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Sermon: September 10, 2023 – Romans 8: 12-27

September 10, 2023 by Greg Wooley

It’s not generally a winning strategy to start a talk by lifting up a nostalgic image from mid-March of 2020, but one image comes to mind from those early days … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags apocalypse, birth, creation, delivery, earth, environmentalism, God, goodness, hope, labour, midwives, nature, new life

Sermon: Sunday, August 27, 2023 – Exodus 1:8 – 2:10

August 27, 2023 by Greg Wooley

In one way, the story of baby Moses in a basket seems a perfect scripture for a baptism Sunday.  There’s a young child, there’s water, and many of us grew … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags disobedience, Faith, God, love, midwives, Moses, Pharaoh, Puah, Shiphrah, social action

Sermon: August 20, 2023. Genesis 45: 1-15

August 20, 2023 by Greg Wooley

There is a LOT going on in the story of Joseph, everything you’ve just heard and more.  It’s a bit of a page-turner, including some naughty sections, and the Bible … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags estrangement, God, grace, Jesus Christ, Joseph, love, Reconcile, reconciliation

Sermon: July 30, 2023 – Genesis 28: 10-19a

July 30, 2023 by Greg Wooley
a long stairway

After a lifetime of having only a vague idea of my family tree, seven summers ago I delved into it and got it moved online.  It didn’t take long before … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags dream, God, grace, heaven, Jacob, ladder, stairway, transformation

Sermon: July 16, 2023 – Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23

July 16, 2023 by Greg Wooley

If we were to place ourselves in the fishing and farming region named The Galilee in the days of Jesus, I wonder what aspect of his ministry we’d be attracted … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags farmer, fertile, flourishing, God, growth, Jesus, parable, path, rocky, seed, soil, sower, storytelling, thorny

Sermon: Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Acts 2:1-21 and John 20: 19-23

May 28, 2023 by Greg Wooley

This has been an unusual Pentecost Sunday to prepare for.  And no, not because of the back and forth on whether we’d be in Banff or Canmore, but because of … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags breath of God, comforter, energizer, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Pentecost, Sophia

Sermon: May 21, 2023 – John 14: 1-14

May 21, 2023 by Greg Wooley

“In my father’s house are many mansions.”  These are words that have brought comfort to centuries of Christian worshipers, and I long ago lost count of the number of times … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Disciple, dwelling, Father, God, House, Incarnation, Jesus, John 14, love

Sermon: May 7, 2023 – Acts 17: 22-31

May 7, 2023 by Greg Wooley

Imagine with me, being in Athens, 2000 years ago. For those of you who’ve been in present-day Athens, that’s probably not a hard thing to do.  For those like me … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Athens, God, Interfaith, Jesus, Paul, Unknowable, Unknown

Sermon: April 30, 2023 – Isaiah 43: 1-3a and Acts 2: 42-47

April 30, 2023 by Greg Wooley

For those visiting today, something you need to know about my household is that my spouse, Shannon, is also an Ordained United Church Minister, and while that sometimes leads to … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags baptism, communion, God, grace, Jesus, sacraments, song of faith, United Church of Canada

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
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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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