Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
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 ...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
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 ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
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".
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
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 ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
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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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
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 ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
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 ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
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 ...
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