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  • Lent 2025

    I don’t know about you, but this year Lent came upon me before I was ready. The events of the world, and the political and social action in Canada, have been my focus of late. We are in a very different place as we approach this Lent than we have been in years past, and…

  • Kids Korner: First disciples (February 9th)

    Read Luke 5:1-11 with your family. In the other Gospels, once Jesus is baptized and spends time in the desert, he immediately goes to ask the people he chose to be disciples. In Luke we already have Jesus hard at work before asking anyone to travel with him. This story is the first time we…

  • Sunday Reflection – February 9, 2025

    Fishing for people Luke 5 Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, teaching the people as they crowded around him to hear God’s message. 2 Near the shore he saw two boats left there by some fishermen who had gone to wash their nets. 3 Jesus got into the boat that belonged to Simon and asked him to…

  • Sunday Reflection – February 2, 2025

    Not welcome Luke 4 21 Then Jesus said to them, “What you have just heard me read has come true today.” 22 All the people started talking about Jesus and were amazed at the wonderful things he said. They kept on asking, “Isn’t he Joseph’s son?” 23 Jesus answered: You will certainly want to tell me this saying,…

  • Kids Korner: Not welcome (February 2nd)

    Read Luke 4:21-30 with your family. This is part two of the passage we looked at last week. Jesus sat down when he spoke, which was not the usual practice from someone visit. They usually stood and gave their opinions on the scripture they had read. Not Jesus. They he proceeded to do something that…

  • Sunday Reflection – January 26, 2025

    Water into wine Luke 4 14 Jesus returned to Galilee with the power of the Spirit. News about him spread everywhere. 15 He taught in the Jewish synagogues, and everyone praised him. 16 Jesus went back to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and as usual he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath. When he stood up…

  • Kids Korner: Spirit of the Lord (January 19th)

    Read Luke 4:14-21 with your family. The video of our story shows part one and two, but this week we are focusing on part one: Jesus reading the scrolls and then sitting down to start teaching. This is the first story of Jesus returning to the town he grew up in after his baptism, and…

  • Sunday Reflection – January 19, 2025

    Water into wine John 2 Three days later Mary, the mother of Jesus, was at a wedding feast in the village of Cana in Galilee. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited and were there. 3 When the wine was all gone, Mary said to Jesus, “They don’t have any more wine.” 4 Jesus replied, “Mother, my…

  • Kids Korner: Water into wine (January 19th)

    Read John 2:1-11 with your family. One of the stories everyone knows, whether they are familiar with the Bible or not, is Jesus turning water into wine. What a lot of people don’t talk about, however, is how that story showed Jesus being unsure of himself and his mother, Mary, telling him that he was…

  • Sunday Reflection – Baptism of the Lord, January 12, 2025

    Jesus is baptized Luke 3 15 Everyone became excited and wondered, “Could John be the Messiah?” 16 John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 His threshing fork is in…