Greetings! “Those who hope in God will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint.” - Isaiah 40:31 On Sunday we talked about putting our hope in God alone. The hope of God is an unending well of infinite hope that never runs out and is never dashed. As the Pandemic wears on, with a new variant bringing uncertainty to us again, putting our hope in God alone will give us the strength we

Greetings, “I wait for God, my soul waits, and in God’s word I hope; my soul waits for God more than those who watch for the morning.” -Psalm 130:5-6a Advent begins this Sunday. Advent is an entire church season dedicated to the spiritual discipline of waiting. During Advent, we are waiting for Christmas, and preparing to celebrate the birth of Christ. We sing special music during Advent and light candles to mark the weeks leading up to Christmas. For many of us, it is a

Greetings, Building on the lessons we learned about the importance of living with righteousness and justice in the book of Amos, I offer you this prayer by John Van de Laar (https://sacredise.com/what-god-requires/): It is not laboured rituals or burdens of religious practice that you require of us, O God, proving our devotion through the exhaustion of our souls, or the callouses on our knees; No, what you require, what you have asked of us is just this: always to act with ju

Greetings! Due to technical difficulties, those of you worshipping at home were not able to participate in our Remembrance Liturgy on Sunday. Below are the prayers that we prayed during that part of the service. Special thanks to Captain the Reverend Andrew Cameron for help with these prayers. We give you thanks, O God, for all those who fought and all those who served in both World Wars, in Korea, in Bosnia, in Afghanistan, and in other conflicts, and all in every age who

Greetings! In honor of All Saints Day, I share this prayer with you adapted from one by the World Council of Churches. Gracious God, we thank you for the many people who have followed your way of life joyfully: for the many saints and martyrs, who have offered up their very lives so that your abundant life may become manifest and your kingdom may blossom. They chose the way of your Son, our sibling, Jesus Christ. In the midst of trial, they held out hope; in the midst of pers