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Sermon – Sunday, June 4, 2017
This really is not your typical Sunday service. I know that it might seem a bit confusing as to why we had communion before the meditation, but I think that for me, it makes a statement that is important today in a number of ways. This is Pentecost Sunday, the beginning of the church and […]
Continue ReadingReadings and Meditation from the Longest Night/Blue Christmas Service 2016
Isaiah 40: 1-2, 26-31 1“Comfort, oh comfort my people,” says your God. 2“Speak softly and tenderly to Jerusalem, but also make it very clear that she has served her sentence, 26Look at the night skies: Who do you think made all this? Who marches this army of stars out each night, counts them off, calls […]
Continue ReadingAnother Summer Term Comes to a Close
I find it interesting how there really is a relative aspect to time. I left Winnipeg this year on June 11th to come to Halifax for my 4th summer. It seemed like such a long time to be away. I know, this year was only to be 5 weeks, as opposed to the usual 6 […]
Continue ReadingPreaching……
So today was the first day of the second week, of our second class, of this summer session. I am taking an advanced preaching course that is titled; “Preaching Past the Post.” In this class we are challenged to write and deliver a sermon in a format that would speak to post-moderns, post-literates, post-christians, basically […]
Continue ReadingCourse Number 2
Okay so I know that I have not been in contact for a while, but I must admit I never, in my wildest dreams, expected that much or kind of work out of a Hebrew course. On the good side the course is completed and it was fascinating. The instructor has such passion for the […]
Continue ReadingHebrew, Hebrew, and Hebrew
I will begin by sending my apologies for not posting sooner, but to be honest it has been one of those weeks. We began Monday morning with a bit of anticipation with learning Hebrew. Okay, well it might not have actually been anticipation, it might have been more like terror. So we went to class, […]
Continue ReadingYear Number 4 Begins
I arrived in Halifax yesterday around 5, just a bit late, as the flight out of Toronto was delayed. I was met at the airport by a friend, who is also in the program, who had timed it so that he, who was driving from Ontario, could swing by the airport so that I could […]
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Daily Prayer for the Season of Lent
Holy, holy, holy God We place ourselves in your presence; we rest in the promise of your grace. Our minds and our spirits are cluttered with many thoughts and feelings that threaten to pull our attention away from you. Let us unclench our fists and release these things: We release all that we have done […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 22, 2016 Youth Group Movie Night
Youth Group Movie Night! Join us at the church on Friday, January 22nd from 7 to 9:30pm for a movie night! There will be a number of movies to choose from and we will as a group pick a movie to watch. Bring yourself, bring a friend, bring some snacks. Popcorn and drinks will be […]
Continue ReadingBlue Christmas Candle-lighting Liturgy
We light four candles tonight in remembrance of our loved ones. We light these candles for our own needs. We light one for our grief, one for our courage, one for our memories and one for our love. The first candle represents our grief. We own the pain of losing loved ones, of dreams […]
Continue ReadingCorn Maze Photos
On Friday, October 16 the Youth Group held an inter-generational event at Amaze in Corn…
Continue ReadingAlmost Done
I know that I have been remiss in posting and for that I apologize. It has been a very hectic few weeks here in Halifax. The music course that I was involved with over the last couple of weeks was more intense than I expected and so took up a lot of my time and […]
Continue ReadingHappy Canada Day
It is morning here in Halifax and I am sitting at my computer trying to write a paper that is due tomorrow. I wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Canada Day. I find it rather interesting that on a day that we celebrate this country of ours, I am writing a […]
Continue ReadingAlmost 1/3 Of The Way Through
I must first begin by saying that I have been a bit remiss this week. I have every intention of writing this post on Sunday evening as we prepared to begin our second week of study, but it seemed that life really got in the way. There were assignments to complete, reading to do, and […]
Continue ReadingAnd So It Begins
I arrive in Halifax on Saturday, June 13th at just after 6pm. The three of us who were coming from Manitoba were met at the airport by another student from Kingston, who graciously agreed to pick us up and bring us into Halifax (the airport is about 1/2 hour outside of the city, by highway). […]
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