Baptism: The Journey of Faith
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Baptism
is the beginning of a journey where we encounter Christ in our
compassion
for others.
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Lent
1: The Path of Sacrifice
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What are the types of sacrifice
Christ wants us
to make this lenten season? How do they relate to Mel Gibson's
recent
film?
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Lent
2: Commitment
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The Women's World Day of Prayer,
led by the Women
of Panama, reminds us that commitment is an important part of the path
of sacrifice
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Lent
3: Repentance
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Is your life like a house messy with
gossip, lack
of forgiveness, anger, bitterness, nagging, selfishness, or
regret?
Lent is a good time for a clean up! |
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Expect
the Unexpected!
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People didn't expect much of the
carpenter's son,
and they may not expect much from us. But be prepared to be
surprised
what God can make of us! |
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Treasure
in the Rubble
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Ezra finds spiritual truths in the
rubble of Jerusalem's
city wall. There are buried gifts that we can find in ourselves
and
in the experiences of our friends. |
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Surprised
by Snow!
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We may be surprised, not only by
snow, but also
by Christian grace, as God becomes a part of our Christmas experience.
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A
response to Violence
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How should we respond to violence
and counter terrorism?
The answer lies in the First Commandment of Christ. A sermon for
Remembrance Day. |
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Who
are the Saints?
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Would you recognise a saint if you
saw one?
A sermon for All Saints' Day. |
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Daily
Prayer- A mark of discipleship
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The close personal relationship with
God, reached
through daily prayer, is an essential mark of the faithful disciple |
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Building
up the Body of Christ
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A précis of the four-hour
workshop offerred
by David Anderson, Conference Minister for Lower Mainland Mission
Enhancement |
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Keeping
Jesus in Sight
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Keeping Jesus
in sight means
we have to be on the move as a faith community and in our personal
lives.
Ask your self WHAT AM I DOING TO KEEP JESUS IN SIGHT? |
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Coming
Home to God
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A sermon for the beginning of the
the church's winter
season |
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Living
in Gratitude
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A sermon for the season of
Thanksgiving |
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Power
Surge 1/2
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In reviewing the first section of
our fall study book
"Power Surge", Brenda argues the need for the church to switch from a
membership
to a discipleship model |
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Power
Surge 4
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The Culture of Discipleship: A
reflection for World-wide
communion Sunday, based on Chapter 4 of the book "Power Surge" |
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Tough
Love
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Doug Lobb reflects on lessons from
David's affair
with Bathsheba |
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Tough
Reality
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Doug Lobb reminds us that sometimes
God chooses very
unlikely messengers to turn us from self-pity at our misfortunes and
recognise
that we are indeed forgiven |
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Be
Prepared!
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Judi Rhodes reflects on the Loch
Ness monster and
the hospitality she received from fellow Christians during a vacation
trip
to the North of England and to the Isle of Skye. |
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A
Reflection on the Lord's Prayer
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What does the Lord's Prayer mean to
you? Here
are some practical suggestions to make it more than a meaningless
repetition
of words. |
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A
Wilderness Experience
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Everyone deserves a wilderness
experience. How
can we create this in our busy 21st century lives? |
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Everyday
Courage
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How do we distinguish corage from
bravery, and how
do we apply this in our daily lives? |
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Healing
faith
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Our
religion is summarized in loving God and loving our neighbours as
ourselves.
Brenda tells of experiences at a retreat centre, and at a conference on
sexual abuse. |
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God’s
outrageous generosity
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The
parable of the over-generous employer has some lessons for us about
those
who seem to get more than they deserve. |
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Servanthood
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The
secret of true greatness lies in becoming the servant of all! |
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Courage
through Faith
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God
called Gideon to lead his people when he was thinking only about hiding
food in his wine-press. We are sometimes unlikely candidates,
too,
but faith can help us meet God's demands. |
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On
Giving Generously
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Giving is a vitamin for our
soul. We know the
importance of taking vitamins for our bodies. But what about our souls? |
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Hospitality-
a way of life?
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We
can learn a lot from the hospitality shown by Abraham and Sarah, and by
our own expression of this gift. |
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Making
bricks without straw
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Does
it seem sometimes you are trying to make bricks without straw?
Learn
from Moses and his people! |
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The
rocky road to a new self-image
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Our answer to Christ's question "Who
do you say that
I am?" tells us quite a lot about our self-image! |
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Fear
in its many forms
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Ghosts,
snakes and witch doctors colour Constance Rulka's reflections on how
Christ
can help us to face and conquer our fears. |
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Resurrection
again!
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The
valley was filled with dry bones, but Ezekiel saw there a message of
hope
for an exiled people. |
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The
Good Shepherd goes for Green!
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A
reflection on the meaning of the 23rd Psalm for Earth Day in the 21st
Century. |
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You
are living stones
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A reflection on how we can be built
into the living
structure of the Church Chirst wants. |
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Let
them eat cake!
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Some
thoughts on
the mystery of the communion celebration, and on miracles! |
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We
glory in tribulations!
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The "Female face of God" offers us a
message for hard
times. |
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Developing
a Burglar Proof Faith
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The early church looked to the
second coming of Christ
as a source of hope in a hostile world. Where should we centre
our
faith? |
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Challenged
to Reconcile
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A homily presented by Judi Rhodes at
the Women's Day
of Prayer for Christian Unity, and later at a Sunday Service in
Squamish
United Church. |
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Celebrating
John Wesley
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Christine Tribe's reflections on
John Wesley's journal,
on the occasion of the 300th Anniversary of his birth- an event-filled
life with lessons for us still in the 21st Century. |
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Rites
of Passage
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A reflection for Pentecost- a
traditional time for
joining the church, and for welcoming our High School graduates with a
personal Bible. |