HOMILY FOR ASH WEDNESDAY 2009 Shrove Tuesday 1982 represented my “Baptism” into ordained ministry. We had just settled in to our pancake dinner when someone came rushing into the community hall in a panic, saying that Mr Hebron (a parishioner) had been found lying face-down in the snow in his back yard. Several of us, [...]
Homily for Transfiguration 2009 Homily for Transfiguration 2009 2 Kings 2:1-12 Now when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As [...]
JOIN US AT THE “CROCODILE DOCK” MONDAY AUGUST 17- FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 FROM 9:00 am- 12:00 PM ! MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THIS EXCITING WEEK “WHERE FEARLESS KIDS SHINE GOD’S LIGHT”.
HEALING WHAT REALLY AILS YOU Homily for the 6th Sunday of Epiphany 2009 2 Kings 5:1-14 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from [...]
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Please be advised the Parish Council meeting date has been changed to March 2, @ 7:00 PM. If you are unable to attend the meeting please send your regrets via email to stjohn7@telus.net or by phone at 604-936-7762.
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AN INCONVENIENT MOTHER-IN-LAW Homily for Epiphany 5 2009 Isaiah 40:21-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who [...]
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Sermon – February 1, 2009 When I was very young, I constructed a picture in my mind of what I thought God must be: I figured he was pretty old – sort of a stern grandfatherly type with long white flowing hair and a matching beard. He wore strange robes and sat atop a heavy [...]
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ENCOURAGING UNITY Homily for Epiphany 3/Conversion of Paul January 25 2009 Ezekiel 37: 15—28 The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and the Israelites associated with it’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the [...]
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