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Sunday Sermons

You are most welcome to join us for Worship, on Sunday mornings at 10 AM (at either Canmore or Banff, check home page of this website for location) or Wednesday evenings in the Ralph Connor Sanctuary at 7:15 PM. We often have visitors from other provinces, nations and denominations who have come to Canmore to enjoy the beauty of the mountains – we welcome you, and the diversity of religious experiences that you bring to our worship time. Communion is served occasionally (and will be served more frequently once we have emerged from COVID concerns); all who seek to walk in the path of Jesus Christ are invited to join with us at table.

In addition to in-person gatherings, which are just resuming in March 2022,  recordings of our Sunday Services will be posted on our YouTube channel and Evensong may be joined by Zoom, contact evensong@ralphconnor.ca for login.

Away for a while? Missed a Sunday? Sermons are posted here! The most recent sermons are posted at the top of the list. If you’d like to look up the Bible verses, try Bible Gateway.

Previous Sunday sermons, dating back to 2012, are available by request at minister@ralphconnor.ca

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 15, 2023 – John 1: 29-46

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 by Greg Wooley

Starting a new venture is both exhilarating and exhausting. I’ve been involved in a few new ventures over the past twenty-five years, some in Church life, some in school life … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags call, Epiphany, Jesus, lakeshore, new venture

Sermon: January 8, 2023 – Psalm 72: 1-14

January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 by Greg Wooley

When I was a teenager, one of my favourite board games was a Parker Brothers’ game named CAREERS, a Christmas gift received in about 1973.  The gameplay had you going … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Epiphany, equality, equity, justice, Kings, monarch, peace

Sermon: Christmas Day, December 25, 2022 – John 1: 1-18

December 25, 2022 by Greg Wooley

A Christmas Eve or Christmas Day Communion Service, experienced by many as Midnight Mass, is a tradition with a long history.  In my years with you, perhaps three or four … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags birth narrative, Christmas, communion, Incarnation, infancy, word became flesh, word becomes flesh

Sermon: Candlelight Service of Remembrance, December 8th, 2022

December 10, 2022 by Greg Wooley

a sermon preached at St. Michael’s Anglican Church by Rev Greg Wooley… It may seem a bit strange or out-of-place to hear the 23rd Psalm at this time of year. … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Blue Christmas, candlelight, God, Jesus, Psalm 23, remembrance, restoration, restore

Sermon: Second Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2022 – Isaiah 11: 1-10

December 4, 2022 by Greg Wooley

Today, the second Sunday of Advent, is the Sunday of Peace. Download PDF: Sermon_04December2022_AdventII_Peace So many things immediately come to mind on this topic of peace: First: I am well aware … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Betty Williams, church, Dalai Lama, equity, God, Isaiah, Jesus, justice, Martin Luther King, MLK, peace

Sermon: First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2022 – Psalm 122

November 27, 2022 by Greg Wooley

It was my great joy, in March of 2018, to go on a pilgrimage to the land of the Holy One.  One of the many memorable moments, was one day … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags advent, Contemplation, contentment, engagement, God, Jerusalem, Jesus, love

Sermon: Reign of Christ Sunday, November 20, 2022 – Luke 1: 68-79

November 22, 2022November 20, 2022 by Greg Wooley
Cross River landscape near Radium BC

Some of you will have grown up in Churches where the Liturgical Calendar of the year is an important thing, and for others it will be a more recent and/or … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags big picture, Christ, Elizabeth, History, hope, John the Baptist, Liturgical Calendar, Reign, unfolding, Zechariah

Sermon: Remembrance Sunday, November 13, 2022 – Luke 7: 1-10

November 13, 2022 by Greg Wooley
Edith Cavell Memorial and Cenotaph, Norwich UK

As we read through the New Testament, the LOVE that Jesus calls us to is truly astonishing. Download PDF: Sermon_13November 2022 In the 13th chapter of John, (vv 34-35) Jesus says … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Edith Cavell, enemies, forgiveness, God, Jesus, love, neighbour, remembrance

Sermon: All Saints Sunday in Banff, November 6, 2022 – Matthew 5: 1-12

November 6, 2022 by Greg Wooley

Blessed are the poor in spirit, Blessed are those who mourn, Blessed are the meek, Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, Blessed are the merciful, Blessed are … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags blessings, care, honour, Jesus, love, Saints, understanding
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  • Sermon: January 22, 2023 – Colossians 1: 9-20
  • Sermon: January 15, 2023 – John 1: 29-46
  • Sermon: January 8, 2023 – Psalm 72: 1-14
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Contact Us

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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