Monthly Archives: December 2009
Prayers of the people | December 27
A s a community of believers we gather this night having feasted and celebrated with family and friends about the birth of our God into this world. We gather to continue the work of learning how to care for one
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A sermon for Christmas Eve
I n 1943, during the days leading up to Christmas Day, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a letter to his parents from his jail cell. He’d been incarcerated some eight months earlier for taking part in the resistance movement against Nazism, and
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Prayers of the people | December 24
W e invite you to keep in heart and mind all leaders of churches across the world, our Bishops, ministers, and all those who lead various ministries. May they feel God with us this day and celebrate their “yes” to the
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Christmas Greetings from Uganda
a Christmas letter from HOME/Omuka in Uganda G reetings to all of you from beautiful Uganda! We hope this letter finds you all happy and healthy and gathered with family and friends to celebrate the birth of our Lord and
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And still Mary sings
Sermon by Jamie Howison, on the 4th Sunday in Advent B etween my first and second years at theological college, I had a summer job at a church-run storefront ministry called Stop 103, located in an increasingly depressed neighborhood in
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Prayers of the people | December 20
W e call the community into a time of prayer. Emmanuel, we are in awe of your incarnation. We are amazed that the Ancient of Days, the One whose origin is from of old, would come to us as a
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Prayers of the people | December 13
W e gather before you tonight, heavenly Father, to hear your word and to gather around your holy table. We ask that you would be gracious to us and restore us to fullness of life with you. May mercy and
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Who needs fire and brimstone during the season of good cheer?
A sermon for Advent 2 | Jamie Howison H ear again these words from the prophet Malachi: “The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day
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A bit of a reflection on our time with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Last month, we hosted the writer and new monastic Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove for a series of events in and around our church. This post gives a bit of background as to where our connection to Jonathan came from, and what it
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"Do we really get it?"
a sermon by Chris Holmes for the first Sunday in Christmas T his is a time to celebrate. It is Christmastide. The Saviour of the world has come. Light is the order of the day. Darkness’s defeat is imminent. “Joy