the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK The 20th century astronomer Carl Sagan said, “Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.” A little over three thousand years ago … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK What are you most grateful for on this Thanksgiving 2020? Do you treasure some things differently in comparison to other years? Gratitude, biblically speaking, isn’t merely politeness to God—the thing we say to make sure the candy keeps coming. Gratitude is the acknowledgement of the truth of our … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK “The heavens are telling the glory of God.” (Psalm 19:1) The moment the Psalmist is describing is akin to those times when we get away from the glow of city lights and can see the stars in a cloudless night sky. There is something breathtaking about such a … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK In Christian iconography, Christ Pantocrator is a specific depiction of Christ. Pantocrator is, usually translated as “Almighty” or “all-powerful” in our English bibles. In the icon, Jesus is depicted as holding a sealed book—it tells the story from Revelation (5:5) that Jesus is the one worthy to … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK The September return to school is typically accompanied with lots of excitement around a new academic year. The excitement is muted this year as schools navigate pandemic safety protocols. Planning for fall church programmes is changed as well. This coming Sunday has been our rally Sunday when we announce … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK Our Guest Minister this Sunday will be Rev. Lorraine Diaz who is the Minister of Congregational Life & Development at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto and has been in congregational ministry positions for almost 16 years. She served UCC congregations in Southern Ontario and Nova Scotia, … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK Our Guest Minister this Sunday will be Rev. Lorraine Diaz who is the Minister of Congregational Life & Development at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto and has been in congregational ministry positions for almost 16 years. She served UCC congregations in Southern Ontario and Nova Scotia, … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK I enjoy this time of year in Ontario; the season of fresh fruits and vegetables newly harvested from gardens and orchards. There is something about the taste of a tomato fresh from the vine, of a new potato dug from the ground that day, or of an … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK I, for one, am enjoying the somewhat cooler overnight temperatures. This cooling does signal to us the rhythm of the changes of our seasons—fall will soon arrive as it always does. The tendency is to take the constancy of these changes for granted. Martin Luther wrote, “God’s wonderful works … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! BSF Bible Study for Men Beginning in September We are very pleased to announce that Central United Church will be hosting a new weekly Bible study for men beginning in September. Central has become a partner with Bible Study Fellowship. Bible Study Fellowship (or BSF) https://www.bsfinternational.org/ has thousands of … [Read more…]