A congregation of the United Church of Canada
Spring has sprung! Easter sunrise service was a little chilly, but it was almost as if we heralded in Spring with the words, “He is risen! He is risen indeed!” because within a couple of hours it warmed up to…
Needless to say, Holy Week is a stressful stretch for ministers. It’s by far our heaviest week of the entire year, with services on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunrise, in addition to the usual Sunday fare. But more…
Many reading this may already know that my wife and I joined a community choir in Cobourg back in January. This wonderful group is called ‘The Oriana Singers’, and our first concert as part of the group is happening this…
Spring has sprung. Did you feel it? On Monday afternoon at 4:24 pm the season of winter officially ended and the season of Spring officially began. Did you feel it? Well, maybe not physically. I mean, the temperature didn’t suddenly…
Did you have some pie yesterday? We did. It was a delicious shepherd’s pie recipe with some curry zing in it. Why pie? It’s because yesterday was ‘pie day’. It was March 14, or 3/14, which if expressed as 3.14…
Over the last three years we’ve learned a few things about the sacrament of communion. One learning is that while ‘bread and wine’ are the elements that Jesus used, and while we have traditionally used ‘bread and juice’, those specific…
NOTICINGS… March 1, 2023 How’s your church-talk these days? Is it upbeat and hopeful? Is it downbeat and fatalist? Is the cold, snowy weather after a tease of mildness messing with your outlook on things? Covid worries are slowly waning…
NOTICINGS… February 21, 2023 You may have ‘noticed’ that this Noticings has come to you on Tuesday instead of its usual Wednesday. It’s because today is Shrove Tuesday, better known as Pancake Tuesday, and tomorrow is Ash Wednesday which is…
NOTICINGS… February 15, 2023 I have written and spoken of my deep admiration for theologian Howard Thurman many times. As February is Black History Month, and this week had Valentine’s Day, I thought I would combine these and share an…
NOTICINGS… February 1, 2023 One of our congregants asked me recently about the Lord’s Prayer. Their question was about why we’ve added in the words “and Mother” in the first line when we say it in church on Sundays. I…