To start off the summer, Rachel and I had a wonderful week camping at The Pinery, our favourite Southern Ontario Provincial Park. We happened to be 10 minutes away from the Huron County Playhouse, part of Drayton Entertainment, so we took in a performance of Fiddler on the Roof. As we looked around, […]
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Come, let us go up to the Mountain of God Micah 4:1-4 I grew up with a story told by my parents from when I was 4 years old. It was told so often, I almost remember it myself. We were hiking in the mountains in Jasper National Park after taking the gondola
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Reflections for Milestone Sunday: Blessing our 18 Year Olds With Prayer Shawls Acts 17:16-28 Idols & Distractions This is our last Sunday exploring the activity of the Holy Spirit in the stories of the early church from the book of Acts. When Amanda and I met, this story from Acts captured our imaginations.
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Baptism Service You Lead Me Beside Still Waters Psalm 23 In case you have wondered whether our children and youth are listening, rest assured, they are. When we create safe, welcoming spaces for them, their ears and eyes and hearts are open. The two baptisms today are rooted in a Sunday School tradition
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Acts 27 Today we’re wrapping up our spring series on the book of Acts, having focused on the important role of the Holy Spirit in guiding and shaping the early Church. I don’t know about you, but each story we looked at left me amazed. Each week we heard how The Spirit took
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We can Welcome All People Acts 10 ‘So it is with the Spirit of God.’ Our story today from Acts 10 is truly a remarkable story, a radical story, a stunning story of the working of the Spirit. It is a story rooted in the power of prayer and in hospitality, and brimming
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