Weekly Newsletter
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK “… I bow my knees before the Father…” (Ephesians 3:14) On the significance of prayer C.S. Lewis wrote, “‘Praying for particular things’, said I, ‘always seems to me like advising God how to run the world. Wouldn’t it be wiser to assume that he knows best?’ ‘On … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK “What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?” (Psalm 8:4) Henri Nouwen wrote, “Life is a gift. Each one of us is unique, known by name, and loved by the One who fashioned us. Unfortunately, there is a … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK Our Guest Minister this Sunday is Pastor Anthony Cheung. Pastor Cheung is currently a Business Analyst with extensive information technology experience. He was called to the Christian Ministry more than 17 years ago and was a Pastor with the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec for over … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK Happy Canada Day “In late 1866, the Fathers of Confederation met in London, England and negotiated details of Canada’s creation with each other and with the British government. They also debated the name. Reportedly, John A. McDonald wanted to call the new country the “Kingdom of … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’ (Mark 4:41) All the disciples in the boat that day know the portion of the 107th Psalm that speaks of sailors … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! (2 Corinthians 5:17) When Paul writes ‘see, everything has become new’ the tense of the verb he uses is the perfect tense indicating that the … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! Special Congregational Meeting of Central United Church I am very excited and pleased to announce that the Pastoral Search Committee will be bringing forward their recommendation of a candidate for the position of Minister of Worship, Pastoral Care and Spiritual Development for Central United Church on June 23rd. I … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.’ (Luke 15:10) As Henri Nouwen noted, celebration belongs to God’s Kingdom. God not only offers forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing, but wants to lift up these … [Read more…]
the life of your church….! FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK “For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord.” (2 Corinthians 4:5) I like the tagline on TED’s website ‘ideas worth spreading.’ Are we in the church convinced that the good news of Jesus is an idea worth spreading? Of course, one might first note that … [Read more…]