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Greg Wooley

Sermon: March 26, 2023 – Lent 5 – John 11: 1-45

March 26, 2023 by Greg Wooley

I’m so pleased that The Voice Bible translation gives us these dramatic dialogue versions of scripture, to help us really step inside a hard yet hopeful story like this one … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags belief, eternal life, Jesus, Lazarus, Martha, Mary, resurrection

Sermon: March 19, 2023 – Lent 4 – 1 Samuel 3: 1-10

March 23, 2023March 19, 2023 by Greg Wooley

Although my favourite types of sermons are those that begin with a scripture and some curiosity and a desire to have it go wherever God wants it to, sometimes a … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags call, Eli, God, mission, missional, response, Samuel

Sermon: March 12, 2023 – 3rd Sunday in Lent – John 4: 5-42

March 12, 2023 by Greg Wooley

Each of us likely has had a time when we have received a warning.  Perhaps it was from our parents or our siblings or from our classmates, or it was … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags affirming, inclusion, Jesus, reconciliation, Samaria, Sychar, well, woman

Sermon: Sunday, March 5, 2023, Lent 2 — John 3: 1-17

March 10, 2023March 5, 2023 by Greg Wooley
photo of an open door, from Devotional Box

Today’s message begins with an extended time of personal confession and joyous resolution. It was fourteen years ago, late January or early February, and I had a big question to … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Evangelical, God, grace, Jesus, lent, love, Nicodemus, rebirth

Message: February 26, 2023 – First Sunday in Lent – Matthew 4: 1-11

March 10, 2023February 26, 2023 by Greg Wooley
desolate lands

Throughout Lent we are being introduced to the five streams of Christian response (as identified by the Rev. Dr. Janet Gear) that are commonly found in the United Church of … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags contemplative, Jesus, Judea, Lectio Divina, lent, retreat, temptation, wilderness

Sermon: Transfiguration Sunday, Feb 19, 2023 – Matthew 17:1-9 and Exodus 24: 12-18

February 19, 2023 by Greg Wooley

Jesus. Peter, James and John. A Mountain.  A dazzling light.  Holy Visitors from the past. A Voice from Heaven.  All of these meet, in the glorious oddness of the Transfiguration. … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Elijah, glory, God, Jesus, Moses, mountains, transfiguration

Sermon: February 12, 2023 – Deuteronomy 30: 11-20

February 12, 2023 by Greg Wooley

CHOOSE LIFE. For folks my age and a bit younger, these words may evoke an immediate visual image from the year 1984: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, better known as … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Choice, death, Deuteronomy, God, life, Moab, Moses, Trainspotting, Wham

Sermon: February 5, 2023 – Matthew 5: 13-16

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 by Greg Wooley

Last Sunday, we examined the Beatitudes, the beginnings of Jesus’ masterful Sermon on the Mount, words which spoke God’s own blessings into the hearts and lives of those facing heavy … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags enhance, light, Marianne Williamson, salt, Samin Nosrat, shine

Sermon: January 29, 2023 – Micah 6: 1-8 and Matthew 5: 1-12

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 by Greg Wooley

Blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are the meek, blessed are the pure in heart. Thus begin Jesus’ wonderful words, remembered as the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Beatitudes, humble, hunger and thirst for righteousness, justice, kindness, meek, mercy, Micah, mourn, peacemaker, persecuted, poor in spirit, poverty, pure in heart

Sermon: January 22, 2023 – Colossians 1: 9-20

January 22, 2023 by Greg Wooley

On this day of baptism, I decided to take a moment and try to reach back to the first Church memory I have.  My Dad was a Minister, so there … Read more

Categories General Posts Tags baptism, beloved, creation, God, Jesus, joy, love, nature, peace, respect, understanding
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  • Sermon: March 26, 2023 – Lent 5 – John 11: 1-45
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  • Sermon: March 12, 2023 – 3rd Sunday in Lent – John 4: 5-42
  • Sermon: Sunday, March 5, 2023, Lent 2 — John 3: 1-17
  • Message: February 26, 2023 – First Sunday in Lent – Matthew 4: 1-11

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Rev. Greg Wooley – Minister
Rev. Shannon Mang – Wedding Minister

CANMORE CAMPUS:
Trish Campney – Office Admin, Canmore

Church Phone: 403.675.0064
Church Fax: 403.675.0071

Mailing Address:
PO Box 8901 Stn Main,
Canmore AB T1W 0J3

Street Address:
Ralph Connor Memorial UC,
617 Main (8th) Street,
Canmore, Alberta

BANFF CAMPUS:
Nancy Murray – Office Admin, Banff

Church phone: 403.762.2075
Mailing Address:
Rundle Memorial United Church,
PO Box 1086
Banff, AB T1L 1B1

Street Address:
104 Banff Avenue
Banff, Alberta
(corner of Banff Ave and Buffalo St)

 

 

 

 

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