When I went to Indiana to take the course on the Trail of Death Pilgrimage, I had only been here at St. Jacobs for 2 weeks. In those 2 weeks we’d had camping, baptisms, new members, a leadership council meeting and 2 funerals. To say it was a whirlwind introduction to ministry, is […]
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Living as God’s People: Leaders in the Land Calling The Young 1 Samuel 3 There was an age and era of family life and parenting where children and youth were told to ‘be seen and not heard.’ Some of you may remember that or have grown up like that. It was a time
Grounded in God’s Wisdom Proverbs 8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; James 3:13-18 Introduction Like we did in Children’s Time, I invite you to take a moment to think of someone you respect and admire–someone you look up to. Think of someone who is a significant role model for you. You want to be like
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Matthew 17:1-13 As you know, I love to go hiking, and love hikes that take me into the mountains. I have shared some of these stories and pictures over the years. Some might say that this is a rather silly pursuit – it takes so much effort to climb a mountain – so
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Deuteronomy 32:48-52; 34:1-8 Introduction: Lenses and Perspectives Hold up a pair of glasses, and then a magnifying glass. Most, if not all of us, already use or will someday need to use glasses. Sunglasses. Reading glasses. Bifocals. Trifocals. Some will need to use a magnifying glass to see the fine print on a
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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