Sermon: Reign of Christ Sunday, November 20, 2022 – Luke 1: 68-79
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
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Sermon: Sunday, October 23, 2022 – Joel 2: 23-32
What do you do, after a wide-sweeping catastrophe has made life difficult for just about everyone in your nation? How do you encourage the young and old alike to not … Read more
Sermon: September 11, 2022 – Jeremiah 32: 1-3, 6-15
The summer I was 21, I learned the value of praise that has been received from an unexpected source. In my first summer of student Ministry at Shaunavon SK, my … Read more
Sermon: June 12, 2022 – 1 Kings 17: 8-16
Today’s reading from 1st Kings, the encounter of the prophet Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath, is a story that invites us to see the big picture, and to come … Read more
Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 – John 20: 1-18 and Isaiah 65: 17-25
This is the day of resurrection. The gloom of Good Friday is replaced by a glorious new day, the body laid in the tomb after the crucifixion is replaced, miraculously, … Read more
Sunday, Feb 6 – Worship with the Moderator
On Sunday, February 6th, 2022 at 11:00 AM Mountain Time, Ralph Connor and Rundle are invited to join in the closing Worship Service of the “A Cup of Hope” event … Read more
Sermon: November 28, 2021 – Advent I – Luke 1: 68-80
Note: Sunday, November 28, 2021, the congregations of Ralph Connor Memorial UC, Canmore and Rundle Memorial UC, Banff joined to worship, in Banff. For the Ralph Connor congregation, this was … Read more
Sermon: November 29, 2020 – Advent I – Luke 3: 1-6
Hope. What an important word for us right now. We need hope. With widespread fatigue and discouragement as public health needs necessitate greater restrictions, and the kinds of emotional and … Read more
Sermon: May 10, 2020 – Colossians 1: 3-14
We are now in our eighth week of providing Worship through virtual means rather than in-person. While I wouldn’t say there’s a good time for a pandemic to be declared, … Read more
Sermon: April 19, 2020 – John 20: 19-31
One assumption that I bring to sacred texts, is that these ancient words can always speak into our present situation. Take, for example, today’s reading from John, with the disciples … Read more