Author Archive: Sue Turley

Bulletin – Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Easter / 60th Anniversary UCW Service

Sunday, May 7, 2023 Fifth Sunday of Easter 60th Anniversary UCW Service Approach Welcome Call to Worship One:   Women’s Aide and Women’s Missionary Society gathered together. All:      They had a vision. One:   You women and seasoned members gathered. All:      They had a vision. One:   In 1962 United Church Women was born. All:      They had a […]

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Bulletin – Sunday, April 9, 2023 – Easter Sunday

Sunday, April 9, 2023 Easter Sunday Approach Lighting the Candles The light which the world tried to extinguish cannot be put out. Today we light the candles again, proclaiming the transforming power of God. As the light returns, we give thanks that God’s transforming love has been, is now, and will ever be at work […]

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Bulletin – Friday, April 7, 2023 – Good Friday

Friday, April 7, 2023 Good Friday Approach Lenten Candles Never doubt the meaning of Lent. It happened a long time ago, but it happened. Jesus walked on this earth. He practiced a ministry of radical inclusivity, drawing to himself all the despised and rejected members of society. He lived what he taught: a life of […]

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Bulletin – Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sunday, March 26, 2023 Fifth Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles When we arrived this morning we entered into the normal bustle of a church on a Sunday morning: friends greeting each other. Now that we are sitting together in the pews, I invited you to close your eyes…and consider the word, “sanctuary”. A […]

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Bulletin – Sunday, March 12, 2023 – Third Sunday in Lent

Sunday, March 12, 2023 Third Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles There is so much during the day that clamours for our attention. Friends, family work, classes, households tasks. And the noise! We are bombarded with sound, from the clock that awakens us to the telephone, the radio, the television, the conversation that we […]

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Bulletin – Sunday, February 26, 2023 – First Sunday in Lent

Sunday, February 26, 2023 First Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candle We have come together this morning for renewal—in worship and as a community of faith. We’ve greeted one another, laughed and hugged. But now the time of reflection and stillness is upon us. It is the first Sunday in Lent—the season for journeys […]

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Bulletin – Wednesday, February 22, 2023 – Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Ash Wednesday Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: the early Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church that before the Easter celebration there should be a forty-day season of spiritual preparation. During this season converts to […]

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