“Giving to God What is God’s” Exodus 33: 12 – 23 Matthew 22: 15 – 22 This Week’s Music: “Come and Find the Quiet Centre” (VU #374) “Come and find the quiet centre in the crowded life we lead, Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed: Clear the […]
Creation 5 Thanksgiving Communion Offering Thanks in Today’s World Deuteronomy 8:7-18 This week’s music: “We Praise You, O God” (VU #218) The title for our hymn book, Voices United, comes from the third stanza of this hymn. The words were written by Julia Cory in 1902 at the request of the organist, for a Thanksgiving service […]
Creation 4 To Live as God’s People Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 This week’s music: “In Christ There is No East or West” (VU #606) “In Christ there is no east or west, in him no south or north, But one great family of love throughout the whole wide earth. In him shall true hearts everywhere […]
Creation 3 Life-giving Water Exodus 17:1–7 Phil. 2:1-13 This Week’s Music: “Crashing Waters at Creation” (VU #449) “Crashing waters at creation, ordered by the spirit’s breath, First to witness day’s beginning from the brightness of night’s death. Parting water stood and trembled as the captives passed on through, Washing off the chains of bondage – […]
Creation 2 Only what we need! Exodus 16:2-15 This week’s music: “Sing Your Praise to God Eternal” (VU #244) “Sing your praise to God eternal, sing your praise to God the Son, Sing your praise to God the Spirit, living and forever One. God has made us, God has blessed us, God has called us […]
Creation 1 Do We Dare Enter the Sea? Exodus 14:19-31 This week’s music: “Praise God for This Holy Ground” (MV #42) “Praise God for this holy ground, place and people, sight and sound. Praise God in whose word we find food for body, soul and mind. Praise God who through Christ makes known all are […]
To Gather in God’s Love Communion Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 This Week’s Music: “Praise Our Maker” (VU #316) “Praise our Maker, peoples of one family; God is love, God is love! Praise our Maker, peoples of one family; God is love, God is love! Love our Saviour, followers of Jesus; God is love, God is […]
Learning as We Go Matthew 15:21-28 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 This week’s music: “We Praise You, Creator” (VU #293) “We praise you, Creator, in earth, sea, and sky; Our Ruler, our Maker, our Sovereign most high. Each new generation lifts voices in praise; How good your creation, how gracious your ways! Each springtime the blossoms bloom […]
To Wrestle with God This week’s music: “As the Deer Pants for the Water” (VU #766) As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs after you; You alone are my heart’s desire and I long to worship you. You alone are my strength, my shield, To you alone may my spirit yield, […]
Meeting God Genesis 28:10-19a This Week’s Music: “Teach Me, God to Wonder” (VU #299) “Teach me, God, to wonder, teach me, God, to see; Let your world of beauty capture me. Praise to you be given, love for you be lived, Life be celebrated, joy you give. Let me, God, be open, let me loving […]
The Sower and the Seeds Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 This week’s music: “Praise With Joy the World’s Creator” (VU #312) “Praise with joy the world’s Creator, God of justice, love, and peace, Source and end of human knowledge, God whose grace shall never cease. Celebrate the Maker’s glory, Power to rescue and release. Praise to Christ […]
To Truly Offer Welcome Matthew 10:40-42, 25:34-45 “The House of Our God” “The house of our God is not just for the holy, The house of our God is not just for the wise; Come in and be one with the common and lowly Who wait with the hunger for God in their eyes. The […]
When Fear Stops Us Father’s Day Genesis 21:8-21 Matthew 10:34-39 “We are All One People” (MV #141) “We are all one people, We all come from one creation way on high. We are all one nation under one great sky, You and I. We are all one people. We are all one colour in his […]
Living in Hope Genesis 18:1-15 Romans 5:1-8 This Week’s Music: “Creator God, You Gave Us Life” (MV #27) “Creator God, you gave us life, your image formed within our souls, Yet through the mist of time and space, we search for that which makes us whole. In every flower and every tree, we see your […]
PRIDE Sunday Communion Psalm 139: 1 – 18 Ruth 1: 14 – 18 This week’s music: “Though I May Speak” (VU #372) “Though I may speak with bravest fire, And have the gift to all inspire, And have not love, my words are vain, As sounding brass, and hopeless gain. Though I may give all […]
