May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be the response to the Word that you hope to hear from us O God. And we humbly ask for your corrective whispers in our ears so that we might adjust the trajectory of our journey in a way that aligns with your life-giving wish for us. Amen. The scripture story we’ve just heard is filled with impatience. There is a sense that this journey through the desert is just taking far too long and isn’t providing the promised result that the...
Category: Message from Executive Minister
Matthew 9:35-10:8 The harvest is plenty, but the labourers few. Since I began to fulfill my responsibilities as the Regional Executive Minister in January, I’ve become particularly worked up about the future of the church. We all know the stories: a church closes every week across Canada. Ministries are having to move to hiring part-time ministers because they can’t afford full-time ones. Some have decided to try to make it work without a minister, without a building or by sharing ministry...
Genesis 1 Matthew 28:16-20 The passages we read this morning are, in many ways, a model for planning our lives together as a church. In the United Church’s New Creed, we talk about God who has created and is creating. God has created in the past and continues to create today. It’s an important reminder that God was there at the start of all things when the world was being created, to set everything into motion… and at the same time God is working in our world today and is accompanying us in...
I was standing in line at the post office earlier this week. Wearing a mask, a long time friend stood two people ahead of me and I didn’t recognize her until she turned to me and said, “Eric, it’s me, Megan!”. I was surprised and stood in disbelief that she could be right there so obviously and a small piece of cloth covering her face could baffle me. And I wish I could say this was the first time over the last three years that this happened to me, but it wasn’t. I have been regularly...
Message from Quebec Public Health and la Table interreligieuse de concertation A recent email from Public Health to la Table interreligieuse de concertation invites those responsible for places of worship to participate in awareness-raising efforts on the importance of wearing a mask in public places. This is not obligatory, but participation on our part can help to ensure that the number of people requiring hospital care remains reasonable, thus removing any possibility of restrictive health...
The Executive of the General Council at its meeting on November 19, 2022 has approved the appointment of the Rev. Éric Hébert-Daly as the Executive Minister for Nakonha:ka, East Central Ontario and Eastern Ontario Outaouais regional councils. Éric will begin his ministry in early January 2023. Éric has served as the Responsable, Ministries in French since 2018. He was ordained in 2020. Prior to his leadership of Ministries in French, Éric served for 9 years as the National Executive Director...
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