Matthew 25:31-45 The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats Introduction When I was teaching at Rockway I participated twice in an urban plunge called Toronto Outdoor Opportunity for Learning and Service (TOOLS for short) in downtown Toronto with a group of our grade 9 students (I think there were a couple of
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Matthew 19:16-30 ‘But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.’ Some of you may be aware that I am on the slightly competitive side when it comes to Games and Sports. If you didn’t know and were at the Silver Lake Winter Retreat held in our church
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Matthew 5:1-16 Mark: Well Chuck, we did it. We pulled off a pretty good little Biblical drama there during Experiencing the Story (give high fives) Chuck: That’s for sure. I must say, we are excellent stage directors. I think the congregation really liked what they saw. Well done! Mark: Yah, how
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Matthew 4:17-25 Even as the smells of Christmas still linger–the special baking, the pine boughs, the wintergreen scented candle, the cinnamon spiced cider–we catch a whiff of something different. Something else is wafting in, on a breeze from the Sea of Galilee. Do you smell it? Something smells a bit…fishy! And there is
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Luke 2:8-20; Matthew 2:1-12 This morning is our Epiphany Sunday here at SJMC, the last Sunday of our Advent-Christmas Worship series on ‘Great Expectations.’ Epiphany celebrates the visit of the Magi, or Wiseman to see baby Jesus. Tradition would place it one Sunday later, on the Sunday closest to January 6th, but today
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Luke 1:26-56 Part 1: The Visitation (Shirley Redekop) In place of a traditional sermon this morning, we will, as Mary, mother of Jesus did, ponder what was told to her by the angel Gabriel, and Mary’s reaction to this news. In the spring of 2014 and again in 2024 Fred and I attended
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