teachings: the idea that Jesus must suffer, die, and rise again, and that anyone who seeks to be his disciple must “deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."
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This week marks the beginning of the season of Lent. The word “Lent” comes from an Old English word for “lengthen,” and refers to the gradually lengthening days of late winter and early spring. Over the centuries, Lent evolved into a 40-day period of reflection, repentance, and preparing not only for Holy Week but also for the subsequent 50-day celebration of Eastertide…
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We are in the season of Epiphany, a time of being open to receiving powerful messages of truth and love that ease our minds and bring us comfort. When we experience a moment of epiphany, sometimes profound changes can occur. Perhaps even a transfiguration.
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The celebration of February as Black History (or African Heritage) Month has never been as important as it is this year. Officially recognized in Canada since 1996, BHM is a time to honour the contributions and struggles of peoples of African descent.
With its commitment to be an anti-racist denomination, The United Church of Canada embraces this month of listening and learning as we come to see our part in racism, and further, how we can move to eradicate it from our culture, and our heart.
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It is the winter solstice, a time of reclusion and contemplation. COVID-19 seems to almost be forcing us to follow the way of nature. Retreat and contemplate. We are also in the season of Epiphany, a time to receive profound realizations that shift our perceptions and hopefully our daily lives for the better.
As you sit at home during this time, consider using the videos, articles, images and music offered this week as a contribution to your contemplation practice.
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In our 2020 Christmas newsletter we laid out the exciting new adventure for our pastoral church as the SPPC search committee continues its diligent search for new leadership following Candice’s retirement.
Last week we introduced the lay group that is overseeing the weekly postings on our website, offering ways to worship on Sunday, and news and reflections for the week.
We are also blessed with a group of ordained, trained and practiced theologians who are part of our church family and to whom we have turned to again and again as teaching elders on Sunday mornings.
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An exciting new adventure begins in our Shelburne Primrose Pastoral Charge, as our SPPC Quartet takes over temporary spiritual leadership on our website and with our Sunday Morning offerings.
Sabine Rohner-Tensee, Darlene Morrow, Jill McPherson, and Bruce Ley will be choosing worship services — both traditional and less traditional — for viewing or listening to on Sunday mornings.
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Here are some parting thoughts on the way I see things in the church - which is, very hopeful. So, often we forget that there is something that runs deeper than the construct which is Christianity, something eternal, powerful, the base from which Christianity springs, the base from which all religions, all true art, literature, all creativity, all life springs - and this is the divine source, the ground of being, we have called God, though others have named it differently.
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