Author Archive: Sue Turley
Bulletin – Sunday, April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter / Rev. Patrick Woodbeck’s Farewell
Sunday, April 30, 2023 Fourth Sunday of Easter / Rev. Patrick Woodbeck’s Farewell Approach Lighting the Christ Candle Loving God as we light this candle today we remember that you spoke into darkness and chaos and then there was light; you imagined this earth in its complexity and beauty and called it into being, you […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Third Sunday of Easter / Earth Day
Sunday, April 23, 2023 Third Sunday of Easter / Earth Day Approach Lighting the Christ Candle We come together today for this Earth Day worship service! Like so many days, this day holds wonder and sorrow. Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970 as a day to honour the Earth and to participate […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter / Baptism
Sunday, April 16, 2023 Second Sunday of Easter Baptism Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle this morning, may we, our God, in the wake of Easter, ride a wave of irrepressible hope—rising from the deep following the trajectory of love over the turbulences of our living and through the currents of […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, April 9, 2023 – Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 9, 2023 Easter Sunday Approach Lighting the Candles The light which the world tried to extinguish cannot be put out. Today we light the candles again, proclaiming the transforming power of God. As the light returns, we give thanks that God’s transforming love has been, is now, and will ever be at work […]
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Bulletin – Friday, April 7, 2023 – Good Friday
Friday, April 7, 2023 Good Friday Approach Lenten Candles Never doubt the meaning of Lent. It happened a long time ago, but it happened. Jesus walked on this earth. He practiced a ministry of radical inclusivity, drawing to himself all the despised and rejected members of society. He lived what he taught: a life of […]
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Annual Report 2022
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Sunday, April 2, 2023 – Sixth Sunday in Lent / Communion / Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 2, 2023 Sixth Sunday in Lent / Communion Palm Sunday Approach The Lenten Candle We have gathered here, week after week, sharing a common quest for a deeper faith and a deeper experience of the diving. I invite you now to close your eyes and let go of the things that distract and […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sunday, March 26, 2023 Fifth Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles When we arrived this morning we entered into the normal bustle of a church on a Sunday morning: friends greeting each other. Now that we are sitting together in the pews, I invited you to close your eyes…and consider the word, “sanctuary”. A […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, March 19, 2023 – Fourth Sunday in Lent
Sunday, March 19, 2023 Fourth Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles It’s Sunday morning. Last week, with all its demands, is over. The coming week, with yet another round of challenges and demands, is not quite here. I invite you to close your eyes and be in the moment. No matter where you are […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, March 12, 2023 – Third Sunday in Lent
Sunday, March 12, 2023 Third Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles There is so much during the day that clamours for our attention. Friends, family work, classes, households tasks. And the noise! We are bombarded with sound, from the clock that awakens us to the telephone, the radio, the television, the conversation that we […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, March 5, 2023 – Second Sunday in Lent / Communion
Sunday, March 5, 2023 Second Sunday in Lent / Communion Approach The Lenten Candle On Sunday morning, for a brief space of time, we leave behind the world of home and work and school—the world where we have our lists of things to do, activities to participate in, tasks to complete. We come here this […]
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The latest edition of SouthWinds. Enjoy! SouthWinds_MAR2023_FINAL
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Bulletin – Sunday, February 26, 2023 – First Sunday in Lent
Sunday, February 26, 2023 First Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candle We have come together this morning for renewal—in worship and as a community of faith. We’ve greeted one another, laughed and hugged. But now the time of reflection and stillness is upon us. It is the first Sunday in Lent—the season for journeys […]
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Bulletin – Wednesday, February 22, 2023 – Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Ash Wednesday Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: the early Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church that before the Easter celebration there should be a forty-day season of spiritual preparation. During this season converts to […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, February 19, 2023 – Transfiguration Sunday
Sunday, February 19, 2023 Transfiguration Sunday Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle today we remember our Epiphany journey, we remember that it was not on a mountain-top but by the Jordan we saw the glory of God. It was a revelation as the Messiah showed himself not as being set apart […]
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